1.   Franchione pondered the offer Saturday and decided yesterday to accept it.

2.   He tells how Roy Williams of Kansas visited him while Williams was pondering an offer from North Carolina.

3.   Morris seriously pondered the offer and discussed it with his parents.

4.   Not wishing to simply lend his name to the school, he pondered the offer for a month before accepting.

5.   French star Youri Djorkaeff, pondering offers from several top clubs around Europe, wants to return to Paris Saint-Germain, the daily Le Parisien reported Saturday.

6.   Ward has pondered offers to play US football instead of basketball.