11.   Antonio McDyess, a forward from Alabama who left school after his sophomore season, has sprung to the top, in the opinions of many.

12.   Antoine Walker left school after his sophomore year to enter the NBA.

13.   Barker was older than his college teammates at Kentucky because he left school after his freshman year to serve in the Army Air Forces.

14.   Bates left school after his junior season.

15.   Back in Columbia, another family arrives at the veterinary school after driving three hours from St. Joseph.

16.   Barnett had advised him to stay in school after learning from NFL scouts that Autry would be a late first-round or early second-round pick.

17.   Both brothers dropped out of school after eighth grade to help support the family.

18.   Both youths had been transferred to the school after disciplinary problems at other schools, and both had criminal records.

19.   Both will be highly sought-after by bigger schools after the NCAA tournament.

20.   A school district in Milwaukee last year banned students from bringing pointer lasers to school after a teacher and a student suffered temporary eye damage in two separate incidents.