There won't be a perfect women's March Madness bracket this year.
The Elite Eight of the 2025 NCAA Tournament began with one unblemished bracket across major online games still remaining, according to the NCAA. But, in the second game of the regional finals, the bracket was eliminated as the No. 1 UCLA Bruins defeated the No. 3 LSU Tigers.
The last-standing bracket had a Final Four of No. 1 South Carolina, No. 1 Texas, No. 2 UConn and LSU, with the Gamecocks beating the Huskies in the national championship game, per the NCAA.
It took until the 58th game of the Big Dance for the final perfect bracket to fall. Last year, the final bracket was busted in the 51st game.
How many women's March Madness brackets were submitted?
The NCAA said there were approximately 5 million women's bracket submissions across major online games (NCAA Women's Bracket Challenge Game, ESPN, CBS, Yahoo and USA TODAY). Roughly 83,000 brackets survived the opening day of the tournament and around 2,500 made it out of the first round, according to the NCAA.
The second and final day of Round 2 action began with 141 perfect brackets remaining, and 33 of those reached the Sweet 16, the NCAA said. Nine perfect brackets survived the first day of the Sweet 16, but eight of those were wiped out when No. 2 TCU took down No. 3 Notre Dame.
For comparison, just four brackets made it out of last year's second round unscathed, per the NCAA.
How many perfect men's March Madness brackets are left?
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There weren't any perfect brackets left by the time the men's second round wrapped up. The final unblemished bracket fell in the 43rd game -- No. 3 Kentucky's second-round win over No. 6 Illinois.
This was the first time since 2019 that all men's brackets weren't busted in the first round. There were 181 perfect brackets left entering the second round.
