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2013 College Basketball Tournament Contests

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Updated April 9, 2013 -

The tournament has now concluded. Louisville prevailed in one of the most exciting championship games in recent memory. They were the favorites and received the most championship picks (189 times in the casinodave bracket contest). This year was again filled with upsets, from Florida Gulf Coast and La Salle's Sweet 16 appearances, to Wichita State's run to the Final 4, to two 4 seeds also making the Final 4. My predictions were horrible this year, you can view them here.

You can click here if you would like to see the this past year's mens college basketball tournament bracket filled out correctly.

Also, check out the new list that has all of the local bracket contests listed out by state. Many of these contests can only be won if you are from the local area of the contest. View the individual contest for more details.

You can also find more helpful information about the tournament here.



I sponsored a free bracket tournament with prizes this year on an ESPN account, you can view the detail for this contest here. I received a total of 734 brackets submitted this year. I would say there are approximately 300 unique players involved. There were 3 prizes this year - $50 for 1st, $30 for 2nd, and $20 for 3rd.

Louisville was taken as Champion 189 times out of 734 brackets. Indiana was 2nd with 131 selections, but they were surprised by Syracuse. Kansas was 3rd with 75 times picked as Champion, but they too were dumped in the Sweet 16 by Michigan. To let you know how important picking the Champion is in the ESPN tournament, the top 120 places all correctly had Louisville as the Champ (and 158 out of the top 160 with two Michigan predictions mixed in). The worst rank for someone who picked Louisville was 205th place and they only had 3 of the Sweet 16 picks correct and only Louisville advancing past this point.

This was an odd year for sure. Most of the top 25 brackets this year really struggled in the first two rounds. But, with all of the upsets, the people who correctly guessed Syracuse or Michigan to advance that far got a huge bump. No one saw Wichita State comming. However, some people got their brackets destroyed when Georgetown and New Mexico got bumped in the first round. Congrats to the top 3 places for winning the prizes. They were in 99.8% of all brackets (1400 points), 99.7% (1390 points), 99.6% (1370 points) respectively.



By the way, did you know that you can watch all of the tournament games online? You can watch any game online either at CBS sports or at NCAA.com?

The start of the main tournament on Thursday, March 21 at 12:15 ET tipoff. Most of the March Mania contests will close between 9:00AM ET and 12:00PM ET. After that, I will label the individual contest "CLOSED" and the remaining non-bracket contests "CLOSED". The college basketball bracket contests rarely ever included the First 4 games in any contest.

You can also find a full size 2013 tournament bracket to print out here along with the bracket results for the past 5 years. Would you like to find out information on just about any previous tournament brackets? Check out Bracketscience.com's Bracket Master.



Free College Basketball Tournament Contests

These free bracket contests will usually have some prizes. However, there will be millions of entries for most of these contests. If you just want to play in the bracket tournaments and don't care about winning money, check out any of these contests and play for fun.

You can often find small office pools offered in the Chat Rooms or Message Boards at some of the larger sports websites. This will usually include a small fee to place an entry along with one or more cash prizes. You can also check out the Office Pool or Pay Contests section.

Got a Bracket Contest you want me to post? Email me here


March Mania Contest Prizes / Money Bracket Rules Contest Eligibility
CLOSED
ESPN Tournament Challenge

Must be submitted by
March 21, 2013
Locks at the start
of the first game

espn logo

Grand Prize - $10,000

Random Drawing from the top 1% of bracket entries.

You can find $5 to $25 bracket pools by going to the ESPN tournament forum here.
Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 10 points
2nd Round - 20 Points
Sweet 16 - 40 Points
Elite 8 - 80 Points
Round of 4 - 160 Points
Champion - 320 Points
Create a Group

13 and Older

USA Resident

Free Contest

CLOSED
Yahoo Tourney Pick'em

Must be submitted by
March 21, 2013
Before the tip off
of the first game played

espn logo

1st Place - $10,000
Best Bracket wins the Prize

You can find $5 to $25 college basketball bracket pools by going to the Yahoo message board here
Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 1 points
2nd Round - 2 Points
Sweet 16 - 4 Points
Elite 8 - 8 Points
Round of 4 - 16 Points
Champion - 32 Points
Create a Group

