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doggotaco t1_jczmtab wrote

Reply to The men's Sweet 16 field since 2000 visualized as the sum of total seeds [OC] by Roadkill_Bingo

In thinking the reason for the 2021 season being so high is due to many players at lower seeded schools opting to stay for an additional season after missing the cancelled 2020 NCAA tournament due to covid 19, therefore bringing more experience and improving the talent level. As those "covid-year" players move on and finish their eligibility, the trend returns to more normal. Really interesting

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JanitorKarl t1_jczmpti wrote

Reply to [OC] NHL Playoff Chances by mbmccurdy

Aren't the chances of getting into the playoffs something like 75%, Like 3/4th of the teams are in the playoffs. Like the games of the regular season hardly mean squat.

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libbymonsterdog t1_jczdpu1 wrote

Reply to comment by Roadkill_Bingo in The men's Sweet 16 field since 2000 visualized as the sum of total seeds [OC] by Roadkill_Bingo

Or maybe stacked columns so we can see what the breakdown of seeds is for every year (so for the chalk example there would be a stack of size 4, then size 3 on top, then 2, then 1), where the color of each stacked segment is a gradient based on the seed (1 seed is light blue, 16 seed is dark blue)? The idea is that if most of the stacked columns were, say, darker blue then you'd know there were a lot of upsets. I don't think I'm describing this well 😅

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meep_42 t1_jcz9u09 wrote

Reply to The men's Sweet 16 field since 2000 visualized as the sum of total seeds [OC] by Roadkill_Bingo

I love this, no notes on what you're going for!

If I were playing around with the data I might want to see something that accentuates the difference between an 8 and 9 seed advancing and a 1 and 16 seed, potentially by looking at seed^2 and indexing to the lowest possible (120). It would probably show nothing (or nothing new), but I like playing around with stuff.

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