Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Midwest Region



Here are the ASM scores for the Midwest Region:

Midwest
4
Louisville
22.0
1
Midwest
1
Wichita State
16.3
3
Midwest
3
Duke
16.0
5
Midwest
11
Iowa
14.7
6
Midwest
8
Kentucky
13.7
14
Midwest
2
Michigan
12.9
19
Midwest
11
Tennessee
12.3
24
Midwest
5
Saint Louis
10.5
34
Midwest
10
Arizona State
9.1
39
Midwest
14
Mercer
8.7
40
Midwest
12
Xavier
8.1
43
Midwest
6
Massachusetts
7.8
45
Midwest
7
Texas
7.2
48
Midwest
9
Kansas State
7.1
50
Midwest
13
Manhattan
6.4
53
Midwest
12
NC State
5.1
58
Midwest
15
Wofford
2.5
62
Midwest
16
Cal Poly
0.0
66
Midwest
16
Texas Southern
-1.2
67

I don’t even know what to tell you about Iowa, who as of this writing may not even win their play-in game, but they have a much better profile than you’d expect. Here you have five teams in my top 15 ASM range. Here’s what the crowd says:

Midwest
4. Louisville: 38.3 percent
3. Duke: 21.3 percent
1. Wichita State: 18.2 percent
2. Michigan: 15 percent

Other than Michigan being overrated (slightly), this is one tough bracket. There’s no team to take a flier on. Crap shoot – even if I will pick Louisville to win.

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