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Here is a big list of the best college basketball tournament contest that you can enter brackets into.  In these March Madness brackets, you can win money, or win prizes, or both.  A majority of the entries for these brackets are free.  All of these contests are for the 2009 March Madness brackets.

Update March 25 - I see a lot of people looking for game times for the sweet 16 games finding this page.  Here they are:

7:07 PM - Purdue vs Connecticut
7:27 PM - Xavier vs Pittsburgh
9:37 PM - Missouri vs Memphis
9:57 PM - Villinova vs Duke

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All links, logos and images in the "March Madness Contest" column take you directly to that specific contest.

Latest Update March 24 - Below is a sweet 16 bracket that I made.  Click here to download it in PDF form.

March Madness Sweet 16 Bracket

Latest Update March 20 - If you are looking for some March Madness contests that you can still enter, you are in luck.  Below are a few options, with daily pick pools, sweet 16 brackets, and even a final 8 bracket.  More to come.

March Madness Contest Prizes / Money Bracket Rules Contest Eligibility

Daily March Madness Contests / Round of 16 Contests / Round of 8 March Madness Contests /

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March Madness Contest Prizes / Money Bracket Rules Contest Eligibility
Round of 16
$10,000 Contest
from BetUS

Contest will open
March 23 at noon
and close on
March 26 at noon.

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Perfect Bracket Entry
wins $10,000

Top 5 places win prizes

1st Place -  $250 Casino Chip
2nd-5th Place - Prize Pack
 Unknown at this time
 
Will Update when more information is available

18 and Older

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

Free Entry for every
$100 worth deposited at BetUS.com between
12PM EST 3/19/2009
and 5PM EST 3/26/2009
(After First Round starts but Before Sweet 16 Round)


 
$10,000 Round of 8 Contest from BetUS

Contest will open on
March 27 at noon
and close on
tip off of March 28 Games.

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Perfect Bracket Entry
wins $10,000

Top 5 places win prizes
1st Place -  $250 Casino Chip 2nd-5th Place - Prize Pack

Prize pack unknown
will update
Unknown at this time

Will Update when more information is available

18 and Older
Free Contest

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

Free Entry for every
$100 worth deposited at BetUS.com between
12PM EST 3/26/2009
and before opening tip
of  first game on 3/28/2009
 
Daily $5 March Madness Office Pools from 5Dimes

Must be submitted by
9:00 a.m. (EST)
Thursday, March 19, 2009.

Bet at 5Dimes
100% of Prize Pool

Will Update when more information is available
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Will Update when more information is available
18 and Older

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

$5 entry fee
March Madness Contest Prizes / Money Bracket Rules Contest Eligibility





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SBG Global's $500,000
Madness of March Contest


SBGGlobal March Madness Contest

Entry must be submitted by
12:00 PM ET
Thursday, March 19
$500,000 prize pool

1st Place - $175,000
2nd Place - $100,000
3rd Place - $60,000
4th Place - $35,000
5th-30th Place - $5,000
Traditional Bracket

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

Depositing was simple

Biggest prize pool by far

18 and Older

Bookmaker's Pickem Holdem Madness

Must be submitted by
March 19, 2009 -
1 minute prior to the
start of the first game



1st Place - $5000
+ 50” HD Plasma TV

2nd Place - $2500
+ 50” HD Plasma TV

3rd Place - $1000
+50” HD Plasma TV

4-100th Place -
$100 Freeplay
Traditional Bracket

1st Round - 1 points
2nd Round - 2 Points
Sweet 16   - 4 Points
Elite 8        - 6 Points
Final Four - 8 Points
Champion - 10 Points

18 and Older 

Players can enter
multiple times

Free Entry for every
$100 worth deposited
before the start of the
2009 NCAA Tournament

Additional Entries can be purchased for $10
 
March Madness Contest Prizes / Money Bracket Rules Contest Eligibility

ESPN Tournament Challenge

Must be submitted by
March 19, 2009
Locks at the start
of the first game

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1st Place -  $10,000
 
2nd Place - $5K GiftCard to Best Buy
Traditional Bracket

1st Round-10 points
2nd Round-20Points
Sweet 16-40 Points
Elite 8- 80 Points
FinalFour-160 Points
Champion - 320 Points
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13 and Older
 
USA Resident
 
Free Contest
March Madness Contest Prizes / Money Bracket Rules Contest Eligibility

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

Win at Intertops.com!

Must be submitted by
March 19, 2009 -
Before the start of the first game

Perfect Bracket Entry
wins $25,000

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

1st - 25th place = $1000
1 point for each correct entry 18 and Older
Free Contest

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

March Madness Bonus
20% Bonus up to $400


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March Madness Tournament Information - Everything else about the tournament


Change log:

Latest Update March 19
- The contests are now ordered by popularity from the visitors to this site.  Contests will be removed from below as they close, with the earliest closing at
9AM EST today.

9AM Tournament Contests have been removed
Contests that close at 10:59AM have been removed
12PM Tournament Contest have been removed

 
For the most part, you have till tip off to get in the other contests in this list.

Latest Bracket Contest Added - Intertops - With the odds of hitting all 63 games somewhere around one in 9,223,372,036,854,775,808, it is no wonder all these sites can offer these huge million dollar prizes if they never have to pay it.  Intertops is offering a $25,000 perfect bracket bonus, and if no one picks all the games correctly, they split the 25K bonus amongst the top 25 entries.  Intertops's "$25,000 for 63 correct picks" contest is the only contest that I have seen offer anything like this.  Very cool.

Along with the biggest money tournament, SBGGlobal also has the best march madness sign up bonus in terms of value that I could find.  If you were thinking about betting on any of the games, I suggest SBGGlobal.com

Update: March 15th - Added 5 more bracket tournaments - Yahoo, CBS, NBC, USAToday, and SportsCo.

Update: March 16th - Added another 5 bracket contests to the list and also FaceBook links:
Link to CBSSports Facebook March Madness Tournament Bracket
Link to Watercoolers Facebook March Madness Tournament app
Link to SportsIllustrated / Citizen Sports / Finish Lines $5000 Facebook Tournament Contest