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Now that the madness is (sadly) over, we have crowned our SEC blog champion in this year's tournament challenge. Unfortunately, it wasn't me (again). Your 2013 SEC blog tournament champion is WarEagleKK, whose WarEagleKK 1 bracket finished with 1,...

After another wild NCAA tournament, a total of 21.9 percent of the 8.15 million brackets entered in Tournament Challenge had the correct winner in Louisville, the top seed overall and the most popular championship pick heading into the tournament. It...

John Gasaway explains the advantages that Louisville has over Michigan in the NCAA title game, and why the Cardinals will win on Monday night.

Story | Conversation | April 08, 2013

Get in on the excitement of this year's NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Compete against other fans as you fill out a bracket and earn points for every correct pick! Come out on top and you could win a $10,000 Best Buy gift card. Get a group togethe...

John Gasaway explains the advantages that Louisville has over Michigan in the NCAA title game, and why the Cardinals will win on Monday night.

Story | Conversation | April 07, 2013

A total of 1.4 percent of the 8.15 million Tournament Challenge brackets correctly predicted Louisville and Michigan to meet for the national championship. The Cardinals were the most popular team to reach the championship game (39.7 percent) and to ...

We're coming down to the wire with the NCAA tournament and our bracket challenge here on the SEC blog. After the regional finals, we have a new leader and the SEC bloggers are on the outside looking in. WarEagleKK 1 is at the top of the bracket bo...

John Gasaway compares how this season's Final Four teams compare to past champions. For example, Syracuse's 3-point shooting would rank 20th out of 20 of Final Four teams since 2009.

Story | Conversation | April 01, 2013

Just 47 of the 8.15 million brackets in Tournament Challenge got the entire Final Four correct, thanks in large part to Wichita State. For just Sunday's games, 6.3 percent of brackets correctly picked both Louisville and Michigan to reach the Final F...

Just 1,820 out of the 8.15 million brackets in ESPN's Tournament Challenge correctly picked Syracuse and Wichita State to reach the Final Four. Individually, 8.1 percent of brackets had Syracuse in the Final Four, while just 19,157 brackets (0.24 per...

Just 19 brackets out of 8.15 million in the Tournament Challenge correctly predicted all of the Elite Eight teams. On Friday 4.2 percent of brackets got all four winners correct (Louisville, Duke, Florida, Michigan), compared to the 990 total from Th...

Just 990 total brackets out of 8.15 million in ESPN's Tournament Challenge correctly predicted all four of Thursday's winners: Syracuse, Marquette, Ohio State and Wichita State. The two upsets in the East Region wiped out the second- and third-mos...

Of the four brackets to get 15 of the Sweet 16 correct, two had Florida Gulf Coast in the Sweet 16 (one missed Wichita State, the other missed La Salle), two didn't. Interestingly, none of those four brackets is currently in first place, although two...

Now that the first weekend of the NCAA tournament has come and gone, it's time to take a look at who is sitting at the top of our SEC blog bracket challenge. Unfortunately, it isn't me (The ATL Kid). My late decision to make St. Mary's my Cinderel...

Has Florida Gulf Coast's surprise run turned your bracket into a mess and put you down in the dumps? Have no fear! The Bracket of Awesome is here! Guy with a guitar or Vegas? Beyonce or Mac & Cheese? Vote now, peeps!

Heading into the Sweet 16, none of the 8.15 million brackets got all teams correctly. Four brackets got the closest, picking 15 of 16 teams correctly, while another 760 got 14-of-16. On the other end of the spectrum, 1,046 brackets got none of the Sw...