Busted! Fewer than 1% of brackets remain perfect after Thursday’s games
Clemson guard Jaeden Zackery, left, react after a loss to McNeese State in the first round of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
(AP) — Fewer than 1% of NCAA Tournament brackets were still perfect after Thursday’s 16-game slate.
That’s according to several services where fans attempt the all-but impossible task of predicting every March Madness game correctly.
ESPN’s tracker listed 25,802 perfect brackets remaining out of more than 24 million filled out on its site following the final game of the day, Texas Tech’s win over UNC-Wilmington.
The NCAA said 0.0938% of more than 34 million brackets were still perfect. The numbers were similar at CBS, where 0.09% of brackets were unblemished following the first day of action.
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