1.   The tournament got under way on Friday.

2.   It inspires him as another tournament gets under way.

3.   Other coaches, however, defended the new format because it removes the stigma of playing in one game before the tournament gets into full swing.

4.   The NCAA tournament got bigger and better, but the conference crucibles, at least for the bigger boys, got watered down.

5.   The tournament gets underway Saturday in New York and San Jose, with a doubleheader scheduled for the Rose Bowl next Sunday.

6.   The tournament gets four days of television coverage, typical for a major.

7.   The tournament gets under way Saturday in New York and San Jose, with a doubleheader scheduled for the Rose Bowl on Sunday.

8.   The tournament will get under way Friday night with the United States playing Peru before Mexico takes on Denmark in a doubleheader at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego.

9.   This tournament has gotten particularly nasty whenever an American of any gender meets a Canadian along the boards.

10.   Tournaments now getting exemptions, like Coaches vs. Cancer, the Maui Invitational, the Great Alaska Shootout and the Preseason National Invitation Tournament, would all be jeopardized.