NCAA Bracket Finalist Loses $100K Because He Forgot to Pick a Winner

Note to self: if you ever fill out an NCAA Basketball Tournament bracket — especially for money — you have to commit to the entire thing. Especially the part where you pick a winner. Because winning is the point of having a tournament, and also an NCAA bracket.

For this is the story of “Corey,” an unknown sports fan who’s currently ranked in fourth place of the Quicken Loans Billion-Dollar Bracket (the one that promised a billion dollars to anyone who correctly predicted every outcome in the Tournament). So far, Corey’s correctly picked 48 out of 62 games. But 48 is the highest he shall go, because he forgot to pick a winner.

And the knife in the back: The top 20 highest-scoring brackets get $100,000. The brackets need to be completed in order to claim the prize. Corey’s bracket is not complete. Corey is a sad. If Corey exists.

Here is a link to what sadness looks like.

On Deadspin, a guy alleging to be Corey explains why he forgot the most important part of his bracket (unedited): “I picked uconn to win and did the score as well. Hit submit and nothing ever showed up. I feel like I got played. But I’m not going to be mad. Someone else probably needs the moneY moRe then me.”

Such a good guy, if this is real. (But we’re pretty sure he’s somewhat mad.)

[h/t Lost Lettermen via Deadspin]

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