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Monday Edition

Here are four Monday topics for you to start the week

Tonight in New Orleans it's UK (Kentucky) against KU (Kansas) for all the Mercedes-Benz's

First Quarter: College Basketball

NCAA Final Four (New Orleans, March 31-April 2/Mercedes-Benz Superdome):
1: National Semifinals: 4 Louisville Cardinals 61 v. 1 Kentucky Wildcats 69, 2 Ohio State Buckeyes 62 v. 2 Kansas Jayhawks 64
2. National Championship: 2 Kansas Jayhawks (32-6) v. 1 Kentucky Wildcats (37-2), 8:23 pm/CBS
NCAA Women’s Final Four (Denver, Colorado, April 1-3/Pepsi Center)
3. National Semifinals: 1 Connecticut Huskies (33-5) 75 v. 1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (35-3) 83 F/OT, 1 Stanford Cardinal (35-2) 47 v. 1 Baylor Bears (39-0) 59
4. National Championship (Tuesday): 1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (35-3) v. 1 Baylor Bears (39-0), 7:30 pm/ESPN

Second Quarter: MLB

1. MLB scoreboard
2. Happy Birthday ________ Clubs
3. Joey Votto close to getting paid 
4. Ubaldo versus the Rox

Third Quarter: NHL

Your weekly look at the NHL playoff standings 04/02, X = Clinched Playoff Berth, Y = Clinched Division

East –

Last Week: X – 1. New York Rangers (101pts) 2. Boston Bruins (91pts) 3. Florida Panthers (87pts) X – 4. Pittsburgh Penguins (100pts) X – 5. Philadelphia Flyers (96pts) 6. New Jersey Devils (90pts) 7. Ottawa Senatos (86pts) 8. Washington Capitals (84pts) 9. Buffalo Sabres (84pts) 10. Winnipeg Jets (78pts)

Today: X – 1. New York Rangers (107pts) XY – 2. Boston Bruins (98pts) 3. Florida Panthers (91pts) X – 4. Pittsburgh Penguins (102pts) X – 5. Philadelphia Flyers (101pts) X – 6. New Jersey Devils (96pts) X – 7. Ottawa Senators (92pts) 8. Washington Capitals (88pts 9. Buffalo Sabres (86pts) 10. Winnipeg Jets (81pts)

West –

Last Week: X – 1. St. Louis Blues (103pts) XY – 2. Vancouver Canucks (99pts) 3. Dallas Stars (87pts) 4. Nashville Predators (96pts) 5. Detroit Red Wings (95pts) 6. Chicago Blackhawks (92pts) 7. Phoenix Coyotes (87pts) 8. Los Angeles Kings (86pts) 9. San Jose Sharks (86pts) 10. Colorado Avalanche (86pts) 11. Calgary Flames (83pts)

Today: XY – 1. Vancouver Canucks (107pts) XY – 2. St. Louis Blues (106pts) 3. Los Angeles Kings (91pts) X – 4. Detroit Red Wings (99pts) X – 5. Nashville Predators (98pts) X – 6. Chicago Blackhawks (98pts) 7. Phoenix Coyotes (91pts) 8. San Jose Sharks (90pts) 9. Dallas Stars (89pts) 10. Colorado Avalanche (88pts) 11. Calgary Flames (86pts)

Complete NHL Standings

Fourth Quarter: NBA

NBA playoff standings as of today 3/26, X – Clinched Playoff Berth, Y – Clinched Division

East –

Last Week: X – 1. Chicago Bulls (40-10) 2. Miami Heat (35-12) 3. Orlando Magic (31-18) 4. Philadelphia 76ers (27-22) 5. Atlanta Hawks (30-20) 6. Indiana Pacers (28-19) 7. Boston Celtics (26-22) 8. New York Knicks (24-25) 9. Milwaukee Bucks (22-26) 10. Cleveland Cavaliers (17-29)

Today: X – 1. Chicago Bulls (42-12) 2. Miami Heats (37-14) 3. Orlando Magic (32-21) 4. Boston Celtics (30-22) 5. Indiana Pacers (31-21) 6. Atlanta Hawks (31-23) 7. Philadelphia 76ers (29-23) 8. New York Knicks (27-26) 9. Milwaukee Bucks (24-28)

