Ides of March Madness
Rules and Scoring

Group members can enter up to 2 brackets picking the winners of the 2010 Men's national college basketball tournament. Members pick the winners of all 6 rounds of the tournament.

Brackets can be entered online starting Monday, March 15th at 8:00am EDT.

Entries are accepted online until Thursday, March 18th at 12:20pm EDT.

After this time, only the group owner can enter late brackets. Consult the group owner for their policy on late submissions.

Brackets are scored as follows, for each correct pick:

Points are awarded based on the round number:

Round 1:	1
Round 2:	2
Round 3:	3
Round 4:	4
Semifinals:	5
Championship:	10

The first tiebreaker is Riskiest upset picks.

The second tiebreaker is Most games correct.

The third tiebreaker is Total points in championship game.

Any further ties are left as ties in the standings.

More details on scoring systems and tiebreakers are available.