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Alex Herrmann Perfect Bracket: Autistic Kid With Perfect Bracket
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by Jon Azpiri | March 23, 2010 at 01:20 pm
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Alex Herrman, an Austistic 17-year-old From the Chicago Area, Has a Perfect Bracket Through the First Two Rounds of the 2010 NCAA Tournament. Who Does He Think Will Win the 2010 National Championship
NCAA March Madness 2010 has pretty hard to predict, but Alex Herrmann has managed to figure things out. The 17-year-old from the Chicago area has managed to correctly predict every game during the first two rounds of the 2010 NCAA Tournament.
What are the odds of Alex Herrmann having a perfect 2010 bracket? About 1 in 13,460,000. You have a better chance of winning the lottery.
What is Alex Herrmann's Secret. How Did He Get a Perfect Bracket?
The teenager, who suffers from autism, says he had some help from his older brother Andrew, who helped him select picks on CBSsports.com bracket challenge.
The perfect bracket is even more amazing when you consider there were major upsets of teams like Kansas, Georgetown and Wisconsin.
So Did Alex Herrmann Win Anything For His NCAA Bracket picks?
Alex entered a bracket game on the CBS Sports website. Sadly, it doesn't offer a prize. If he had entered one of the other CBS contests, he could have won $5,000 per round.
So Who Does Alex Herrmann Pick For the 2010 Final Four?
Hermann picked Purdue, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Kansas State to make it to the 2010 Final Four. He picked Purdue to win it all over by beating Kansas State in the 2010 National Championship Game
Here is Alex Herrmann's Perfect Bracket
Of course, just because he's had success doesn't mean he'll continue to be right. The odds have having a perfect bracket are astronomical. Depending on who you believe, the odds of picking a perfect NCAA bracket are anywhere from 1 in 35,360,000 to 1 in 1,000,000,000,000
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at 09:08 on March 24th, 2010
This is really not that amazing. For one thing, the 35 million to one odds only reflect the chance of predicting random events, such as a coin toss or the turn of a card. But choosing a winning team is not necessarily random. Few people would bet against a top seeded team like Purdue or Kansas State playing an also-ran team. Another factor is that given the thousands upon thousands of persons guessing winners, it's less surprising that someone got it right. So while the odds of Alex Herrmann predicting the first two rounds of play are a million to one shot, the odds of someone in a pool of 200,000 perfectly predicting the first two rounds are much lower.
at 08:38 on March 26th, 2010
Ur A Fucking Idiot!!!!!!!!
at 04:04 on March 29th, 2010
You are pissed for the wrong reasons. Calling those upsets are impossible. It is DEFINITELY a hoax. You can edit your brackets on CBS no problem and they do not track it. Hes not playing for money that is the big tell. And also since then...his bracket SUCKS. Ken you are wrong about the way you are looking at the odds. Have you ever taken Statistics? Each 30million to one odds happen in each even independently. Its not that millions of people make brackets and someone is bound to get it.No one could have called ALL THOSE UPSETS. PERIOD
at 13:10 on March 24th, 2010
Don't be a kill joy dude!!! Just because you probably had to trash your bracket is no reason to spout out all this crap. He's a kid that has an awesome bracket. If it wasn't so amazing and a rarity to happen he wouldn't be the only one with a perfect bracket.
at 16:29 on March 24th, 2010
I totally agree with you Tank You . This is a truly awesome accomplishment especially for a kid who has probably spent the majority of his life overcoming pretty tough odds. I bet if Mr. Ken78's little brother or better yet himself had made these predictions he'd been on the Channel 5 Morning Show telling the world about it. I hope the young kids bracket is true all the way to the FINALS...You go BOY!
at 06:21 on March 26th, 2010
I read some other articles that suggest that the brackets may have been changed after the games were played. I feel lke an autistic person would not be as likely to do that. At least, not with the idea that he was cheating. He could have thought that was what he was supposed to do. I say that based on all of the time I have spent with autistic youth. He also had help from his older brother, who may have thought that changing them afterward would be a cool thing to do. But now, everyone is going to be watching his brackets. If he even gets the final four right, I'll be really impressed. If he gets it all right, people are going to remember his name for years to come. But, unfortunately, recognition is all he will get. If he had only filled out one of the money brackets.
at 23:29 on March 24th, 2010
It is very hard to have perfect bracket after the first two rounds but the odds are not high as touted in the articles. Often some of the games are big time favorites and it is not 50-50. However, it is still hard to have perfect bracket, especially on a year like this. One of the tipster from bettingresource.com had a almost perfect bracket last year missing only 1 game after first two rounds. Even this year they were pretty close missing only 3 games after first two rounds. Picking a perfect bracket after first two rounds this year is actually something since almost everyone had Kansas to go past 2nd round! Georgetown and and Kansas were the only two upsets. Other upsets weren't really upsets.....for example, cornell, murray st, st. mary's etc are really good teams but underrated since they play in small conference and they don't get national tv attention.
at 08:36 on March 25th, 2010
Wow Ken78...taking credit away from an autistic kid...what a hater. Really? Come on Ken...you have to be better than that. What..are you going to go beat your dog later today and steal kid's ice cream? Get a life man and PLEASE keep your opinion to yourseld when it comes to things like this.
at 10:02 on March 29th, 2010
time has told...this kid is an idiot. 0 for 4....suck my dick.
at 18:36 on March 31st, 2010
This is such a farce it is ridiculous! First of all, a little research shows that he did this bracket on the only one on CBS.com that allows you to change your picks after the games have been played, that is why he is not eligible to win any prizes on CBS.com. If you look at his bracket now, it is completely shot, and I find it impossible to believe he was perfect and super smart for 4 days, and then it all fell apart. What happened is, because he is autistic, and everyone saw Rainman, they bought into it and this kid got some free pub, but had to show his bracket to prove it, and now we have his picks before the games are played and it's total crap.
at 21:32 on May 9th, 2010
Hey Ken if this isn't that amazing then how come he was the only person in the entire nation that had a public bracket and had a perfect elite eight. explain that. o also how did your bracket do?