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Bracket bias: How identity shapes our picks

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Every March, millions of Americans fill out brackets convinced they’re making smart, data-driven picks. But when the upsets roll in — and our favorite teams advance further on our sheets than the stats suggest they should — it raises a bigger question: Are we choosing with our heads, or with our identities?

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