Initial thoughts on the tournament, glaring omissions, bracket simulation odds, and PredictionMachine.com’s most likely Final Four.

Opening thoughts on the South region, where does it rank among the four regions, best first round matchup, Cinderella teams, players to watch, which team will make it to the Final Four, and what needs to happen to beat that team.

Opening thoughts on the West region, where does it rank among the four regions, best first round matchup, Cinderella teams, players to watch, which team will make it to the Final Four, and what needs to happen to beat that team.

Opening thoughts on the East region, where does it rank among the four regions, best first round matchup, Cinderella teams, players to watch, which team will make it to the Final Four, and what needs to happen to beat that team.

Opening thoughts on the West region, where does it rank among the four regions, best first round matchup, Cinderella teams, players to watch, which team will make it to the Final Four, and what needs to happen to beat that team.

The inaugural PredictionMachine.com podcast talks about how PredictionMachine.com got started, Paul Bessire's background, recaps the NFL playoffs, goes inside the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference that Paul attended, and touches on the college basketball conference tournaments and the upcoming NCAA tournament.