41.   Arizona State forward Mike Batiste will play Saturday after missing eight games because of academics.

42.   Arnott, who missed a game in the first round with a knee injury, has seven goals in the postseason, including four in the last three games.

43.   As a result, he missed more games.

44.   As games are missed, the league will constantly try to reconfigure the schedule to maintain its competitive nature.

45.   As it turned out, Jones was in the lineup the following week, and he did not miss a game.

46.   As the results were being confirmed, Rosen did lie to the media that Magic had the flu, to explain why he was missing games.

47.   At Emporia there is Quincy Tillmon, whom the Hornets promote as an All-American despite the fact that he missed several games with an injury.

48.   At the end of July, Harkes missed two games with a calf injury.

49.   Backup front-liner Sean Marks, who missed three games and played just briefly at Stanford because of a bruised thigh, is back to full strength.

50.   Backup tackle JERRY REYNOLDS will miss the game because of surgery on his finger and running back KEITH ELIAS is doubtful with a knee injury.