1.   Among the helpful forces are Forest Whitaker as Harold Rucker, who started a playground basketball tournament in Harlem.

2.   An exemption for the Great Eight basketball tournament was approved.

3.   And then there is the Final Four, the college basketball tournament.

4.   Another basketball tournament, another city, another story, more comparisons.

5.   As the Texas Longhorns prepared for the last postseason basketball tournament in Southwest Conference history yesterday, the coaching staff pulled Reggie Freeman aside for a brief chat.

6.   At issue was money paid to the NCAA for Final Four basketball tournament tickets.

7.   Binder added that prohibition of alcohol at all rush functions, such as cookouts and basketball tournaments, will be enforced more strictly.

8.   -- The selection process for future football championship games and basketball tournaments is expected to begin next year.

9.   - Some eighth-graders in Wisconsin were caught running a pool on the NCAA basketball tournament last month.

10.   A basketball tournament can be a cornerstone-type event.