18 and Older

USA Resident

Free Contest
CLOSED
CBS Sports
Mayhem Bracket Challenge


Must be entered before
tipoff of the first game on
March 21, 2013

cbssports.com logo

Four 2014 Championship Weekend tickets
$6,000 cash for accomodations

Random drawing for grand prize
from top 10% of entries
drawing will take place on
April 16, 2013
Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 1 points
2nd Round - 2 Points
Sweet 16  - 4 Points
Elite 8       - 8 Points
Round of 4 - 16 Points
Champion - 32 Points
18 and Older

USA Resident or
Canada (no Quebec)

Free Contest
CLOSED
CBS Sports
Round by Round Brackets


Each round has a deadline
just before the tipoff of
the first game each round

cbssports.com logo

Grand Prize - Two 2014
Championship Weekend Tickets
and $500 towards travel costs

Other prizes (5) - One person for each of the first 5 rounds will win a 16GB Ipad

Random drawing for prizes
from top 10% of entries
Pick the correct winners
for each round

New contest starts each round
18 and Older

USA Resident or
Canada (no Quebec)

Free Contest
CLOSED
Fox Bracket Challenge

Must be submitted by
9:00a.m ET. March 21, 2013

fox bracket challenge logo

Perfect Bracket - $1 Million

1st Prize (1 awarded)
"$1,000 and $25 Fox Sports Shop Bucks

2nd Prize (99 awarded)
$25 Fox Sports Shop Bucks

3rd Prize (100 awarded)
$10 Fox Sports Shop Bucks
Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 1 points
2nd Round - 2 Points
Sweet 16 - 4 Points
Elite 8 - 8 Points
Round of 4 -16 Points
Champion - 32 Points
Create a Group

21 and Older

USA Resident

Free Contest
CLOSED
NBC Sports It's Madness

Must be submitted by
March 21, 2013
Locks at the start
of the first game

nbc sports logo

Grand Prize - $3,000 check

1st Prize - $1,500 Check


2nd Prize - $250
NBC Sports Shop gift card
Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 1 points
2nd Round - 2 Points
Sweet 16 - 4 Points
Elite 8 - 8 Points
Round of 4 - 12 Points
Champion - 16 Points
Create a Group

18 and Older

USA Resident

Free Contest

CLOSED
SI.com Bracket Challenge

Must be submitted by the
start of first game on
March 21, 2013

SI-bracket-challenge

Perfect Bracket - $1,000,000

61 or 62 correct - $10,000

60 games correct - $1,000
Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 2 points
2nd Round - 4 Points
Sweet 16  - 8 Points
Elite 8       - 16 Points
Round of 4 - 32 Points
Champion - 64 Points
18 Years or older

Legal resident of 50 states or Canada (excluding Quebec)
CLOSED
CasinoDave.com
Free Bracket Contest
CasinoDave logo

Click here or search
CasinoDave's Free Contest
in ESPN's Group Directory

Password - casinodave

Group will be locked at 11:45AM ET on Thursday, March 21.
200 real players or more:
3 Prizes: 1st - $50, 2nd - $30, 3rd - $20 724 brackets and about 300 total players entered this year

Must be able to accept Paypal
to receive cash prize!
Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 10 points
2nd Round - 20 Points
Sweet 16 - 40 Points
Elite 8 - 80 Points
Round of 4 -160 Points
Champion - 320 Points

ESPN Tournament Rules
determine any Tie-Breaker
Must be able to accept Paypal Payment if you win a Prize.

