It seems like a safe pick. But it’s happened only five times since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985.

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These are the colleges fans picked most often to win the NCAA men's basketball championship, according to millions of NCAA brackets in the Bracket Challenge Game.

Winkler said that the dog bracket was an example of the appeal ... "Whereas when a friend of mine picks UMBC over Virginia, a 16 (seed) over a one (seed) because they like the dog team or whatever ...

It could be a first-round stunner like UMBC over Virginia or Fairleigh Dickinson ... At least part of the joy of filling out a bracket every March isn’t picking a Final Four or a national ...

Winkler said that the dog bracket was an example of the appeal ... "Whereas when a friend of mine picks UMBC over Virginia, a 16 (seed) over a one (seed) because they like the dog team or whatever ...

the bracket was bereft of the buzzer-beaters and major upsets that have become ubiquitous during March Madness. No Fairleigh Dickinson over top-seeded Purdue or UMBC taking down No. 1 Virginia.

It's March, brackets are out, and Virginia is not one of the 68 teams ... to a sixteen seed the previous year in a 74-54 loss to UMBC. In response to the 14-point deficit, Kyle Guy drilled ...