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Statistically speaking, the odds of getting a perfect NCAA tournament bracket are 1 in 9,223,372,036,854,775,808.
Even so, allowing for some knowledge of college basketball and taking it account the norms of the NCAA tournament, the odds of a perfect bracket are still about 1 in 128 billion, according to DePaul math professor Jay Bergen. Heck, only one person on ESPN.com’s challenge has picked a perfect opening round in the past seven years. Think about that: Only one person has gotten halfway to perfection in seven years.