3 Brackets Maximum

Contest Winners:
Check back here near the end of the tournament for details.
CLOSED
theScore.com $100,000
Bracket Buster


Must be submitted before
12:00PM ET on Thursday

the score college basketball contest

$100,000 for 63 correct picks
$10,000 for 61 or 62 correct picks
$1,000 for 59 or 60 correct picks
$4,000 in cash prizes

1st Overall - $2,500 Cash
2nd Overall - $1,000 Cash
3rd Overall - $500 Cash
Each round winner is the person with the most points in a round

Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 1 points
2nd Round - 2 Points
Sweet 16  - 4 Points
Elite 8   - 8 Points
Round of 4 - 16 Points
Champion - 32 Points
16 and Older

US (excluding FL, NY and RI) or Canada (no Quebec)

Only 1 entry per person

Free Contest
CLOSED
Athlon Sports
Bracket Breakdown


athlon-sports-bracket-breakdown

Make your picks before 12:00PM ET on Thurdsay
Get 60 out of 64 games correct and win $60,000!

Grand Prize - JVC Prizes: Camcorder, Soundbar system and Noise canceling headphones

1st prize - $200 Athlon Sports
Gift Card

2nd Prize - $100 Athlon Sports Gift Card
Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 1 points
2nd Round - 2 Points
Sweet 16  - 4 Points
Elite 8       - 8 Points
Round of 4 - 16 Points
Champion - 32 Points

Make picks from you iPhone
or Android with their app.
18 years or older

CLOSED to legal residents of the 50 US States
CLOSED
2013 Jiffy Tickets
Bracket Challenge


jiffy-ticket-bracket-challenge

Deadline shown on home page
(must register to view)
1st place - $1000 in gift cards
2nd place - $500 in gift cards
3rd place - $300 in gift cards
4th - 10th - $100 in gift cards

Choose from Apple, Bloomingdale's, Best Buy, Chili’s, Home Depot, Macy’s, Nordstroms, Pottery Barn, Sephora, Starbucks, Target, Wal-Mart, Williams-Sonoma
Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 1 points
2nd Round - 2 Points
Sweet 16  - 4 Points
Elite 8       - 8 Points
Round of 4 - 16 Points
Champion - 32 Points
18 years or older

CLOSED to legal residents of the 50 US States

CLOSED
Liberty Tax
Million Dollar Madness
Bracket Challenge


Must be submitted by
Noon ET on
March 21, 2013

liberty-tax

Perfect Bracket - $1,000,000

60 or more correct - $25,000

1st Place - Microsoft Surface Pro
Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 1 points
2nd Round - 2 Points
Sweet 16  - 4 Points
Elite 8       - 8 Points
Round of 4 - 16 Points
Champion - 32 Points
18 Years or older

Legal resident of USA (excluding New York, Rhode Island, Florida)

CLOSED
Sporting News
Bracket Insanity


Must be submitted by the beginning of each game

sporting-news

No Prizes that I am aware of

Join a group or create your own
Games are only locked out once they have begun

First Four games are included

2nd round isn't picked until the matchups are available
Free Contest

CLOSED
NCAA.com Bracket Challenge

Must be submitted by the
start of first game on
March 21, 2013

ncaa.com logo

None to my knowledge

I just like the underdog format that they have
Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 1 point for favorite
2 points for the underdog
2nd Round - 2 points for favorite
4 points for the underdog
Sweet 16 - 3 points for favorite
6 points for the underdog
Elite 8 - 4 points for favorite
8 points for the underdog

Round of 4 -16 Points
Champion - 32 Points
Create a Group

Need to register in order to play. Free Contest
March Mania Contest Prizes / Money Bracket Rules Contest Eligibility
Still Updating for 2013
CBS Bracket Contest on Facebook

Pick 4
Entry must be made one hour before the start of the first game (11:15AM ET)

cbssports.com logo

16GB electronic tablet Pick the 4 teams that will be playing the last weekend of the tournament.

In the event of a tie, the winner will be randomly chosen between the winning entries.
Create a Group

18 and Older

USA Resident

Free Contest
Not Updated for 2013
Sportsco.com $5,000 100% free College Hoops Tourney

Begins March 13 @ 9:00PM ET
Must be submitted before
Thursday 12:00 noon ET

sportsco.com logo

Over $5,000 in Cash and Prizes

Prizes awarded after each round of tourney.
Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 1 points
2nd Round - 1 Points
Sweet 16  - 2 Points
Elite 8       - 3 Points
Round of 4 - 4 Points
Champion - 5 Points
5 point bonus for guessing
Championship game point total

18 and Older

Only 1 entry per person
Free Contest

Got a Bracket Contest you want me to post? Email me here

2013 Mens College Basketball Bracket

Once the tournament is completed, I will have a completed 2013 bracket listed below.