West –

Last Week: 1 Oklahoma City Thunder (37-12) 2. San Antonio Spurs (33-14) 3. Los Angeles Lakers (30-19) 4. Los Angeles Clippers (27-21) 5. Dallas Mavericks (28-22) 6. Memphis Grizzlies (26-21) 7. Utah Jazz (26-23) 8. Houston Rockets (26-23) 9. Denver Nuggets (26-23) 10. Phoenix Suns (25-24) 11. Minnesota Timberwolves (24-26) 12. Portland Trailblazers (23-26) 13. Golden State Warriors (20-27)

Today: X – 1. Oklahoma City Thunder (40-12) 2. San Antonio Spurs (36-14) 3. Los Angeles Lakers (33-20) 4. Los Angeles Clippers (31-21) 5. Dallas Mavericks (30-23) 6. Memphis Grizzlies (28-22) 7. Denver Nuggets (29-24) 8. Houston Rockets (28-25) 9. Utah Jazz (27-26) 10. Phoenix Suns (26-26) 11. Portland Trailblazers (25-28) 12. Minnesota Timberwolves (25-29)

Complete NBA Standings

Bonus: Wrestlemania XXVIII (Sun Life Stadium/Miami Gardens, FL)

Here are how my picks went –
Triple Threat Tag Team Championship: Winner – Epico & Primo, 4Q Pick – Tyson Kidd & Justin Gabriel, 0-1
World Heavyweight Championship: Winner – Sheamus, 4Q Pick – Sheamus, 1-1
Intercontinental Championship: Winner – Big Show, 4Q Pick – Big Show, 2-1
Randy Orton v. Kane: Winner Kane, 4Q Pick – Kane, 2-2
Maria Menounos & Kelly Kelly v. Beth Phoenix & Eve: Winner – Maria Menounos & Kelly Kelly, 4Q Pick – Maria Menounos & Kelly Kelly, 3-2
Hell in a Cell (Special Referee Shawn Michaels) The Undertaker v. Triple H: Winner – The Undertaker, 4Q Pick – The Undertaker, 4-2
Team Teddy v. Team Johnny: Winner – Team Johnny, 4Q Pick – Team Johnny, 5-2
John Cena v. The Rock: Winner – The Rock, 4Q Pick – John Cena, 5-3

2012
04/02
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Women’s Final Four 1983-2012

Tonight the women’s Final Four begins in the Mile High City of Denver so let’s take a look back at previous years. Women’s Final Four 1982-2012 (Champion on far right, opponent next than other two Final Four teams, teams seed in tournament listed next to name. 2012 not in that format but by seed)

Tonight in Denver four number one seeds Baylor, Connecticut, Notre Dame and Stanford square off

