You can catch all the Milwaukee Bucks' playoff buzz in a special column on this site, but the Bucks are not the only athletes creating a buzz in post-season in town this week.

The Wave got its NPSL playoff journey off to a great start before a crowd of 6.737 at the Bradley Center last Friday night with an 18-14 win over Toronto. They then wrapped up the first round with a win in Canada Sunday and will advance to a best-of-five series.

The Admirals didn't get off to as good a start in the IHL playoffs, with a 4-2 loss to the defending champions, the Chicago Wolves last Saturday night.

On Tuesday and Thursday nights, the Admirals will get the I-94 rivals in their own house, at the Bradley Center for 7 p.m. games. The BC ice should prove to be warmer than the Allstate Arena was.

The real MVPs this week are the members of the Bradley Center maintenance and "grounds" crew. First, they readied the place for basketball Sunday. Then, they will convert it for hockey on Tuesday, basketball again on Wednesday, hockey on Thursday and soccer for the weekend. The Mustangs also will play Arena football.

The Brewers are months away from their playoffs, but they do return Tuesday night for a six-game homestand against the New York Mets and Montreal Expos. One area of concern for the Brewers has to be the closer spot.

Closer Curtis Leskanic continued to struggle on the recent road trip. Leskanic had given up four homers, eight walks and 11 hits in his first 8.1 innings. He had an 8.64 ERA and had to be relieved in his last two save opportunities at Cincinnati and San Francisco.

Leskanic's problem seems to be that he is over-throwing and not giving his slider a chance to break. "My slider has been brutal lately," said the always-open Leskanic. "I just don't have any feel for it."

In the poor outing against the Reds, it was apparent Leskanic was trying to throw every pitch by hitters, rather than take a little off his pitches and give the ball time to break. Pitching coach Bob Apodaca is working on it with Leskanic. Meanwhile, it doesn't seem like manager Davey Lopes has any intention of permanently replacing Leskanic as the closer. "Nobody knows exactly what the problem is, but we think Curtis is going to be fine," Lopes said this week.

After recording 12 saves and going 9-3 last season, Leskanic was designated as the closer and signed to a three-year contract extension. But last season was his first in the closer role. RHP David Weathers, who relieved Leskanic against the Reds, is throwing the ball better right now and could close. RHP Will Cunnane is another possible closer.

Another possible closer, if his arm remains together, is RHP Chad Fox, who is back with the club after two years of elbow problems. Fox was looked at as closer material before his injuries.

-- Lopes will be confronted soon with an interesting situation. His best player to date has been Jose Hernandez, who has pounded the ball and fielded his position at shortstop so well he has had observers wondering who the guy was that played third for the Brewers last season.

But, Mark Loretta should be able to return to shortstop in a couple weeks. So, do you move Hernandez back to third base, where he was so ineffective last season? If you do that, do you cut veteran Tony Fernandez, a player who could help you later in the season because of his experience?

Do you make a radical move and ask Loretta, a utility player before he settled into shortstop, to play third and keep Hernandez at shortstop? We'll have to wait and see what Lopes does.

-- Fans in The Brew Crew Review's recent poll favored "The Keg" as a nickname for Miller Park. A whopping 66 percent of the fans voted for the name. Second was "The Pop Top," which drew 13.8 percent. Other suggestions included "The Foam Dome," "The House That Bud Built," and a variety of others.

Could the Mustangs be moving next season because of a lack of a place to play? Bradley Center officials say they talked to the Vallozzi family several months ago about the possibility of the BC undergoing remodeling in 2002.

That work would be done in the off-season for most of the teams that play in the facility, but that time of the year is the season for Arena Football.

Andrew Vallozzi said last week he only recently learned of the situation, but BC officials deny that. Some have suggested the team play in the U.S. Cellular Arena, but the capacity of that facility is below Arena League standards and there are some other configuration problems.

The Vallozzis always have created some controversial buzz, in part because of their rather flamboyant management style and in part because they challenged the mainstream Milwaukee sports leadership when they proposed taking over part-ownership of the Brewers a few years ago and building a downtown stadium. This BC issue could create more buzz as time goes on.