Most March Madness brackets busted before sundown on Day 1
From No. 13seed Furmanbeating fourth-seededVirginiato No. 15 Princetondefeating second-seeded Arizona,most NCAA Tournament brackets were busted Thursday before the sunwent down.
The NCAAMarch Madness Twitter accountposted midway through the firstroundthat only .065% of brackets remained perfect.
The number of perfect brackets gets smallerand smaller... 👀#MarchMadnesspic.twitter.com/3LTP9raPf1
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 16, 2023Numbers weresimilar elsewhere.
In ESPN’sTournament Challenge bracket game, 18,078 perfect brackets remained— and more than 20 million had suffered at least one loss.
Furmanreceived a decent amount of support. The Paladins were picked towin their opener on 18.2% of brackets. Only 6.6% picked Princetonto beat Arizona, and the Wildcats going down did tremendous damageto many brackets. They were picked in 4.9% of brackets to cut downthe nets at the national championship game.
Arizona was apopular pickat CBS Sportstoo, appearing on 96.9% ofbrackets win its opener, 84.9% to make the Sweet 16, 55.2% to makethe Elite Eight, 21.5% to reach the Final Four and 5% to win itall.
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