Entries are due the morning of the first round of the tournament.
For this year, that deadline is
Thursday, March 21, 2024, at 9am PDT.
The play-in games that take place on Tuesday and Wednesday
(what the NCAA calls the "First Four")
are not
considered for this pool --
we start with the field of 64 teams and
the games on Friday and Saturday.
Points are awarded for each correctly predicted game, as follows:
- 1 point for each correct 2nd round selection (32 points possible)
- 2 points for each correct 3rd round selection (32 points possible)
- 3 points for each correct Sweet 16 selection (24 points possible)
- 5 points for each correct Elite 8 selection (20 points possible)
- 10 points for each correct Final Four selection (20 points possible)
- 15 points for correctly picking the National Champion
A theoretical perfect score would thus be 143 points. There are no tiebreakers for this pool.