Here are our final 2012 March Madness bracket rankings, updated using the Final Four and National Champion futures odds. Since we did not have futures odds for the Elite 8 or the Championship game, those two rounds are not included in our calculations.

Peter Tiernan of CBS narrowly edged out Jay Bilas and President Obama in the $1 Bet Yield rankings, while Bilas kept his lead in the Hit Rate rankings. While none of the pundits picked Louisville to make the Final Four, three of them (Rob Dauster, Jerry Palm, and Brad Evans) had the other three teams correct. 24 of the 26 pundits had Kentucky winning it all.

$1 Bet Yield

Peter Tiernan, CBS	$1.23
Jay Bilas, ESPN	$1.22
Barack Obama	$1.22
Rob Dauster, SI	$1.21
Nick Lachey	$1.20
Jeff Goodman, CBS	$1.20
Jeff Borzello, CBS	$1.08
Jerry Palm, CBS	$1.03
Colin Cowherd, ESPN	$1.02
Matt Norlander, CBS	$1.01
Luke Winn, SI	$0.99
Andy Staples, SI	$0.96
Joe Lunardi, ESPN	$0.95
Gary Parrish, CBS	$0.93
Greg Doyel, CBS	$0.92
Dan Wetzel, Yahoo	$0.91
Pat Forde, Yahoo	$0.90
Dennis Dodd, CBS	$0.87
Andy Katz, ESPN	$0.87
Brad Evans, Yahoo	$0.87
Dick Vitale, ESPN	$0.86
Stewart Mandel, SI	$0.86
Andy Glockner, SI	$0.86
Seth Davis, SI	$0.85
LeBron James	$0.81
Mike Huguenin, Yahoo	$0.80

 

Hit Rate

Jay Bilas, ESPN	73.6%
Barack Obama	71.7%
Peter Tiernan, CBS	69.8%
Nick Lachey	69.8%
Rob Dauster, SI	67.9%
Jeff Goodman, CBS	67.9%
Colin Cowherd, ESPN	64.2%
Jeff Borzello, CBS	62.3%
Jerry Palm, CBS	62.3%
Dan Wetzel, Yahoo	62.3%
Luke Winn, SI	60.4%
Andy Staples, SI	60.4%
Joe Lunardi, ESPN	60.4%
Gary Parrish, CBS	60.4%
Matt Norlander, CBS	58.5%
Dick Vitale, ESPN	58.5%
Andy Katz, ESPN	56.6%
Stewart Mandel, SI	56.6%
Andy Glockner, SI	56.6%
Greg Doyel, CBS	54.7%
Pat Forde, Yahoo	54.7%
Dennis Dodd, CBS	54.7%
Brad Evans, Yahoo	54.7%
Seth Davis, SI	54.7%
LeBron James	52.8%
Mike Huguenin, Yahoo	52.8%

 

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