32 games so far, and I picked 25 right. That’s not too bad. Plus, I’m in good shape for Round 2 since none of my Sweet Sixteen teams have been eliminated.
This tournament has some fun numbers. Since there are 63 games in all, that gives 2^63 unique brackets. That’s an incredibly large number: 9.22337204 × 10^18
Let’s assume that each of the 1st seeded teams always win their first 4 games. Given there are 4 1st seeded teams, that gives 63 - (4*4) = 47. The yields 2^47 brackets, which is still unbelievably large.
It’s fair to say that the odds of someone predicting a perfect bracket is quite slim, (10^-17)%, or 0.00000000000000001%.
On Facebook, there are 12 people who’ve correctly picked the first 32 games. That’s a pretty amazing feat. My current global ranking is #383,028 with a 78.1% accuracy rate. 
A few notes so far:
- VCU upsets Duke! I actually thought about picking this, but didn’t have the balls.
- Va Tech came really close to being my first Sweet Sixteen team eliminated. Nice comeback though to overcome Illinois.
- I’m worried about my pick for Louisville over Texas A&M. A lot of people seem to have A&M going a long way.
Shaun Haber
Its sad that I still can’t get into sports even though it can be so geeky.
These types are events though are always fun though, even if you’re not a big sports fan. This is the only time of year you’d ever catch me watching basketball. I hate the NBA.