1.   A season that began with hopes of a conference title has crumbled into a desperate dash for a winning record and a sad desire to simply end the nightmare.

2.   After another Syracuse free throw, Watson lost the ball as he began a desperate dash downcourt.

3.   His desperate dash down the final straight fell a quarter of a second short.

4.   So despite greatly heightened Chinese security, experts on North Korea predict that desperate dashes will increase.