11.   As Adelman instructed him the first time he took the floor last week, Smith has not tried to dominate.

12.   As champion, the California State University, Northridge, team will take the floor tonight and have to win just two games to go to the NCAA Tournament.

13.   As the Wildcats took the floor after UCLA finished, the coaches greeted each other with mock indignation reminiscent of California coach Todd Bozeman.

14.   As the light came on and the Nets took the floor, a gunpowder haze hovered over the floor, a misty remnant from the celebration.

15.   As much as anything else, I remember taking the floor.

16.   Barnes made it clear his top priority is the young men who take the floor for him.

17.   Before he took the floor, Camby was surrounded by tape recorders and cameras, drawing more attention than he wanted.

18.   Before the Senate voted, Smith took the floor with a handful of pamphlets mentioning homosexuality that he said are distributed in public schools.

19.   Before they even took the floor, the Jazz found life when they saw Sonic fans lined up outside Key Arena to buy tickets for the NBA Finals.

20.   Before he even took the floor at the FleetCenter for the US Olympic Gymnastics Trials Thursday night, Blaine Wilson had pushed the reset button.