21.   I expect that in a few months we will be meeting them again in the national tournament.

22.   Imagine how tough it would have been if the Sun Devils had been upset in the first round of a national tournament.

23.   Imagine how tough it would be if the Sun Devils had been upset in the first round of a national tournament.

24.   In his first three years at Seton Hall, Holloway did not play in the national tournament, a major hole in his life.

25.   In high school, summer meant basketball leagues, basketball camps, the national AAU tournament.

26.   It is three weeks until the national tournament committee gathers in Kansas City, but the brackets are beginning to form.

27.   It could be several years before enough colleges fund teams so that a national tournament could be held.

28.   It heads to the national tournament full of confidence and tested to the peak.

29.   It was his third national tournament and neither he nor Reyes finished in the money.

30.   Last October, in a national tournament in Terre Haute, Ind., his team finished third over all in the seventh-grade division.