Inside dish: Breaking down the region

Final Four favorite: UCLA

Final Four dark horse: Connecticut

First-round upset: Arizona over West Virginia

Sweet 16 surprise team: Purdue

Dream matchup: UCLA vs. Duke in regional final

Team on a roll: Georgia

Team on the slide: Baylor

Best tournament coach: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke

Best scorer: Joe Alexander, West Virginia

Best defender: DeMarcus Nelson, Duke

Best rebounder: Kevin Love, UCLA

Best 3-point shooter: Alex Ruoff, West Virginia

Unknown star: Adam Emmenecker, Drake

Under the radar: Xavier

Dribbles

Mississippi Valley State coach James Green was an assistant at Texas A&M from 1990-92 and was head coach at Southern Mississippi from 1996-2003.

San Diego plays its home games in the Jenny Craig Pavilion, aka the Slim Gym.

UCLA freshman Kevin Love’s middle name is Wesley. Love’s father Stan, who played four seasons in the NBA, gave his son the middle moniker in honor of rebounding-machine Wesley Unseld.

Western Kentucky sophomore Jeremy Evans had 20 points and 14 rebounds in the Hilltoppers’ victory in the Sun Belt Conference tournament championship game. It was the first double-double by a Western Kentucky player this season.

Stat sheet

Duke coach Mike Kryzyewski has won more NCAA Tournament games (68) than any coach and his 88 NCAA games is second to North Carolina Dean Smith’s 92.

Belmont is fourth in Division I in 3-point field goals made per game. The Bruins are making over 10 3-pointers per game.

UCLA is second in Division I in rebounding margin. The Bruins out-board their foes by over nine per game. Connecticut, thanks to 7-3 sophomore Hasheem Thabeet, leads Division I in blocked shots with nearly nine per game.

Relatively speaking

Drake coach Keno Davis is in his first season at Drake and is the son of former coach Dr. Tom Davis, who was the Bulldogs’ coach last season.

Baylor coach Scott Drew is the son of Valparaiso coach Homer Drew.

Duke sophomore Gerald Henderson is the son of the former NBA player by the same name.