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1,001
Career victories for Gene Bess of Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, Mo.; he's the first college basketball coach at any level to win 1,000 games.

3-13
The Saints' record last season, the second-worst in the NFL.

.539
Combined 2005 winning percentage of the 13 opponents New Orleans will face next season, tied for the second-toughest schedule in the league.

7.5
Increase in Kobe Bryant's scoring average from last season (27.6) to this season (35.1); among players who averaged 25 points, only Wilt Chamberlain (in 1961-62) and Rick Barry (1966-67) had bigger jumps in consecutive seasons, according to STATS, Inc.