The 2026 NCAA Tournament is in full swing, and several March Madness upsets have taken place as we approach the Sweet 16. Entering Sunday’s full day of Round of 32 action, two perfect brackets were remaining in the Bracket Challenge.
Unfortunately for the people whose predictions were red hot, the streak came to an end in one of the final games of the day.
The No. 6-seeded Tennessee Volunteers upset the No. 3-seeded Virginia Cavaliers at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which ended the perfect streak.
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There are now zero perfect brackets remaining out of 26.6 million that were submitted. Only 28.89 percent of brackets had the Vols reaching the Sweet 16.
THE STREAK IS OVER at 43-1
The final perfect bracket goes down along with Virginia as just 28.89% of brackets had Tennessee going to the Sweet 16 pic.twitter.com/gjpHGmziFN
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 23, 2026
The Sweet 16 will tip off on Thursday, March 26, with teams now just two wins away from the Final Four, which will take place at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
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The championship game is set to take place on Monday, April 6.
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