South Region

Here are the ASM scores for the South Region.

South	1	Florida	16.3	4
South	4	UCLA	14.3	10
South	2	Kansas	14.2	11
South	6	Ohio State	13.4	16
South	9	Pittsburgh	12.6	21
South	5	VCU	12.3	25
South	7	New Mexico	12.1	26
South	12	Stephen F. Austin	11.6	28
South	3	Syracuse	11.1	30
South	10	Stanford	8.4	41
South	11	Dayton	7.8	46
South	13	Tulsa	7.6	47
South	8	Colorado	7.2	49
South	15	Eastern Kentucky	5.5	56
South	14	Western Michigan	4.4	60
South	16	Albany	1.5	64
South	16	Mount St. Mary's	-2.8	68

Far right column is overall ASM rank. And remember that I said 25 of the last 40 Final Four teams had top 15 ASM scores. So if you’re trying to reduce risk, you’re looking at Florida, UCLA and Kansas in this region. Here’s what the crowd is saying on ESPN.

South
1. Florida: 62 percent
2. Kansas: 16.8 percent
3. Syracuse: 11.8 percent
4. UCLA: 2.9 percent

Want to take a flier on a team? How about UCLA? Kansas has injury concerns. Florida is the best team in the country. But UCLA doesn’t exactly stink. I’ll do this in one of my three pools.

West Region

Here are the ASM scores for the West Region:

West	1	Arizona	19.4	2
West	3	Creighton	14.352	9
West	9	Oklahoma State	13.8	13
West	8	Gonzaga	13.6	15
West	2	Wisconsin	13.3	17
West	4	San Diego State	12.7	20
West	7	Oregon	11.1	31
West	13	New Mexico State	10.8	32
West	5	Oklahoma	9.9	36
West	12	North Dakota State	9.5	37
West	6	Baylor	9.2	38
West	14	La-Lafayette	7.9	44
West	10	BYU	6.0	54
West	11	Nebraska	5.8	55
West	15	American	4.8	59
West	16	Weber State	3.8	61

Again, as far as most likely Final Four teams, Arizona, Creighton, Oklahoma State and Gonzaga (though I have a Gonzaga Corollary with this and that’s never pick Gonzaga) are the ones you should look at. Here’s what the crowd says:

West
1. Arizona: 48.2 percent
2. Wisconsin: 20.7 percent
3. Creighton: 12.5 percent
9. Oklahoma State: 5.9 percent

I have to admit: Oklahoma State is very worrisome here. However, I’m probably going to ride with Arizona in all three of my pools – mostly because I don’t really believe in any of these other teams. Especially Wisconsin.