1.   After the first period, the big scoreboard relayed the news the hoop team had been ousted.

2.   Gonzalez plays basketball for the Bears in his free time and is expected to join the hoops team in Hawaii two days after The Big Game.

3.   It used to be the only time the hoops team would draw a crowd is if football coach Steve Spurrier was in the house.

4.   Yeah, the ragamuffin United States hoops team did no better than a bronze medal in the World Championships.