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The Wednesday Edition

Halfway through the week

The NBA draft will be held virtually this evening.

First Quarter: NFL

1. NFL scoreboard
2. Thursday Night Football has the NFC south showdown
3. Big divisional game tomorrow in Seattle
4. Who do you like to win?

Second Quarter: College Football

1. College Football scoreboard
2. Toledo (1-1 MAC) @ Eastern Michigan (0-2 MAC), 6 pm/CBSSN
3. Northern Illinois (0-2 MAC) @ Ball State (1-0 MAC), 6 pm/ESPNews
4. Western Michigan (2-0) @ Central Michigan (2-0 MAC), 6 pm/ESPN2

Third Quarter: AEW/NXT

AEW
1. Which announced match are you looking forward to most?
2. Matt Sydal is now officially All Elite.
NXT
3. Big women’s title match scheduled between Io Shirai and Rhea Ripley
4. What havoc will Pat McAfee and his group cause?

Fourth Quarter: Potpourri of Wednesday Links

1. World soccer scoreboard
2. NBA releases part of their schedule
3. The draft order for tonight, who goes number one?
4. Wichita State’s Gregggggggg Marshall resigns

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2020 Posts: 229

Monday Edition

Here are you four Monday topics for you to start the week


Who moved on and how many brackets are still intact?

First Quarter: NBA

1. NBA scoreboard
2. Today’s playoff picture on 03-24-14
3. 4Q Game of the Night (1): Portland Trailblazers (45-25) @ Miami Heat (47-21), 6:30 pm/NBATV
4. 4Q Game of the Night (2): Indiana Pacers (51-19) @ Chicago Bulls (39-31), 7 pm

Second Quarter: NHL

1. NHL scoreboard
2. Today’s playoff picture on 03-24-14
3. 4Q Game of the Night (1): Montreal Canadians (39-26-7, 85 pts) @ Boston Bruins (49-17-5, 103 pts), 6:30 pm/NBCSN
4. 4Q Game of the Night (2): Winnipeg Jets (32-31-7, 73 pts) @ Dallas Stars (32-26-11, 77 pts), 7:30 pm

Third Quarter: College Basketball

1. NCAA Men’s Tournament Bracket/Women’s Bracket
2. NIT Bracket
3. CIT Bracket
4. CBI Bracket

Fourth Quarter: Weekend Links

1. Maryland lawsuit against the ACC and ESPN?
2. Media Circus: Ian Darke
3. The end of McBuckets and Creighton, as is Wichita State’s perfection
4. How the sweet 16 came together

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2014 Posts: 63

Monday Edition

Here are you four Monday topics for you to start the week


Lots a good basketball moments in the good life this weekend, including Warren Buffet at the Creighton-Providence game on Saturday.

First Quarter: NBA

1. NBA scoreboard
2. Today’s playoff picture on 03-10-14
3. 4Q Game of the Night (1): Toronto Raptors (35-26) @ Brooklyn Nets (31-30), 6:30 pm
4. 4Q Game of the Night (2): Phoenix Suns (36-26) @ Los Angeles Clippers (44-20), 9:30 pm/NBATV

Second Quarter: NHL

1. NHL scoreboard
2. Today’s playoff picture on 03-10-14
3. 4Q Game of the Night (1): Phoenix Coyotes (29-24-11, 69 pts) @ Tampa Bay Lightning (34-24-6, 74 pts), 6:30 pm
4. 4Q Game of the Night (2): Toronto Maple Leafs (34-23-8, 76 pts) @ Anaheim Ducks (43-14-7, 93 pts), 9 pm

Third Quarter: College Basketball

1. Men’s and Women’s scoreboard/Conference Tournament schedules (3 automatic bids on the line)
2. Summit League Semifinals (Sioux Falls, SD) – 4 Denver (16-14) v. 1 North Dakota State (23-6) 6 pm; 3 South Dakota State (19-11) v. 2 IPFW (23-9) 8:30 pm
3. WCC Semifinals (Las Vegas, NV) – 4 Saint Mary’s (22-10) v. 1 Gonzaga (26-6) 8 pm/ESPN; 3 San Francisco (21-10) v. 2 BYU (22-10) 10:30 pm/ESPN2
4. CAA Title Game (Baltimore, MD) – 3 William & Mary (20-11) v. 1 Delware (24-9), 6 pm/NBCSN
5. MAAC Title Game (Springfield, MA) – 2 Manhatten (24-7) v. 1 Iona (22-9), 6 pm/ESPN2
6. SoCon – 5 Western Carolina (19-14) v. 3 Wolford (19-12), 8 pm/ESPN2

