Chances are your March Madness bracket is already busted.
As of 6:45 p.m. ET on Friday, just 1,461 perfect ESPN brackets remained out of 26,567,887 submitted.
This amounts to a catastrophically small 0.005 percent of brackets that are still perfect on just the second day of the NCAA Tournament.
The NCAA, which has its own bracket challenge, posted to X Friday evening that just 0.005 percent of perfect brackets remain on its site as well, although the account said it does not have the exact number.
These tiny numbers are a result of numerous upsets during the tournament thus far, with ESPN reporting that nearly 16 million brackets were busted from Ohio State’s 66-64 loss to No. 9 seed TCU.
An additional 7,186,988 were busted No. 12 seed High Point’s stunning 83-82 victory over No. 5 Wisconsin on Thursday, which has so far been the largest upset in March Madness.
High Point guard Chase Johnston, who, leading up to Thursday’s game, had not made a single 2-pointer this season, scored the game-winning shot on a layup.
“Just to be on this stage and play a game like this, something you dream about,” Johnston told reporters following the win, according to The Associated Press. “I remember playing basketball with my brother in he backyard, one-on-one. We had our own little brackets, picking what teams we wanted to be and trying to win March Madness.
“And now to be on this stage with these guys and being able to hit a couple of shots and finish the layup, It’s just something I’ll never forget.”
Some brackets trying to predict first-round upsets also got busted, with 1,806,018 going with No. 13 Troy over Nebraska.
The Cornhuskers ultimately blew out Troy in a 76-47 win on Thursday.
Additionally, 772,406 selected No. 11 seed USF to defeat Louisville, but the Cardinals held on for the 83-79 win.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
