After you’ve chosen the winners of 63 games — scientifically, of course — most bracket contests put one last obstacle between you and your expected winnings: a tiebreaker question that asks you to predict the final score of the championship game.
(Some contests ask for each teams score, while others ask for a total combined score.)
The chances are probably low that your pool’s winner will be determined by the tiebreaker. But you’re determined to win, so you need to make sure you get this one right.
Here’s a simple analysis, looking at the last 20 men’s championship games, from 2000 to 2019:
The median winning team’s score was 76, and the average was 74.