Sorry to go off-topic here, but just once - I run a little March Madness game - well really it's two games, neither of which is filling out a bracket. I've posted the rules below, if you're interested I can give you the signup info, 50% of winnings go to charity so it's for a good cause! Last year the total pot was 315 doll hairs with 21 players.
Knockout Pool: Each player receives two entries, each round you pick one winner for each entry still alive, you advance when your team wins and are knocked out if they lose. However, each entry can only pick each team once -- but the entries are totally separate so picking a team with one entry does not restrict the other entry. Prizes to first and second and gutsiest pick award - this will likely go to the largest seed difference in an upset, but is subject to editorial review.
Final Four Odds: Pick the four teams you like to make it to the final four, one from each region. But there's a twist: 100 points are awarded for each region, but if more than one person picked the team that advances from a region, then each player with the correct selection splits the 100 points. More strategy, but less maintenance since you just submit one set of picks. Prizes to first and second, only one entry per person.
Ex: if 4 players pick Arizona to advance from the West and they do make the final four, each player gets 25 points. But if only 1 person picked Utah St to advance, and they are successful, that player gets the full 100 points.
Here are the
final standings from last year so you can see an example of how this plays out IRL.