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Through six games Friday of the 2017 NCAA tournament, here's a look at what the results mean for the ESPN Tournament Challenge: Following USC's win over SMU, 4,648 perfect brackets remained out of 18,797,085. (Note: North Carolina's win over Texas Southern is not reflected): No. 7 Michigan defeats No. 10 Oklahoma State
Michigan was chosen to advance past Oklahoma State in 73 percent of brackets.
24 percent of brackets have the Wolverines reaching the Sweet 16.
Michigan will play Louisville (70 percent of entries had this matchup). 31 percent of brackets see Michigan pulling off the upset.
No. 3 Baylor defeats No. 14 New Mexico State
Baylor was picked in 88 percent of brackets to advance past New Mexico State.
53 percent have them going to the Sweet 16 and 14 percent to the Elite Eight.
Baylor will play No. 11 USC.
Baylor is picked to win in 80 percent of brackets that correctly picked the matchup against USC.
No. 8 Arkansas defeats No. 9 Seton Hall
Arkansas was picked in 49.5 percent of brackets to defeat Seton Hall, so it was a slight upset.
Only 3.7 percent of brackets have the Razborbacks advancing to the Sweet 16.
The Razorbacks will play North Carolina next.
47.9 percent of entries have this matchup in the second round. Only 5.7 percent have the Razorbacks winning.
No. 3 Oregon defeats No. 14 Iona
Oregon was chosen to defeat Iona in 92.5 percent of brackets.
70 percent of brackets see the Ducks in the Sweet 16, 29 percent see them in the Elite Eight and 11 percent in the Final Four.
Oregon will face either Creighton or Rhode Island in the next round.
Oregon vs. Creighton was picked in 56 percent of brackets. 77 percent of brackets see Oregon advancing.
Oregon vs. Rhode Island was picked in 36.1 percent of brackets. 75 percent of brackets see Oregon winning.
No. 2 Louisville defeats No. 15 Jacksonville State
Louisville was picked in 95 percent of brackets to beat Jacksonville State.
69 percent of brackets have the Cardinals advancing to the Sweet 16, 47.2 to the Elite Eight and 19.8 to the Final Four.
Louisville faces No. 7 Michigan next.
70 percent of entries have Louisville facing Michigan in the second round.
69 percent of brackets have Louisville winning that matchup.
No. 11 USC defeats No. 6 SMU
This was chosen in only 18.28 percent of brackets
SMU was an Elite Eight team for 9.51 percent of entries.
USC was chosen to make the Sweet 16 in only 4.7 percent of brackets.
The Trojans will face Baylor next.
USC was picked to defeat Baylor in 20 percent of brackets that featured this matchup.
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