Fourth Quarter: Weekend Links

1. Seven OT’s later they call it a tie in a high school hockey game /Mike Modano had his number 9 retired this weekend
2. Media Circus: MLB roundtable
3. Doug McDermott joins the 3,000 point club this weekend
4. The rivalry that isn’t

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2014 Posts: 53

The Wednesday Edition

It’s the middle of the week

Would the NFL seriously consider relocating the biggest game of the year?. (USATSI)
Could Arizona lose another Super Bowl? Photo by USA Today Sports

First Quarter: NBA

1) NBA scoreboard
2) 4Q Game of the Night: Golden State Warriors (35-22) @ Chicago Bulls (30-26), 7 pm
3) ESPN DH Game 1: New Orleans Pelicans (23-33) @ Dallas Mavericks (35-23), 7 pm
4) ESPN DH Game 2: Houston Rockets (39-18) @ Los Angeles Clippers (39-20), 9:30 pm

Second Quarter: NHL

1) NHL scoreboard/standings as the playoff push begins
2) Rivalry Night on NBCSN: Boston Bruins (37-16-4, 78 pts) @ Buffalo Sabres (16-34-8, 40 pts), 6:30 pm
3) Game 2 of NBCSN DH: Los Angeles Kings (31-22-6, 68 pts) @ Colorado Avalanche (37-16-5, 79 pts), 9 pm
4) 4Q Game of the Night: St. Louis Blues (39-12-6, 84 pts) @ Vancouver Canucks (27-24-9, 63 pts), 9:30 pm

Third Quarter: College Basketball

1) Men’s and Women’s scoreboard
2) California Golden Bears (18-9, 9-5 PAC-12) @ 3 Arizona Wildcats (25-2, 12-2 PAC-12), 8 pm/ESPN2
3) Baylor Bears (18-9, 6-8 Big XII) @ 24 Texas Longhorns (20-7, 9-5 Big XII), 8 pm/ESPNU
4) Stanford Cardinal (18-8, 9-5 PAC-12) @ Arizona State Sun Devils (19-8, 8-6 PAC-12), 10 pm/ESPNU

Fourth Quarter: Midweek Links

1) The saga in San Francisco with the 49ers front office
2) Could Arizona lose another Super Bowl?
3) Jonah Keri looks at who might breakout in MLB this season
4) Someone went 30-0 last night

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2014 Posts: 45

The Wednesday Edition

It’s the middle of the week


Today the Yankees signed Masahiro Tanaka for $155 million.

First Quarter: NBA

1) NBA scoreboard
2) ESPN Wednesday Night DH Game 1: Oklahoma City Thunder (32-10) @ San Antonio Spurs (32-9), 7 pm
3) ESPN Wednesday Night DH Game 2: Indiana Pacers (33-7) @ Phoenix Suns (23-17), 9:30 pm
4) Dallas Mavericks (25-18) @ Toronto Raptors (20-20), 6 pm

Second Quarter: NHL

1) NHL scoreboard
2) NBCSN Rivalry Night: Chicago Blackhawks (32-8-11, 75 pts) @ Detroit Red Wings (21-18-10, 52 pts), 7 pm/NBCSN
3) Carolina Hurricanes (20-19-9, 49 pts) @ Philadelphia Flyers (25-19-6, 56 pts), 5 pm
4) Montreal Canadians (27-17-5, 59 pts) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (34-13-2, 70 pts), 6 pm

