How it works:

•  Pick each round as they happen. The competitor with the most correct games picked out of 63 is the Champ. 

• Tie-breakers include:  1) Upsets: Correctly picking a lower seeded team defeating a higher seed.  

• 2) Upset Ratio: If you correctly pick a #12 seed to defeat a #5 seed, you get 7 points in that column.  

• 3) Total Points  (which has never been needed): For every correct game chosen, you get points equal to the winning team's final score.  See last year's Final Results below showing how the tally works.

• Picks must be registered before the tip-off of the first game of the round. You must enter picks for all games for both days of the Round of 64 and Round of 32 before the round begins.

• If it is near the start of a round and the website or pick form is not allowing you to register your picks, email your picks directly to The Poolmaster at  bigdanceclub2@gmail.com. If you do not send picks in time for a round, you will automatically receive all the favorites for that round (which actually doesn't hurt sometimes), but you forego opportunities to select upsets in the round. 

• Starting in the Sweet 16 Round through the Championship Game, if you are trailing a particular competitor that you are trying to catch, you will have the option to have your picks match or "go opposite" that competitor. This applies only to a competitor who is ahead of you.  See more details on how this works here.

• And if you get off to a really bad start... stay in the competition. You might win the Comeback Kid Award. See the Comeback Kid Award  page to see you can still compete for some dough.