Summary
In the NCAA Tournament, 12th-seeded High Point upset 5th-seeded Wisconsin, contributing to a series of victories by lower-seeded teams, known as double-digit seeds. By the end of the tournament's first day, only a tiny fraction of brackets remained perfect on platforms like ESPN, due to these surprising outcomes.
Key Facts
- High Point, a 12th seed, defeated 5th seed Wisconsin in the NCAA Tournament.
- Four teams with double-digit seedings, including High Point, VCU, Texas, and Texas A&M, won their games.
- North Carolina lost to VCU, impacted by the absence of their leading scorer Caleb Wilson due to injury.
- BYU, missing star player Richie Saunders, lost to Texas after trailing by 17 points.
- Saint Mary's lost to Texas A&M without key scorer Paulius Murauskas, who was ill.
- By the end of the first day, less than 0.04% of brackets on ESPN remained perfect.
- The NCAA estimates very low odds of achieving a perfect bracket, ranging from 1 in 9.2 quintillion to 1 in 120 billion, depending on prediction methods.
- An estimated 60 to 100 million brackets are filled out each year for the NCAA Tournament.