Third Quarter: College Basketball

1) Men’s and Women’s scoreboard
2) 10 Iowa Hawkeyes (15-3, 4-1 B1G) @ 21 Michigan Wolverines (13-4, 5-0 B1G), 6 pm/BTN
3) 5 Wichita State Shockers (19-0, 6-0 MVC) @ Illinois State Redbirds (11-7, 4-2 MVC), 7:05 pm/ESPN3
4) 9 Wisconsin Badgers (16-2, 3-2 B1G) @ Minnesota Golden Gophers (14-5, 3-3 B1G), 8 pm/BTN

Fourth Quarter: Midweek Links

1) Does defense still win titles?
2) I don’t think it’s time to stop questioning this
3) Masahiro Tanaka fallout for those who didn’t get him and another dumb article from Jeff Passan
4) Fantasy Draft for the Pro Bowl but this article states who it couldn’t of been worst
5) Putin’s Olympics

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2014 Posts: 17

Tuesday = Lots of Links

It’s Tuesday so bring on the links!


Crosby and the Pens are in a 2-0 hole against the B’s in the East Finals. JUSTIN K. ALLER/GETTY IMAGES

First Quarter: Starter Links

1) NCAA baseball bracket
2) Cliff Corcoran on last night’s FAU and North Carolina regional championship game
3) Mad Chatter from Dirk Chatelain of the Omaha World Herald
4) Sam Mellinger of the Twitter Tuesday

Second Quarter: NBA Finals

1) NBA scoreboard
2) Game seven wasn’t close after the first quarter
3) Grantland on the three time defending Eastern Conference champs
4) The Triangle says it’s time to move past retread hires

Third Quarter: NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs/Conference Finals

1) NHL scoreboard
2) Boston might have Pittsburgh in a strong headlock
3) While both conference finals are going on game three I love to link Katie Baker articles
4) Carolina is debuting new uniforms here is the video

Fourth Quarter: MLB

1) MLB scoreboard
2) MLB Draft top 100 prospects
3) Houston seems to own the Angels
4) College baseball but still note worthy with Gene Stephenson reportedly leaving Wichita State (albeit forced)

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2013 Posts: 148

2013 NCAA College Baseball Tournament Primer


The Road to Omaha begins later this week so here are the basics.

Friday the NCAA baseball tournament begins so here is the field and the needed information.

National Seeds:
North Carolina (52-8), Vanderbilt (51-9), Oregon State (45-10), LSU (52-9), Cal State Fullerton (48-8), Virginia (47-10), Florida State (44-15) and Oregon (45-14)

Regional Host:
Baton Rouge, LA – LSU Tigers (52-9) /Alex Box Stadium, Blacksburg, VA – Virginia Tech Hokies (38-20)/English Field, Bloomington, IN – Indiana Hoosiers (43-14)/Bart Kaufman Field, Chapel Hill, N.C. – North Carolina Tar Heels (52-8)/Boshamer Stadium, Charlottesville, VA – Virginia Cavalier (47-10)/Davenport Field, Columbia, S.C. – South Carolina Gamecocks (39-18)/Carolina Stadium, Eugene, OR – Oregon Ducks (45-14)/PK Park, Fullerton, CA – Cal State Fullerton Titans (48-8)/Goodwin Field,
Los Angeles, CA – UCLA Bruins (39-17)/Jackie Robinson Stadium, Louisville, KY – Louisville Cardinals (46-10)/Jim Patterson Stadium, Manhattan, KS – Kansas State Wildcats (41-17)/Tointon Family Stadium
Nashville, TN – Vanderbilt Commodores (51-9)/Hawkins Field, Raleigh, N.C. – North Carolina Wolfpack (44-14)/Doak Field, Starkville, MS – Mississippi State Bulldogs (43-17)/Dude Noble Field, Tallahassee, FL – Florida State Seminoles (44-15)/Dick Howser Stadium

