31.  Are they the best team in the West?

32.  As Fulmer said at Tuesday's final Fiesta Bowl press conference, "All we had to be was the best team on 13 different game days.

33.  Detroit is the league's best team with the man advantage, converting more than 20 percent of the time.

34.  Did anyone expect the 21-year-old left-hander to thoroughly dominate the best team in the American League in his fourth major league start?

35.  Duncan merely is the best player on the best team in the best conference.

36.  Each looking like the best team in its league.

37.  Dodger.com officials boast that it's been named best team site five years in a row by USA Today's Baseball Weekly.

38.  Duke-UNLV in 1991 and Indiana-Duke in '92 are two recent examples of the best teams meeting in the semifinals.

39.  Even baseball's best team, the Seattle Mariners, has leaned heavily on kid pitchers.

40.  Even Favre says, "I believe Denver is the best team the AFC has put in the Super Bowl for a while.