Keith Lipscomb, ESPN.com 9y

Tournament Challenge: Only 0.5 percent have a perfect Elite Eight

Just 59,204 (0.5 percent) out of 11.57 million Tournament Challenge brackets got all the Elite Eight teams correct. Regarding Friday's results, only 2.1 percent of brackets have Gonzaga, Louisville, Duke and Michigan State reaching the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament.

East

  • 26.1% of brackets have the Louisville Cardinals in the Elite Eight (12.3% have them reaching the Final Four).

  • 19.1% of brackets have the Michigan State Spartans in the Elite Eight (9.1% have them reaching the Final Four).

  • 5.9% picked the Louisville/Michigan State matchup in the Elite Eight (54.0% of those brackets picked Louisville to win).

South

  • 48.3% of brackets have the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the Elite Eight (21.9% have them reaching the Final Four).

  • 82.3% of brackets have the Duke Blue Devils in the Elite Eight (52.3% have them reaching the Final Four).

  • 40.7% picked the Gonzaga/Duke matchup in the Elite Eight (60.0% of those brackets picked Duke to win).

Looking ahead to Saturday’s Elite Eight games

  • The Wisconsin Badgers-Arizona Wildcats is a very even matchup in terms of bracket advancement, as the Badgers were picked to reach the Final Four in 41.8% of brackets and the Wildcats in 36.2%.

  • The Kentucky Wildcats are obviously the biggest favorites to reach the Final Four (77.7% of brackets), while the Notre Dame Fighting Irish were picked to do so in just 9.5%.

President Obama’s bracket

The President won the only game he could have on Friday, Duke’s victory over Utah, and he wound up getting five Elite Eight teams correct. Looking ahead to the Final Four, he still has three teams alive (Kentucky, Arizona, Duke). His bracket currently sits in the 49.9 percentile.

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