1.   Anderson apparently was their consensus pick, reached long before.

2.   He was a consensus pick for the Big East all-rookie team.

3.   Joe Smith, a forward from Maryland who also left school after two seasons, has been the consensus first pick for several months.

4.   So Johnson was a consensus pick at the time, but soon became a very expendable commodity.

5.   The Galaxy is the consensus pick to win the Western Division, despite the lack of a top quality foreign striker.

6.   There are no super teams out there, although Cincinnati seems to be the consensus pick as a step above everyone else.

7.   There are some consensus picks among adults when it comes to what they will let their kids watch on television.

8.   The Padres, the consensus preseason pick to again finish last in the division, broke out of a first-place tie with the Diamondbacks.