1.   Barnes might have helped his NBA stock by developing his perimeter game, but it hardly helped the Bruins.

2.   -- Coach BUTCH BEARD said he and WILLIS REED, the general manager, are still contemplating a trade that would secure some help for an ailing perimeter game.

3.   A group that wanted to employ more of a perimeter game but finally followed its coach and found merit in the middle.

4.   But he spent the summer with his high school coach Bob Hurley and Clippers and St. Anthony alum Terry Dehere working on his perimeter game in New Jersey.

5.   But they reverted to their perimeter game against the Sonics.

6.   DeClercq leads a frontcourt that can rebound and defend, but Florida has suffered from lack of a perimeter game.

7.   Duke relies on a perimeter game led by Collins and junior guard Jeff Capel.

8.   He has been effective driving to the basket, despite an ineffective perimeter game.

9.   He compared UCLA more to Texas, with its physical center, than Duke, with its emphasis on the perimeter game.

10.   His energy and tenacity on the boards will provide a stiff challenge for the huge North Carolina front line while providing the perfect complement for the Florida perimeter game.