{"id":95737,"date":"2013-03-29T22:26:34","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T03:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/from-the-press-box\/?p=1594"},"modified":"2013-03-29T22:26:34","modified_gmt":"2013-03-30T03:26:34","slug":"bracket-busted-yet-only-1-percent-of-entries-still-have-chance-at-perfection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/03\/29\/bracket-busted-yet-only-1-percent-of-entries-still-have-chance-at-perfection\/","title":{"rendered":"Bracket busted yet? Only 1 percent of entries still have chance at perfection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, how&#8217;s your bracket doing?<\/p>\n<p>Sorry. Judging from the statistics we&#8217;re seeing in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickemhockey.com\/bracket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">College Hockey Pickem 2013<\/a>, that might be a sore subject.<\/p>\n<p>The first game of the 2013 NCAA tournament eliminated the team predicted as the national champion on 39 percent of the brackets. Yale&#8217;s overtime win over Minnesota also took out 10,339 of 10,648 completed entries from a run at a perfect bracket.<\/p>\n<p>After the wins by Yale, Massachusetts-Lowell, North Dakota and New Hampshire on Friday, there are only 112 brackets (1 percent) that have a chance to go 15-for-15.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the rundown of which teams were favored to win it all:<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota: 4,117 (38.66%)<br \/>\nNorth Dakota: 1,375 (12.91%)<br \/>\nBoston College: 1,298 (12.19%)<br \/>\nNotre Dame: 715 (6.71%)<br \/>\nMassachusetts-Lowell: 664 (6.24%)<br \/>\nQuinnipiac: 620 (5.82%)<br \/>\nWisconsin: 554 (5.20%)<br \/>\nMiami: 483 (4.54%)<br \/>\nDenver: 223 (2.09%)<br \/>\nSt. Cloud State: 212 (1.99%)<br \/>\nNew Hampshire: 202 (1.90%)<br \/>\nUnion: 81 (0.76%)<br \/>\nMinnesota State: 57 (0.54%)<br \/>\nCanisius: 19 (0.18%)<br \/>\nNiagara: 14 (0.13%)<br \/>\nYale: 14 (0.13%)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, how&#8217;s your bracket doing? Sorry. 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