March Madness may be over, but a Utah family is still on cloud nine after their nephew won the ESPN Tournament Challenge.
Armour Johnson, 16, lives in Washington state but was in town visiting family when he learned he had tied for first place in the tournament out of over 20 million brackets.Johnson, a varsity basketball player for his local high school, entered 25 brackets, initially aiming for precision but later making more intuitive choices.
"I was trying to get them down to the T but then I just kind of started letting loose more on my last 15, and just doing what I thought was right in the moment, I guess," he said. He kept a close eye on the competition and even attended the UConn vs. Gonzaga game in Las Vegas. As the games progressed, he realized that one of his brackets was performing exceptionally well.
"The Elite Eight is where it really started to pick up because I picked seven out of the eight Elite Eight teams. And the only one that I didn't get right was Purdue because they had an upset in the first round," he said.On Monday night, he gathered with family in Utah to watch the championship game. By that point, Johnson was in fourth place in the tournament.After UConn beat San Diego State University, his lucky bracket tied for first place, earning 1,600 points.
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