Once the bracket is complete, and you have submitted your tiebreaker score for the Championship match, the Submit button will change color RED button and you may submit your picks. Notes: You will have the option to edit your bracket s at any time after they have been initially submitted, before the lock time. An e-mail reminder will be sent to all entrants who had joined the game before the brackets were released and those who have not submitted their selections. Invite Your Friends to play in a group with you or just to enjoy the fun of filling out a bracket who doesn't love filling out a bracket?
You may invite your friends to play all the way up until tip-off on Friday, March 19, If your group is not "locked" you may invite friends to join your group at any time. If it is locked, they have until Thursday to join.
You have the option to group yourself with friends, co-workers, or completely random fans by joining or creating a group. Within each group, your entry will be automatically ranked. Most of the groups are public and can be joined at anytime. If you want to play with a specific group of people you know, you may create a private group and make it only accessible to those whom you have given the group password use the "Invite Friends" page to invite them to the Private Group and it will include the password in the invitation.
The creator of a group sets the group's name, motto and password. Q: How do I create an entry? Q: What is the deadline for entries? Q: How do I change my entry name? Q: How do I join a new group? Q: How do I search for a specific group? Q: Why can't I add a logo to my group? A: Your group must be a private group in order to utilize the logo feature.
Q: What should I do if I've forgotten the password to the private group I created? What's wrong? Q: Will you be automatically sorting the Group winners so I know which bracket had the closest tiebreaker score? Q: Why the random drawing for the Grand Prize? Q: What should I do if I have questions?
Austinmonk14 1 Austinmonk PearlWI31 espnfan Hurtt Sucks espnfan The Elite Eight serves as the national quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament, consisting of four games played between eight teams over the course of two days Monday, March 29 and Tuesday, March All games will be played at one site:. It will be held in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Tips on winning your March Madness bracket. Your bracket will consist of 64 teams — after completion of the First Four play-in games — divided evenly among the West, Midwest, East and South regions.
The first round will be determined by the NCAA selection committee on a seeding system: A 1-seed considered the best team in its region , will play a seed considered the worst , a 2-seed will play a seed, and so on.
Pick which team you expect to win the first round and have them advance to the second by writing their name on the ensuing matchup line. From there, repeat the process until you have predicted the entire tournament throughout the first and second rounds, Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four and NCAA championship game.
Predict the score of the championship game as a final potential tiebreaker with anyone who may have the same score as you by the end of the tournament. How to make your March Madness bracket work.
You can use whatever methodology you want to fill out your bracket, but higher seeds are usually favored in their respective matchups, especially in earlier rounds. Otherwise, you could potentially cost yourself a higher score. Your bracket can be altered as much as you want before the tournament starts; once play has begun, however, it is locked in.
The most common scoring method features one point for every correct prediction in the first round; two points for every prediction in the second round; four points for the Sweet 16; eight points for the Elite Eight; 16 points for the Final Four; and 32 points for picking the NCAA champion.
This scoring method places greater weight on correct predictions further into the tournament. For example, simply predicting the correct NCAA Tournament champion is worth as many points for your bracket 32 as a perfect first round. Keep this in mind as you make your picks. First Four games are not typically used in scoring, which begins in Round 1.
An incorrect prediction in any of the First Four play-in games will not result in penalties or lost points.
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