The dream of maintaining a perfect bracket in the NCAA Tournament came crashing down on Sunday, as the few remaining flawless brackets succumbed to the highly unlikely outcomes. The last perfect brackets on Yahoo Sports and CBS Sports were decimated by Saturday’s games, with Florida’s narrow 77-75 victory over UConn serving as the tipping point for further mayhem on Sunday.
Duke’s dominant 89-66 triumph over Baylor left just one flawless bracket on ESPN’s tracker, but it quickly met its demise when Kentucky defeated Illinois 84-75, leading to a whopping 24.3 million imperfect brackets. Kentucky’s win also wiped out the final perfect bracket among the 34 million on the NCAA’s platform.
Michigan’s impressive 91-79 win over Texas A&M on Saturday evening dealt the final blow to the last perfect Yahoo Sports bracket, despite Shawno’s accurate run up until then. CBS Sports also bid farewell to its last perfect bracket after Saturday night’s games, which included BYU’s upset victory over Wisconsin and Texas Tech’s win over Drake.
Creighton emerged as ESPN’s top bracket buster after their convincing 89-75 win against Louisville, eliminating over 13 million brackets. On the flip side, ESPN noted that 30 of its brackets got every pick wrong, a rare and difficult feat to achieve even if one were intentionally selecting all losing teams.
