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Autistic Teen’s Bracket Perfect After Two Rounds

ESPN’s Tournament Challenge is currently hosting 4.78 million — yes, million — 2010 NCAA tournament bracket entries. After two rounds, not a single one of them is perfect. But the feat has, miraculously enough, been accomplished.
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Who did it? His name is Alex Herrman, and he’s a 17-year-old student at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Ill., one of Chicago’s north suburbs. Herrmann, who is autistic, picked all the wild upsets you and I didn’t see happening. UNI over Kansas. Ohio over Georgetown. Cornell over Wisconsin. Your bracket may have survived. Your bracket might be good. Herrmann’s bracket is 100 percent perfect.

“It’s amazing,” Hermann said. “I’m good at math. I’m kind of good at math and at stats I see on TV during the game.”

Alex entered the bracket on CBSsports.com’s bracket challenge. CBS did not return several phone calls to confirm entries into its game. His 24-year-old brother Andrew, who helped him enter his picks into CBS’ bracket manager, also entered the contest — and ranks behind 500,000 other people.

“My bracket is totally shot,” his 24-year-old brother Andrew said. “So is everyone else I know.”

Us too, Andrew. Us too.

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