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Cinderella Sweet 16's

• The probability of all the top four seeds making it into the sweet 16 is very small, however, knowing which to pick is very hard.

• Prob. of all 16 top 4 seeds making the sweet 16 is $.800 \times .455 \times .789 \times .741 \times \ldots \times .885 = .00081$.

• Prob. of the top 4 seeds making the final four is $.270 \times .337 \times .548 \times .198 = .00987$.

• Here are some high seeds with chances at making the sweet 16.

  #6  North Carolina 50%
  #6  Wisconsin      46%
  
  #8  Alabama        18%
  #9  UAB            14%
  
  #10 Nevada         20%
  #10 Louisville     46%
  #11 W. Michigan    19%
  #12 BYU            27%
  #13 UTEP           12%
  

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