Alex Herrmann, a 17-year old autistic boy from Chicago, has done something nearly 5 million sports fans on ESPN failed to do. Herrmann has a perfect NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament bracket after the first two rounds.
Alex has nailed everything perfectly so far, included North Iowa’s upset win over #1 seed Kansas. 99.1% of the 5 million on ESPN predicted Kansas would win. He has Purdue winning it all which seems like a long shot.
Alex’s 24-year old brother, Andrew Herrmann, helped Alex entering his picks onto CBSSports.com’s free bracket challenge, in a contest with no monetary prize. Alex would be ineligible at ESPN and other contests with prize money since he is under 18.