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NCAA tournament upsets in a format that’s fun to see

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Mike Miller

The last two NCAA tournament featured a fair number of early round upsets, not to mention Butler making the Final Four (and VCU last season). Compared to 2008 when all four No. 1 seeds made the Final Four, that’s mass chaos.

But it’s not nearly as fun to type. I’d prefer a visual representation, you know?

That’s a cue for this post by Gregory Matthews of TeamRankings.com, who whipped up 11 balloon plots to showcase the upsets with a touch of the rainbow. You might remember ’07, ’08 and ’09 being fairly boring for upsets. You’re correct. Here’s 2008.

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But the last two years have more of the Crayola thing going on. Here’s last season.

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You can see the other balloon plots here. Enjoy.

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