Did you know that there has never been a recorded perfect bracket for the NCAA basketball championship tournament? That may have to do with the fact that there are over 9 quintillion possible brackets! In this exploration, students are guided to first determine the number of games played in the tournament. Then they use pattern recognition to cacluate the number of outcomes possible for the tournament. A follow-up scenario asks students to find the amount of time it will take a class of 20 stud