How many perfect brackets remain? March Madness upsets have struck early
How many perfect brackets are left in the men's basketball NCAA Tournament? Here's what's left after Thursday's early slate of March Madness games.
March Madness has already lived up to the hype, not one full day into the 2026 Men's Basketball Tournament. Indeed, the vast majority of fans who created their brackets, hoping against hope to beat the impossibly long odds of creating a perfect bracket , have already seen their hopes dashed. The most likely culprit?
No. 12 seed High Point , led by Chase Johnston, upending Greg Gard and No. 5 seed Wisconsin.
No. 9 TCU technically scored an upset over No. 8 Ohio State, to say nothing of the near-disaster of No.
1 overall Duke eking out a 71-65 win over No. 16 seed Siena. REQUIRED READING: Who is Chase Johnston?