I thought one of the hard and fast rules is that we can’t be in region with Houston and Marquette can’t be with UConn?
Teams from the same conference shall not meet prior to the regional final if they played each other three or more times during the regular season and conference tournament.
Teams from the same conference shall not meet prior to the regional semifinals if they played each other twice during the regular season and conference tournament.
Teams from the same conference may play each other as early as the second round if they played no more than once during the regular season and conference tournament.
This is the rule from the NCAA.
Deleted the scenario, I had an incorrect pairing but the end result would have been the same moving a team up or down to have them avoid a conference foe