"Five minutes to doors"
90 minutes. That's about the time coliseum staff had to clear out 10,000 fans from this morning's first game and do a fast-and-furious cleanup job - kind of like the one you did after throwing a party when your parents went out of town for the weekend (well, at least I had to do that a few times).
Coming up on 2:30 p.m. - when the doors would open again for the 4 p.m. tipoff between N.C. State and Florida State - workers were still sweeping and mopping.
"Five minutes to doors," a coliseum staffer said into her walkie-talkie. "Everybody wrap up."
Five games down, 23 to go.