In a March Madness bracket (like ESPN’s Tournament Challenge), PCT stands for percentile.

It shows how well your bracket is doing compared with everyone else’s brackets in that game.

  • A higher PCT means your bracket is beating a larger share of other entries.
  • For example, if your PCT is 90, your bracket is performing better than about 90% of all submitted brackets in that contest.

On ESPN you’ll usually see it next to:

  • PTS – total points your bracket has scored so far.
  • RK – your rank among all brackets in the field.

Mini story example:
You and a million other people fill out brackets. As games are played, you get points for correct picks. If, after a few rounds, your bracket’s PCT shows 97, that means your bracket is in the top 3% of all those million brackets – you’re having a very good tournament.

In short, when you ask “what does pct mean in march madness bracket,” it’s the percentile score showing how your bracket stacks up against everyone else’s.

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