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A lot of people say the hardest thing to do in sports is hit a baseball or softball. PHOOEY! Absolute malarkey, I tell you. The hardest thing to do in sports is pick a perfect March Madness bracket.

Even with what was widely derided as a relatively chalky opening weekend of March Madness, no perfect Men's NCAA Tournament brackets remain after the first weekend. The final torch was snuffed out ...

This story is part of the KXAN Data Hub, where numbers help tell the whole story. AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s March, and you know what that means — time for some madness! This year, more than 26 million ...

The odds of picking a perfect NCAA Tournament bracket are astronomical for a reason. The number of unblemished entries in ESPN's bracket challenge dropped to 195 after the completion of the first ...

Out of the 40 million (!!!) brackets put together for men's and women's March Madness as the NCAA tournaments have reached the Sweet 16, there is just ONE that's perfect. It belongs to Otto ...

Perfection is hard to come by – as anyone who has ever filled out a bracket for the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Tournament has come to realize during March Madness season. But one eighth-grader from ...

Another thrilling opening weekend of March Madness is in the books, and now the 2026 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 bracket is set. Three out of the four No. 1 seeds advanced, with defending champion ...

The 2026 NCAA Tournament rolls into the Sweet 16 this week, with Thursday featuring a pair of Big Ten squads facing off against teams from Texas. Purdue vs. Texas tips off at 7:10 p.m. ET, with ...

The goal is always perfection when filling out a bracket, but no one has ever emerged flawless when March Madness is over. The Holy Grail of sports betting is filling out a perfect March Madness ...