11.   Graz, Austria, could also sneak into the final four.

12.   How unlikely was a Maggert, Pate, Huston, Magee final four?

13.   In the West, Detroit has played more games than any team in the final four, needing six each to oust Phoenix and St. Louis.

14.   Last year, Denver, Atlanta, and the Jets were in the final four.

15.   Kentucky begins each season with the goal of reaching the final four.

16.   Minnesota is brutal on defense but has the best offense among the final four.

17.   Never has the NFL offered up a more improbable final four.

18.   No Vlade Divac for the final four.

19.   Notre Dame is the first non-eastern team to reach the final four.

20.   Nine Wolverines have been drafted by NHL teams, more than any others in the final four.