Brackets across the country are obliterated. Underdogs, meanwhile, keep moving on.
No. 12 seed Cornell, No. 11 Washington and No. 10 Saint Mary’s are the double-digit seeds that have put the madness in March, all advancing to the second week of the NCAA tournament.
No. 9 Northern Iowa was the double-digit underdog that took apart the tournament favorite, Kansas, while No. 6 Xavier and No. 5 Butler were two of five mid-major teams that advanced.
Americans love underdogs, but many fans who filled out brackets – either for pride or to win a few bucks in their office pool – suffered after this kind of uprising.
President Barack Obama was one of more than 2 million – that’s 42.2 percent – who picked the Jayhawks to win the national title in their ESPN brackets and now find themselves relegated to also-rans.
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