1.   Does it mean the Big East should forget football and return to its basketball roots?

2.   Hill, whe served as student council president at DeMatha, has strong basketball roots.

3.   Only Alex stayed true to his basketball roots.

4.   Somehow, this Philadelphia-Los Angeles axis shares pro basketball roots that traverse and tangle from one coast to the other.

5.   They wanted to go back to their basketball roots.

6.   Jackson returned to his basketball roots Tuesday when he was acquired by the Cavs in a trade with the Atlanta Hawks for point guard Brevin Knight.

7.   Jim Jackson returned to his basketball roots Tuesday when he was acquired by the Cleveland Cavaliers in a trade with the Atlanta Hawks for point guard Brevin Knight.