We don't like to brag, but this crazy method has worked before. There are certainly stranger ways to fill out your brackets. Whether you buy in to salary being an accurate predictor of the ultimate men's basketball tournament or not, the alumni salary data is pretty interesting on its own. See which team comes out on top when the deciding factor is alumni salaries for the school rather than points scored on the court.

The brackets that are highlighted in blue are Toss Ups - the tiny salary difference (<2%) makes the outcome statistically too close to call, but we selected the higher salary team to move on anyway.

The brackets that are highlighted in green are Squeakers - the narrow salary difference (2-5%) was wide enough to pick a winner, but just barely.

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