Watchdog

Here are the latest stats from the ESPN.com bracket challenge, which had 3.6 million entries. (Full disclosure: I am not among the two people with a perfect Sweet 16.)

2 picked all 16 of the Sweet 16 teams correctly;
4,621 picked Davidson, Villanova, and Western Kentucky to advance to the Sweet 16;
72 picked 15 of the 16 Sweet 16 teams correctly;
294,060 picked Davidson to defeat Georgetown in the Second Round;
640,180 had picked Xavier to defeat Duke in the Sweet Sixteen;
544,753 incorrectly picked Butler to defeat Tennessee in the Second Round;
1,950,119 incorrectly picked Connecticut to advance to the Sweet Sixteen;
189,492 have picked Xavier to defeat West Virginia in the Sweet Sixteen;
25,331 have picked Villanova to defeat Kansas in the Sweet Sixteen;
159,423 have picked Michigan State to defeat Memphis in the Sweet Sixteen;
420,746 have picked Texas to advance to the Championship Game;
4,703 have picked Davidson to advance to the Championship Game;
50 picked Davidson to defeat Western Kentucky in the Championship Game;
3,159 have picked Villanova to advance to the Championship Game;
1,548 picked Western Kentucky to advance to the Championship Game;
64,813 have picked Washington State to defeat North Carolina in the Sweet Sixteen;
233 have picked Davidson to defeat UCLA in the Championship Game;
16 have picked Western Kentucky to defeat Villanova in the Championship Game.