I like data. And since Google provided me with some nifty graphs with the data from #NCAAgym Bracket Challenge submissions, I thought I’d post those graphs here so you all can see.
Starting with regionals, out of the 207 people that submitted a bracket, 100% of the entries chose Alabama to advance to nationals. The next highest teams chosen were Oklahoma at 99.5% (206) and LSU and Florida each with 99% (205). Comb through the rest of the teams at regionals in the following pictures. (Click the images to enlarge.)
- Auburn Regional
- California Regional
- Iowa State Regional
- Ohio State Regional
- Oklahoma Regional
- West Virginia Regional
Next we’ve got the stats on who will make it out of prelims into the Super Six final. Out of 207 submissions, 97.5% had Oklahoma advancing, 95.7% had Florida as one of their six moving on and 94.7% picked LSU. Then, after Alabama with 90.3%, there was a significant drop off with who people picked for their Super Six teams. View all the data below. (Like before, click images to enlarge.)
- Prelim Session 1
- Prelim Session 2
Finally, we have the winners. Unsurprisingly, 72.4% of the 207 people that submitted a bracket chose co-defending national champion Oklahoma to take it again. Then we had those that didn’t stick to the status quo with 10.6% choosing Florida and 8.7% had LSU. Alabama, Utah, Georgia, Oregon State, Stanford and N.C. State also had a handful of picks. (You should know by now to click images to enlarge.)
- Picked to win by percent
- Picked to win by number of submissions