2012 – Denver, CO (Pepsi Center)/Champion:
1 Baylor                                1 Stanford                           1 Notre Dame                    1 Connecticut
2011 – Indianapolis, IN (Conseco Fieldhouse)/Champion: Texas A&M
2 Texas A&M                     2 Notre Dame                    1 Connecticut                    1 Stanford
2010 – San Antonio, TX (Alamodome)/Champion: Connecticut
1 Connecticut                    1 Stanford                           3 Oklahoma                        4 Baylor
2009 – St. Louis, MO (Scottrade Center)/Champion: Connecticut
1 Connecticut                    3 Louisville                          1 Oklahoma                        2 Stanford
2008 – Tampa Bay, FL (St. Pete Times Forum)/Champion: Tennessee
1 Tennessee                      2 Stanford                           1 Connecticut                    2 LSU
2007 – Cleveland, OH (Quicken Loans Arena)/Champion: Tennessee
1 Tennessee                      4 Rutgers                             1 North Carolina               3 LSU
2006 – Boston, MA (TD Garden)/Champion: Maryland
2 Maryland                         1 Duke                                  1 North Carolina               1 LSU
2005 – Indianapolis, IN (RCA Dome)/Champion: Baylor
2 Baylor                                1 Michigan State               1 Tennessee                      1 LSU
2004 – New Orleans, LA (New Orleans Arena)/Champion: Connecticut
2 Connecticut                    1 Tennessee                      4 LSU                                     7 Minnesota
2003 – Atlanta, GA (Georgia Dome)/Champion: Connecticut
1 Connecticut                    1 Tennessee                      1 Duke                                  2 Texas
2002 – San Antonio, TX (Alamodome)/Champion: Connecticut
1 Connecticut                    1 Oklahoma                        1 Duke                                  2 Tennessee
2001 – St. Louis, MO (Savvis Center)/Champion: Notre Dame
1 Notre Dame                    3 Purdue                              1 Connecticut                    5 Missouri State
2000 – Philadelphia, PA (First Union Center)/Champion: Connecticut
1 Connecticut                    1 Tennessee                      2 Penn State                      2 Rutgers
1999 – San Jose, CA (San Jose Arena)/Champion: Purdue
1 Purdue                              3 Duke                                  1 Louisiana Tech               3 Georgia
1998 – Kansas City, MO (Kemper Arena)/Champion: Tennessee
1 Tennessee                      3 Louisiana Tech               4 North Carolina State    9 Arkansas
1997 – Cincinnati, OH (Riverfront Coliseum)/Champion: Tennessee
3 Tennessee                      1 Old Dominion                 1 Stanford                           6 Notre Dame
1996 – Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Coliseum)/Champion: Tennessee
1 Tennessee                      2 Georgia                             1 Connecticut                    1 Stanford
1995 – Minneapolis, MN (Target Center)/Champion: Connecticut
1 Connecticut                    1 Tennessee                      2 Stanford                           3 Georgia
1994 – Richmond, VA (Richmond Coliseum)/Champion: North Carolina
3 North Carolina               4 Louisiana Tech               1 Purdue                              6 Alabama
1993 – Atlanta, GA (The Omni)/Champion: Texas Tech
2 Texas Tech                      1 Ohio State                       1 Vanderbilt                       2 Iowa
1992 – Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena)/Champion: Stanford
1 Stanford                           4 Western Kentucky       1 Virginia                              8 Missouri State
1991 – New Orleans, LA (Lakefront Arena)/Champion: Tennessee
1 Tennessee                      1 Virginia                              2 Stanford                           3 Connecticut
1990 – Knoxville, TN (Thompson-Boling Arena)/Champion: Stanford
1 Stanford                           2 Auburn                             1 Louisiana Tech               2 Virginia
1989 – Tacoma, Washington (Tacoma Dome)/Champion: Tennessee
1 Tennessee                      1 Auburn                             1 Louisiana Tech               1 Maryland
1988 – Tacoma, Washington (Tacoma Dome)/Champion: Louisiana Tech
2 Louisiana Tech               1 Auburn                             1 Tennessee                      2 Long Beach State
1987 – Austin, TX (Frank Erwin Center)/Champion: Tennessee
2 Tennessee                      1 Louisiana Tech               1 Long Beach State          2 Texas
1986 – Lexington, KY (Rupp Arena)/Champion: Texas
1 Texas                                 1 Southern California      4 Tennessee                      4 Western Kentucky
1985 – Austin, TX (Frank Erwin Center)/Champion: Old Dominion
1 Old Dominion                 2 Georgia                             2 Northwest Louisiana   4 Western Kentucky
1984 – Los Angeles, CA (Pauley Pavilion)/Champion: Southern California
1 Southern California      3 Tennessee                      1 Louisiana Tech               3 Cheyney State
1983 – Norfolk, VA (Norfolk Scope)/Champion: Southern California
1 Southern California      1 Louisiana Tech               2 Georgia                             2 Old Dominion
1983 – Norfolk, VA (Norfolk Scope)/Champion: Louisiana Tech
1 Louisiana Tech               2 Cheyney State               1 Tennessee                      2 Maryland

2012
04/01
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Friday’s Weekend Primer

Getting you set for the Weekend:

Tomorrow the two national semifinals will be played, so get use to me using this at least twice more

First Quarter: Final Four Weekend

Final Four/Mercedes-Benz Louisiana Superdome/New Orleans, Louisiana
1) 4 Louisville Cardinals/Big East (30-9) v. 1 Kentucky Wildcats/SEC (36-2), 5:09 pm/CBS
2) 2 Ohio State Buckeyes/Big Ten (31-7) v. 2 Kansas Jayhawks/Big XII (31-6), 7:49 pm/CBS
Women’s Final Four/Pepsi Center/Denver, Colorado
3) 1 Connecticut Huskies/Big East (33-4) v. 1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish/Big East (34-3), 5:30 pm/ESPN
4) 1 Stanford Cardinal/Pacific 12 (35-1) v. 1 Baylor Bears/ Big XII (38-8), 7:30 pm/ESPN

Second Quarter: NHL

1) NHL Schedule
2) Playoff scenarios for Friday
3) Battle for eighth
4) TV: Fri – Dallas @ Vancouver 9pm NBCSN, Sun – Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh 11:30 am NBC, Boston @ NY Rangers 6 pm NBCSN

Third Quarter:

