The Games! The Upsets! The Madness!
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Once upon a time, there was... ...in March. George Mason Butler VCU Admissions Increase Athletic Donations Season Ticket Sales 41% 45% 25% 20% 67% 27% 22% 25% 100% The Perfect Bracket The odds of filling out a perfect bracket were a staggering 1 in 9.2 quintillion. That's 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 if you're not into the whole rounding thing. For NCAA basketball aficionados, the odds increased to 1 in 128,000,000,000. How big is that? You’d have a better chance of hitting four holes-in-one in a single round of golf. You could travel to the edge of our solar system and back 9.9 billion times. The End www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2297246/NCAA-bracket-predictions-2013- Professor-says-1-9-QUINTILLION-chance-getting-picks-right.html www.geekosystem.com/odds-of-perfect-bracket/ www.freep.com/article/20120313/SPORTS08/120313043/ncaa-tournament- perfect-bracket www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/03/19/ncaa-tournament-perfect- bracket-odds-quintillion/1999795/ www.lostlettermen.com/larranaga-will-haunt-gmus-ad-forever/ www.espn.go.com/blog/playbook/dollars/post/_/id/460/tournament-pays- handsomely-for-schools www.espn.go.com/blog/playbook/dollars/post/_/id/3222/how-fgcus-run- can-benefit-admissions www.eagle.gmu.edu/newsroom/591/ www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/region_focus/2011/q2/pdf/ upfront.pdf www.nytimes.com/2006/12/09/sports/09mason.html www.butlersports.com/releases/nacma-awards2011 www.espn.go.com/blog/playbook/dollars/post/_/id/3217/stubhub-says- advantage-louisville ACTIV8SOCIAL.COM // @ACTIV8SOCIAL // FACEBOOK.COM/ACTIV8SOCIAL Cinderella Stories FGCU vs. UF: In State Rivalry Florida Gulf Coast was the first 15-seeded team to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their March Madness run ended in Texas where the Eagles were defeated by the Florida Gators 60-52 on Friday, March 29. 48,785 $8,474,783 12,000 UF #3 est. 1853 Student Body Arena Seating B–ball Expenses 8,000 $1,098,569 4,500 FGCU #15 est. 1991 Villanova #8 1985 Butler #5 + #8 2010 + 2011 Mizzou #12 2002 Temple Owls #11 2001 Loyola Marymount #11 1990 Cleveland State #14 1986 Chattanooga #14 1997 FGCU #15 2013 National Champion National Championship Elite 8 Sweet 16 Final Four LSU #11 1986 GMU #11 2006 VCU #11 2011 The Cinderella Effect The Cinderella Effect (n.) - the dramatic increase in student applications, athletic donations, and season ticket sales as a result of an underdog school’s advancement in the NCAA tournament. Historically more #12 seeds have 2nd round wins than #11 seeds with a winning percentage of 48.8%. 2013 was the only year to have 3 teams seeded 12 or lower in the Sweet 16: Oregon #12, LaSalle #13 & FGCU #15 1991 & 2013 had at least 1 team of every seed (except #16’s) advance to the Round of 32. Butler is the only team to make consecutive Final Fours while not being a #1 or #2 seed either time. FGCU: 596 days UF: 80 years Full NCAA Division 1 Eligibility
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Even the best and brightest analysts couldn't have predicted the upsets in this year's NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. To comfort your busted bracket, check out past Cinderella stories and upsets and the odds of having a perfect bracket this year.
Transcript of The Games! The Upsets! The Madness!
Once upon a time, there was...
...in March.
George MasonButler VCU
Admissions Increase
Athletic Donations
Season Ticket Sales
41%45%25%
20%67%27%
22%25%100%
The Perfect Bracket
The odds of filling out a perfect bracket were a staggering
1 in 9.2 quintillion. That's 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 if you're not into the whole rounding thing.
For NCAA basketball aficionados, the odds increased to
1 in 128,000,000,000.
How big is that?
You’d have a better chance of hitting four holes-in-one in a single round of golf.
You could travel to the edge of our solar system and back 9.9 billion times.
The End
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2297246/NCAA-bracket-predictions-2013-Professor-says-1-9-QUINTILLION-chance-getting-picks-right.html
www.geekosystem.com/odds-of-perfect-bracket/
www.freep.com/article/20120313/SPORTS08/120313043/ncaa-tournament-perfect-bracket
www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/03/19/ncaa-tournament-perfect-bracket-odds-quintillion/1999795/
www.lostlettermen.com/larranaga-will-haunt-gmus-ad-forever/
www.espn.go.com/blog/playbook/dollars/post/_/id/460/tournament-pays-handsomely-for-schools
www.espn.go.com/blog/playbook/dollars/post/_/id/3222/how-fgcus-run-can-benefit-admissions
www.eagle.gmu.edu/newsroom/591/
www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/region_focus/2011/q2/pdf/upfront.pdf
www.nytimes.com/2006/12/09/sports/09mason.html
www.butlersports.com/releases/nacma-awards2011
www.espn.go.com/blog/playbook/dollars/post/_/id/3217/stubhub-says-advantage-louisville
activ8social.com // @activ8social // facebook.com/activ8social
Cinderella Stories
FGCU vs. UF: In State RivalryFlorida Gulf Coast was the first 15-seeded team to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their March Madness run ended in Texas where the
Eagles were defeated by the Florida Gators 60-52 on Friday, March 29.
48,785$8,474,783 12,000
UF #3
est. 1853
Student Body Arena SeatingB–ball Expenses
8,000$1,098,569 4,500
FGCU #15
est. 1991
Villanova #8
1985
Butler #5 + #8
2010 + 2011
Mizzou #12
2002
Temple Owls #11
2001
Loyola Marymount #11
1990
Cleveland State #14
1986
Chattanooga #14
1997
FGCU #15
2013
National Champion
National Championship
Elite 8
Sweet 16
Final Four
LSU #11
1986
GMU #11
2006
VCU #11
2011
The Cinderella EffectThe Cinderella Effect (n.) - the dramatic increase in student
applications, athletic donations, and season ticket sales as a result of an underdog school’s advancement in the NCAA tournament.
Historically more #12 seeds have 2nd round wins than #11 seeds with
a winning percentage of 48.8%.
2013 was the only year to have 3 teams seeded 12 or lower in the Sweet 16:
Oregon #12, LaSalle #13 & FGCU #15
1991 & 2013 had at least 1 team of every seed (except #16’s) advance to the Round of 32.
Butler is the only team to make consecutive Final Fours while not being
a #1 or #2 seed either time.
FGCU: 596 days UF: 80 years
Full NCAA Division 1 Eligibility
