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The (Near) Impossibility Of The Perfect Bracket

By Professor Jeff Bergen/DePaul University

The odds of picking a perfect bracket are less than one-in-9.2 quintillion. For those with a solid knowledge of the history of the NCAA tournaments, the odds of picking a perfect bracket increase greatly but still involve numbers with lots of zeroes.



The good news: If you know something about basketball, your odds increase to one-in-128 billion.

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Posted on March 7, 2013