Selection Sunday is done and the field of 68 is set. That means it’s time for the biggest event on the sports calendar– March Madness! With the first-round games just around the corner, fans are already busy filling out their brackets. It’s a challenge no one has ever cracked. Warren Buffett once famously offered $1 billion to anyone who could perfectly predict the bracket. The odds of getting it right? A staggering 1 in 9.2 quintillion. But that’s never stopped people from trying.
Every year, the official March Madness page on X posts brackets from selected celebrities. But this year, one bracket has created a huge buzz among fans–Sydney Thomas’ bracket! The TikTok star has been everywhere lately. She first caught attention as a ring girl during Netflix’s boxing showdown between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, where her poised presence during the chaotic, record-breaking stream—over 60 million viewers—catapulted her to viral fame, gaining over 500,000 followers in days. Now, the 21-year-old is taking on the bracket challenge like the rest of the country.
Sydney Thomas’ bracket!
Alabama
UC San Diego Elite 8
VCU > Wisconsin #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/pwLvjOOmMc
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 19, 2025
Her bracket has been turning heads ever since the official page posted it. Picking Alabama to win it all, UC San Diego to reach the Elite 8, and VCU to upset Wisconsin definitely got people talking. Fans quickly took to X to share their thoughts and reactions. Let’s dive into some of the best comments.
Fans react to Sydney Thomas’ March Madness bracket
Sydney’s bracket had some wild picks, and fans couldn’t stop talking about it. One fan on X questioned why her bracket even got posted, saying, “They really posting anyone’s bracket on here.” Another fan jumped in with, “We are really posting anybody’s bracket, smh.”
We are really posting anybody’s bracket smh
— Elijah (@elijahbyuaz) March 19, 2025
Sydney Thomas clearly knows a thing or two about sports. She’s an Honors Business student at the University of Alabama and works as an MLB cheerleader for the St. Louis Cardinals. But her bracket? Full of bias! Her bracket had fans questioning if she really knew the game.
One fan couldn’t believe his eyes, asking, “Are we serious rn?” Another reiterated the same, saying, “Her bracket is cooked .” Lastly, one fan summed up the whole situation perfectly, saying, “We don’t care about this one.” So why was Sydney getting so much heat for her bracket?
To be fair to her, she did have Nate Oats’ Alabama winning the big dance which obviously can be attributed to her having a bit of bias towards her alma mater. But that might have been the only logical pick in her bracket. The real shocker? She has the number 12 seed UC San Diego making it to the Elite Eight to face Michigan State. And it gets wilder–her bracket has number 1 overall seed Auburn losing to No. 16 seed Alabama State. Bold or just plain crazy?
Thomas might just be showing some love to her home state, but it came at the cost of getting rival fans all worked up. Let’s be real–most of her picks probably won’t pan out. But if Alabama does end up winning it all, no one will be more happy than Sydney Thomas herself for getting her March madness prediction right!
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