61.   Starting center Corey Yarbrough is out four to six weeks with a sprained left knee.

62.   Starting center Luc Longley is sidelined indefinitely with a sore shoulder.

63.   Starting center Nate Althoff re-injured his back and is listed as questionable.

64.   Steve Gordon, who came close to being named the starting center two weeks ago, was waived.

65.   That comfort zone lets him assert himself as he did on Saturday night when he benched starting center Lari Ketner for breaking team rules.

66.   That is something Shiver is getting used to hearing as the starting center, even if he is not used to hearing that he is the starting center.

67.   That means center Barret Robbins moves to guard and Curtis Whitley becomes the starting center.

68.   That is a vindication of sorts for starting center Perdue, a reserve all last season who was left off the playoff roster.

69.   The Blazers also had to play all but five minutes without starting center Arvydas Sabonis, who fell in the first quarter and injured his hip and elbow.

70.   The Blue Devils had lost at home to Maryland, and starting center Carlos Boozer broke a bone in his right foot.