Why it’s so Difficult to Pick the Perfect NCAA Tournament Bracket

Why it’s so Difficult to Pick the Perfect NCAA Tournament Bracket

March 11, 2022

 

We’re officially in March, and everyone’s dream of picking the perfect bracket is coming clearly into focus. The American Gaming Association states that more 40 million people filled out more than 70 million brackets for the 2021 NCAA Basketball Tournament. Last year wasn’t exactly a high though – there have been more than 70 million brackets filled out every year since 2017.

 

So there are 70 million attempts every year to correctly pick all 63 games in the NCAA. What are the odds of picking 63 consecutive winners? If you treat each game as a coin flip – 1 in 9.2 QUINTILLION. And if you were curious – a quintillion is one billion billions.

 

On today’s show, we’re going to talk about why it is SO difficult to pick the perfect NCAA tournament bracket.

 

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