1.   Eddie has scored her first basket, an icebreaker that helps her self-confidence.

2.   She watches as Anita Kaplan, the hulking six-foot-five senior, sinks the first basket for Stanford.

3.   Barnes worked his way inside for the first basket of the half.

4.   After scoring the first basket of the game on a layup by Kevin Freeman, Connecticut went cold, missing five straight shots while Michigan State could not miss.

5.   Dean Smith, the coach whose basketball lineage traces from James Naismith and the first peach basket, formally ended an era Thursday.

6.   Gillette bought its first basket option in January, weighted to match the proportions in which it expects to earn certain currencies.

7.   He assisted Houston on another jump shot to give the Knicks their first baskets on consecutive possessions in what seemed like an eternity.

8.   He dunked for the first basket, with Robinson fouling him, and hit the free throw.

9.   He signed his first endorsement deal before he scored his first NBA basket.

10.   His first basket came when he fought through two picks to steal a Vitaly Potapenko pass and went coast-to-coast for a lefty layup.