12/24 bracket

Automatic bids:  Currently awarded to teams with the highest RPI in a conference among teams .500 or better.  There's a couple conferences (hi, SWAC!) where no one meets that criteria, of course.  This is how we end up with Temple as the AAC autobid and Lafayette in, among others.

BYU/San Diego St would be a regular season rematch in the first round...you know the drill about BYU's Sunday rule by now.  There's just no getting around it, this rematch is unavoidable.

Procedural bumps:
TCU from 11 to 12
Stephen F Austin from 12 to 11

MIDWEST
@Louisville
1) Kentucky vs. 16) North Carolina Central/Hartford
8) Illinois vs. 9) Oklahoma St

@Pittsburgh
4) Iowa St vs. 13) Harvard
5) Seton Hall vs. 12) Notre Dame/Iowa

@Portland
3) Utah vs. 14) Eastern Washington
6) San Diego St vs. 11) BYU

@Columbus
2) Louisville vs. 15) Murray St
7) Butler vs. 10) LSU

WEST
@Columbus
1) Wisconsin vs. 16) New Mexico St
8) Dayton vs. 9) UNLV

@Jacksonville
4) North Carolina vs. 13) Wofford
5) Maryland vs. 12) TCU

@Omaha
3) Wichita St vs. 14) High Point
6) Oklahoma vs. 11) Temple

@Portland
2) Arizona vs. 15) UC-Davis
7) Baylor vs. 10) Providence

SOUTH
@Charlotte
1) Virginia vs. 16) St Francis(PA)
8) Old Dominion vs. 9) Michigan St

@Seattle
4) Washington vs. 13) Iona
5) Colorado St vs. 12) Xavier/Syracuse

@Omaha
3) Kansas vs. 14) Lafayette
6) Northern Iowa vs. 11) Stanford

@Seattle
2) Gonzaga vs. 15) FGCU
7) Arkansas vs. 10) Georgetown

EAST
@Charlotte
1) Duke vs. 16) South Dakota St/Texas Southern
8) Georgia vs. 9) George Washington

@Louisville
4) VCU vs. 13) Buffalo
5) West Virginia vs. 12) Green Bay

@Jacksonville
3) Texas vs. 14) Georgia St
6) St John's vs. 11) Stephen F Austin

@Pittsburgh
2) Villanova vs. 15) Northeastern
7) Ohio St vs. 10) UCLA