What Are The Odds Of NDSU Winning The Whole Thing?

This is far my favorite time of the year - March Madness goes WILD

Oh yeah, there will be a million jokes spread all around the country, and some parts of the world, about "Their Bracket Being Busted Already, on the first day." For all you experienced basketball/sports fans out there, you already know what I'm talking about. College Basketball - all the drama, all the excitement, all the dreams shattered. Today is March 19th, the time is 3:09 central - as of this writing, One of my teams I picked to be in the championship game was behind at half....by 11 points. That would be half my bracket smashed in less than 24 hours ( I'll give you an update at the end of this story )

( SEE ALSO: "THE HEART AND SOUL OF BISMARCK IS COMING BACK" )

What are the odds of predicting EVERY game right? All 68 teams.

As far as anyone knows, in the history of mankind, nobody has ever had a perfect bracket. The odds of that happening are 1 in 9.2 quintillion. Yikes. This year, we all ( Bismarck, Mandan ) have something extra to cheer about - North Dakota State is IN the tournament - seeded 14th, they face 3rd seed Michigan State in about a minute!

Here is what usatoday/com thinks about all the teams:

Longshot Cinderella

• Kennesaw State (+500,000)
• Prairie View A&M (+500,000)
• Howard (+500,000)
• Idaho (+500,000)
• Lehigh (+500,000)
• Penn (+200,000)
• Cal Baptist (+200,000)
• Hawaii (+200,000)
• McNeese (+200,000)
• Siena (+200,000)
• Wright State (+200,000)
• Furman (+200,000)
• Troy (+200,000)
• North Dakota State (+200,000)
• Queens (+200,000)
• LIU (+200,000)
• Tennessee State (+200,000)
• Miami Ohio (+200,000)
• Akron (+100,000)
• Hofstra (+100,000)
• High Point (+100,000)
• Northern Iowa (+100,000)
• TCU (+100,000)
• SMU (+100,000)

Potential sleepers

• South Florida (+75,000)
• VCU (+75,000)
• Santa Clara (+75,000)
• Georgia (+75,000)
• Texas (+75,000)
• UCF (+50,000)
• Texas A&M (+50,000)
• Missouri (+50,000)
• Ohio State (+50,000)
• Villanova (+50,000)
• Saint Louis (+35,000)
• Utah State (+35,000)

Dark horse teams

• Miami Fla (+25,000)
• Saint Mary's (+25,000)
• Iowa (+25,000)
• Clemson (+25,000)
• UCLA (+25,000)
• North Carolina (+20,000)
• BYU (+15,000)
• Texas Tech (+12,500)
• Kentucky (+12,500)
• Nebraska (+10,000)
• Tennessee (+10,000)
• Louisville (+10,000)
• Alabama (+10,000)

The top contenders

• Virginia (+8,000)
• Vanderbilt (+6,600)
• Wisconsin (+6,600)
• St. John's (+6,600)
• Gonzaga (+5,500)
• Michigan State (+5,000)
• Kansas (+5,000)
• Arkansas (+5,000)
• Purdue (+2,500)
• UConn (+2,200)
• Illinois (+2,000)
• Iowa State (+1,600)
• Houston (+1,100)

The favorites

• Florida (+700)
• Michigan (+375)
• Arizona (+350)
• Duke (+325)

Here is the update I promised you: DUKE whom I picked to go to the championship game; is losing by 3 points to Siena.

GO BISON! Just have faith that anything can happen in sports