Player Picks :: Dan Bown :: 2026 Men's NCAA Basketball Pool

Boldest right call

(2) UConn over Michigan St

Only 40 of 72 had it · Sweet 16 · Who picked it

With the crowd

13 of 15

picks matched the pool’s most popular pick

Pool’s favorite champion

(1) Arizona

19 of 72 picked them · Michigan, the champion, had 5 · Who picked it

Dan Bown’s Bracket (1)

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	Sweet 16	Elite 8	Final Four	Championship	Final Four	Elite 8	Sweet 16
EAST	(1) Duke 35-3	(1) Duke+475%	(1) Duke54%	Finalists (1) Duke40%(2) Iowa St25% Champion (2) Iowa St15% of the pool	(1) Arizona+869%	(1) Arizona+483%	(1) Arizona 36-3	WEST
	(5) St. John's 30-7	(1) Duke+475%				(1) Arizona+483%	(4) Arkansas 28-9
	(3) Michigan St 27-8	(2) UConn+456%				(2) Purdue+458%	(11) Texas 21-15
	(2) UConn 34-6	(2) UConn+456%				(2) Purdue+458%	(2) Purdue 30-9
SOUTH	(9) Iowa 24-13	(1) Florida78%	(2) Houston51%		(2) Iowa St51%	(1) Michigan+481%	(1) Michigan 37-3	MIDWEST
	(4) Nebraska 28-7	(1) Florida78%				(1) Michigan+481%	(4) Alabama 25-10
	(3) Illinois 28-9	(2) Houston78%				(2) Iowa St83%	(6) Tennessee 25-12
	(2) Houston 30-7	(2) Houston78%				(2) Iowa St83%	(2) Iowa St 29-8