[Moderated by Matt Jones]
Just a friendly reminder about some bracket stats as everyone ignores work today in favor of basketball (Stats below are from USA Today):
-Chance of filling out a perfect bracket: 1 in 9.2 quintillion
-AKA 1 in 9,223,372,036,854,775,808
-AKA one billion, 9.2 billion times
-AKA 500,000 times more than our national debt (which is $17 trillion)
Want to be geeked out some more? Check out this short video from DePaul math professor (HEY I GO TO SCHOOL THERE!!) Jeff Bergen about the odds of a perfect bracket.
So, if you know a lil bit about basketball, your odds of a perfect bracket go down to 1 in 128 billion- meaning that if everyone in the US filled out a bracket, we’d see a perfect one once every 400 years.
SO YOU’RE SAYING THERE’S A CHANCE?!
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March 21st, 2013 at 12:30 pm
You mean 1 in 9.2 quadrillion, right? Just checking your math.
March 21st, 2013 at 1:09 pm
Sorry, I meant to say 9.2 quintillion. Also, watch your mouth young lady.
March 21st, 2013 at 2:12 pm
Damn. I hustle into these comments to correct Kristen only to find out she’s already got it right. I need to develop a quicker first step.
March 21st, 2013 at 3:49 pm
DAD you just trolled me!! Yes I mistyped
You know how I am with numbers… and sorry about the language 
March 22nd, 2013 at 10:39 am
I love this post. The premise is just so true. Nobody gets it right. Just ask the 10 zillion that picked New Mexico; like I did.