It’s that time of year again when everyone with any level of knowledge (or no knowledge whatsoever) sits down and spends anywhere between a few minutes and a few sleepless nights agonizing over their NCAA March Madness bracket.

Certainly there’s a lot of variables involved, but how difficult could it possibly be for a true college hoops fan to pick a perfect bracket?

Once again this year, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) (NYSE: BRK-A) CEO and Wall Street icon Warren Buffett is making a big bet that picking a perfect bracket is a lot harder than it looks. In the past, Buffett has offered $1 billion to anyone that picks a perfect bracket.

This year, he has pledged to pay $1 million per year for life to any Berkshire Hathaway employee or any employee of its numerous subsidiaries that picks even the first two rounds of the tournament correctly.

While a five-round tournament of skill may not seem all that difficult to predict, it’s…

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