There has never been a verified perfect bracket, according to the NCAA. The organization has been tracking online submissions across platforms since 2016 and used archival data before that.

VERIFY could not find an instance of a perfect women’s bracket, either. This year, the longest-surviving women’s bracket made it to 35 games before it was busted, three games into the ...

Two of the largest bracket games, ESPN and Yahoo! Sports, confirm they’ve never had a perfect men’s bracket on their service. An ESPN spokesperson told VERIFY in an email that there has never ...