There’s No Method to This Madness

🏀 We’re down to 16 teams in the NCAA men’s tourney after an exciting four-day weekend of college basketball.

• Defending champ Baylor was the first No. 1 seed to go down, falling to No. 9 seed North Carolina in round two.
• The Peacocks of St. Peters became just the third 15-seed in history to make the Sweet Sixteen after upsetting No. 2 Kentucky in OT in the first round, then defeating No. 7 Murray State in round two.
• No. 11-seed Michigan beat No. 3 Tennessee to reach their fifth straight Sweet Sixteen, and No. 1 Gonzaga advanced to the tournament’s second weekend for the seventh straight year.
• The last perfect bracket, belonging to ESPN user “Bekins24,” lasted just 26 games before it was busted on Friday evening. The all-time record is 49 consecutive games picked correctly to start the tournament – or in other words, the closest-to-perfect bracket wasn't busted until one game into the Sweet Sixteen.

👀 Looking ahead… The Sweet Sixteen takes place this Thursday and Friday, and the Elite Eight is on Saturday and Sunday.

+ On the women’s side: The second round of March Madness wraps up today, with the Sweet Sixteen scheduled to begin on Friday. (Full bracket)