2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament

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Pool Details

There are 67 games in the tournament:

4 games in the First Four round (3/17–3/18)
63 games in the 64-team bracket (3/19–4/6)

Predictions are made only for the 64-team bracket.
Predictions can be entered until right before the first game on Thu 3/19.
Up to 100 participants can join your pool.
Learn more about how EZ Brackets pools work here.

Choose a name for your Pool

(e.g. "Dunder Mifflin Office Pool")

Choose your Scoring System

Points Double Each Round (recommended)

32 Round of 64 games – 1 point each
16 Round of 32 games – 2 points each
8 Round of 16 games – 4 points each
4 Round of 8 games – 8 points each
2 Round of 4 games – 16 points each
Final – 32 points
Maximum points: 192

Fibonacci numbers

32 Round of 64 games – 1 point each
16 Round of 32 games – 2 points each
8 Round of 16 games – 3 points each
4 Round of 8 games – 5 points each
2 Round of 4 games – 8 points each
Final – 13 points
Maximum points: 137

Points Increase By One Each Round

32 Round of 64 games – 1 point each
16 Round of 32 games – 2 points each
8 Round of 16 games – 3 points each
4 Round of 8 games – 4 points each
2 Round of 4 games – 5 points each
Final – 6 points
Maximum points: 120

One Point Each

All 63 games worth 1 point each
Maximum points: 63