11.   Soft spikes is just one controversy that will be making the rounds this year.

12.   Some scouts feel Williams is as good as the late Leon Bender, taken in the second round this year by the Raiders.

13.   Stanford, a two-time national champion, lost to Maine in the first round this year.

14.   The Braves have managed to survive the new first round each year, executing three-game sweeps the last three years.

15.   The Kings were swept by Detroit in the first round that year.

16.   The same Sonic group also beat Utah in the opening round that year with a fifth-game win at the Coliseum.

17.   They have seven in the first four rounds this year and will have difficulty signing them all.

18.   They could have met in the opening round this year if Duke had been extended a bid despite a bad year.

19.   Agassi lost to Michel Kratochvil of Switzerland in the first round this year.

20.   As usual, CBS is allowed three hours of back-nine coverage for the final two rounds this year.