This year, more than 26 million men's NCAA Tournament brackets were made on ESPN. But how many perfect brackets remain?

It took a little bit of time, but we finally had an upset in the women’s NCAA tournament. That, of course, eliminated a massive amount of perfect brackets that were still standing as the second day of play got underway.

Forty games into the NCAA Tournament, fans hoping to fill out a perfect bracket were a respectable 2 for 26,587,885. No. 11 seed Texas all but wiped out the remaining unblemished entries in the annual March Madness contests with its 74-68 upset of No.

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Otega Oweh and Kentucky survived an upset bid from Santa Clara in the first round of the 2026 Men's NCAA Tournament. Catch up here for March Madness scores and highlights:

In a game like the one Kentucky won on Friday in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament, everyone will remember the miraculously incredible three-point shot from Otega Oweh that sent the game into overtime.