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Tournament Challenge: Bracket busts continue with MSU, UNC losses

Here are some takeaways from the early set of games:

  • 4.9% of brackets had UNC, MSU and UVA in the Final Four -- 5.7% had a UVA-MSU final and 2.5% had a UNC-MSU final.

  • UVA, MSU, UNC and Arizona were among the top seven teams picked to win it all in the Tournament Challenge.

  • Percent of brackets picking No. 2 UNC for Sweet 16 (85.4%), Elite Eight (55.4%), Final Four (34.4%], Final (15.7%), Champs (6.93%).

  • Percent of brackets picking No. 3 MSU for Sweet 16 (82.1%), Elite Eight (41.2%), Final Four (28.5%), Final (16.4%), Champs (8.6%).

  • Just 3.7% of brackets thought that No. 7 Texas A&M would meet No. 3 Michigan in the Sweet 16.

  • Only 2.9% of Tournament Challenge entries correctly predicted that No. 11 Syracuse would face No. 2 Duke in the Sweet 16.

  • 45.7% of entries correctly predicted that No. 2 Purdue would face No. 3 Texas Tech in the Sweet 16.

  • Only No. 1 Villanova (74.2%) and No. 1 Kansas (73.6%) were picked in more brackets than No. 2 Purdue (58.9%) to get to the Elite Eight.

  • Percentage who picked these Sweet 16 teams to advance to the Elite Eight:

  • No. 2 Purdue: 58.9%

    No. 11 Syracuse: 1.4%

    No. 7 Texas A&M: 2.4%