1.   And on game day Kotite will decide whether to give Wilson the starting nod.

2.   After getting the starting nod in training camp, Carter had to get some fantasy looks because he was going to be an every-game player.

3.   Alfred said that he and Watson will be supportive of one another, regardless of who gets the starting nod against Texas.

4.   Following that performance, OU coaches gave White the starting nod.

5.   Mike Maerten, a fifth-year senior from Delran, N.J., drew the starting nod Saturday after a small scare on Thursday.

6.   One of these two will earn a starting nod during the playoffs with Victorine lost to the Olympics.

7.   Penny Hardaway is a strong possibility to get a starting nod.

8.   Pitino gave Jerome Moiso and Mark Blount starting nods.

9.   Redskins coach Norv Turner decided yesterday to give the rookie from Tennessee the starting nod over John Friesz, whose passing has been erratic this season.

10.   Seattle coach George Karl, the West head coach, said John Stockton of Utah or his own guard, Gary Payton, should have gotten the starting nod.