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Yahoo
23-03-2025
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March Madness men's perfect bracket tracker: All perfect brackets eliminated after St. John's, Texas A&M lose
The second round of the men's NCAA tournament is underway, but all brackets have officially been busted. Only 11 entries in Yahoo Sports' Men's Bracket Mayhem made it through the first round unscathed, meaning they picked 32 of 32 games correctly. That's even with fewer upsets than normal over the first two days of the tournament, too. Then, after the first two games on Saturday, that number was brought down to one. But after Michigan rallied back to beat Texas A&M, the final bracket was busted. Saturday's first of game to open the second round went about as expected, with No. 5 Purdue rolling past No. 12 McNeese to reach the Sweet 16. That eliminated three more perfect entries, and got us down to single digits for the first time. Then, after Arkansas upset Rick Pitino and No. 2 St. John's, only one was left standing. The last correct bracket, "Shawno's Grand Bracket," went with Duke to win the national championship over Florida — which was a very popular pick across all of the entries at Yahoo Sports. They had a few other big upsets picked for Saturday, however, including No. 8 Gonzaga knocking off No. 1 Houston and No. 11 Drake beating No. 3 Texas Tech. In the end, though, it was the Aggies that did Shawno in. The biggest upsets on Thursday — No. 12 McNeese beating No. 5 Clemson and No. 11 Drake knocking off No. 6 Missouri — eliminated a big chunk of brackets early. Then on Friday, No. 12 Colorado State beating No. 5 Memphis was the biggest upset of the day, though that only dwindled the number of perfect brackets down from 0.1% to 0%. Duke is still the overwhelming favorite to win the national championship. About 31% of users picked the Blue Devils to win it all. Florida came in second with about 21% support, followed by Auburn and Houston. St. John's was the most popular non-No. 1 seed to win the national championship among Yahoo users. About 4.7% went with the Johnnies, which turned out to be a bad pick.
Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
March Madness men's perfect bracket tracker: Only 8 perfect brackets remain after Purdue's win over McNeese on Saturday
The second round of the men's NCAA tournament is underway, and the last few remaining perfect brackets are trying to hang in there. Only 11 entries in Yahoo Sports' Men's Bracket Mayhem made it through the first round unscathed, meaning they picked 32 of 32 games correctly. That's even with fewer upsets than normal over the first two days of the tournament, too. Then after the first game on Saturday, that number was brought down to just eight. Saturday's slate of games to open the second round went about as expected, with No. 5 Purdue rolling past No. 12 McNeese to reach the Sweet 16. That eliminated three more perfect entries, and got us down to single digits for the first time. The biggest upsets on Thursday — No. 12 McNeese beating No. 5 Clemson and No. 11 Drake knocking off No. 6 Missouri — eliminated a big chunk of brackets early. Then on Friday, No. 12 Colorado State beating No. 5 Memphis was the biggest upset of the day, though that only dwindled the number of perfect brackets down from 0.1% to 0%. Duke is still the overwhelming favorite to win the national championship. About 31% of users picked the Blue Devils to win it all. Florida came in second with about 21% support, followed by Auburna and Houston. St. John's was the most popular non-No. 1 seed to win the national championship among Yahoo users. About 4.7% went with Rick Pitino and the Johnnies.
Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
March Madness perfect bracket tracker: Just 11 remain unscathed after first round
Mathematically, 0% of entries in Yahoo Sport's Men's Bracket Mayhem remain perfect. In numerical terms, 30 perfect brackets left after the completion of the first round. That's 32 out of 32 games picked correctly. And that's despite fewer upsets than normal. The biggest surprise of Saturday's slate was No. 12 Colorado St. upsetting No. 5 Memphis, which dwindled the number from 0.1% to 0%. That result followed a pair of upsets on Thursday — No. 12 McNeese over No. 5 Clemson and No. 11 Drake knocking off No. 6 Missouri — that eliminated the lion's share of the perfect brackets. McNeese was the LEAST-picked 12-5 upset on Yahoo 😱 — Yahoo Fantasy Sports (@YahooFantasy) March 20, 2025 A few more surprising results took care of most of the rest, No. 10 Arkansas over No. 7 Kansas on Thursday, and both Ole Miss over North Carolina and No. 10 New Mexico over No. 7 Marquette on Friday. By Friday morning, just .1% remained perfect ... until Colorado State. Duke is the overwhelming favorite among users, with 31% picking the Blue Devils to win it all, followed by Florida (21.5), Auburn (10.3) and Houston (8.9). The most popular non-No. 1 seed is No. 2 St. John's, with 4.7% picking the Johnnies.
