Thoughts on the bracket below.  There's some peculiar things that popped up:

1) Yes, St Louis can play in St Louis.  MVC is hosting that regional.  It just happened to fit that way in my bracket, but there it is.
2) Only one procedural bump needed, which was moving one of the play-in games up to an 11 seed and Southern Miss down to a 12 to accomodate.
3) Wichita St and Creighton as 4 seeds, going to Spokane, and having to deal with Gonzaga and Oregon.  Yikes.
4) Indiana vs. Indiana St!  That was the last matchup that fell in my bracket, by the way.  Other fun regional matchups:  San Diego St vs. California....in Raleigh.  New Mexico/BYU...in Buffalo.
5) I'm going to talk about regionals in a separate post, but just know there is going to be a mad rush towards St Louis.  Kansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma St, Louisville, and Marquette all count it as their preferred regional.  I made an executive decision to send Oklahoma St to San Antonio to alleviate the logjam.  This will be a narrative this season between those 5 teams racing for that regional.  Other quick thoughts....Syracuse and Ohio St have an open track to Buffalo, Florida has a wide-open path to Orlando, and Duke and UNC start out with an open path to Raleigh (but if Louisville has to take one of the two spots...)
6) New Mexico St as a PIG participant?  Yup.  The WAC is baaaaaaaaad



MIDWEST
@St Louis
1) Kentucky vs. 16) New Mexico St/Texas Southern
8) St Louis vs. 9) Iowa
@Spokane
4) Wichita St vs. 13) Denver
5) Gonzaga vs. 12) Akron
@Milwaukee
3) Michigan vs. 14) Wright St
6) Virginia vs. 11) Cincinnati
@Buffalo
2) Marquette vs. 15) Vermont
7) UNLV vs. 10) Tennessee

WEST
@San Antonio
1) Oklahoma St vs. 16) Oral Roberts
8) LSU vs. 9) Pittsburgh
@San Diego
4) Georgetown vs. 13) Charleston
5) Wisconsin vs. 12) Southern Miss
@Buffalo
3) Syracuse vs. 14) Iona
6) New Mexico vs. 11) BYU
@San Diego
2) Arizona vs. 15) Long Beach St
7) Indiana vs. 10) Indiana St

EAST
@Milwaukee
1) Michigan St vs. 16) Western Kentucky
8) Notre Dame vs. 9) LaSalle
@Spokane
4) Creighton vs. 13) Harvard
5) Oregon vs. 12) Eastern Kentucky
@Raleigh
3) North Carolina vs. 14) Davidson
6) Memphis vs. 11) Massachusetts/Ole Miss
@St Louis
2) Louisville vs. 15) Wagner
7) Baylor vs. 10) Colorado

SOUTH
@Raleigh
1) Duke vs. 16) Norfolk St/Charleston Southern
8) San Diego St vs. 9) California
@Orlando
4) Florida vs. 13) Mercer
5) VCU vs. 12) Boise St/Iowa St
@Orlando
3) Ohio St vs. 14) Boston
6) Connecticut vs. 11) Maryland
@San Antonio
2) Kansas vs. 15) Weber St
7) UCLA vs. 10) Villanova