Come On--Washington State in the East?

The mmviii NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament is set to begin this week, and here's the bracket:

Midwest

Detroit

Final Four, San Antonio

Charlotte

East

Omaha

1 Kansas

1 North Carolina

Raleigh

16 Portland State

16 Mount Saint Mary's

Dayton

17 Coppin State

8 Nevada-Las Vegas

8 Indiana

9 Kent State

9 Arkansas

Tampa

5 Clemson

5 Notre Dame

Denver

12 Villanova

12 George Mason

4 Vanderbilt

4 Washington State

13 Siena

13 Winthrop

Omaha

6 Southern California

6 Oklahoma

Birmingham

11 Kansas State

11 Saint Joseph's

3 Wisconsin

3 Louisville

14 California State-Fullerton

National Champion

14 Boise State

Raleigh

7 Gonzaga

7 Butler

Birmingham

10 Davidson

10 South Alabama

2 Georgetown

2 Tennessee

15 Maryland-Baltimore County

15 American

Anaheim

1 UCLA

1 Memphis

Little Rock

16 Mississippi Valley State

16 Texas-Arlington

8 Brigham Young

8 Mississippi State

9 Texas A&M

9 Oregon

Tampa

5 Drake

5 Michigan State

Denver

12 Western Kentucky

12 Temple

4 Connecticut

4 Pittsburgh

13 San Diego

13 Oral Roberts

Washington

6 Purdue

6 Marquette

Anaheim

11 Baylor

11 Kentucky

3 Xavier

3 Stanford

14 Georgia

14 Cornell

Washington

7 West Virginia

7 Miami

Little Rock

10 Arizona

10 Saint Mary's

2 Duke

2 Texas

15 Belmont

15 Austin Peay

West

Phoenix

Final Four

Houston

South

Notice that xxxii of the lxv teams are italicized. This is because they each are placed in a region that makes no nominal sense (Duke in the West?). I don't see much, if any, advantage in arbitrarily sending East coast teams West, and vice versa.

So, I've rearranged the bracket. Each team keeps its given seed number and its same placement in its respective bracket; I geographically rearranged the teams, seed by seed, to make the regionals more regional:

Midwest

Detroit

Final Four, San Antonio

Charlotte

East

Omaha

1 Kansas

1 North Carolina

Raleigh

16 Texas-Arlington

16 Mount Saint Mary's

Dayton

17 Coppin State

8 Brigham Young

8 Indiana

9 Arkansas

9 Kent State

Omaha

5 Michigan State

5 Notre Dame

Washington

12 Villanova

12 Temple

4 Pittsburgh

4 Connecticut

13 Oral Roberts

13 Siena

Little Rock

6 Marquette

6 Purdue

Raleigh

11 Kansas State

11 Saint Joseph's

3 Wisconsin

3 Xavier

14 Boise State

National Champion

14 Cornell

Little Rock

7 Butler

7 West Virginia

Washington

10 Arizona

10 Davidson

2 Tennessee

2 Georgetown

15 Belmont

15 Maryland-Baltimore County

Anaheim

1 UCLA

1 Memphis

Birmingham

16 Portland State

16 Mississippi Valley State

8 Nevada-Las Vegas

8 Mississippi State

9 Oregon

9 Texas A&M

Denver

5 Drake

5 Clemson

Tampa

12 Western Kentucky

12 George Mason

4 Washington State

4 Vanderbilt

13 San Diego

13 Winthrop

Anaheim

6 Southern California

6 Oklahoma

Birmingham

11 Baylor

11 Kentucky

3 Stanford

3 Louisville

14 California State-Fullerton

14 Georgia

Denver

7 Gonzaga

7 Miami

Tampa

10 Saint Mary's

10 South Alabama

2 Texas

2 Duke

15 Austin Peay

15 American

West

Phoenix

Final Four

Houston

South