The last remaining perfect women’s bracket fell in the first game of the Sweet 16.
No. 6 Notre Dame’s 67-64 win against No. 2 Vanderbilt on Friday afternoon eliminated the only remaining perfect bracket: “Oschell17” from Otto Schellhammer of Pittsburgh, Pa in ESPN’s game.
The Irish were led by a historic performance from Hannah Hildago, who put up a triple-double with 31 points, 11 rebounds, 10 steals and seven assists. SEC player of the year Mikayla Blakes scored 26 for the Commodores in 40 minutes, but went 7 of 26 from the field and 0-5 on 3-pointers.
The last bracket made it to the 49th game of the tournament — nine fewer than the 58th game a year ago. Last year’s final bracket, “LisaVT22’s Picks 1” on ESPN, fell when No. 1 UCLA took down No. 3 LSU, 72-65, in the Elite Eight.
We started March Madness tracking around 5.2 million women’s brackets in the major online games. Schellhammer lasted six more games than the next closest when No. 10 Virginia’s upset of No. 2 Iowa in the second round cut the perfect total from seven to one.
