1/27 BRACKET

I am laughing so hard at what I inadvertently did to the midwest region.  Kansas, Duke, Michigan St, Kentucky, Arizona, Ohio St, Michigan.  Have fun with that.

I know the 3-6-11 lines are broken.  Let's take you behind the scenes.  I have 2 B1G and 1 ACC team on the 3 line, and 2 B1G teams on the 6 line.  There are 2 ACC and 2 B1G teams in the play-in games, that have to be on the 11 line.  Avoiding conflict is impossible, some inter-conference matchups had to be possible in the first two rounds.  I sorta kinda found a tolerable solution, but it resulted in Dayton and VCU in the same subregional, so that was a no-go.  And on top of that, BYU and their no Sunday crap was on the 11 line.

So in the end?  I threw the B1G teams and ACC teams against each other in the play-in games.  Accepted that conflict while solving the other ones.  I'm not going to try and solve an impossible bracket problem in January.  Deal with it.

SOUTH 34
@Omaha
1) Baylor vs. 16) Robert Morris/Norfolk St
8) Wisconsin vs. 9) Florida
@Tampa
4) Butler vs. 13) North Texas
5) Auburn vs. 12) East Tennessee St
@St Louis
3) Dayton vs. 14) Arkansas-Little Rock
6) Colorado vs. 11) Purdue/Minnesota
@Tampa
2) Florida St vs. 15) Montana
7) Marquette vs. 10) Memphis

EAST 33
@Spokane
1) Gonzaga vs. 16) Winthrop
8) Stanford vs. 9) Texas Tech
@Albany
4) Villanova vs. 13) Vermont
5) LSU vs. 12) Northern Iowa
@Greensboro
3) Maryland vs. 14) William & Mary
6) Wichita St vs. 11) VCU
@Albany
2) Seton Hall vs. 15) South Dakota St
7) Rutgers vs. 10) Oklahoma

WEST 35
@Sacramento
1) San Diego St vs. 16) Monmouth
8) Indiana vs. 9) USC
@Spokane
4) Oregon vs. 13) Stephen F Austin
5) Creighton vs. 12) Yale
@St Louis
3) Louisville vs. 14) UC-Irvine
6) Penn St vs. 11) BYU
@Cleveland
2) West Virginia vs. 15) Wright St
7) Illinois vs. 10) St Mary's

MIDWEST 34
@Omaha
1) Kansas vs. 16) North Florida/Texas Southern
8) Ohio St vs. 9) Arkansas
@Sacramento
4) Kentucky vs. 13) New Mexico St
5) Iowa vs. 12) Akron
@Cleveland
3) Michigan St vs. 14) Colgate
6) Arizona vs. 11) Virginia Tech/Syracuse
@Greensboro
2) Duke vs. 15) Austin Peay
7) Houston vs. 10) Michigan