March Madness is here, and The Rambler is celebrating by offering not one but two bracket challenge contests. For the first time, The Rambler is running a contest for the NCAA women’s tournament in addition to the men’s tournament. The women’s and men’s brackets were revealed last night. Both contests are open to all students, faculty, and staff. Please enter one or both. One need not know anything about basketball to enter. In fact, sometimes knowing less may be a blessing in disguise.

Rules

1. You must be a current Prep student, faculty, or staff member to participate. Students, please write your name and grade on your bracket. Click to download and print the official brackets: men’s bracket | women’s bracket. Or, see Mr. Hubert for a copy of either bracket. All qualified entrants may submit one bracket for each contest (women’s and men’s).
2. All brackets must be hand-delivered to Mr. Hubert by Thursday, March 21 at 12 p.m. Eastern time. No late submissions will be accepted.
3. You must fill in a winner for all of the games beginning with the First Round games to be played on Thursday and Friday. You do not need to include the First Four (“play-in”) games that will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday. Please write out the team names; do not write seed numbers.
4. In case of a tie, write your prediction for the total points scored in the championship game in the spot indicated on the bracket.

Scoring

Round 1 (Round of 64): 10 points for each correct pick Round 2 (Round of 32): 20 points for each correct pick Round 3 (Sweet 16): 40 points for each correct pick Quarterfinals (Elite 8): 80 points for each correct pick Semifinals (Final Four): 160 points for each correct pick Championship: 320 points for a correct pick

Prizes

• Men’s Bracket Winner: $25 Amazon gift card
• Women’s Bracket Winner: $25 Amazon gift card
• Combined Winner (Men’s Bracket + Women’s Bracket): $25 Amazon gift card