After Oakland’s upset victory over No. 3 seed Kentucky on Thursday, there are just a few perfect March Madness brackets remaining following the first day of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. And Atlanta Falcons’ running back Bijan Robinson has one of them.
Perfect day 1 haha kinda dope 😄 https://t.co/xommtkr4bB
— Bijan Robinson (@Bijan5Robinson) March 22, 2024
Like millions of Americans, the budding NFL star filled out a March Madness bracket. Unlike millions of others, Robinson correctly predicted upsets by No. 14 seed Oakland and No. 11 seeds Oregon, Duquesne, and NC State. Those four schools took out higher-seeded Kentucky, South Carolina, BYU, and Texas Tech, respectively.
If history (and statistics) is an indicator, Day 2 will put Robinson's bracket to the test. Just 0.039% of brackets are perfect coming into Friday’s slate.
In the past seven years, only two brackets have made it out of the Round of 64. One bracket was busted in the Round of 32 and the other made it to the Sweet Sixteen.
Bijan’s Day 2 upsets and final four
In Robinson’s bracket, he is expecting three more upsets on Day 2, one of them would be a bracket-busting win by No. 15 Western Kentucky over No. 2 Marquette. Along with that are wins by No. 12 Grand Canyon and No. 10 Colorado.
While the Falcons star's early-round games have a bit of madness, things tend to even out as the tournament continues. His Final Four features No. 1 seeds UConn and Houston, and Texas schools Baylor and Texas (his alma mater). And staying true to his roots, he has Texas beating UConn in the championship.
Robinson spent three seasons at the University of Texas, concluding with 20 touchdowns in his junior year and a ninth-place finish in Heisman voting.
He was selected eighth overall in the 2023 NFL Draft by the Falcons and finished just 24 yards short of a 1,000-yard season in his rookie year.
