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Top of the Morning, April 4, 2019

Next year, before I fill out my NCAA tournament bracket, I'm going check in with AUSTIN BROWN.

The Danville South View fifth-grader, who turns 11 on Thursday, is better than the rest of us when it comes to picking winners.

Austin nailed 15 of the Sweet 16 teams. The only one he missed was Oregon, which advanced with wins against UC Irvine and Kansas State (Brown's pick). He had all of the Elite Eight correct.

After three rounds, his dad, IAN, reports Austin's bracket ranked 70th in the CBS contest. Out of 1.