Wisconsin’s upset win over Villanova on Saturday left many brackets busted.
Villanova entered the NCAA Tournament as the defending champions and No. 1 overall seed following a 31-3 regular season. It figured then that many pickers would have them going far in their bracket picks.
In CBS Sports’ pool, nearly half of people making picks had the Wildcats in the Final Four, while 30.8 percent had them in the title game and 17.6 picked them to win it all.
Uhhh…nobody saw this coming. pic.twitter.com/8Y5SYMhmz2
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 18, 2017
The result of the second-round upset was devastating for those picking on ESPN. Only nine perfect brackets remained following Wisconsin’s win over Villanova.
There are 18.8 million entries in Tournament Challenge.
After the Badger upset, the @Acura Perfect Bracket number is down to single digits. pic.twitter.com/t7r2O1rw6u
— ESPN (@espn) March 18, 2017
Considering the odds of anyone having a perfect bracket are in the quintillions, it’s impressive that nine have made it this far.
In Yahoo, only one perfect bracket remained.
After Wisconsin's upset of Villanova, just ONE perfect bracket remains in our Tourney Pick’Em contest. #MarchMadness https://t.co/zSKWMhfmr3 pic.twitter.com/Z2ylpT67Nw
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 18, 2017
