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The Final Stats
by Andrew Feldman (
archive)
ESPN.com
The brackets are locked, and now it's time to watch the games. Will your bracket hold up?
There were more than 5 million entries in ESPN's Tournament Challenge this year, giving me quite a sample size with which to work. From President Barack Obama to any number of ESPN personalities, every entrant has his or her own thoughts, biases and strategies. Thankfully, we can group all the entries together and find out, in general, what everyone was thinking. Here's a look at some of the more interesting stories told by one incredibly popular game.
No faith
It's tough to be a low seed. It's even tougher to be a low seed with no fan support. The distinct honor of being the team with the least fan support goes to Cal State Northridge. The Matadors, who gave Memphis a true battle, were selected to win the national championship in only 309 brackets. Unfortunately, they won't make those 309 people proud, but even the four 16 seeds were given more respect.
Some other non-fan favorites:
No. 16 East Tennessee State: 969
No. 15 Morgan State: 329
No. 14 Cornell: 473
No. 13 Portland State: 402
No. 12 Northern Iowa: 517
Shocker from the low seeds:
No. 16 Morehead State: 2,689
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