mcott i think i mostly explained this in the big 12 CC, if you think you see any exceptions let me know, but ive watched it carefully several times and couldn't find anything broken. it all comes down to the big 12 getting lots of bids and people being shuffled as they aren't allowed to meet before the elite 8 unless absolutely necessary. this rule does not exactly follow real life, the real life rule used to be just that but they lowered the restriction anticipating the old big east would send more than 8. they still "try" to accomplish it though. in HD they will always put the top 4 in different regions and the top 8 in different half regions if at all possible. also, nobody ever gets moved up, as an action - people get moved down, and as a result, others move up. it goes 1 by 1, from top of the projection report straight on down to the bottom, trying to insert each person in the highest available slot, then 2nd highest, and so on.