1.   But few had, save the hoops junkie trolling the Internet and the NBA scouts who descended on little Allegany Community College in western Maryland last season.

2.   Ever the hoops junkie, perhaps she wanted to see another game.

3.   In this region basketball is a language spoken so often that it is recognized by the hoops junkie and the casual sports fan alike.

4.   Joe is little known to readers but a hoop junkie of the first order and an assistant sports editor at the Globe.

5.   Legions of young hoop junkies may be dribbling tennis balls around if Nash makes an impact in the NBA.

6.   No matter how many times Jackson meditates on his black pillow, he is and always will be a hoops junkie.

7.   On the other hand, you might well be a pure hoops junkie, a lover of mechanics, in which case you can just post up and out.

8.   The first half was enough to make any hoops junkie ill.