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PRESENTED BY Bracket busted? Don’t worry. You’re not alone. Those two 12-5 opening round upsets Thursday in the 2016 NCAA tournament shattered almost 99 percent of March Madness brackets entered in the . Other games reported a similar number of busted brackets Thursday. Yale, a 12 seed, is in the NCAA tournament for the first time in 54 years and wasted no time leaving its mark. The Bulldogs pulled the stunner as they Only 20 percent of the participants in the Bracket Challenge picked Yale, which will face No. 4 Duke on Saturday in the second round. A couple hours later, Purdue Later in the evening, No. 11 Wichita State destroyed No. 6 Arizona. The Wildcats were selected by 72 percent of the entrants. There were other mild upsets, but nothing that disrupted a large swath of brackets. At ESPN, it was reported that 99 percent of its brackets were busted in their game. Yahoo reported that Yale’s upset of Baylor and Little Rock’s upset of Purdue - a pair of 12 seeds over 5 seeds - . . The Jayhawks, who are the No. 1 overall seed, were selected by 25 percent of the entrants, and they had little trouble dispatching No. 16 Austin Peay 105-79 on Thursday to set up a South Region second round matchup with No. 9 Connecticut. Michigan State, the 2 seed, in the Midwest was the pick by 22 percent of participants. The Spartans open the tournament at 2:45 p.m. Friday against Middle Tennessee State, champions of Conference USA.

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