Official Rules

College Basketball Confidence Contest

How to Play

Okay, dawgs, pay attention because we are only going to do this once! Your job is to determine which teams are most likely and least likely to win the NCAA Basketball Tournament and rank them from 64 to 1.

The Golden Rule: The team you are MOST confident in to win the tournament should get a Confidence Factor of 64. The team you think has the least chance gets a 1.

You have to use each confidence factor from 1 to 64 with no duplicates or omissions. Our systems check for those boneheaded mistakes, but what we won't check is you accidentally putting low numbers on the best teams. Don't screw that up!

We skip the play-in games to give everyone until Thursday morning to get the field handicapped. Once your picks are in, you'll have points on the board all the way to the championship, unlike standard brackets where you're out after the first round.

Scoring System

Round 1 (64 Teams) Confidence x 1
Round 2 (32 Teams) Confidence x 2
Sweet 16 Confidence x 3
Elite Eight Confidence x 5
Final Four Confidence x 10
Championship Confidence x 20
Maximum Potential Score
8,612 POINTS

No negative points are given for losses.

The Glory

The dirty-dawger with the most points after the final whistle in Round 6 will be designated the CBCC Champion and showered with glory. If anyone ever manages a perfect score, you get to run this contest next year!