I have a printable version (fits on a sheet of paper and still legible) of the 2013 College Basketball Tournament Brackets here. Click on the image below (large version) to see the full size.

2013-college-basketball-bracket

You can also find a printable mens college basketball bracket from CBS Sports - click here

Previous Years' College Basketball Tournament Brackets Completed

2013 College Basketball Tournament Bracket - Click here to see full size image
2013-college-basketball-bracket

2012 College Basketball Tournament Bracket - Click here
2011 College Basketball Tournament Bracket - Click here
2010 College Basketball Tournament Bracket - Click here
2009 College Basketball Tournament Bracket - Click here
2008 College Basketball Tournament Bracket - Click here
2007 College Basketball Tournament Bracket - Click here

Small to Mid-Sized Bracket Office Pools

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I hope to add more of these small bracket pools like the ones below. There is usually a $5 to $20 entry fee per bracket and there are usually between 1 to 5 winners depending on how many people pay for a bracket.

If you are having a hard time finding one of these kind of small office pool tournaments, you can always check the chat boards on ESPN, Yahoo and so on. People will be posting on these chat boards with invitations for tournament bracket pools.

March Mania Contest Prizes / Money Bracket Rules Contest Eligibility
CLOSED
Daily College Basketball
Office Pools from 5Dimes


Must be a participant before games start for a particular day

Bet at 5Dimes
Winner gets 100% of Prize Pool
See Below 18 and Older

Must have a 5Dimes
account or register an account for free.

$1, $5, $10 and $25 pools
(every denomination isn't always available)

5Dimes promotions
CLOSED
Office Pool Dog
Create or Join a Pool
$10, $20 and $50 entries

office-pool-dog-logo
Each game will have different prize amounts. Check site for details. Traditional "Pick the Bracket"

Seed 8 - Pick 8 college basketball teams and get their seed value in points for each win.

Survivor College BB - Pick 2 teams in the first round and 1 different team each subsequent round.

$10 and $25
Tournament Squares -
Pick squares, get the same numbers for all games. If the
final score matches your numbers, you get a point.
18 years or older
CLOSED
$5 and $10 March Melee
Bracket Challenge


marchmelee.com

Entry must be submitted by
11:55 AM ET
Thursday, March 15
1st Place - 60% of pool
2nd Place - 20% of pool
3rd Place - 10% of pool
Highest % of correct picks -
5% of pool
Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 1 points
2nd Round - 2 Points
Sweet 16 - 4 Points
Elite 8 - 8 Points
Round of 4 -16 Points
Champion - 32 Points
Each entry is $5 or $10

Buy 4 brackets and get
a 5th bracket free!

Full Name and email address is all that's required
CLOSED
$5 iSportsLinks.com
Bracket Challenge


isportslink.com
1st Place - 60% of pool
2nd Place - 20% of pool
3rd Place - 10% of pool
4th Place - 5% of pool
1 point per game Each entry is $5

Enter as many times
as you want

Home town and email address is all that's required

Got a Bracket Contest you want me to post? Email me here


2013 College Basketball Office Pools at 5Dimes

5dimes-sportsbook

Do you still want to participate in an office pool after the tournament starts on Thursday? You can sign up for $10 College Basketball Pick'em Pools at 5dimes. These office pools will begin Thursday March 21 and new ones begin each day after that.

Take a look at this screenshot below to see how you will be picking teams in this pool.

5dimes will usually offer one of these pools before every day that the tournament games are played. These are winner takes 100% of the pool.

college-basketball-pools

If there is more then one person with the most games correct, the tie breaker will be the Total Point for the final game on the list.


2013 Pay For Bracket Tournaments

These bracket tournaments are hosted by online sportsbooks. Usually, one of the conditions for winning money on one of these tournaments is that you must bet a minimum amount of money on the the tournament games. If this is not for you, please move on to the next section.