The Field with Regional Match-ups:
Chapel Hill, N.C. – 1 North Carolina Tar Heels, 2 Florida Atlantic Owls, 3 Towson Tigers, 4 Canisius Golden Griffins
Columbia, S.C. – 1 South Carolina Gamecocks, 2 Clemson Tigers, 3 Liberty Flames, 4 Saint Louis Billikens
Raleigh, N.C. – 1 North Carolina State Wolfpack, 2 Mississippi Rebels, 3 William & Mary Tribe, 4 Binghamton Bearcats
Eugene, OR – 1 Oregon Ducks, 2 Rice Owls, 3 San Francisco Dons, 4 South Dakota State Jackrabbits
Fullerton, CA – 1 Cal State Fullerton Titans, 2 Arizona State Sun Devils, 3 New Mexico Lobos, 4 Columbia Lions
Los Angeles, CA – 1 UCLA Bruins, 2 Cal Poly Mustangs, 3 San Diego Toreros, 4 San Diego State Aztecs
Blackburg, VA – 1 Virginia Tech Hokies, 2 Oklahoma Sooners, 3 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, 4 Connecticut Huskies
Baton Rouge, LA – 1 LSU Tigers, 2 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns, 3 Sam Houston State Bearkats, 4 Jackson State Tigers
Nashville, TN – 1 Vanderbilt Commodores, 2 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 3 Illinois Fighting Illini, 4 East Tennessee State Buccaneers
Louisville, KY – 1 Louisville Cardinals, 2 Miami (FL) Hurricanes, 3 Oklahoma State Cowboys, 4 Bowling Green Falcons
Bloomington, IN – 1 Indiana Hoosiers, 2 Austin Peay Governors, 3 Florida Gators, 4 Valparaiso Crusaders
Tallahassee, FL – 1 Florida State Seminoles, 2 Alabama Crimson Tide, 3 Troy Trojans, 4 Savannah State Tigers
Charlottesville, VA – 1 Virginia Cavaliers, 2 UNC Wilmington Seahawks, 3 Elon Phoenix, 4 Army Black Knights
Starkville, MS – 1 Mississippi State Bulldogs, 2 South Alabama Jaguars, 3 Mercer Bears, 4 Central Arkansas Bears
Manhattan, KS – 1 Kansas State Wildcats, 2 Arkansas Razorbacks, 3 Bryant Bulldogs, 4 Wichita State Shockers
Corvallis, OR – 1 Oregon State Beavers, 2 Texas A&M Aggies, 3 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, 4 UTSA Roadrunners

Bids by Conference:
SEC (9), ACC (8), PAC-12, Sun Belt (4), Big XII, Big West, Colonial (3), Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, Mountain West, Southland, West Coast (2), America East, Atlantic 10, Conference USA, Horizon, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, MAC, MEAC, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, SWAC, Summit, WAC (1)

NCAA Release
Tournament Bracket

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2013 Posts: 143

Friday’s Weekend Primer

Getting you set for the Weekend


Creighton and Wichita State meet at the Eck one more time as Missouri Valley foes. Photo from GoShockers.com

First Quarter: NBA Playoffs

1) NBA scoreboard
2) Playoffs resume tonight after having Thursday night off
3) Miami Heat @ Chicago Bulls, 7 pm/ESPN – Series Tied 1-1
4) San Antonio Spurs @ Golden State Warriors, 9:30 pm/ESPN – Series Tied 1-1

Second Quarter: NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

1) NHL scoreboard
2) Toronto Maple Leafs @ Boston Bruins, 6 pm/NHL Network – BOS 3-1
3) New York Rangers @ Washington Capitals, 6:30 pm/NBC Sport Network – Series Tied 2-2
4) Anaheim Ducks @ Detroit Red Wings, 7 pm/CNBC – ANA 3-2
5) St. Louis Blues @ Los Angeles Kings, 9 pm/NBC Sports Network – LAK 3-2

Third Quarter: MLB

1) MLB scoreboard
2) 4Q MLB Series of the Weekend: New York Yankees (20-13)/P. Hughes (1-2, 3.60) @ Kansas City Royals (18-13)/W. Davis (2-2, 4.75), 7:10 pm
3) Cleveland Indians (18-14)/C. Kluber (2-1, 3.06) @ Detroit Tigers (19-13)/M. Scherzer (4-0, 3.43), 6:08 pm
4) Atlanta Braves (21-13)/T. Hudson (4-1, 3.83) @ San Francisco Giants (20-15)/M. Cain (1-2, 5.57), 9:15 pm

