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March Madness fans took an early deed successful this year’s tourney arsenic astir 36 cardinal brackets were busted connected Thursday pursuing a drawstring of early upsets successful nan first round.
The NCAA reported Friday that of nan much than 36 cardinal brackets filled retired crossed awesome online sports platforms, astir 14,000 cleanable brackets stay done nan first 16 games of nan men’s tournament.
High Point Panthers fans watch earlier a crippled against nan Wisconsin Badgers successful nan first information of nan NCAA men's hoops tourney astatine nan Moda Center successful Portland, Oregon, connected March 19, 2026. (Soobum Im/Getty Images)
At nan very least, that’s astir 35,986,000 busted brackets.
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The biggest bracket buster was No. 9 seed TCU’s constrictive 66-64 triumph complete No. 8 seed Ohio State, which near conscionable 14.5 cardinal cleanable brackets intact. Nebraska’s first-ever NCAA Tournament win complete Troy, which was a sadistic 76-47 beatdown, eliminated different 2.5 cardinal brackets.
But it was nan upsets that brought that fig down to complete 14,000.
Siena Saints fans watch during nan first half of a crippled against nan Duke Blue Devils successful nan first information of nan NCAA men's hoops tourney astatine Bon Secours Wellness Arena successful Greenville, South Carolina, connected March 19, 2026. (Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images)
High Point’s improbable 83-82 win complete No. 5 Wisconsin arsenic nan No. 12 seed did nan astir damage, bringing down nan full number of flawless predictions to conscionable 2.3 million, and that fig was trim successful half again erstwhile Louisville survived USF, 83-79.
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As nan time went on, that number dipped beneath nan cardinal mark. But TCU’s historical comeback victory complete UNC near a small much than 300,000 cleanable brackets.
Saint Louis’ ascendant triumph complete Georgia and Gonzaga’s expected triumph complete Kennesaw State rounded retired nan time for conscionable complete 14,000 brackets intact, leaving only 0.039% of nan original brackets flawless.
Nebraska Cornhuskers fans respond during nan first information of nan NCAA men's hoops tourney successful a crippled against nan Troy Trojans astatine Paycom Center successful Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, connected March 19, 2026. (Shane Bevel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
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According to nan NCAA, past year's fig aft nan first time was 36,000. The lowest successful caller representation was successful 2021 erstwhile only 121 cleanable brackets remained.
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