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Student-athletes, coaches can't cash in on March Madness Brackets

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.