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Millions of people across the U.S. are filling out March Madness brackets this week, taking part in one of the most anticipated annual rituals in American sports.The odds of filling out a perfect bracket, which means getting all 67 games of the six-round slate plus the First Four play-in games correct, is about one in 120 billion, according to the NCAA, which says it hasnever been done.Here is some background on the tournament and how it comes together every year. What is March Madness The single-elimination 2024 NCAA Division I men s basketball tournament consists of 68 teams.Thirty-two of the 68 teams in this season s tournament earned automatic bids by winning each of the 32 postseason conference tournaments, which are played in the week before March Madness. Those tournaments were also single-elimination affairs. The other 36 teams earned at-large bids. As they do every season, on Selection Sunday, which this year took place on March 17, a 10-member Selection Committee made up of various conference administrators and commissioners convened to vote on which schools would receive an invite.The selection process is based on a variety of facto
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