The question is: what are the odds of picking a perfect NCAA basketball bracket?
2007-03-15 16:25:56 · 14 answers · asked by identifysport 1 in Sports ➔ Basketball
9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 1
That translates to a little over nine quintillion to one.
Figuratively speaking, for those who don't know just how much quintillion is, the number sequence goes: thousand, million, billion, trillion, quadrillion, THEN quintillion.
So I think it's fair to suggest, your chances of getting a perfect bracket really are slim to none.
2007-03-15 16:40:03 · answer #1 · answered by sweetie_tdp 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer to this question is very simple. If bracket is picked completely at random then it's .5(50% chance) to the power of number of games in the brackett (63). The result is 1.08 e-19, so 1/x gives you a 1 in about 9,200,000,000,000,000,000. But since top seeds usually win and you may have some knowledge of the game, if you were to fill out 1 million brackets you would still not get one all right.
2007-03-15 23:44:28 · answer #2 · answered by Ilya S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard that if every single person in the entire world filled out a bracket the odds of getting just 1 perfect would still be over 100 to 1.
2007-03-16 00:11:48 · answer #3 · answered by jh361 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The guy who saiD it was .5 to the power the # of games is right. His aswer though is wrong because he took .5 to the power of the # OF TEAMS.
odds=.5 to the 32nd power (plus .5 if you count the play-in )
DO YOUR OWN MATH
2007-03-16 00:38:09 · answer #4 · answered by H.E. G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well my professional opinion is You'll have to ask someone else.
I don't know S H I T about sports.
I only sport that I have ever participated in is SEX... Yes I am a nympho
2007-03-15 23:34:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think that the ncaa is doing a god job but you canot cheat because you will be not good and you will be penalized and you will be disqualified and lose.
2007-03-16 05:45:32 · answer #6 · answered by Eric H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably the same as winning the lottery
2007-03-15 23:31:50 · answer #7 · answered by kberto 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ummm...slim to none. Sorry. I'm doing that in one of my classes right now... about 90% chance it's not going to be perfect...
2007-03-15 23:35:20 · answer #8 · answered by blub.blub.FISHY <>< 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the chances might be as low as winning the lottery with only one ticket
2007-03-16 07:50:48 · answer #9 · answered by LE 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
low
2007-03-15 23:33:36 · answer #10 · answered by justcurious 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