1/9
5/13
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3/11
7/15
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2/10
6/14
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4/12
8/16
Much close R1 matches than the traditional and still gives top 8, 4 and 2 seeds in the quarters, semis and final respectively. The benefit the usual format gives is that the #1 seed has the easiest path through every round (before upsets), this gives closer matches.
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Seems good to me.