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secret58_ t1_jczq234 wrote

Am I the only one having not the slightest clue about what’s going on?

Edit: Although it seems to have smth to do with Basketball?

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DecisivelyArbitrary t1_jczsvke wrote

I thought they made a version of that MTV show for grown men 😂 idk anything other than it apparently has to do with basketball and not nice dresses and bratty birthday kids

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TunaSquisher t1_jd0rgi9 wrote

Yes. It’s basketball in the NCAA tournament specifically.

It’s easy when you see it but it sounds complicated to explain.

The tournament has 64 teams split into 4 regions. In each region, every team has a ranking between 1 and 16 and the teams play each other. A winning team advances to the next round and the losing team is eliminated.

This chart is examining the sum of the seed numbers of the teams that make it to the third round (called the sweet 16) each year in the tournament.

If better (lower) ranked teams beat the higher ranked teams, the sum of the seeds will be lower. This implies that there are fewer upsets.

Statistically, lower seeds are less likely to advance to the final stages. Still, in some years, higher seeds make it to the sweet sixteen and beyond. In such cases, the sum will be much higher and implies there were more upsets in the tournament that year.

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secret58_ t1_jd1u643 wrote

Ah, thanks a lot for the full explanation! The post really should have mentioned the name NCAA and also that the “sweet 16“ are simply the teams that make it into the round of 16.

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TheVandyyMan t1_jdlaw6n wrote

What could have possibly given it away that this dealt with basketball?

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