A few reasons why i picked norton over abilene. There are 19 teams at Norton and 14 at abilene. 19 teams is the most teams i've recently seen at a regional. There is a big dropoff at abilene. you have about 8 good teams then it really goes downhill. norton is spread out pretty even. Don't get me wrong though, abilene is not going to be a walk in the park by any means.