How to Play

Welcome to Bracket Buster!

Think you know your college hoops? Take a shot at the $100,000 bonus prize and your share of over $3,500 in guaranteed prizes! This game is free to play.

REGISTER NOW MAKE YOUR PICKS

Note: If you have signed up for a recent fantasy game on theScore.com, there's no need to re-register. (You can simply update your profile when prompted and login using the same username and password.) If not, you will need to register specifically for this contest even if you are already a member of The Score. Unfortunately, residents of Quebec are not eligible to compete for prizes but are still welcome to create a bracket.

Learn more about the game below.

Register for Free

The first thing you need to do is register. Then, you are free to join Bracket Buster! Once registered, you can return anytime and use your contest username and password to login and play.

Note: If you have signed up for a recent fantasy game on theScore.com, there's no need to re-register. (You can simply update your profile when prompted and login using the same username and password.) If not, you will need to register specifically for this contest even if you are already a member of The Score.

REGISTER NOW

Enter Your Picks

Fill out your bracket for this year's tournament anytime during the entry period from 9:00 PM ET on Sunday, March 11 to 12:00 PM ET on Thursday, March 15, 2012.

In each of the four bracket regions, the teams are seeded from 1 through 16 with 1 being the top seed and 16 being the biggest underdog in each region. Pick the underdogs and you could earn bonus points. The bigger the underdog, the more bonus points you can earn--if they win. Please refer to the Schedule/Scoring for a more detailed explanation and examples of the scoring system.

Check the Standings every game day and see how your bracket stacks up against the rest. You can compare your picks with theirs or anyone else in the contest after the pick deadline. Check the Consensus Picks to see how the rest of the country thinks the tournament will unfold.

MAKE YOUR PICKS

Win Great Prizes

Take a shot at the $100,000 bonus prize and your share of over $3,500 CDN in guaranteed prizes!

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Create or Join a Group

Have your own Bracket Buster competition and let us run it for you and your buddies! Create your own pool within Bracket Buster and invite your co-workers, friends or family to join.

Compete with your group members for bragging rights while you battle everyone else for the prizes in the main contest! You can even trade a little bit of Trash Talk. It's a private message board exclusively for your group.

Invite Friends

Share the fun and invite your buddies to play too.

INVITE FRIENDS