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March Madness: Analyzing the year of the underdog in college basketball

In the first two rounds of March Madness we have seen a No. 16 seed take down a No. 1 seed for the first time in history, a No. 7 seed overcome a 22 point deficit versus a No. 2 seed to advance to the Sweet 16 and the top four seeds in what was supposed to be the most dominant region of the bracket get eliminated by the end of last weekend. While these games were incredible, how common is the trend of upsets becoming in the NCAA Tournament?

Though there were many close games, upsets in the round of 64 games were rather tempered compared to what would come.