March Madness has turned college basketball fans brackets upside down this year.\u00a0\u00a0 The Sweet\u00a0Sixteen is underway, but without many of the teams that millions had picked to make it this far.\u00a0 The #1 ranked team in the NCAA Tournament, Kansas was picked to win the title by 42% of the 4.78 million entries on ESPN.com, but was upset by #9 seed Northern Iowa in the second round.\u00a0\u00a0 Cornell made an unlikely run for the title, and set “Big Red” fan’s hopes ablaze before being taken out by Kentucky last night.\u00a0 Upsets and heartbreaks have been felt all over the bracket grid, including first seed Syracuse\u2019s loss to Butler in Salt Lake City Thursday night.\u00a0 Butler, and its star Shelvin Mack who scored 14 points in last night\u2019s game will now have a shot at making it to the Final Four for the first time in the University’s history.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0There are many methods to picking a winner, but sports experts agree all the analysis and basketball knowledge won\u2019t help you 100% of the time.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Whether you\u2019re just guessing, or as some husbands do, let their wives chose for them for fun, the chance of getting a bracket right are nearly impossible.\u00a0\u00a0 According to BookofOdds.com, heading into this week’s Sweet Sixteen, the odds of being perfect are one in just over 13- million.\u00a0 For the entire tournament, those odds drop to an astonishing one in 9.3 QUINTILLION.\u00a0 \u00a0However, one whiz kid had it right up until last night. \u00a0Alex Hermann, an autistic Chicago teenager, correctly predicted every game’s outcome before dropping a game.\u00a0 He picked Syracuse to beat Butler.\u00a0\u00a0 The Sweet Sixteen continues tonight, with Northern Iowa trying to extend their unlikely run.\u00a0 Which team makes it to the Final Four is anyone’s guess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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