1.   Anthony Tucker has an injured back.

2.   Although his injured back and shoulder have held so far, either could give way during the rigors of a five-month season.

3.   After one year of playing, however, he was involved in a serious car accident that kept him out for almost a year because of an injured back.

4.   By the middle of the tournament, in an overtime game against Sweden, Gretzky occasionally leaned over the boards, wincing from pain in his previously injured back.

5.   Coincidentally, Barros was told by the Mavericks not to report to training camp and stay in Boston to rehabilitate his injured back.

6.   CSUN played without injured defensive backs Martin Bacon and Isaac Gardner.

7.   He offers vitamins, refers psychiatric help, prescribes physical therapy to treat an injured back.

8.   Mike Wiley has recovered from his injured back and will start at outside linebacker, with impressive redshirt freshman Santi Hall getting plenty of snaps.

9.   Rice made his first start in the Cleveland game because Sprewell sat out with an injured back, and is likely to start again Friday night in Boston.