Beckett’s basketball bracket: West Seattle 6-year-old picks ’em!

Not only does 6-year-old Beckett Howard-Kuzma of Seaview play basketball, he loves to watch hoops – and has an extra incentive to be watching as the NCAA men’s tournament plays out with Final Four games today and the championship Monday. As reported last night by our partners at The Seattle Times, Beckett has such a keen eye for talent that his ESPN Tournament Challenge bracket is tied for #6 out of more than eight million entries! Beckett’s proud mom Kelly Howard contacted us to share the news with West Seattle neighbors. She says her son “actually has 3 brackets going. They are all in the top 1% of the ESPN bracket challenge. He did pick Florida Gulf Coast to advance to the 2nd round in his 2 other brackets (but not the bracket that is #6 overall).” And she says the kindergartener “loves math and numbers in general.” Plus basketball – he played this winter via the West Seattle YMCA (WSB sponsor) and even plays while visiting his grandparents in Arbor Heights, who put up a backyard hoop in his honor. You can see Beckett’s bracket here. What might he win besides bragging rights, you ask? All entries in the top 1 percent are entered in a drawing for a $10,000 Best Buy gift card.

5:57 PM UPDATE: Beckett’s pick for today’s first game was the winner – and he’s now tied for #4!

8 Replies to "Beckett's basketball bracket: West Seattle 6-year-old picks 'em!"

  • mannamc April 6, 2013 (6:41 pm)

    Tied for 4th now!! Go Beckett!

  • Mom of 3 monkeys April 6, 2013 (7:55 pm)

    I was number 144 as of the sweet 16 and I thought I was doing well…now I’m around 8,000. All well. Congrats little man! :)

  • CMP April 6, 2013 (9:26 pm)

    That’s pretty awesome, way to go Beckett!

  • JanS April 6, 2013 (10:11 pm)

    he picked Louisville and Michigan….way to go, for sure !

  • Heather April 7, 2013 (8:15 am)

    So cool! I love stories like this. Thanks for posting it.

  • Lou April 7, 2013 (9:19 am)

    I just checked my rank… 7375813

    Not quite in the same league.

    Go Beckett.

  • Nitro April 8, 2013 (10:57 pm)

    How did he end up now that Louisville has won it all?

  • Kelly April 10, 2013 (11:39 pm)

    He ended up #2,701 overall. He fell from #4 to #4000+ because he had picked Syracuse over Michigan. But he rose back up to #2701 after louisville beat Michigan. It was a lot of fun and quite a ride!
    –Beckett’s mom

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