Real brackets, real history, real pain

March Madness, decoded

Every year I fill out a bracket. Every year a 15-seed ruins my afternoon. So instead of blaming the court, I hooked this page up to the College Basketball Data API — tournament games going all the way back to 1939, with seeds, scores, Elo ratings, venues, and attendance. Now I lose on purpose.

What's inside

Seasons available 1939 → today
Data source College Basketball Data
Games per bracket ~67
Hot takes included 0 (math only)

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