March Madness spoiler: NCAA touey bracket leaks online early - CNET

Part of the excitement of March Madness is the anticipation of finding out who's going to play in the NCAA men's college basketball touament -- a.k.a. the Big Dance -- and who's staying home.

But somebody apparently didn't feel like sitting through CBS Sports' two-hour selection show Sunday and decided to spoil the fun (and anticipation) by leaking the entire 68-team bracket on Twitter about a half hour into the telecast -- before more than half of the touey field had been announced. (CBS is the parent company of CNET.)

The leaked bracket, which proved to be 100 percent correct, instantly went viral. This ruined -- or relieved -- the excitement surrounding and surprise of the most eagerly awaited announcements in sports. Just ask Comcast Sports' Chris Miller.

The hashtags #leakedbracket and #leakednccabracket were trending and just like that, you knew which teams that were sweating to get an invitation (Syracuse and Tulsa are lucky) and which teams had their bubbles burst -- sorry Monmouth and Valparaiso. (Can you say March Sadness?)

This was the first time CBS made its Selection Show two hours long from the previous hour-long format. But in this day and age of the Inteet, even 10 minutes may be too long. Instead of showing the full bracket and doing analysis afterward as in previous years, CBS decided to break things down region by region.