31.   Those four, on playing ability alone, could wait around to face the winner late Sunday in a match-play scramble.

32.   Penn State faces the winner of Illinois-Iowa State in the Midwest Regional semifinal in Kansas City on Saturday night.

33.   Agassi will face the winner of the remaining quarterfinal between Todd Martin and Patrick Rafter.

34.   Carlsen moved into the third round, where he was to face the winner of a match between defending champion Goran Ivanisevic and Louis Gloria of the United States.

35.   Cash, a wild-card entry, will face the winner between Anders Jarryd and Tomas Carbonell in the quarterfinals.

36.   Cuba will go on to play in the quarterfinals facing the winner of the Norway-Sweden match in Port Said later Wednesday.

37.   Detroit, which has won eight of its last nine playoff games, will face the winner of the Colorado-San Jose series.

38.   Defending champion Sampras will face the winner of the match between sixth-seeded Patrick Rafter of Australia and American Jared Palmer, who play late Friday.

39.   Duke will face the winner of the Oral Roberts-Florida Atlantic matchup for the tournament title on Tuesday.

40.   Down the road, for now, is the SEC tournament beginning Thursday in Memphis, Tenn., with Tennessee facing the winner of Alabama-Auburn.