1.   The team is playing only five regular starters.

2.   Erik Pedersen, Brann.

3.   And Cienfuegos will certainly help with the development of Franchino and Hernandez, who are expected to be regular starters in their second full-seasons.

4.   Bibby also benched freshman guard Errick Craven, opting for forward Jerry Dupree and guard Gennaro Busterna to replace his regular starters.

5.   Brown, the regular starter at the position, arrived in the Bay Area late Saturday night.

6.   Doug Johnson, the regular starter, had been suspended for the game, giving Palmer his first real shot at taking the job.

7.   Early season injuries left them at one point with only one regular starter, center Bart Oates, and he was new to the team.

8.   Friends and Nix played six games each as freshmen, while Peay and Wood have been regular starters every year.

9.   Heifetz, who attended the China-Nigerian friendly, informed DiCicco that China used its regular starters.

10.   Hidalgo is the only one of the three regular starters who plays defense well, but he is off to another slow start offensively.