The Boy Who Broke the March Madness Bracket

The probability of completing a perfect NCAA tournament bracket is less than the combined odds of landing a hole-in-one, winning the Powerball and being struck by lightning multiple times. So how did Sam Holtz, the 2015 winner of ESPN’s March Madness Bracket Challenge, beat out almost 12 million other entries and score a near-perfect bracket? For one: he didn’t watch any college basketball before the tournament. A Great Big Story told with our friends at Bleacher Report.

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20 Comments

  1. AJs Garage

    went to school w sam, bummer he didnt get the prize.

  2. Jeremy Medlock

    LMAO……this boy was paid to make this video. Don't believe me? I have PROOF

  3. Sir Spegy

    Bruh wtf was the point of this entire video

  4. Michael Dunn

    I have to say I usually don’t get a chance to watch much ball, but the beat bracket I ever had was my junior year of high school when I watched a ton of basketball. And it actually did help to not guess a lot.
    My bracket was one of the best in Baton Rouge.

  5. JavaoftheLava

    I want his seat. I don't even play baseball

  6. Drewmoefoe

    The odds of someone winning March madness again like that will never happen again in the generation or the next or the next or the next. It pure luck that he guessed and study how he thought each game will play out

  7. Adam Holt

    Just pick the winning teams 4head

  8. Fluriek Fluriek

    So pick answers like Slumdog Millionaire. Got it.

  9. MaddyMaree

    it would be nice if they could explain to non Americans what the hell a march madness bracket is.

  10. Britta

    What did he win?

  11. musicmaniac8787

    Seinfeld would be proud of this video, if you know you know.

  12. ali awan

    Tf was this video. Here watch this kid who randomly picked college basketball bla bla bla

  13. Cameron Gray

    1:28
    You would think if you were a “bracket expert” you would actually know the answer smh

  14. Gonzo Lonzo

    He lived a perfect series of events that lead him to his bracket.

  15. Kip Howland

    Why does Sammy’s mom sound and kinda look like Kevin McCallister’s mom

  16. Will P

    So he got lucky…

  17. Kasey Lemasters

    He's a baseball guy…all I needed to see….he's inherently smarter for that reason

  18. Idk Try

    Day 1 of getting subs by having no vids And just commenting

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