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Tournament Challenge: Loyola-Chicago continues to surprise

Here are some Tournament Challenge following Thursday’s set of Sweet 16 games.

  • 349 out of 17,304,320 brackets correctly placed No. 3 Michigan, No. 11 Loyola-Chicago, No. 9 Kansas State and No. 9 Florida State in the Elite Eight.

  • 0.1 percent of entries (17,676 of 17.3 million) correctly predicted that No. 9 Kansas State and No. 11 Loyola-Chicago would face each other in the Elite Eight. Of those brackets, 53.4 percent (9,435) picked the Wildcats to win the matchup and advance to the Final Four.

  • 0.6 percent of entries correctly predicted that No. 3 Michigan and No. 9 Florida State would square off in the Elite Eight. Of those brackets, 74.4 percent picked Michigan to knock out FSU and advance to the Final Four.

Overall percentage of brackets picking each team for each round:

  • No. 3 Michigan -- Elite Eight: 32.0 percent; Final Four: 19.1 percent; Final: 8.1 percent; Champions: 3.8 percent

  • No. 11 Loyola-Chicago – Elite Eight: 1.9 percent; Final Four: 0.5 percent; Final: 0.2 percent; Champions: 0.1 percent

  • No. 9 Kansas St. -- Elite Eight: 1.4 percent; Final Four: 0.6 percent; Final: 0.3 percent; Champions: 0.1 percent

  • No. 9 Florida St. – Elite Eight: 2.3 percent; Final Four: 0.8 percent; Final: 0.3 percent; Champions: 0.1 percent

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