21.   Aside from loving the game, he feels basketball is excellent preparation for working in a crowd of defensive backs and ripping down a catch.

22.   At Kentucky, where he inherited a program in turmoil, basketball was king.

23.   At the beginning, the basketball was awful.

24.   At the end, we will part ways as far as basketball is concerned.

25.   Austin has toyed with baseball, but in the past two years basketball has been his passion.

26.   At Tulane, where he was AD for five years before coming to ASU in March, college basketball was an afterthought.

27.   Basketball has always been different.

28.   Basketball has been a year-round commitment since those heavy days at Holliston High School.

29.   Basketball has been something of a bonus for Shields.

30.   Basketball is a full-time job.