Bracket busters: Millions impacted as Gamecocks play spoiler
No. 7 seed South Carolina defeated No. 2 seed Duke in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday night in Greenville. The fallout? Busted brackets.
A roundup of what the Gamecocks’ win meant for the millions who play in some sort of bracket challenge.
DOWN GOES DUKE!
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 20, 2017
7-seed South Carolina stuns 2-seed Duke to face Baylor in the Sweet 16. pic.twitter.com/1R865YFt26
7.3 million brackets had Duke as a Final Four team.
— ESPN Fantasy Sports (@ESPNFantasy) March 20, 2017
The Blue Devils are no longer in the NCAA tournament.
South Carolina vs. Baylor in the Sweet 16 was chosen in only 2.1 percent of brackets.
— ESPN Fantasy Sports (@ESPNFantasy) March 20, 2017
.1% of brackets correctly picked the East Region's Sweet 16 teams of Baylor, South Carolina, Wisconsin and Florida.
— ESPN Fantasy Sports (@ESPNFantasy) March 20, 2017
87% of Tournament Challenge brackets had Duke in the Sweet 16
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) March 20, 2017
5% of brackets had South Carolina in the Sweet 16
First Nova. Now Duke.
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 20, 2017
12% of all ESPN Tournament Challenge brackets had the Blue Devils taking home the hardware (2.3 million brackets). pic.twitter.com/8qvmutFUlZ
12% of the 18.7 million brackets submitted to ESPN had Duke winning it all, only behind UNC (15%) and Villanova (13%).
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) March 20, 2017
As you might expect, Duke losing had a major impact on the 18.8 million brackets in ESPN's Tournament Challenge. Details via @grosenstein pic.twitter.com/CMZqBnTvi4
— Matthew Berry (@MatthewBerryTMR) March 20, 2017
Crazy stat of the day...
— ESPN Fantasy Sports (@ESPNFantasy) March 20, 2017
18 brackets out of more than 18 MILLION correctly predicted the Sweet 16.
Quick bracket check... pic.twitter.com/IrkdXdB7TH
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 20, 2017
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 20, 2017
This story was originally published March 20, 2017 at 3:55 AM with the headline "Bracket busters: Millions impacted as Gamecocks play spoiler."