More than 99 percent of brackets busted in first 3 games

[Halldan1]

More than 99 percent of brackets busted in first 3 gamesBy Associated Press

Georgia State players celebrate their 14-over-3 upset over Baylor on Day 1 of the NCAA Tournament. Photo: AP

Maybe if everyone's bracket is busted, no one's is?

It was barely after lunch on the West Coast when Georgia State finished the second big upset of the day - in just the first three games. Between the Panthers upset of Baylor and UAB's takedown of Iowa State, two No. 3 seeds falling that quickly on the tournament's first big day left almost every bracket blemished.

ESPN says three games into Thursday, more than 99 percent of the brackets submitted on their website were damaged by the upsets. That leaves only about 87,000 out of 11.6 million still with a perfect bracket or 0.7 percent.

After No. 11 UCLA downed No. 6 SMU (and No. 6 Butler held off No. 11 Texas), the bracket carnage was worse:

Spokesman Josh Krulewitz tweeted that nearly 1 in 6 of ESPN's brackets - 16 percent - had Iowa State in the Final Four, and 5.1 percent had Baylor there.

Just 3.1 percent of Yahoo Sports users picked UAB to win and 5.9 picked Georgia State.

http://nypost.com/2015/03/19/more-than-99-percent-of-brackets-busted-in-first-3-games/

 

[Pirata]

I am one of the 16%

Oy!

 

[Hall91]

Iowa st screwed me today. For some reason I picked them to make final 4.

 

[Shuathelete]

guy at my work knows nothing about basketball. filled his bracket out in 30 seconds. Picked UAB and Georgia St.

Iowa St won the Big 12 tournament. They were hot. They also had a great season. They also came back form double digits in the second half from 6/7 games to win, half being against ranked teams. Big 12 was #1 RPI conference in the country.

I had this resilient team in the final. It makes sense to take them deep on multiple accounts. Baylor was the only other game i lost.


MADNESS BABY. What a DAY 1. Not over. Gtown get it together!