Picked to finish towards the bottom of the Big East Conference again, Pitino led them to a second-place finish, 12 – 4 ( tied with the University of Pittsburgh, but Louisville beat them earlier in the season ) in the conference standings and a first round bye in the conference tournament.

Picked for the presidency by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1974, and on 20 August 1974, he became the second Muslim to be elected President.

Picked up by London publisher Harrap, he started with two commissions which were never completed: Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ( his work on which was destroyed during the 1916 Easter Rising ) and an illustrated edition of Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock.

Picked up by MGM, Russell debuted in Evelyn Prentice ( 1934 ); and, although the role was small, she was noticed, with one critic saying that she was " convincing as the woman scorned.

Picked for the first time in 1982, he played several test matches that summer with Ian Botham in the same side.

Picked for the Indian tour of Australia in 1947 / 48, Phadkar shone more with the bat than the ball.

* James T. Kelley-Drunk with Pockets Picked / Second Flophouse Customer

Picked at number three in the 1998 AFL Draft, Fosdike played for the Sydney Swans 1999-2008 and was one of the best players on field during the Swan's 2005 grand final triumph with 26 disposals.

Picked by many to win their division in 2004 after faring well in the free agent market, the Royals got off to a disappointing start and by late June were back in a rebuilding mode, releasing veteran reliever Curtis Leskanic and trading veteran reliever Jason Grimsley and superstar center fielder Carlos Beltrán for prospects, all within a week of each other.

" Later, during Siskel and Ebert's annual " If We Picked the Winners " program, Gene Siskel gave away the surprise twist of the film while giving his review, which infuriated Ebert.

Picked by the Detroit Lions 2010 NFL Draft.

The highest point in Bow is Picked Hill, at above sea level, in the southern part of town.

St John's Church was built in a field called Picked Acre alongside Boreham Road.

Picked up a live grenade and threw it back towards the enemy, losing his right hand in the process and saving at least 2 of his comrades.

* Bradley Graham, " Wolfowitz Successor Picked: Navy Secretary Is Bush's Choice for No. 2 Defense Job " The Washington Post, April 1, 2005

Hands and his wife own the Hand Picked Hotels chain of 17 country-house properties, which is run by Julia Hands.

* First Baserunner Picked Off On Base: June 6, 1995, Brian Jordan ( St. Louis Cardinals ), by Mark Thompson at 1st base

Image: Jungle Myna-Picked up a Grasshopper I2 IMG 5010. jpg | Picked up a Grasshopper in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Picked by Billboard magazine to be the Standells ' next hit, the song was banned by Texas radio mogul Gordon McLendon who deemed the record to have sexually-suggestive lyrics.

Picked up by the Queensland Reds, before moving to the ACT Brumbies, he also played club football at Sydney University.

Picked crews from the bomber groups were allowed to transfer and the PFF soon expanded into a completely new Group-designated No. 8 Group ( PFF )-in January 1943.

Picked up by dance shows across the country, it became widely popular.

Picked by President Ernesto Geisel as his successor, Figueiredo campaigned vigorously, even though given that the president was elected by a legislature dominated by the pro-military National Renewal Alliance Party he could not possibly be defeated.

Picked up by the Japanese TV show Beautiful Sunday some ten years later, this song was re-popularized in Japan.

Picked up by their ship, they fled and were pursued by two ships-one of which was the Axalon.

Picked up by a boat, Thomas soon died of cold and exposure.

Picked straight off the tree, it is highly astringent and gritty ; however, when left to blet ( over-ripen ) it sweetens and becomes pleasant to eat.

In 2005 – 06, little was expected of the freshman / sophomore dominated Jayhawks, as they were unranked in the preseason polls and picked to finish 6th in the conference.

Going into the 2009 – 10 season, the Jayhawks were ranked # 1 in the preseason polls.

CSI began the 2008-09 season ranked third in the nation in preseason polls.

With freshman Marvin Williams joining the squad for the 2004 – 2005, the junior class led by preseason Wooden Award candidates in McCants, May, and Felton gave UNC a high ranking in all preseason polls and the team was seen as one of the favorites to win the NCAA Tournament.

Many preseason predictions picked the Padres in 2010 to finish the season in last place in the NL West.

Despite the experienced team, expectations were low and the ACC's preseason poll projected Maryland to finish fifth among the six teams in the Atlantic Division.

In 2010, after finishing tied for second in the Big 12 with a squad picked to finish tenth in the preseason poll, Scott Drew was elected the Austin American Statesman's Coach of the Year award.

This meant that a single regular season game was played in the midst of the last weekend of preseason play ( with some preseason games being played the next night ).

On 24 August 2009, in the last preseason game before the start of La Liga, Van Nistelrooy stepped on the pitch for the first time since his injury and played the last fifteen minutes of the game against Rosenborg, substituting Kaká.

The last event ever to be held at the Boston Garden was a preseason game between the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens on September 28, 1995.

He was on the preseason roster of the Los Angeles Clippers in 1995 before being the last player cut.

He also played for the Buffalo Bills in preseason action in 1985 but was the last player cut before the start of that season.

After impressive preseason displays, Glasgow Warriors lost first game of the new Celtic League against Newport Gwent Dragons 23 – 24 after a last minute penalty.

If he recovered, he said he would join Rosenborg again when preseason starts at the beginning of 2007-which would have been his last season in the famous white and black shirt according to his contract.

In a 2009 preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens, his jersey misspelled his last name as it said Bettis, as most would consider thinking about former Steelers halfback Jerome Bettis.

His last game was on a preseason friendly against Leyton Orient F. C., which Newcastle lost 6 – 1.

It was the last formal contract discussion between the two sides, leading Branch to hold out of the team's mandatory June minicamp, training camp, and the preseason.

Bush missed the last three games of the 2009 preseason due to a calf injury and to rest his surgically repaired knee.

The Hornets played their last game at the Chesapeake Energy Arena on October 9, 2007, a preseason game.

Dowd was invited to the Flyers training camp on a tryout basis again in 2008, but he was released after the last game of the Flyers ' 2008-09 preseason, along with Bryan Berard, to allow rookie development, notably Danny Syvret and Darroll Powe.

The final Springfield Indian playing any significant time with the franchise active in the NHL was Rob DiMaio, who last played in the 2006 preseason with the Dallas Stars ; the final Indians playing significant time with the franchise active in professional hockey were Michel Picard and Terry Yake, active respectively in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey and the Swiss Nationalliga B through the end of the 2009 season.