1.   Even using strict standards requiring the complete punching through of the so-called chad on punch card machines, Gore would have come out ahead statewide.

2.   Lacks punch of first three seasons.

3.   Perhaps more disconcerting are the residual effects from the one-two punches of Nick Van Exel and Magic Johnson against the whistle blowers.

4.   It was exactly what the Illini wanted to against the Hoosiers, who have relied on the inside punch of Kirk Haston and Jared Jeffries much of the season.