Why it’s nearly impossible to build a perfect March Madness bracket — explained by mathematicians

You’ve probably busted your March Madness bracket already: and that’s OK - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

As someone painfully oblivious to the world of college sports, my first March Madness bracket at age 18 was chosen with little thought.

I mostly just copied whatever my friends in the sports analytics department were doing and steered clear of any Syracuse University enemies advancing just out of spite. Despite watching college basketball and March Madness for five straight years now, my bracket hasn’t improved at all.