Only 7 women’s brackets are perfect after the first round

After the first round of the tournament there remain only seven perfect brackets out of over 2 million submitted.

Sunday starts the second round of the 2023 March Madness Women’s NCAA Division 1 tournament. After the first round of the tournament there remain only seven perfect brackets. The NCAA tracked “more than 2 million in the major online games of the Women’s Bracket Challenge Game, ESPN, CBS and Yahoo” to arrive at this number. After the first round in last year’s tournament there were only three perfect brackets left.

The breakdown of the brackets during the first round looked like this:

  • No. 12 Toledo def. No. 5 Iowa State: 77 perfect brackets
  • No. 6 North Carolina def. No. 11 St. John’s: 62 brackets
  • No. 4 Villanova def. No. 13 Cleveland State: 50 brackets
  • No. 7 Baylor def. No. 10 Alabama: 30 brackets
  • No. 6 Colorado def. No. 11 Middle Tennessee: 13 brackets
  • No. 5 Louisville def. No. 12 Drake: 9 brackets
  • No. 5 Oklahoma def. No. 12 Portland: 7 brackets
  • After No. 3 Duke, No. 4 Texas, No. 4 UCLA wins: Still 7 brackets

Currently the seven remaining sit on the following platforms: ESPN 6 and Yahoo 1.

The second round starts Sunday with No. 1 seeded South Carolina taking on No. 8 South Florida at 1 p.m. ET on ABC. South Florida beat Marquette, 67-65, with a buzzer beater with 31.2 seconds left in overtime to advance.