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TORONTO -- There is just one major title missing from Glenn Howards resume. Wholesale Miami Heat Jerseys China . The Canadian curling legend has won just about every significant event over his storied career but he has yet to step onto the Olympic podium. The 2014 Winter Games might just be his last opportunity to do so. Howard has already qualified for the Canadian Curling Trials this fall. If he emerges victorious at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, he would represent Canada next February in Sochi, Russia. "Its on my bucket list to get to an Olympics," Howard said Wednesday. The Midland, Ont., native started curling over 30 years ago and is still at the top of his game. He won the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier and earned his fourth world title later in the year. Howard and teammates Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing and Craig Savill have been strong again this season. The veteran skip is in top spot on the World Curling Tours Order of Merit and he won bronze at the recent national playdowns. Howard said his team will likely sit down in the next week to look back at the last few years to determine what they need to do so they can peak at the Dec. 1-8 Olympic trials. "You want to have your best performance in December and then hopefully you win that and then have it in February," Howard said after a promotional appearance at Yonge-Dundas Square. "I dont see a lot of changes. We kind of like what weve done. Our last two years have been pretty successful. "A couple of weeks we werent that happy about. Were not sure why and thats what weve got to figure out. We dont really know what that formula is but were going to try to figure that out too." Howard will be one of the favourites in the final Grand Slam of the season -- The Players Championship -- set for April 16-21 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre (formerly Maple Leaf Gardens). With a number of top international teams in the field, the event will have an Olympic-type feel. Howard, who turns 51 in July, knows this year will probably be his last chance to get to the Games. "I dont know whether I can go another four years," he said. "Maybe, I dont know. But I have to treat this like it is. Obviously this is our No. 1 focus. Were in the trials and hopefully (well) win that to represent Canada in Sochi, Russia. It would be the typical dream come true and my chances are getting less and less and I know that, just due to my age. "It would absolutely be the highlight of my career if we could ever pull that off and get to Russia." Howard won national and world titles with his brother Russ as skip in 1987 and 1993. Glenn was skip for Brier and world championship victories in 2007 and 2012. Howard and fellow veteran skips Jeff Stoughton of Manitoba and Kevin Martin of Alberta have already qualified for the Olympic trials. The rest of the eight-team mens field has yet to be determined. Some of the countrys top young skips -- perhaps Mike McEwen, John Epping or 2013 Brier champion Brad Jacobs -- might be in the mix as well. "Theyre the up-and-comers for sure," Howard said. "Whether its a changing of the guard -- I dont like that phrase -- but its going to happen sooner or later, theres no doubt." Martin won Olympic gold at the Vancouver Games in 2010. He beat Howard in the 2009 trials in Edmonton to qualify. Jacobs, who won silver last week in his first world championship appearance, will also be in the 15-team mens field at The Players Championship. Epping is the defending champion. Rachel Homan will be one of the favourites in the 15-team womens draw. The Ottawa skip won bronze at the womens world championship last month in Latvia. Wholesale Jerseys From China . Griffith scored twice, including the winner 3:13 into overtime, as the London Knights edged the visiting Kingston Frontenacs 6-5 on Sunday in Ontario Hockey League action. Wholesale NCAA Jerseys China . 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Indiana (27-8) trailed by as many as nine at 57-48 and held VCU to just four points the final 12 1/2 minutes. When Rob Brandenbergs open look at a potential winning 3 rimmed off, the Hoosiers were finally able to celebrate their first trip to the regional semifinals since 2002. Next up is a rematch with top-seeded Kentucky in Atlanta. The Hoosiers last-second win over the Wildcats back in December announced their return to the national stage. Saturdays victory and the trip to the round of 16 is another milestone in Creans rebuilding job from the decimated program he inherited four years ago. "All college basketball teams work really hard," Crean said. "But these guys have had to come from a long way, a long way, and Im proud of them." Watford and Cody Zeller had 16 points apiece for the Hoosiers. Watford was huge at the end of the first half, scoring the final eight points after VCU had threatened to run away during a frenetic first 20 minutes. Zeller stepped up late with his first field goal since the middle of the first half with 2:55 left. But while those two were the scoring leaders, they became secondary figures in the final seconds. The first star for Indiana was Victor Oladipo. After Bradford Burgess missed two foul shots that could have given VCU a five-point lead with about a minute left, Oladipo made an aggressive sprint to the basket and converted a tying three-point play with 46. Wholesale Jerseys. 5 seconds left. When Troy Daniels missed a 3 for VCU, Indiana had a chance at the lead. Instead of calling timeout, Oladipo tried to get to the rim, but was blocked by Darius Theus. The loose ball bounced to Sheehey and he knocked down his only basket of the second half. "I thought the momentum was on our side. We had made a little comeback there. And Im comfortable shooting at that range," Sheehey said. "It was pretty open, so I decided to take it." VCU (29-7) had one last chance. Theus drove aggressively into the lane and passed out to Brandenberg, but his 3 bounced on the rim and came off as the buzzer sounded. "The guys really executed the plan in that play," VCU coach Shaka Smart said. "Rob got a wide open shot in front of our bench. Ill take that shot every day of the week." Burgess led VCU (29-7) with 15 points, but he had just three in the second half. Brandenberg added 13 off the bench and Troy Daniels scored 10, only to be left crouched on the floor long after the buzzer in disbelief. VCU had seen that stunned reaction before, but it belonged to its opponents most of the time over the last two NCAA tournaments. And for most of Saturday it appeared Indiana was going to be the latest storied program to go down against the Rams. Indiana survived a season-high 22 turnovers. It shot just 36 per cent in the second half but was able to move on because of its own defensive effort that limited VCU to just seven second-half field goals and 30 3-point attempts. 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