March Mania Contest Prizes / Money Bracket Rules Contest Eligibility
CLOSED
2013 Bovada
Bracket Buster Contest


Bovada Bracket Buster Challenge

Entry must be submitted before
the first game tips off on
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Grand Prize - $5,000
2nd Place - $2,500
3rd Place - $1,500
4th Place - $1,000
5th Place - $750, 6th - 10th Place - $500
11th - 20th Place - $250
21st - 50th Place - $100
51st - 100th Place - $50
101st - 250th Place - $25
Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 1 points
2nd Round - 2 Points
Sweet 16  - 4 Points
Elite 8       - 8 Points
Round of 4 - 16 Points
Champion - 32 Points
Free Contest for
Bovada members.

Create your own
private league!

No Deposit Required

18 years or older

Bovada Promotions
CLOSED
2013 BetOWI
$10,000 Bracket Buster


BetOWI $10,000 Bracket Buster

Entry must be submitted before
the first game tips off on
Thursday, March 21, 2013
1st Place - 30% ($3000)
2nd Place - 22.5% ($2,250)
3rd Place - 15% ($1,500)
4th Place 10% ($1,000)
5th Place 7.5% ($750)
6th Place - 5% ($500)
7th Place - 4% ($400)
8th Place - 3% ($300)
9th Place - 2% ($200)
10th Place - 1% ($100)
Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 1 points
2nd Round - 3 Points
Sweet 16  - 5 Points
Elite 8       - 7 Points
Round of 4 - 9 Points
Champion - 11 Points
Deposit $200 and get 1 Entry
Deposit $500 and get 3 Entries
Deposit $1000 and get 7 Entries

18 years or older
CLOSED
2013 WagerWeb
$25,000 Bracket Buster Contest


Wager Web Bracket Buster Contest

Entry must be submitted before
the first game tips off on
Thursday, March 21, 2013
1st Place - $7,500 Free Play
2nd Place - $5,500 Free Play
3rd Place - $3,250 Free Play
4th Place - $2,000 Free Play
5th Place - $1,750 Free Play
6th Place - $1,500 Free Play
7th Place - $1,250 Free Play
8th Place - $1,000 Free Play
9th Place - $750 Free Play
10th Place - $500 Free Play

Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 1 points
2nd Round - 3 Points
Sweet 16  - 5 Points
Elite 8       - 7 Points
Round of 4 - 9 Points
Champion - 11 Points
Deposit $200 and get 1 Entry
Deposit $500 and get 3 Entries
Deposit $1000 and get 7 Entries

18 years or older

March Mania Contest Prizes / Money Bracket Rules Contest Eligibility
CLOSED
College Basketball Contest
from 5Dimes


Must Complete Bracket by 12:00PM (Noon) ET on Thursday

Bet at 5Dimes
Perfect Bracket $10 bracket - $10,000,000 cash

Perfect Bracket $5 bracket - $5,000,000

Perfect Bracket $1 bracket - $1,000,000 cash

Also play in the Daily Pools
Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 2 points
2nd Round - 4 Points
Sweet 16  - 8 Points
Elite 8       - 16 Points
Round of 4 - 32 Points
Champion - 64 Points
18 and Older

Must have a 5Dimes
account or register an account for free.

$1, $5, $10 and $25 brackets
Purchase multiple brackets in the March Madness section

5Dimes promotions
JustBet $5000
College Basketball
Tournament Contest


justbet-college-basketball-contest
Grand Prize - $1000
2nd - 10th - $500 to $50

Weekly Winner - $250
2nd - 5th - $100 to $50
Not a Bracket Contest

Whoever has the most winning college basketball bets during the 2013 Bracket tournament will receive the prizes.

