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Mitt Romney’s bracket in top one percent of ESPN’s Tournament Challenge

By Josh Criswell

Screenshot courtesy of ESPN
Screenshot courtesy of ESPN /
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Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney has displayed a mix of a little college basketball knowledge and a lot of luck in putting together a top March Madness bracket.

President Barack Obama’s NCAA tournament bracket predictions have been a big hit for ESPN during his presidency, but it appears he is not the only politician to make news with his March Madness bracket this year.

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    • The man he beat during the 2012 Presidential Election, Mitt Romney, is currently dominating Obama on ESPN’s Tournament Challenge. Romney declined to participate that year, citing that he was not “plugged in”. The former Massachusetts governor is plugged in this year, and that is a fact. He currently ranks in the top percent in the country at 25,485th place out of ESPN’s 11.57 million entries. The current president does not even rank in the top half of the country, and barely cracks the top seven million of the challenge with his bracket.

    Romney is one of the lucky few to correctly predict the Final Four matchups to this point, as well as six out of the Elite Eight teams. His biggest mistakes were common across the country, choosing the No. 2 seed Kansas Jayhawks and No. 3 seed Iowa State Cyclones to reach the tournament’s quarterfinals. If Duke defeats Wisconsin tonight, Romney while have perfectly predicted the Final Four and will climb even higher in the rankings.

    Here is a look at his bracket, via ESPN:

    Screenshot courtesy of ESPN
    Screenshot courtesy of ESPN /

    Romney’s elite bracket is a seemingly unattainable feat that college basketball fans attempt and almost always fail year-in and year-out.

    Some may say Romney’s feat is pure luck, but I beg to differ. Selecting six out of the Elite Eight teams correctly is no easy task, but his bold decisions to pick the No. 7 seed Michigan State Spartans as a Final Four team and choosing Wisconsin to upset Kentucky were the smart moves that puts his bracket over the top.

    Anybody who watched the Spartans and Wisconsin Badgers roll through the Big Ten tournament new they were a force to be reckoned with in the Big Dance, and Romney clearly took note. Ironically, Romney putting too much weight in conference tournaments also did the former presidential candidate in on his two incorrect Elite Eight predictions: Big 12 tournament finalists Kansas and Iowa State.

    Romney has shocked the nation with his March Madness, but i I do not see his selections being featured on national television in the near future. If he finds his way into the White House in 2016, however, then maybe we will finally get the chance to see the Mitt Romney March Madness prediction special.

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