March Madness 2011
It is March, which means that March Madness is just around the corner. Last year I made a graph that showed the history of the tournament since the 64-team format was implemented. As pretty as I think the graph is, it did come with some problems, the biggest one being that it is easy to assume that each one of the four areas represents a specific region (currently named Midwest, West, East and South). Well, that is not the case.
This year, I wanted to get rid of that problem, but it was not as easy as making sure that the regions were always in the same spot because the regions are not always paired the same way (leaving aside the naming changes that have also happened.)
So here is what I decided to do for this year:
- All 4 regions are grouped into one
- Each team is shown individually – 1664 teams are shown
- Teams are arranged by date
My plan is to post a few more of these graphs over the next days and weeks but I figured that it would be good to start with the Champions. I hope you like it and find it useful when filling your bracket this year.