Yahoo
22-03-2025
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- Yahoo
March Madness perfect bracket tracker: Just 11 remain unblemished after 28 games
Mathematically, 0% of entries in Yahoo Sport's Men's Bracket Mayhem remain perfect. In numerical terms, 30 perfect brackets left after the completion of the first round. That's 32 out of 32 games picked correctly. And that's despite fewer upsets than normal. The biggest surprise of Saturday's slate was No. 12 Colorado St. upsetting No. 5 Memphis, which dwindled the number from 0.1% to 0%. That result followed a pair of upsets on Thursday — No. 12 McNeese over No. 5 Clemson and No. 11 Drake knocking off No. 6 Missouri — that eliminated the lion's share of the perfect brackets. McNeese was the LEAST-picked 12-5 upset on Yahoo 😱 — Yahoo Fantasy Sports (@YahooFantasy) March 20, 2025 A few more surprising results took care of most of the rest, No. 10 Arkansas over No. 7 Kansas on Thursday, and both Ole Miss over North Carolina and No. 10 New Mexico over No. 7 Marquette on Friday. By Friday morning, just .1% remained perfect ... until Colorado State. Duke is the overwhelming favorite among users, with 31% picking the Blue Devils to win it all, followed by Florida (21.5), Auburn (10.3) and Houston (8.9). The most popular non-No. 1 seed is No. 2 St. John's, with 4.7% picking the Johnnies.
Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
March Madness perfect bracket tracker: Just 30 remain unblemished after 28 games
Mathematically, 0% of entries in Yahoo Sport's Men's Bracket Mayhem remain perfect. In numerical terms, 30 perfect brackets are left after 28 games — including another 12-over-5 upset. The latest, No. 12 Colorado St. upsetting No. 5 Memphis, dwindled the number from .1% to 0%. Then after Saint Mary's rallied to beat Vanderbilt on Friday afternoon, the number of perfect brackets remaining dropped below 200. Though the Tar Heels' comeback attempt failed, Ole Miss' win over North Carolina then eliminated more than 100 additional entries. That brought the total perfect brackets down to double digits for the first time. And No. 10 New Mexico's win over No. 7 Marquette knocked off a few more. Two No. 12 seeds — the other being No. 12 McNeese over No. 5 Clemson on Thursday — have now moved onto the second round and have taken out a huge swath of brackets. More than 85% of the entries picked Clemson, and those 85% pretty much knew by halftime of Thursday's game that their brackets were about to bust. The Tigers managed just 13 first-half points, one off the tournament record for fewest points scored in a half. Clemson went on a run late in the second half to make things interesting, but ultimately couldn't overcome the putrid first half, losing 69-67. McNeese was the LEAST-picked 12-5 upset on Yahoo 😱 — Yahoo Fantasy Sports (@YahooFantasy) March 20, 2025 Nearly 66% picked picked No. 7 Kansas against No. 10 Arkansas on Thursday, which left about 5% of brackets still perfect after the Razorbacks held on in a back-and-forth affair. More than 58% had Missouri over Drake. By Friday morning, just .1% remained perfect ... until Colorado State. Duke is the overwhelming favorite among users, with 31% picking the Blue Devils to win it all, followed by Florida (21.5), Auburn (10.3) and Houston (8.9). The most popular non-No. 1 seed is No. 2 St. John's, with 4.7% picking the Johnnies.
