31.   Preparing a team mentally during a long series can be as important as any game-planning a coach does.

32.   Preparing a team mentally for the experience is key to the battle.

33.   Reeves is respected around the NFL and his experience in preparing a team for the playoffs is a huge plus.

34.   Shanahan knows how to prepare his team for playoff football and manages playoff games as well as any coach whose team is in the playoffs.

35.   Skinner was asked if he had prepared his team for the bandwagon that is sure to become larger with each victory.

36.   Somewhere along the way, Patterson had prepared a team that lost the guts of its championship defense.

37.   So which Eagles do the Giants coaches prepare their team for?

38.   Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said he was happy to be here at the Final Four, preparing his team for the opening game Saturday against Mississippi State.

39.   That gave Tomjanovich time to get an Olajuwon-free team prepared.

40.   The coach instructs and prepares the team, then observes their progress in the real world, away from the protected environment of the practice field.