Largest sports tournament bracket: NCAA breaks Guinness World Records record (VIDEO)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN, USA -- At 44,000 square feet, the bracket is the same size as nine basketball courts and weighs as much as a car (about two tons); it's 165 feet tall and took 12 days to build and attach to the east side of the hotel; designed and built by Sport Graphics, the bracket has been updated each Monday with the weekend's results - all the way to the final in Indianapolis, setting the new world record for the Largest sports tournament bracket,
according to the World Record Academy. Photo: At 44,000 square feet, the World's Largest Sports Tournament Bracket is the same size as nine basketball courts and weighs as much as a car (about two tons). It's 165 feet tall and took 12 days to build and attach to the east side of the hotel. Designed and built by Sport Graphics, the bracket has been updated each Monday with the weekend's results - all the way to the final in Indianapolis. (enlarge photo)
The Guinness World Records' record for the longest successful basketball shot measured 33.45 m (109 ft 9 in) by Thunder Law (USA) of the Harlem Globetrotters, at US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, on 11 November 2013. The attempt was in celebration of GWR Day 2013. The record was attempted by three Harlem Globetrotters players, who all shot for one hour until Thunder Law made it in.
Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the most basketball free throws in one minute; it is 52 and was achieved by Bob J. Fisher (USA) in Blue Rapids, Kansas, USA, on 4 January 2015. Fisher took 75 shots during the record attempt. At 44,000 square feet, the bracket is the same size as nine basketball courts and weighs as much as a car (about two tons). It's 165 feet tall and took 12 days to build and attach to the east side of the hotel.
Designed and built by Sport Graphics, the bracket has been updated each Monday with the weekend's results - all the way to the final in Indianapolis.
"Indianapolis has a great history of hosting the NCAA Final Four and providing a one-of-a-kind championship experience for college athletes," said JoAn Scott, NCAA managing director of men's basketball championships.
"We want to get everyone excited for the Final Four and what better way to do this than by putting a larger-than-life bracket on display in the city."
