31.   For all the improvement the Warriors showed last season, P.J. Carlesimo is still no closer to reaching the playoffs entering his third year.

32.   Hart played on three Cardinal teams that reached the playoffs.

33.   He does it in hopes of reaching the playoffs.

34.   He never guaranteed that they would win a game once they reached the playoffs.

35.   He played every game down the stretch for us and was the reason we reached the playoffs.

36.   He said hockey and basketball teams do that more often than baseball and football teams because a higher percentage of NHL and NBA teams reach the playoffs.

37.   He set out to change the entire persona of a club that had never reached the playoffs.

38.   He worked feverishly at the trade deadline to acquire Mark Grudzielanek and Carlos Perez for prospects in an attempt to reach the playoffs.

39.   His team had just won the biggest game of the year when it was outmanned and seemingly outgunned and had reached the playoffs for the second straight season.

40.   His loyalty to Davis alone will probably enable him to survive any immediate purge, especially if the Raiders reach the playoffs.