21.   Eight returning defensive starters mean Wisconsin will once again challenge for the best scoring defense.

22.   Eight returning defensive starters, plus kicker Brett Conway and punter Darrell Kania, will work to remove pressure from the offense at the start.

23.   End Kenyon Coleman, who anchors the defensive line, is one of eight returning defensive starters.

24.   Even with Laettner reunited with returning starters Bobby Hurley, Grant Hill and Thomas Hill.

25.   Four returning starters in the offensive line, including the Lombardi Award winner Orlando Pace, could ease the transition to having a new starting quarterback, Stanley Jackson.

26.   Former Wildcats coach Bill Curry was unwilling to make a full-time commitment to Couch, instead choosing returning starter Billy Jack Haskins to direct the offense.

27.   He had superb talent and played a position without a returning starter.

28.   He was a returning starter, but coach Del Harris opted to open the season with the fifth-year pro coming off the bench behind diminutive George Lynch.

29.   Holmoe -- pleasant, honest, forthright about his situation -- entered this last year on his contract with eight returning starters on both offense and defense.

30.   If Nailon does come back, he and point guard Prince Fowler will be the only returning starters next season.