The NCAA tournament is a loser machine | Chart Party

The college basketball postseason is based on two lies. The first is that anyone can win a championship. Admittedly, that's more of a fib - mathematically true, but not the way reality actually shakes out. The second is more surprising: your seed does not determine how easy your road through the tournament will be.

I know! It sounds absurd! But Jon explains it and it makes sense! Just trust me for once!

[abroadhumor]

“A 16 seed has never beaten a 1” said Jon as five days later a 16 proceeded to beat a 1.

[Baker]

So much has changed since this vid came out. 2 16 seeds won and the nationals made a World Series run.

[TokuMGTT]

[Stares directly at Oral Roberts on the winless list]

"Aight"

[zachhalverstam]

“Nationals never won a playoff game”

Me here post 2019

[GamingJham]

When this vid is outdated after six days bc of UMBC

[thebuckeyedolphin]

Damn, Oral Roberts and St. Peters must be terrible in March Madness every year

[callum]

You've missed a glaring reason as to why the 8 or 9 gets an easier team in the Sweet 16 than the 4 or 5. Because to get to the Sweet 16, the 8 or 9 has to have BEATEN the no 1 in the round just before, so they will never play the no.1 in the Sweet 16. Look at the statistics for the Field of 32. I haven't seen them, but I can almost guarantee that the 8 or 9 team has the worst winning percentage in that specific round because they always play the no 1 team.


The whole tournament is specifically designed so that the 1-8 seeds make it to the Field of 32 and 5-8 get knocked out, then 1-4 make it to the Sweet 16 and 3-4 get knocked out, etc. Looking at the winning percentage of a certain placed team in one specific round is always going to give you these sorts of statistics.

[Tombomb]

Virginia definitely watched this before the game

[jeremyquiros]

"#1 seed first round win %: 100%
#16 seed first round win %: 0%"

*coughs*

[willwiegelman]

I'm back now that every professional team has won a playoff series

[willemkollen]

Coming back to this video during 2022 March Madness and not even seeing St. Peter’s on the beginning list speaks to the tournament’s bewildering randomness

[UnBRkenAngel]

I see a Chart Party....then I remember why statistics still matter.

[williammerkel]

In 2020 everyone lost in the tournament.

[RC.]

That’s cray that the Wpg Jets, Blue Jackets, and Nationals ALL won last year. SUCH LOW

[MP-dnbs]

Theoretically, anyone can win the NCAA basketball tournament. All you have to do is win all your games. However impossible that might seem, theoretically, you can do it.

There are many college football teams who cannot win the college football playoff. Not even if they win all their games. Because some committee says so.

Give me the dream.

[NathanielPuente]

*Sees another lame YouTube notification*
*Glances at it unenthusiastically*
"SB Nation just uploaded a video: Something something Chart Party"
*Panics and rushes to see the return of the legend*

[davidhorowicz]

Whoever is watching this video in 2019 the Nationals have now won a playoff game

[scottflynn]

Just an update, the Jets AND Blue Jackets have now both won in the NHL playoffs, making the Nationals the ONLY professional sports team to NEVER advance in the playoffs.

[TheMaykarLocomotive]

Jon, of all the praises sung for Chart Party, here's one I don't see often: the 90s office/muzak feel is incredible. I don't know why it fits so well, maybe it makes me feel like I'm a pencil pusher in some magnificent universe of sports YouTube content, but it's just brilliant.

[AnEnemySpy]

Ain't no party like a chart party 'cause a chart party is both informative and entertaining.