Here's how many perfect brackets are left on ESPN after first round of March Madness
We are through the first round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament. How is your bracket looking?
If you managed to go an impressive 32-0, congratulations, you're in good (and small) company. According to ESPN, only 164 people have a perfect bracket through the first round of the Big Dance.
That's right, only 164 out of 18.8 million entries. That's a huge step down from 154,283 perfect brackets after Thursday's games.
18.8 million brackets submitted.
164 are perfect after Round 1.
Here's to overachieving. #perfectbracketwatchpic.twitter.com/TGwZNCzSnW— ESPN Fantasy Sports (@ESPNFantasy) March 18, 2017
ESPN isn't the only site to host a bracket challenge –CBS Sports and Yahoo do popular ones as well–but The Worldwide Leader runs the largest one each year.
Overall, this was a very "chalky" first round. No teams seeded 13th or lower advanced to the second round for the first time in a decade.
If UCLA and Kentucky hold on, there will be no teams seeded 13th or worse in the second round. The last time that happened was 2007.
— Jeff Eisenberg (@JeffEisenberg) March 18, 2017
Additionally, 12th-seeded Middle Tennessee and 10th-seeded Wichita State took down higher-seeded foes, but entered each game as the favorite.
Will things get wild and woolly on Saturday? We'll find out in a few hours.
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