21.   How much did the president and his top assistants know about these donations?

22.   His top assistant, Eddie Oran, accepted reponsibility for faxing the academic progress report of freshman guard Luke Axtell to KVET-AM radio.

23.   How about a top assistant at a minority school?

24.   In the meantime, though, interim general manager Dave Wallace and his top assistant, Dan Evans, will evaluate trade options.

25.   In Washington, Reno goes around the table and asks for the views of her top assistants.

26.   Instead, he was tossed a lifeline by his old friend Pitino, who made him his top assistant at the University of Kentucky.

27.   Is Riley close to stepping down and turning over the reins to Stan Van Gundy, his top assistant?

28.   Johnson ran the show and was head coach but nominated Dave Wannstedt as his top assistant.

29.   More than seven years later, the Orlando Magic fired head coach Brian Hill and replaced him with Adubato, his top assistant, on an interim basis.

30.   Other candidates considered to be longshots at this point are UCLA assistant Jim Saia, the top assistant at UCLA, and Arizona assistant Rodney Tention.