How to Use an NCAA March Madness Pool Website

In the past, setting up the brackets for the NCAA March Madness tournament pool took hours. A bracket had to be drawn and then copied for each participant to use. Keeping track of winning teams for each person and his accompanying points also took many hours. Today, you can save yourself all of the work involved in running an NCAA March Madness pool by using the appropriate website. You can choose to use a free website with lots of advertisements or a pay site with limited (or no) ads and extra features.

Instructions

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      Compare the offerings of several different websites to find out what you can get for free and what you can get if you pay a moderate fee for the tournament pool.

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      Create an account to use the bracket manager you like. You will create a user name, password and name for your pool.

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      Select the rules you will use for your NCAA March Madness pool by scrolling through the rules on the website and clicking the options you want.

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      Invite people to join the March Madness pool you have created. Most pools offer people some type of prize (usually cash) and charge an entry fee to participate. Make sure everyone understands the rules you have chosen.

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      Fill in the brackets provided on the website after the NCAA announces the brackets on Selection Sunday. Each participant is responsible for setting up his own brackets.

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      Keep track of the games by watching results on the website.

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      Watch the points each person gets as the games finish during each round.

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      Use the message board on the website to allow players to communicate with each other.

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      Congratulate the winner of the March Madness pool and if you have a prize, send it to the winner as soon as possible.