More than 13 million brackets were filled out on ESPN.com for the 2016 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.
CMU men's basketball Head Coach Keno Davis filled out a bracket with his eight-year-old son for fun — picking North Carolina to win.
Under NCAA rules, student-athletes, staff members of an institution’s athletics department, non-athletics department staff members and staff members of a conference office are not able to gamble on any intercollegiate or professional sports. This includes fantasy football, online sports betting and NCAA Tournament brackets.
The Central Michigan Student-Athlete Handbook also prohibits student-athletes from making bets on NCAA Tournament brackets.