In reaction to the utter lack of upsets in this year's NCAA tournament, I thought I would grace you with a few stats to better understand how boring this tournament has been thus far:
-Coming into this year's tournament double digit seeds averaged 5.8 wins per year.
-There were only 2 such upsets this year (VCU and Winthrop). The previous low was 3, in 2000 and 2004.
-The high for double digit upsets was in 2001, when there were 9.
-This year marked only the second time (2000) since the field expanded in 1985 that no seed higher than 11 won a game.
-With VCU facing Pitt and Winthrop facing Oregon, this year also has the potential to join 1995 as the only tournaments without at least one double digit seed in the Sweet Sixteen.
As you might have already surmised by merely watching the tourney, I am here to confirm: This year could go down as the worst NCAA tourney ever in terms of upsets. May chalk reign.
