![]() ![]() ![]() The favorites' 'chalk' is wiped outįor the second time in three years, four of the top "blue blood" programs - North Carolina, Kansas, Duke and Kentucky - are not in the Sweet 16. Florida Atlantic University won its first-ever March Madness game over Memphis on Friday, and now it's the Owls who are still dancing, reaching their first Sweet 16 after sending FDU home, 78-70, Sunday night. 68 overall they had to win a "First Four" game to reach the field of 64.īut the FDU Knights ran into another history-making squad. 16 to ever win a single game in the Big Dance. And yes, that makes them just the second No. Here's a summary of what's happened in the men's tourney, and what's next: Cinderella team makes historyįairleigh Dickinson University became only the second No. And for fans who love underdogs, their affections are being rewarded at this year's tourney. A flood of upsets mean that parity is alive and well, even in an age of conference consolidations. In fact, the NCAA says the chances of a perfect bracket are 1 in 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 if you choose randomly, and 1 in 120.2 billion "if you know a little something about basketball."īut all these busted brackets also suggest good things for college basketball. If your bracket is all-too-imperfect, don't fret: so is everyone else's. CBS Sports says predictions on its site were quickly obliterated for both the men's and the women's tournament - which has also seen early upsets, such as Ole Miss shocking Stanford. Yahoo says it only took 24 games to ruin all its users' bracket entries. The winning blend is in short supply this year, with a flurry of wild finishes.ĮSPN says that out of 20,056,273 bracket entries on its site, none are perfect. Only the right blend of random luck, basketball geekery and intuition can predict what might happen when college kids face off on the national stage. It takes alchemy to produce a strong March Madness bracket. FAU dispatched the Cinderella Knights from the 2023 NCAA tournament. Vladislav Goldin of the Florida Atlantic Owls dunks in front of Demetre Roberts of the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights on Sunday in Columbus, Ohio. ![]()
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