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Apr 3, 2018, 03:50 AM

No. 1 seed Villanova took down No. 3 seed Michigan to win the national championship Monday night.

Only No. 1 overall seed (Virginia, 18.5 percent) was picked to win the championship in more brackets than Villanova (16.3 percent).
2.4 percent of entries (409,682 out of 17,304,320) predicted that Villanova and Michigan would face each other in the title game. Of those brackets, 61.5 percent correctly picked Villanova to beat Michigan and win the championship.