Ricky Rubio claims perfect first-day NCAA bracket. For real?

The Wolves point guard said he was on point with a 16-0 showing on his NCAA pool sheet. His Twitter post about it, however, was met with both love and skepticism.

March 18, 2016 at 1:57PM
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There's so much room for skepticism here, but we figured we'd share this and let you draw your own conclusion.

Just after 11 p.m. Thursday night, Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio tweeted:

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Others tweeted back, expressing varying degrees of awe and skepticism. Here's one example:

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When he sent the tweet, the final game of the day -- between Gonzaga and Seton Hall -- was still going on. An hour later, Rubio tweeted "proof."

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And the people responded again:

And others noted, much like his jump shot, some of his picks were a bit off:

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The lesson Rubio should learn from this? No matter how well you do, there are always going to be skeptics.

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Howard Sinker

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Howard Sinker is digital sports editor at startribune.com and curates the website's Sports Upload blog. He is also a senior instructor in Media and Cultural Studies at Macalester College in St. Paul.

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