Scoring

This tournament pool uses our own scoring method which hasn't changed since day one. Here's how the scoring works:

Points Per Round
1st Round (Play In Games) - We do not score these four games
2nd Round - 1 pt per correct game
3rd Round - 2 pts per correct game
Sweet 16 - 3 pts per correct game
Elite Eight - 6 pts per correct game
Final Four - 9 points per correct game
Championship - 12 points

Bonus Upset Scoring
(Extra points awarded for correctly picking an upset. Example: if you pick a 9 seed over a 4 seed in the Sweet 16, you would get 3 points for the round plus a bonus 1.5 pts for the upset for a total of 4.5 pts.)
1st Round (Play In Games) - We do not score these four games
2nd Round - .5 point
3rd Round - 1 point
Sweet 16 - 1.5 points
Elite Eight - 2 points
Final Four - 2.5 points
Championship - 3 points

Upset Scoring: To get points for the Upset Scoring, a player must correctly pick a team to win a certain game AND that team must win the game as an upset (regardless of who they play as long as they are seeded higher)

Example:

Alabama (#15 seed) over Kentucky (#7 seed) in a 3rd Round Game. With Upset Scoring, if Alabama beats the lower seeded team, then picking Alabama would net you 1 point for the 3rd Round pick plus 1 point for the Upset Scoring. Total would be three points just for that pick.

#5 Kearney State vs. #12 Minnesota State. If you pick Minnesota State in the second round, you get 1 point for the 2nd Round points and an Upset bonus of .5 points.

#4 Tennessee vs. #13 Delaware. You select Delaware and Tennessee wins, you earn zero points.