61.   Air Force coach Fisher DeBerry said he used film as motivation to get his team ready for the Owls.

62.   All the coaches said he would do just fine.

63.   All the coaches said they expected Northridge to compete for the conference title someday soon, but most predicted it would be a couple of years before that happened.

64.   Both coaches say they can turn around the USF program, which suffered through losing seasons under Jim Brovelli, who resigned this spring to move into administration.

65.   Both men were smiling as the coach said this.

66.   Burns had said that he would rely heavily on his goaltender, but Saturday night the coach said he is considering a Dafoe-Rob Tallas swap.

67.   But both coaches say the game could come down to the place-kickers.

68.   But coaches said he became too selective in his shots.

69.   But coaches say there are some common denominators for the decrease in accuracy at both the free-throw and three-point lines.

70.   But coaches say a rule that eliminates the opportunity to acquire immediate help from the junior-college talent pool renders that talent pool useless.