1) NBA Schedule
2) ESPN on Friday – Dallas Mavericks @ Orlando Magic, 7 pm & Portland Trailblazers @ Los Angeles Clippers, 9:30 pm
3) NBA TV on Saturday – Cleveland Cavaliers @ New York Knicks, 6:30 pm & New Jersey Nets @ Sacramento Kings, 9 pm
4) ABC on Sunday – Chicago Bulls @ Oklahoma City Thunder, Noon & Miami Heat @ Boston Celtics, 2:30 pm

Fourth Quarter: NCAA Hockey/MLB/College Baseball/Wrestlemania XXVIII

1) NCAA Hockey Bracket
2) MLB Spring Training Schedule
3) College Baseball
4) Wrestlemania XXVIII/Miami Gardens, FL/Sun Life Stadium

Have a great weekend and see you on Monday! Thanks for reading Four Quarters! Also follow me on twitter @MikeVmos

2012
03/30
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The Wednesday Edition

It’s the middle of the week so here we go

To think you could pay $25 to watch this in Indy, capitalism wins again!

First Quarter: NHL

Night two of NHL action post All-Star break here are games to view in my opinion

New York Rangers @Buffalo Sabres, 6:30 pm NBC Sports Network
Pittsburgh Penguins @ Toronto Maple Leafs, 6:30 pm
Washington Capitals @ Florida Panthers, 7 pm
Dallas Stars @ Anaheim Ducks, 9:30 pm

Second Quarter: NBA action

Today’s schedule with suggested games to watch

Chicago Bulls @ Philadelphia 76ers, 6 pm
Oklahoma City Thunder @ Dallas Mavericks, 7 pm ESPN
Indiana Pacers @ Minnesota Timberwolves, 7 pm
Los Angeles Clippers @ Utah Jazz, 9:30 pm ESPN

Third Quarter: College Basketball

For a Wednesday night here is the schedule of games

Suggested viewing/listening
Wichita State Shockers (18-4/9-2 MVC) @ Missouri State Bears (13-10/6-5 MVC), 7:05 pm
Illinois State Redbirds (14-8/6-5 MVC) @ #12 Creighton Bluejays (20-2/10-1 MVC), 7:05 pm NET
UTSA Roadrunners (14-7/6-1 SLC) @ UTA Mavericks (15-5/ 7-0 SLC), 8 pm
Colorado State Rams (14-6/3-2 MWC) @ #13 UNLV Running Rebels (20-3/4-1 MWC), 9:30 pm theMTN

Fourth Quarter: NFL Super Bowl Week

Here is a article about the two coaches, Gregg Doyel on future Super Bowl sites such as London? Viva cold cities hosting the big game!

Here are locations that I’d like to see future Super Bowls held at

1) Los Angeles, California (either at the LA Memorial Coliseum or Rose Bowl) – There is something iconic about this image
2) San Diego, California (Qualcomm Stadium) – I pray they build a new stadium soon to replace Qualcomm
3) Kansas City, Missouri (Arrowhead Stadium) – Don’t let location fool you average temps are warmer than you think
4) Houston, Texas (Reliant Stadium) – Perhaps one of the best stadiums in the NFL and the last game there was classic
5) Denver, Colorado (New Mile High Stadium) – Something about the mountains and the Lombardi trophy sounds cool

Ok, now LA/San Diego have hosted a combined 10 times (7 Los Angeles and 3 San Diego) and Houston twice but its been since 2003 that the State of California last host the big game . LA last hosted in 1993 when Dan Beebe ran down Leon Lett in the Cowboys beatdown of the Bills in Pasadena. For Houston it’s not been as long having hosted in 2004 but before that it was 1974. Kansas City you say? Well Lamar Hunt helped in naming the event and the weather isn’t as big an issue as I’m sure you’d think plus KC is a convention city and could handle this watch with what they do with the MLB All-Star Game this summer. Finally, Denver sure there might be some snow but it melts quick in the Mile High City plus again the mountains mixing with the Lombardi lets make it happen.

2012
02/01
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Bracketbuster X and how 4Quarters would fix it

Here are the games that I’d have if I could choose the match-ups

Yesterday I promised that today I’d put up if I had free reign of the ESPN created Bracketbuster event, its ten years old and lets face it its out of control. 148 teams or so are involved and hell look at the Missouri Valley Conference which is the best midmajor this year conference this year and drew the short straw. Heck you don’t even have Gonzaga who is the king of the midmajor (despite their lack of Final Fours) in this even but other West Coast Conference teams are. It’s time to make this what it should be and select a handful of teams that aren’t in the ACC, Big East, BigXII, B1G, Pac12 and ACC take the weekend before conference play starts and have them play schools from the MVC, Mountain West, Colonial and Atlantic10 plus any other teams that are worth a damn that season. This event is made to help teams that need the RPI boost which it simply doesn’t anymore. Again if I had my choice this year here are the match-ups I’d select.

