It’s been a long weekend, so I haven’t had the opportunity to blog about all the days as much as I’d like. Thoughts in a future post.
But the first two rounds has been so interesting and wide opened that I wanted to compare this year’s tournament to tournaments in the past.
1. The average seed of remaining Sweet 16 teams
If all top 4 seeds in all 4 regions make it to the Sweet 16, the average remaining seed would be 2.5 (1+2+3+4) x 4 / 16.
This year’s average seed of the Sweet 16 is 5.0, the highest its been this decade! The lowest average seed was last year’s tournament (3.0625) , when all 1, 2, and 3 seeds made the Sweet 16. The previous high was back in 2002, when the average seed was 4.6875.
2. The upset of the #1 seed
In the past 5 years, every single #1 seed has made at least the Sweet 16. After Kansas was upset last night, this is the first time since 2004, that not all 4 #1 seeds will make it.
This has been one of the most wide-open tournaments in recent memory, and I believe any of the 16 teams remaining has the ability to winning it all. If the first two rounds was any indicator, the next 3 rounds before the national title game will be extremely entertaining.
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