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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 $.805 \times .277 \times .397 \times .868 \times \ldots \times .682 = .00043$.

• Prob. of the top 4 seeds making the final four is $.387 \times .228 \times .720 \times .504 = .032$.

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

  #5  Michigan St   61.6%
  #5  Alabama       49.8%
  #6  Texas Tech    55.2%
  #12 UW Milwaukee  13.8%
  #14 Utah St       23.7%
  

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