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The Mathematical Madness Behind a Perfect N.C.A.A. Basketball Bracket
Picking a perfect bracket is so unlikely that it will almost certainly never occur, even if March Madness continues for billions of years
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Is Warren Buffet (or whoever it was?) still offering that billion bucks to get it perfect?
Not exactly. Now it's $1 million-per-year prize for a perfect Sweet 16 bracket in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, but only employees of Berkshire Hathaway are eligible. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/21/inside-warren...timillion-dollar-march-madness-challenge.html