1.   But he was embraced by the Sacramento community and gradually surrounded by players who now form a club with legitimate championship aspirations.

2.   But no one in the organization believed he had the physical tools to be a starting point guard on a team with championship aspirations.

3.   But sooner or later, the Longley-aires are going to have to come through if the Bulls are to fulfill their championship aspirations.

4.   Each has national championship aspirations, but neither one was selected for the title game in the Rose Bowl.

5.   Each team has national championship aspirations.

6.   For senior-led Stanford, it made for one disappointing end to a season always filled with national championship aspirations.

7.   It was a question that much of the rest of the league -- especially those with championship aspirations -- must surely be asking.

8.   Now a new set of triplets is raising expectations and creating championship aspirations.

9.   The game figures to match two teams with national championship aspirations.

10.   The Longhorns are one of a handful of teams who have national championship aspirations.