These are rolling 10 game averages of the offensive (top, up is good) and defensive (bottom, down is good) efficiencies of all the teams left in the tournament, broken down by region. If that’s not interesting to you, you are really missing out on a number of worldly experiences.

Basically, if a team’s top line is going up, that means their offense is playing better. If a team’s bottom line is going down (or is low to begin with), that means their defense is playing better. It’s late and we all work just like you people do, so commentary is a little lacking here, but as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. Below you’ll thus find four thousand words. Enjoy and add any questions to the comments section and we’ll try to answer them.

The West

Kansas has both the best offense and the best defense over the last 10 games. Pretty formidable, but certainly fragile.

The East

Wherease once Georgetown had the mightiest offense and UNC the mightiest defense, now they have switched places. If they play, who knows what might happen?

The Midwest

Florida’s offense is nearly the best, as is their defense. Even though they’ve been playing with all the inspiration of a Sandra Bullock comedy, they’re good enough to emerge from this region unless Ernie Kent learns to defend like Keanu Reaves in a Sandra Bullock movie.

The South

As I live and breathe, the South is a jumble. Go with the Law and the Aggies’ home court advantage. We know they can play defense, they just haven’t been doing it. But their offense is kicking, so we’ll forgive them.