Making Payment

Payments are accepted one of three ways. Online via paypal, in the mail or in person.

Paying Online

Number of Entries

Note: you do not need a paypal account to pay with this method. Paypal does incur a 44 cent fee per entry. Part of it will be covered by ebTalk.

Other Methods of Payment

You can pay your entry fees in person or in the mail via check or money order to the following address:

Eddy Brotemarkle
PO Box 781352
Wichita, KS 67278

Please get your payments in a timely manner to help everything run smoothly. Any payments made in the mail must be received by March 24th.

Rules

Cost To Play - $5 Per Bracket
Unlimited Entries. Your friends and family are welcome to play

How To Enter
You can fill out your online entry form online.
PDF scans or the excel spreadsheet can be emailed to eddy@ebtalk.com
Paper brackets may be submitted in person or mail and postmarked by 3/17.

Entries must be turned in by March 18th at 11 am cst unless mailed in.

Mailed entries can be sent to the following address, please notify us if you plan on mailing in an entry:

Eddy Brotemarkle
PO Box 781352
Wichita, KS 67278

Determining The Winner
The winner with the most points after the championship game is over is determined the winner. If there happens to be a tie-breaker for 1st, then it will be determined in order of the following situations:

1.) Person to pick the correct champion is the first tie-breaker
2.) Highest Percentage of Correct Picks
3.) Most correct picks in the Round of 64
4.) Most correct combined picks in the 2nd round-Final Four

Tie-breakers will not be done for any other spots. If there is a tie for 2nd and 3rd, they will split both

Extra Ways To Make Money

Referral Rewards

"Rookies" are your first year bracket entries. For each referral you make to the pool you will earn an additional chance to win. Each entry will have a referral box. If you have a rookie referral, have them put your name in the referral box and you can earn an extra chance to win!

The person who refers to highest finishing rookie wins. Rookie entries must be paid by March 23rd to be allowed in.

Prize will also go to the person who refers to the most Rookies and the most Total Rookie Brackets will win $5 each.

Rookie Rewards

The highest placing Rookie will win their entry fee back. To be a Rookie, this must be your first time entering into the ebTalk NCAA Tournament Pool.

Powerplay Pot

For all entrants who puts in 4 or more paid entries, $5 will be taken from their total entry and added into a "Power Play Pool". All power play entrants will have a separate sidepot which goes to the top two people who score the most points. For example, if Blake Griffin puts in 6 entries at $30 total. Since it was more than 4, $5 from his $30 will be entered into the Power Play Pool. All of his entries will be eligible for that sidepot.

Person with the most Total Entries this year will win a prize.

Top Female Scorer

The top female scorer will receive an additional $10 cash prize.

Anchor Award

Do you have what it takes to earn the lowest score? Lowest score in this year's tournament pool will be paid out their entire bracket entry! If the record for the lowest score ever is broken, that person will win 150% of their entry back.

Payouts
Payouts will be made to the top finishers in the brackets after the sidepots are distributed. Minimum will be top three finishers paid out. If 150+ entries are made, top four will be paid out. After that, for every 50 more entries an additional person will be paid out.

Payouts will be based on the total paid entries received in, not total entries in case of non-paid entries. So please make your entry payments on time to keep payouts to a maximum.