The Ringer Staff’s Extremely Expert 2019 March Madness Brackets

Filling out a perfect NCAA tournament bracket is possible. Consider this post to be scientific proof.

By The Ringer Staff Mar 20, 2019, 11:08am EDT

The 2019 NCAA tournament is here, and that means it’s time to talk about Zion, office pools, Zion, Cinderellas, and Zion. It also means that it’s time for Ringer staffers to publish their sure-to-be-accurate March Madness picks. Some of the brackets below were filled out by people who know the correct way to spell Mike Krzyzewski. Others were filled out by people who believe that Ja Morant was a contestant on The Masked Singer. All are guaranteed to be right.

Tate Frazier

Kevin O’Connor

Jonathan Tjarks

Megan Schuster

Kevin Clark

Haley O’Shaughnessy

Paolo Uggetti

Dan Devine

Danny Chau

Michael Baumann

Pat Muldowney

Amelia Wedemeyer

Shaker Samman

Riley McAtee

Chris Ryan

Craig Gaines

Conor Nevins

Ben Glicksman

David Shoemaker

Katie Baker

Tyler Tynes

Andrew Gruttadaro

Justin Sayles

Danny Heifetz

Jack McCluskey

Alyssa Bereznak

Kate Halliwell

Matt James

Chris Almeida

Isaac Lee

David Lara

Alycea Tinoyan

Sean Yoo

Evan Campbell

Noah Malale

Jim Cunningham

Jordan Ligons

Alex Lee

Craig Horlbeck

Mose Bergmann

Dylan Berkey

Daniel Chin

Jackson Safon

Cory McConnell

Bobby Wagner

Julie Phayer

Chris Grismer

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