Fourth Quarter: College Baseball (All Rankings from National Collegiate Baseball Writers Poll)

1) D1baseball.com scoreboard
2) 4Q College Baseball Series of the Weekend: 5 Oregon State Beavers (38-8, 17-4 PAC-12) @ 21 Stanford Cardinal (26-17, 11-10 PAC-12)
3) Nebraska Cornhuskers (21-25, 12-6 B1G) @ Minnesota Golden Gophers (28-16, 11-4 B1G)
4) Creighton Bluejays (26-13, 9-6 MVC) @ Wichita State Shockers (30-22, 14-4 MVC)

See you on Monday and enjoy your weekend! Thanks for reading Four Quarters! Follow me on twitter @MikeVmos

2013 Posts: 130

Friday’s Weekend Primer

Getting you set for the Weekend


The Final Four is Saturday night in Atlanta, which of these four seem out of place? Photo by Jaime Green / The Wichita Eagle

First Quarter: College Basketball – Final Four (Georgia Dome/Atlanta, GA)

1) 9 Wichita State Shockers (30-8) v. 1 Louisville Cardinals (33-5), 5:05 pm/CBS
2) 4 Syracuse Orange (30-9) v. 4 Michigan Wolverines (30-7), 7:49 pm/CBS
3) Who do you like in the national semifinals?
4) Which players get there teams to Monday nights finals?

Second Quarter: NBA/NHL

1) NBA scoreboard
2) 4Q NBA Game of the Night: Oklahoma City Thunder (55-20) @ Indiana Pacers (48-27), 7 pm
3) NHL scoreboard
4) 4Q NHL Game of the Night: Calgary Flames (13-18-4, 30 pts) @ San Jose Sharks (19-11-6, 44 pts), 9:30 pm/NBC SportsNetwork

Third Quarter: MLB

1) MLB scoreboard
2) 4Q MLB Series of the Weekend (Giants Championship Weekend): St. Louis Cardinals (1-2)/J. Westbrook @ San Francisco Giants (2-1)/B. Zito, 3:35 pm
3) Los Angeles Angels (1-2)/J. Vargas @ Texas Rangers (2-1)/D. Holland, 1:05 pm
4) Washington Nationals (3-0)/D. Haren @ Cincinnati Reds (2-1)/H. Bailey, 6:10 pm

Fourth Quarter: College Baseball (All Rankings from Baseball America)

1) D1baseball.com scoreboard
2) 4Q College Baseball Series of the Weekend: 10 Kentucky Wildcats (22-6, 6-3 SEC) @ 2 LSU Tigers (27-2, 8-1 SEC)
3) 3 Vanderbilt Commodores (26-4, 8-1 SEC) @ 16 Mississippi Rebels (23-6, 4-5 SEC)
4) 8 Oregon State Beavers (23-4, 5-1 PAC-12) @ 11 UCLA Bruins (18-7, 6-3 PAC-12)

See you on Monday and enjoy your weekend! Thanks for reading Four Quarters! Follow me on twitter @MikeVmos

2013 Posts: 103

Tuesday = Lots of Links

It’s Tuesday so bring on the links!


Opening Day should be in picturesque locations and Dodgers Stadium fits the bill. LA defeated San Francisco behind Clayton Kershaw’s gem. Photo by AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

First Quarter: Starter Links

1) Wetzel on USC new hire
2) Gregg Marshall thought Wichita State might miss the tourney
3) Mad Chatter from Dirk Chatelain of the Omaha World Herald
4) Sam Mellinger of the Twitter Tuesday

Second Quarter: NBA/NHL

1) NBA scoreboard
2) Playoff picture
3) NHL scoreboard
4) Current standings

Third Quarter: College Basketball

1.NCAA Tournament Men’s Bracket and Women’s Bracket
2. NIT Bracket
3. CBI Bracket
4. CIT Bracket
Bonus, ok non-bracket links – PAC-12 refs/Goodman, Money and Alford

Fourth Quarter: MLB

1) 30 reasons to watch the MLB season
2) Kershaw had a solid Opening Day
3) The Strike Zone on SI.com looks at yesterday’s action
4) Grantland MLB preview

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2013 Posts: 100