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March Madness 2017

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12 of 16 have played to their seeds.

15 of 16 are from a power conference.

my guess is that if you add up all the seeds, this is one of the most chalky tournaments we've had in a while.

edit: 2007 and 2009 were extremely chalky. about +10 versus their seed expectations for the s16. this season is about +25. 2015 and 2016 were a little less chalky. otherwise, the tournaments have had a number of "underseeded" teams in the s16.

edit 2: meh. this tournament doesn't stand out too much in regards to chalkiness. pretty standard.

edit 3: if you had picked all chalk, you'd be at the 98th percentile in espn's challenge.
 
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The topic today is conference strength on the tube, Jay Williams dismissed the conference strength being based on "one game" in the tourney. They do it based on "one game" in football, and it's often a meaningless one (bowl game). These are championship tournament games, which do mean something.

The ACC shit the bed, pure and simple, but it also reminds me why I'm not a fan of half the conference getting in when realistically most of them have about the same chance of cutting down the nets as a regular season champ from a smaller conference who gets upset in their conference tourney. I'd still rather see that 28-5 team get in than another 19-13 team who finished 8th in their conference.
 
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South Carolina averaged 72.6 ppg during the season, good for 174th in the nation. They're averaging 59.5 in the second half of games in this tournament.

They scored 65 in the second half vs Dook. Kentucky and Wisconsin scored 65 points the entire game in their second round wins.
 
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buckeyebri said:
I just think it all underscores the fact that this is a tournament. You get teams that get hot (Michigan) or a team that has a cold night and that's it their done. I hope football never reaches to deep into the number of teams in the playoff.
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I've always held that the NCAA tournament is clearly not the best way to choose a national champion. It is fun though
 
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