Bracketology: February 22, 2016

Full list after the jump.

A lot of changes over the weekend. Saint Mary's returns after a one-update absence - their win over Gonzaga is enough for them to be retagged as the WCC automatic qualifier. UAB has replaced Old Dominion as the Conference USA automatic qualifier. St. Bonaventure also returns, and Tulsa makes their first appearance. Alabama, Butler and Oregon State have dropped out (along with ODU).

1: Kansas, Villanova, Virginia, Xavier

2: Oklahoma, North Carolina, Oregon, Miami FL

3: Duke, Kentucky, Michigan State, Maryland

4: Arizona, Utah, Dayton, West Virginia

5: Texas A&M, Iowa, Indiana, Baylor

6: South Carolina, Purdue, Iowa State, Notre Dame

7: Cal, St Joseph's, Pittsburgh, Wichita State

8: USC, VCU, Texas, Connecticut

9: Valparaiso, Wisconsin, Gonzaga, George Washington

10: Cincinnati, San Diego State, Florida, Texas Tech

11: Providence, Syracuse, Hawaii, Seton Hall

12: Akron, Colorado, St Bonaventure, Michigan, Tulsa, St Mary's

13: Chattanooga, Monmouth, UAB, Arkansas Little Rock

14: Stony Brook, South Dakota State, James Madison, Yale

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

16: N Florida, Bucknell, UNC Asheville, Wagner, Texas Southern, Norfolk State

Last Four Byes: Texas Tech, Providence, Syracuse, Seton Hall

Last Four In: Colorado, St. Bonaventure, Michigan, Tulsa

First Four Out: Oregon State, Butler, Vanderbilt, BYU

Next Four Out: Princeton, Alabama, Evansville, Davidson

Bids by conference: Big XII 7, ACC 7, Big Ten 7, Pac-12 6, A-10 5, Big East 4, SEC 4, American 3, WCC 2

Here is the automatically-generated bracket to go with this seed list: I'd held off on posting these until I could fix some of the problems in the algorithm. Bracket locations and pairings are now more in line with the NCAA guidelines.