Bet on Spreads, Moneylines, Totals, Parlays, Teasers, Props, 1st Half or 2nd Half

1 point per winning bet
Only one entry per account

21 years or over
CLOSED
2013 BetDSI
Bracket Madness


BetDSI Bracket Madness

Entry must be submitted before
the first game tips off on
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Perfect Bracket - $100,000 Cash
1st Place - $10,000 Cash
2nd Place - $5,000 Cash
3rd Place - $2,500
4th to 100th - 15,000 BetPoints
101st to 150th - 7,500 BetPoints
151th to 300th - 3,500 BetPoints
301st to 500th - 1,000 BetPoints
Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 1 points
2nd Round - 2 Points
Sweet 16  - 4 Points
Elite 8       - 6 Points
Round of 4 - 8 Points
Champion - 10 Points
Deposit $300 or more and receive 1 free entry

Additional entries can be receive by redeeming BetPoints

21 years or over
March Mania Contest Prizes / Money Bracket Rules Contest Eligibility
CLOSED
SBG Global's $1,000,000
Madness of March Contest


SBGGlobal College Basketball Contest

Entry must be submitted by
12:00 PM ET
Thursday, March 21
$1,000,000 prize pool

1st Prize - $350,000
2nd Prize - $200,000
3rd Prize - $100,000
4th Prize - $50,000
5th-30th Prize - $12,000
Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 1 points
2nd Round - 2 Points
Sweet 16  - 4 Points
Elite 8       - 8 Points
Round of 4 - 16 Points
Champion - 32 Points
Free Contest for SBG members

1st Prize for perfect bracket w/ correct tiebreaker 2nd Prize for perfect bracket

18 and Older

SBG Global Promotions
CLOSED
Linesmaker College Basketball
Bracket Buster $100,000 Perfect Bracket Contest


Contest CLOSEDs March 17, 2013
Must be submitted by
10:59 AM EST
Thursday, March 21, 2013.

linesmaker - sign up for out bracke tournament
$100K for a perfect bracket

1st Place - $10,000
2nd Place - $600
3rd Place - $400
4th Place - $200
5th - 20th Place - $50
Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 1 points
2nd Round - 2 Points
Sweet 16  - 4 Points
Elite 8       - 8 Points
Round of 4 - 16 Points
Champion - 32 Points
18 and Older

Must have a Linesmaker account or register an
account for free.

Free Entry!

Linesmaker promotions
CLOSED
Sportsbook.com $100K Bracket Challenge

Starts Monday, March 18
Must be submitted by
10:59 a.m. (EST)
Thursday, March 21, 2013.

sportsbook college basketball bracket contest
Details Soon! Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 1 points
2nd Round - 2 Points
Sweet 16 - 4 Points
Elite 8 - 8 Points
Round of 4 - 16 Points
Champion - 32 Points
Free Entry into contest

Place $20.00 in wagers per round ($120 total) to be eligible for Prizes

March Mania Contest Prizes / Money Bracket Rules Contest Eligibility

CLOSED
BetOnline College Basketball Perfect Package

Contest Starts March 18
and ends at 10:59AM ET
on March 21, 2013

BetOnline $5,000 guaranteed prize pool!

BetOnline says "To hell with Perfect Bracket contests,
they are impossible."

They have a $5,000 guaranteed prize pool and a trip to the Round of 4 up for grabs.

Predict a perfect round of 32 and you will win a trip to the Championship Weekend.

Also, predict all 4 of the Round of 4 teams and win $1000!
Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 1 points
2nd Round - 2 Points
Sweet 16  - 4 Points
Elite 8       - 8 Points
Round of 4 - 16 Points
Champion - 32 Points

Must be at least 18 years or older to enter

You must deposit at least $100 and place at least $20 of wagers in each of the 3 weekends of play to be eligible for prizes

BetOnline Promotions

CLOSED
Intertops's "$25,000 for 63 correct picks" contest

Win at Intertops.com!


Perfect Bracket Entry
wins $25,000

If no perfect entry
top 25 entries split $25,000

1st - 25th place = $1000
Bracket will be CLOSED from
March 18th and will close
Noon ET, March 21, 2012 -
(Before the first game tips off)

1 point for each correct entry
The first four games on Tue and Wed are not counted
18 and Older

Must bet at least $100 on Intertops sportsbook between March 19th and April 6th to be eligible

Sign-Up-Special at Intertops - $20 Free Bet

College Basketball Bonus
25% Bonus up to $100

More Intertops Promotions


Got a Bracket Contest you want me to post? Email me here

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