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meep_42 t1_jcz9u09 wrote

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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Roadkill_Bingo OP t1_jczauii wrote

Interesting idea, so essentially weighting the higher seeded upsets more. That is a limitation of this visualization: any given year it could characterize a certain frequency of upsets, certain magnitude of upsets, or both.

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libbymonsterdog t1_jczdpu1 wrote

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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Roadkill_Bingo OP t1_jczjlma wrote

I understand ya. Good idea as well!

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Wall_ie t1_jd01l1n wrote

>There are 16 teams left in the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament. This chart is a proxy for frequency and/or magnitude of upsets (higher seed beating a lower seed) that have occurred at this stage since 2000.

Maybe dual axis with # of upsets per year. Cool chart! I've shared it with my family bracket chat.

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psgrue t1_jd376jh wrote

Agreed. I feel like the chart needs a thin vertical element and stacked seed would work. I like the basketball as the total marker.

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