March 21, 2018

ESPN Tournament Challenge: Fans Get a Second Chance

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With brackets busting all over the 17.3 million in ESPN’s Men’s Tournament Challenge game, fans may think their chances to win bragging rights, if not a grand prize, are over. Not so. ESPN has fans covered with the ESPN Tournament Challenge Second Chance game.

It’s a do-over, starting with the Sweet 16. Any fan – especially those accounting for the 16.8 million brackets that did not pick No. 16 UMBC’s historic upset of overall No. 1 seed Virginia – can choose winners for the remaining 15 men’s tournament games and enter for a chance to win a grand prize $5,000 Amazon Gift Card.

Fans can submit Tournament Challenge Second Chance brackets until Thursday, March 22, at 7:00 p.m. ET, before the start of the first Sweet 16 game, No. 11 Loyola-Chicago vs. No. 7 Nevada in the South Region.

In the meantime, following are a few highlights from the Men’s Tournament Challenge “People’s Bracket” heading into the Sweet 16:

Of the top 11 teams picked to win the championship, six (Virginia, Michigan State, North Carolina, Arizona, Xavier, Cincinnati) failed to reach the Sweet 16.
Only three brackets out of 17.3 million got 15 of 16 Round of 32 games correct; none got all 16 correct.
Of 17.3 million Tournament Challenge brackets, 5,969 entries correctly predicted No. 5 Kentucky, No. 11 Loyola-Chicago, No. 7 Nevada and No. 9 Kansas State making the Sweet 16 in the South Region.
On the other hand, 31.1 percent (5,384,973) of brackets predicted that No. 1 Virginia, No. 2 Cincinnati, No. 3 Tennessee, and No. 4 Arizona would advance to the Sweet 16 in of the South.
Just 1.1 percent (191,342) of the 17.3 million Tournament Challenge brackets called the Sweet 16 matchup of No. 11 Loyola-Chicago and No. 7 Nevada.

Percentage who picked these Sweet 16 teams to advance to the Elite Eight: