The 2024 NCAA Men's Tournament concluded with UConn's championship win on April 8, and major bracket pools like ESPN's 25 million entries confirmed zero perfect brackets survived past the first weekend's upsets, such as No. 11 Oakland over No. 6 Kentucky. Trader consensus at 99.4% "No" stems from this historical streak—no perfect bracket in the modern era despite billions of combinations across 63 games—and early-round chaos typical of March Madness, where Cinderella runs routinely bust contenders. While a minuscule chance lingers for an unverified perfect pick in a tiny private pool, official verifications and statistical improbability (roughly 1 in 9 quintillion) solidify overwhelming confidence against it.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data · UpdatedWill there be a perfect NCAA bracket?
Will there be a perfect NCAA bracket?
A perfect bracket is defined exclusively as a bracket that selects the correct outcome of every game during every round of the 2026 Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament. A perfect bracket only qualifies for a completed tournament. Perfect brackets for incomplete or partially completed tournaments will not be considered. No form of ‘second chance’ bracket will be considered. Only brackets that can be verified as having been submitted before the start of the first Round of 64 game will be considered.
If the 2026 Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament is cancelled, postponed after April 20, 2026, 11:59 PM ET or the 2026 Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament matchups have not been declared within that timeframe, this market will resolve to "No".
The primary resolution source will be official information from ESPN, NCAA, CBS Sports, Yahoo Fantasy, Fox Sports, Sports Illustrated, USA Today, or Kalshi.
Market Opened: Mar 19, 2026, 8:01 PM ET
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0x65070BE91...A perfect bracket is defined exclusively as a bracket that selects the correct outcome of every game during every round of the 2026 Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament. A perfect bracket only qualifies for a completed tournament. Perfect brackets for incomplete or partially completed tournaments will not be considered. No form of ‘second chance’ bracket will be considered. Only brackets that can be verified as having been submitted before the start of the first Round of 64 game will be considered.
If the 2026 Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament is cancelled, postponed after April 20, 2026, 11:59 PM ET or the 2026 Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament matchups have not been declared within that timeframe, this market will resolve to "No".
The primary resolution source will be official information from ESPN, NCAA, CBS Sports, Yahoo Fantasy, Fox Sports, Sports Illustrated, USA Today, or Kalshi.
Resolver
0x65070BE91...The 2024 NCAA Men's Tournament concluded with UConn's championship win on April 8, and major bracket pools like ESPN's 25 million entries confirmed zero perfect brackets survived past the first weekend's upsets, such as No. 11 Oakland over No. 6 Kentucky. Trader consensus at 99.4% "No" stems from this historical streak—no perfect bracket in the modern era despite billions of combinations across 63 games—and early-round chaos typical of March Madness, where Cinderella runs routinely bust contenders. While a minuscule chance lingers for an unverified perfect pick in a tiny private pool, official verifications and statistical improbability (roughly 1 in 9 quintillion) solidify overwhelming confidence against it.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data · Updated


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