Bracketology: January 27, 2016

San Diego State moves into the bracket and Texas Tech drops out.

1: Oklahoma, North Carolina, Villanova, Xavier

2: Texas A&M, Kansas, Virginia, Iowa

3: Oregon, Iowa State, Miami FL, Dayton

4: Kentucky, West Virginia, Michigan State, Maryland

5: Louisville, Purdue, Pittsburgh, South Carolina

6: Duke, Arizona, Utah, Indiana

7: Providence, Baylor, Notre Dame, USC

8: Texas, George Washington, St Joseph's, Colorado

9: Michigan, Valparaiso, St Mary's, Wichita State

10: Cal, VCU, Gonzaga, Connecticut

11: Florida, Oregon State, Cincinnati, Butler, Chattanooga

12: San Diego State, UCLA, Syracuse, James Madison, Monmouth

13: South Dakota State, Akron, Stony Brook, UC Irvine

14: Belmont, Texas Arlington, UNLV, N Florida

15: Yale, Weber State, New Mexico State, Stephen F Austin

16: UNC Asheville, Old Dominion, Bucknell, Wagner, Norfolk State, Texas Southern

Last Four Byes: Gonzaga, Connecticut, Florida, Oregon State

Last Four In: Butler, San Diego State, UCLA, Syracuse

First Four Out: Vanderbilt, Washington, Tulsa, Wisconsin

Next Four Out: Boise State, Seton Hall, LSU, Evansville

Bids by conference: Pac-12 8, ACC 8, Big XII 6, Big Ten 6, Big East 4, SEC 4, A-10 4, American 2, Mountain West 2, WCC 2, all others 1

Based on this seed list, the automatically-generated bracket looks like this: (Note that this bracket is slightly unfeasible, because Louisville cannot be placed into the South region. I'm still working on implementing those rules. A feasible bracket can be created by swapping the Maryland/Louisville pair with Kentucky/Arizona.)