This time of year countless hours are destroyed at work to fill out an NCAA bracket. Men and women of all ages do it, some for money, some for food, and some to put that one guy at work that thinks he knows everything about sports to shame. Here are some stats about your bracket and all of the other brackets out there.
(1) The number of ways to fill out a bracket once the "play in game" is out of the way.
9,223,372,036,854,775,808 (I think that's Gazillion)
(2) If the tournament expands to 96 teams that number also expands to...
39,614,081,257,132,168,796,771,975,168
(3) It would be slightly easier to predict the winner of every game in a 96 team field than it is to win the state lottery four weeks in a row while buying one ticket a week.
(4) The number of ways to pick the teams that will make the final four.
65,536
(5) It is virtually impossible to pick all the first round games correctly.
The number of ways for the first round to turn out. 4,294,967,296
Good Luck!
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