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Chalk Tournament

JVDBeak'em

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Sweet Sixteen is:
4 - 1-Seeds
3 - 2-Seeds
2 - 3-Seeds
3 - 4-Seeds
1 - 5-Seed
2 - 6-Seeds
1 - 10-Seed

Only 1 team (#10 Arkansas) is left from seeds 7-16.
Since the tournament has expanded to 64 teams in 1985, seeds 7-16 win an average of 18.1 total games, and 3.5 make the sweet sixteen.
This year it was 12 & 1, which is pretty substantial.
Last year was 16 & 1.
2 teams 7-16 in the sweet 16 over 2 years compared to an average of 7.1.

1 & 2 seeds are 31-1 in the first weekend the last 2 years, compared to an average of 27-5.


Here's how the seeds have down compared to average in the first weekend this year.

1-Seed
8 wins, 7.3 avg (+0.7)

2-Seed
7 wins, 6.3 avg (+0.7)

3-Seed
6 wins, 5.5 avg (+0.5)

4-Seed
7 wins, 5.0 avg (+2.0)

5-Seed
3 wins, 4.0 avg (-1.0)


6-Seed
5 wins, 3.6 avg (+1.4)

7-Seed
2 wins, 3.2 avg (-1.2)

8-Seed
2 wins, 2.3 avg (-0.3)

9-Seed
2 wins, 2.3 avg (-0.3)


10-Seed
3 wins, 2.2 avg (+0.8)

11-Seed
1 win, 2.3 avg (-1.3)


12-Seed
2 wins, 2.0 avg (0.0)

13-Seed
0 wins, 1.0 avg (-1.0)

14-seed
0 wins, 0.6 avg (-0.6)

15-seed
0 wins, 0.4 avg (-0.4)

16-seed
0 wins, 0.05 avg (-0.05)
 
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