11.   A short and intense season just might have a future.

12.   A solid summer season had coaches excited about him challenging for a spot in the rotation.

13.   A team already without Patrick Ewing for the season had to survive its first game after the All-Star Game break without Larry Johnson and Buck Williams on Tuesday night.

14.   Brokaw, enjoying his fame and success, contemplating what the season had yet to bring, made a bad decision.

15.   But a little while later, a team debriefing in the locker room made it clear that a dream season has yet to be completed.

16.   But in the demanding province of Quebec, nonplayoff seasons rarely have survivors.

17.   But the important differences are that a football season has fewer games and football generates far more money, so new coaches have less room for failure.

18.   But the season still had eight games to go.

19.   But the way this season has unfolded, that somehow would be appropriate.

20.   But this season has had more than its share of bizarre happenings.