📋 Rules & Scoring
📏 How to Play
- You receive a unique invite code from the pool organizer.
- Visit this site and register using your name and invite code.
- Fill out your entire bracket — pick the winner of every single game, from the Round of 64 all the way to the champion.
- Submit before the bracket locks (when the first game tips off).
- Watch the leaderboard update automatically as games are played!
⚡ Scoring System
Points per correct pick = Seed × Round Multiplier
Upsets are worth more! Correctly picking a #14 seed to win in the Sweet 16 is worth 56 points (14 × 4),
while picking a #1 seed only gets you 4 points. Rewards bold predictions.
| Round |
Multiplier |
Example: #1 seed correct |
Example: #12 seed correct |
| Round of 64 (R1) |
Seed × 1 |
1 pt |
12 pts |
| Round of 32 (R2) |
Seed × 2 |
2 pts |
24 pts |
| Sweet 16 |
Seed × 4 |
4 pts |
48 pts |
| Elite 8 |
Seed × 8 |
8 pts |
96 pts |
| Final Four |
Seed × 16 |
16 pts |
192 pts |
| Championship |
Seed × 32 |
32 pts |
384 pts |
💡 Cinderella scenario: If you correctly picked a #16 seed to win the championship,
that's worth 512 points (16 × 32) — more than picking every other game correctly combined!
📊 Leaderboard Columns
- Current Points — Points earned so far from correct picks in completed games.
- Max Possible — The maximum points you can still earn if all your remaining picks are correct. Used to determine who's mathematically still in it.
- Champion Pick — Who you picked to win it all.
⚖️ Tiebreakers
- Current Points (higher wins)
- Max Possible Points (higher wins)
- Champion seed (higher seed = bigger upset = tiebreaker advantage)
- Earlier submission time
📌 Additional Rules
- Each participant gets one bracket. No changes once the tournament starts and the bracket is locked.
- All 63 games must be filled in to submit.
- Invite codes are one-time use and non-transferable.
- Results update automatically from ESPN approximately every 90 seconds.
- The pool organizer's decisions on any disputes are final.