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From Cameron Boozer and Duke, or the trio atop the Big 12 or even Florida, the NCAA tournament field this season is incredibly top-heavy. But what about the rest of the field? Even though we are coming off last year’s tournament where the entire Final Four was made up of No.

1 seeds, there’s no reason to think that has to happen again this spring. In fact, there are plenty of legitimate darkhorse candidates out there capable of making a deep run. [ Enter Yahoo Fantasy Bracket Mayhem now for your shot at $50K ] Here’s a look at the best darkhorse candidate eyeing a trip to Indianapolis in each region entering the NCAA tournament.

East: No. 7 UCLA First matchup: No. 10 UCF While UCLA didn’t make the Big Ten title game, the Bruins have completely rebounded in recent weeks after a rough start to the season.

UCLA ended the season winning six of its last eight games, three of which came against top 10 opponents. The Bruins got Illinois in overtime back in mid-February, rolled to a 20-point blowout over Nebraska and then got Michigan State in the Big Ten tournament in what was a critical win for the program. Donvan Dent, who went down with a calf injury last week, should be good to go for the NCAA tournament after a very strong second half of the season.