How to Check the Standings in a March Madness Pool

Every spring the March madness of the NCAA men's college basketball tourney sweeps across the nation. People everywhere run to fill out his or her March madness pool bracket. However, after one is filled out a person needs to know how to check their standing in the March madness pool. Read on to learn how to check the standings in a March madness pool.

Instructions

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      Determine the means of recording the March madness pool entries. Some March madness pools are merely pen and paper pools, while others are available online.

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      Record or print the March madness pool entry or entries. When a person enters a pool, they need to make sure to record their entry information if the pool is conducted off-line. If the March madness pool is online, then a person just needs to print out his or her bracket.

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      Log in to the site that is hosting the March madness pool. This is only available in online pools as most every online pool has a link to check his or her standings. Simply click on the "Check Standings" link to attain the standing in the March madness pool.

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      Visit a sports information site on the Internet that has men's college basketball tournament results. Then compare those results with the March madness pool entry that was copied or printed out.

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      Compute the results for the March madness pool result based on the adopted scoring system for the pool. Generally, in March madness pools there is a stated scoring system for the pool. Compare the results of the actual games with the pool entry and compute the score.