No perfect men's March Madness brackets remain after Vols' victory
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Key Points:
- No perfect NCAA Tournament brackets remain in ESPN's 26.5 million entries or the NCAA's 36 million tracked brackets after Tennessee defeated Virginia and Iowa upset Florida.
- The last perfect men's brackets were eliminated following key games, including St. John’s buzzer-beater win over Kansas, leaving ESPN with zero perfect brackets and the NCAA tracking none.
- In the women's tournament, the number of perfect brackets dropped to 166 in ESPN's contest and 400 on the NCAA site after higher seeds won the first six games Sunday.
- Several close games and blowouts characterized the women's matches, including Minnesota's last-second win over Mississippi and dominating performances by Texas and LSU.
- The statistical odds of predicting a perfect 63-0 bracket range from one in 9.2 quintillion (random guesses) to one in 120 billion (educated guesses), underscoring the extreme difficulty of the feat.
