Fill out an NCAA March Madness bracket for the Women’s Tournament, the Men’s Tournament, or both! Submit your bracket(s) and receive points for correct predictions regarding game outcomes.
For each bracket pool you want to enter, it will be $10 (payable by Venmo). $5 of this goes to support BKBC’s fundraising efforts (to help subsidize things like travel costs, tournament bid fees, field permits, uniforms, financial aid, etc.) and $5 goes into the Winner’s Pot. At the end of the NCAA tournament, the person with the most points for each bracket will receive 75% of the “Winner’s Pot” and the person with the second most points will receive 25%. (There will be separate Winners’ Pots for the men’s and women’s tournament–so four monetary prizes given out total.)
For those that submit both a men’s and women’s bracket, there will be an additional fun prize for the person with the highest combined scores of both brackets–a BKBC disc and a limited edition BKBC fanny pack.
Anyone can play! The more people that join in, the higher the winning prize will be, so recruit your friends! Once you pay your entry fee, you’ll receive a link to join BKBC’s bracket pool through ESPN.com. You’ll need to follow the link and set up a free ESPN account if you don’t already have one.
Once brackets become available, you can fill yours out and submit it online before the deadline. Once games start, you can track your progress in real-time. If you’ve never filled out a bracket before and need help, hit us up! There is also an option to let the ESPN site fill in the bracket for you automatically.
Scoring system: We’ll be using ESPN’s scoring system, which allots the following points for each correctly predicted outcome in each round: Round 1 (64 teams) 10 points Round 2 (32 teams) 20 points Round 3 (Sweet Sixteen) 40 points Round 4 (Elite Eight) 80 points Round 5 (Final Four) 160 points Round 6 (Championship) 320 points
Please note that the “play-in games” aka the “First Four” are not included in the bracket challenge. Also, ESPN will prompt you to enter what you think the final score of the championship game will be. This will serve as a tiebreaker if needed!
If you would like to submit multiple brackets, you can! It will just be an additional $10 for each bracket submission. Note: If you submit multiple brackets for either the men’s or women’s tourney, your points are not added together–we will just use your bracket with the highest score. However, this does give you an advantage because you have more chances to guess correctly! BKBC will be sending reminders about important deadlines, providing updates on the standings after certain games, and awarding prizes.
STEPS & DEADLINES BKBC x March Madness (Men's Tourney) Fill out the registration form and pay the registration fee ($10/bracket) before March 21st. (Venmo: @lillian-eisner) The selection show occurs on Sunday, March 17th at 6:00 pm ET for the Men's tournament. The brackets will be available to fill out shortly afterwards. Men's bracket will lock at 12:15 pm ET on Thursday, March 21st. The tournament runs from March 21st - April 8th. Men’s National Championship game is on Monday, April 8th.
BKBC x March Madness (Women’s Tourney) Fill out the registration form and pay the registration fee ($10/bracket) before March 22nd. (Venmo: @lillian-eisner) The selection show occurs on Sunday, March 17th at 8:00 pm ET for the Women's tournament. The brackets will be available to fill out shortly afterwards. Women's bracket will lock at 11:30 am ET on Friday, March 22nd. The tournament runs from March 22nd - April 7th. Women’s National Championship game is on Sunday, April 7th.