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the perfect ncaa bracket

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k900

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has anyone ever predicted a perfect ncaa basketball bracket? Anyone have a link to a news article that says one way or another?

I got $5 riding on this with my roommate... help me find the proof of a perfect bracket

-Kevin
 
I'm sure someone has done it, but I don't know where to find proof. I'm always amazed every year looking at the Yahoo overall tourney pick'em contest, where the winner typically only gets 3 or 4 games wrong, usually in the first or second round. The rest is dead on. I know luck plays a large part in this, but you don't think it possible.
 
The lottery is all luck though, there are definately some matchups that people can predict in the NCAA bracket without much trouble. Of course there are always upsets, but lets face it FDU won't be beating Illinois.
 
Originally posted by: Siva
The lottery is all luck though, there are definately some matchups that people can predict in the NCAA bracket without much trouble. Of course there are always upsets, but lets face it FDU won't be beating Illinois.
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Even if you do factor in those guaranteed games, the odds of getting a perfect bracket would be many times lower than winning the lottery.

EDIT: You have a good bet. You can prove him wrong by finding evidence of a perfect bracket, but he can't prove you wrong. You can always say you just haven't found it yet.
 
Originally posted by: chuckywang
I calculated that the odds of having a perfect NCAA bracket is the same as winning the lottery twice in a row.
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You can eliminate a 16 beating a #1 seed as it has never happened, that should decrease it 8 fold or so.
 
Interesting notes since 1985:
- all four number ones have never made it to the final four.
- only three times have three number ones made it to the final four.
- Very rarely does the seed total exceed a total of 10
 
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