One entry per person.
The contest begins March 15th 2009 at approximately 8pm ET.
No purchase is required to submit an entry or win a prize.
We reserve the right to limit the number of participants in the contest.
THE SIGN UP PERIOD WILL END ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 18 WHEN APPROXIMATELY 600 BRACKETS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED.
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PRIZES MUST BE CLAIMED WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF THE CONCLUSION OF THE TOURNAMENT OR THEY WILL BE FORFEITED. TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE YOU MUST LOGIN TO THE WEBSITE AND SUBMIT THE "PRIZE CLAIM" FORM ON THE CONTEST HOME PAGE OR YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO THE CONTEST COMMISSIONER VIA THE "HELP & RULES" MENU.
This contest is based on the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. You will make picks for all games in the tournament and earn points for each correct pick. This contest and website are not affiliated or endorsed by the NCAA. This contest will refer to the "Last Four" and "Last Sixteen" rather than their more familiar "Final" and "Sweet" nicknames.
The valid entries with the top 5 scores at the conclusion of the tournament will be the winners of this pool. If there is a tied score for any of the top 5, the tie-breaker will be used to determine who wins the prize. Please read the scoring, bonus scoring and tie-breaker rules below carefully. Brackets that are not filled out by the deadline will be assigned random picks by the website, however, all #1 seeds will be picked to lose in the first round making it unlikely that a randomly filled bracket will win a prize in the contest. (People who sign up for a Login ID but do not create a bracket will not have a random bracket created for them, so they will not be participating in the contest.)
1st Place Grand Prize: Apple iPod Touch 16GB
2nd Place: Apple iPod Shuffle 2GB
3rd Place: Apple iPod Shuffle 2GB
4th Place: Apple iPod Shuffle 2GB
5th Place: Apple iPod Shuffle 2GB
About the Contest
This contest is based on the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. You will pick the winner for each game on the entire bracket. Points are scored according to the rules explained below. At the end of the tournament, the person with the most points wins the contest. One Bracket Limit
Each person is limited to one entry bracket. Submitting multiple brackets using multiple Login IDs is not allowed and may result in all of your brackets being disqualified. Bracket Deadlines
Brackets can be added, edited and deleted up until the bracket deadline on Thursday, March 19th at 12:00 PM ET. Play-in Game
Officially called the "Opening Round", the Play-in game is a preliminary game that takes place two days before the tournament first round. The winner of the Play-in game gets placed on the bracket as a #16 seed and will face a #1 seed in the 1st round. The Play-in game is not counted as part of the contest and will not appear on the entry bracket. Scoring | CONTEST POINTS SCORED BY ROUND | | 1st Round | 1 point for each correct pick
Plus for each correct pick where the seed number of the winning team is numerically greater than or equal to the seed number of the losing team, e.g. an "upset" (regardless of the matchup predicted on your bracket), 1 point | | 2nd Round | 2 points for each correct pick | | 3rd Round | 4 points for each correct pick | | 4th Round | 8 points for each correct pick | | 5th Round | 12 points for each correct pick | | 6th Round | 16 points for correct pick |
Bonus Points
The following bonus points are awarded in addition to other points scored in the contest:
· 3 points for correctly picking all four #8 vs. #9 games
· 4 points for correctly picking all four #7 vs. #10 games
· 5 point for correctly picking all 1st round games in a region (can be earned for each region). Tie-breaker
If the tournament ends with two or more entries tied with the same score, ties will be broken in the following order until a winner is determined. - Pick the total score of both teams combined in the National Championship game. You will make your tie-break pick as part of the entry submission. Closest to the actual total score (without going over) wins the tie-breaker. If all tied entries go over, the entry that goes over the least will win the tie-breaker.
- The entry with the most correct Last Four picks will win the tie-breaker.
- The entry bracket with the highest total of all of it's picks seeds will win the tie-breaker.
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES & DISCLAIMER Special Circumstances
Technical problems
Due to the nature of the internet, the contest website may not be available at all times. It may be especially difficult to connect to the website as the deadline nears due to high traffic volume. Therefore, you are encouraged to complete your bracket as early as possible (remember, you can modify the bracket as many times you want until the deadline.) The contest commissioner is not responsible for website malfunction.
Commissioner privilege
The contest commissioner has the final decision on all contest matters, including those items not specifically mentioned on this rules page. If you have any questions regarding the contest rules, please contact the contest commissioner for clarification.
Disclaimer
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