Bracketology 1/16/12

Here's my seed list through Sunday's games (so it's dated 1/16). There are a lot of changes, most notably UNC falling from #1 overall to a 2 seed with a huge loss to Florida State. The Seminoles go from last team in to the 11 line. I changed the small-conference teams in the bracket to represent the current conference leaders. Another new change is the addition of the Next Four Out. 2 things to keep in mind:
1) The seeds in the seed list are the "real seeds". Some teams have their seeds changed for the bracket for bracketing purposes (such as keeping teams from the same conference seperate.)
2) The bracket is read snaking (so odd lines run left to right and even lines run right to left.) 


First up, the seed list.

1 Syracuse, Kentucky, Duke, Baylor
2 Ohio State, Michigan State, North Carolina, Kansas
3 Georgetown, Missouri, Connecticut, Florida
4 UNLV, Kansas State, Indiana, Murray State
5 Gonzaga, Vanderbilt, Illinois, Michigan
6 Marquette, San Diego State, Virginia, Mississippi State
7 Creighton, Seton Hall, Saint Mary’s, Louisville
8 Purdue, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Alabama
9 Temple, Wichita State, New Mexico, Harvard
10 Memphis, Marshall, Dayton, Stanford
11 North Carolina State, Florida State, BYU, Cincinnati
12 Minnesota vs. Southern Miss, California vs. Northwestern, Saint Louis, Texas
13 Belmont, Middle Tennessee, Iona, Oral Roberts
14 Davidson, Akron, UT-Arlington, Long Beach State
15 Nevada, UW-Milwaukee, George Mason, Weber State,
16 Norfolk State vs. Mississippi Valley State,  LIU-Brooklyn vs. Albany UNC-Asheville, Bucknell

Last 4 in
Northwestern
Southern Miss
California
Minnesota

First 4 out
Xavier
Oklahoma
Iowa State
Virginia Tech

Next 4 out
LSU
Northern Iowa
Colorado State
Arizona


Now, the bracket.


East Region (Boston)


Pittsburgh
1 Syracuse vs. 16 Norfolk State/Mississippi Valley State
8 Purdue vs. 9 Temple


Albuquerque
4 UNLV vs. 5 Vanderbilt
12 Minnesota/Cincinnati vs. 13 Belmont


Columbus
3 Ohio State vs. 14 Davidson
6 Virginia vs. 11 BYU


Omaha
2 Missouri vs. 15 UW-Milwaukee
7 Creighton vs. 10 Memphis


South Region (Atlanta)


Louisville
1 Kentucky vs. 16 Long Island/Albany
8 West Virginia vs. 9 Wichita State


Portland
4 Kansas State vs. 13 Middle Tennessee
5 Gonzaga vs. 12 California/Northwestern


Pittsburgh
3 Georgetown vs. 14 Akron
6 San Diego State vs. 11 Florida State


Columbus
2 Michigan State vs. 15 Nevada
7 Seton Hall vs. 10 Marshall


Midwest Region (Saint Louis)


Greensboro
1 Duke vs. 16 UNC-Asheville
8 Wisconsin vs. 9 New Mexico


Nashville
4 Murray State vs. 13 Iona
5 Illinois vs. 12 Southern Miss


Nashville
3 Florida vs. 14 UT-Arlington
6 Marquette vs. 11 North Carolina State


Omaha
2 Kansas vs. 15 George Mason
7 Saint Mary's vs. 10 Dayton


West Region (Phoenix)


Albuquerque
1 Baylor vs. 16 Bucknell
8 Alabama vs. 9 Harvard


Portland
4 Indiana vs. 13 Oral Roberts
5 Mississippi State vs. 12 Saint Louis


Louisville
3 Connecticut vs. 14 Long Beach State
6 Michigan vs. 11 Texas


Greensboro
2 North Carolina vs. 15 Weber State
7 Louisville vs. 10 Stanford


Multi-bid confrences:


Big Ten: 9
Big East: 8
Big 12: 5
SEC: 5
ACC: 5
Conference USA: 3
Mountain West: 3
Atlantic 10: 3
West Coast: 3
Pac-12: 2
Missouri Valley: 2


That's all for now. I might make another post tonight... maybe not.