First Quarter: Ranked Mid-Majors versus the College Basketball Elites (sites: Chicago/Denver/Kansas City/Memphis)

NOTE: I’ll select a neutral site for these games to be played at since they’d never play at the smaller schools

1) #1 Kentucky Wildcats (21-1/SEC) vs #9 Murray State Racers (21-0/OVC) – FedEx Forum (Memphis, TN), Memphis seems neutral for this game

2) #2 Syracuse Orange (22-1/BE) vs #13 UNLV Running Rebels (20-3/MWC) – United Center (Chicago, IL), I thought hey why not meet in the middle instead of playing at the NYC Carrier Dome which all non-conf games for the ‘Cuse are

3) #3 Ohio State Buckeyes (19-3/B1G) vs #16 Saint Mary’s Gaels (21-2/WCC) – Pepsi Center (Denver, CO), Again another site that is in the middle pretty much plus easy to reach

4) #4 Missouri Tigers (19-2/BigXII) vs #12 Creighton Bluejays (20-2/MVC) – Sprint Center (Kansas City, MO), Sure its in Missouri’s home state but its practically in the middle plus the ‘Jays travel well and it be a easy trip south on I-29

Second Quarter: Next tier of Midmajors and top25 teams (These games will be played at same sites listed in 1st Quarter)

1) #5 Duke Blue Devils (18-3/ACC) vs #17 San Diego State Aztecs (18-3/MWC) – United Center (Chicago, IL), This game would be fun to watch or at least to me it would be

2) #6 Baylor Bears (19-2/BigXII) vs #23 Harvard Crimson (19-2/Ivy) – FedEx Forum (Memphis, TN),  This game would be interesting I think with Baylor taking on Harvard also alot of nerds hah

3) #6 North Carolina Tar Heels (18-3/ACC) vs Gonzaga Bulldogs (17-3/WCC) – Pepsi Center (Denver, CO), This would be the other Denver site game and UNC would travel to meet the ‘Zags in the mile high city

4) #8 Kansas Jayhawks (17-4/BigXII) vs Wichita State Shockers (18-4/MVC) – Sprint Center (Kansas City, MO), I don’t care if this would be a home game for KU its a game I want to see and that the Jayhawks would never schedule

Third Quarter: Midmajors versus potential bubble teams (games played at midmajors)

1) Connecticut Huskies (14-6/BE) @ Nevada Wolfpack (18-3) – This game would be played in Reno and would be used for a resume builder for both teams, I’d love to see it.

2) Minnesota Golden Gophers (16-6/B1G) @ Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders (20-3/SunBelt) – The Blue Raiders get a B1G bubble team to visit which would be one of the biggest games in their gyms

3) Kansas State Wildcats (15-5/BigXII) @ Oral Roberts (20-4/Summit) – Manhatten, Kansas to Tulsa, Oklahoma wouldn’t be a terrible drive and if the Golden Eagles wanted to they could move this game to the BOK if they didn’t want it on-campus

4) California Bears (17-5/Pac12) @ Long Beach State 49ers (16-6) – Here is your west coast game and I could have choosen any Pac12 team and put them against the Beach who should get to play a power team at home

Fourth Quarter: The rest in my opinion (games played at team with better record)

1) Weber State Wildcats (16-4/BigSky) @ Southern Miss Golden Eagles (19-3/CUSA) – Weber State has the leading scorer in the country and Southern Miss is a under the radar team

2) Iona Gaels (17-5/MAAC) @ Cleveland State Vikings (18-4/Horizon) – I think this would be another fun match-up if it were to happen

3) Davidson Wildcats (15-5/Southern) @ Bucknell Bison (17-6/Patriot) – Two teams that have made life hell for midmajors match-up at Bucknell

4) BYU Cougars (18-6/WCC) @ George Mason Patriots (18-5/CAA) – How about this tilt? Ok, maybe I’m the only excited about this game but I think you enjoy it.

Alright so those are 16 games that I’d make if I were in charge and if you noticed no A10 teams which sorry under this format I just ran out of teams/space they’d been in the next flight. Next time I’ll do a MVC/WCC/A10/CAA match-up with the top teams in the four best non-power six conferences

Bracketbuster games (none-TV) and those selected for TV the weekend of Feb. 17-19

2012
01/31
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