NERD Alert: Seed totals of the last several national champions

[upstater]

Jeff Sweatman

@SweatmanCo
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NCAA champs' opponent seed total:
SDSU - 45
UConn -39
KU-49
Baylor-36
UVA-48
Villanova-37
UNC-34
Villanova-29
Duke-39
UConn-28
Lville-51
KY-37
UConn-39
Duke-38
UNC-35

 

[August_West]

 

[Milo65]

 

[UCFan1513]

Really even further dispels the myth that the ‘14 team was weak or lucky

 

[HuskyHawk]

Jeff Sweatman
@SweatmanCo
·
1m

NCAA champs' opponent seed total:
SDSU - 45
UConn -39
KU-49
Baylor-36
UVA-48
Villanova-37
UNC-34
Villanova-29
Duke-39
UConn-28
Lville-51
KY-37
UConn-39
Duke-38
UNC-35

This reminds me. Has any champion ever beaten 3 different 5 seeds? That seems unlikely.

 

[Stinger92860]

Please share the calculation details, for each team/number. Thanks in advance. Oh wait, please chart also, visualizations are much better.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Jeff Sweatman
@SweatmanCo
·
1m

NCAA champs' opponent seed total:
SDSU - 45
UConn -39
KU-49
Baylor-36
UVA-48
Villanova-37
UNC-34
Villanova-29
Duke-39
UConn-28
Lville-51
KY-37
UConn-39
Duke-38
UNC-35

You have to label the chart better because I do not know which UConn is which. That is a problem when UConn has made so many Championship games.