Odds for correctly predicating an NCAA Basketball Tournament bracket?

[dredg]

I thought I remember reading this in an issue of SI on campus and I was wondering if anyone knew the odds of correctly guessing it?

 

[dredg]

bump

 

[deftron]

Like one in a million or somehting.


The winning prize for picking all games right is usually a million dollars.

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: deftron
Like one in a million or somehting.


The winning prize for picking all games right is usually a million dollars.

Winning prize by whom? With what sort of bet?

 

[dredg]

Isn't there some math formula to use with this? I've tried a google search but I get nothing.

 

[Mo0o]

It's all luck, you can't accurately predict the upsets since it's about the human factor

 

[deftron]

Acoording to this

theres 9,000,000,000,000,000,000 (nine-billion-billion) possibilities


http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/news?slug=cnnsi-poolpointers&prov=cnnsi&type=lgns