About The Challenge:
The Fundamentals:
Free to enter
Sponsors & anonymous donors pay for all awards and bonus opportunities
ALL donations go directly to ‘The Cause’
General Rules: (see Official Rules for details)
One bracket per person (4 yrs old min. age)
Enter bracket before March 16th, Thursday noon ET
Track your bracket through dynamic leaderboard
Watch games and win prizes
Mission statement:
An annual, free March Madness contest connecting basketball fans with opportunities to ‘pour yourself out’ (Isaiah 58:10).
Awards:
1st Place
Two NCAA
Championship Tickets with lodging*
*choose one NCAA Finals in the next 3 years
2023- Houston, TX
2024- Phoenix, AZ
2025- San Antonio, TX
2026- Indianapolis, IN
2nd Place
— Unlimited Chick-fil-A for you and your family for the entire month of May
3rd Place
— Unlimited pizza for you and your family for for the entire month of May
4th Place
— Unlimited ice cream for you and your family for the entire month of May
5th Place
— Unlimited coffee for you and your family for the entire month of May
BONUS OPPORTUNITIES:
$1,000 cash - to anyone who scores 1,000+ points
$234 cash - to anyone who correctly predicts the Final Four WITH seeds aggregating to 10 or greater (e.g.- 3,2,4,1= 10)
$88 cash - to anyone who correctly predicts the Elite 8.
$27 cash- to anyone who picks 29 (or more) of 32 games in the first round (Thurs/ Fri).
SCORING SYSTEM:
Round 1: actual seed number of the winner
Round 2: 15 pts
Round 3: 30 pts
Round 4: 50 pts
Round 5: 75 pts
Round 6: 100 pts
(The play-in games will not be part of the scoring system)