Winning the March Madness bracket

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is

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pretty special.

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Sam Holtz was 12 years old when he won

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ESPN's 2015 March Madness bracket

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challenge.

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I had the best bracket out of 11.57

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million people.

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What if we told you this brackettology

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prodigy doesn't even watch college

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basketball?

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Before the tournament, I really don't

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watch any college basketball.

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This time last year, young Sammy was

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filling out his winning NCAA tournament

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bracket along with millions of other

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Americans. Sam, what was your strategy

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for success?

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Well, I just filled out who I think is

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going to win.

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Was there a science to your picks?

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No, it's just pick [music] whoever you

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want to win. There's no science. Just

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that simple.

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Hm. Maybe Sammy's mom has an idea.

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I think he was lucky.

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All right, let's take a closer look at

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some of Sammy's predictions. Why pick 11

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seed UCLA to make the Sweet 16?

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Because I visited [music] their campus

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and I really liked their college.

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Or seven seed Michigan State to make the

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final four.

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Tom's [music] other coach uh is Italian

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and I'm kind of Italian, too. So,

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or Wisconsin to upset then undefeated

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Kentucky.