2025 Basketball Bracket Challenge
Updates will be posted
when the tournament starts.
Last year's results will be left on the site
until this year's tournament starts
to let you see what things will look like
as the tournament progresses.
PRIZE MONEY PROJECTIONS
These are unofficial. You cannot sue me if I make a mistake here. Worse, they are based on my math skills. But this is
how I project the results for each of the possible scenarios remaining.
| CHAMPION |
Scenario 1 |
Scenario 2 |
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Beats Purdue
1. John Neltner 2, 315
2. Jennifer Cleaveland, 302
3. Zain Aziz, 281
4. Mike King 3, 378
5. Chris Jackson, 276
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Beats NC State
1. John Neltner 2, 299
2. Jennifer Cleaveland, 286
3. Zain Aziz, 265
4. Mary Jimenez, 263
5. Mike King 3, 262
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Beats Purdue
1. Zain Aziz, 300
2. John Neltner 2, 273
3. Jennifer Cleaveland, 260
4. Kent Dixon, 251
5. David Lamb, 249
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Beats NC State
1. Zain Aziz, 284
2. John Neltner 2, 257
T3. Jennifer Cleaveland, 244***
T3. Rob Collins, 244***
5. Lisa Kim, 240
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Beats UConn
1. Zain Aziz, 307
2. Kent Dixon, 293
3. David Lamb, 291
T4. Andy Brickler 2, 289***
T4. John Neltner 2, 289***
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Beats Alabama
1. Zain Aziz, 326
2. Kent Dixon, 277
3. David Lamb, 275
T4. Andy Brickler 2, 273***
T4. John Neltner 2, 273***
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Beats UConn
1. John Neltner 2, 273
2. Zain Aziz, 265
3. Jennifer Cleaveland, 260
4. Kent Dixon, 251
5. David Lamb, 249
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Beats Alabama
1. Zain Aziz, 284
2. John Neltner 2, 257
T3. Jennifer Cleaveland, 244***
T3. Rob Collins, 244***
5. Lisa Kim, 240
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*** See the Scoring page for tie break rules.
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To our returning players, WELCOME BACK! We are thrilled to see happy
customers
return to the scene of the crime. You should have an email from CBS Sports
letting you back into the pool.
NEW TO THIS POOL?
Let me welcome you and encourage you to join the party. We're always looking to grow the number of
players, and if you have $5.00 you are willing to part with, you're just the kind of person we are
looking for.
I think this year you can join the pool directly. Click the basketball button below.
Then use the passcode "bbcpool" (all lower case).
Please let me know if you have any problems with this
as CBS changes the procedure every year.
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at the humble web site for the
Basketball Bracket Challenge
as we await the tipoff to the
2025 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
Come back to this site during the tournament for stats, standings
and the sort of tournament analysis you simply will not find anywhere else.
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You know the squares game people play for the super bowl. You buy a square, and at the end of each quarter you take the last digit
of each teams score and map it against a grid to see who won. Now imagine doing that for all sixty three NCAA tournament
games. Every single game is a chance to win.
Entry Fee is $5 a square.
You can buy squares on the SQUARES page.
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Thank You
Thank You Very Much
The 2024 Basketball Bracket Challenge has been a rousing success. While I thoroughly enjoy running pools like this, what really makes it
fun and exciting are the people who submit sheets and take such interest in the ups and downs of this great tournament.
So I want to thank all of you for playing this year. I sincerely hope you enjoyed the pool, whether you won or not. And I look forward to
inviting you back for the 2026 edition of the Basketball Bracket Challenge!
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PRIZE MONEY
2025 Prize Money results are listed below. The number prize paying positions and the percentages will vary based on number of entries.
Basic rule of thumb I follow is about 10% of the pool ends up in the prize money and the champion earns about half. As the pool gets
larger, I'll have to see if that still works.
Once I know the number of entries and have collected from everyone, I'll announce the payout amounts. Prize money is only distributed
from prize money collected. Hasn't been a problem in the past... appreciate you not being the first.
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| Place |
Percent |
Amount |
Winner |
| 1st |
50% |
$145 |
John Neltner |
| 2nd |
20% |
$58 |
Jennifer
Cleaveland |
| 3rd |
15% |
$44 |
Zain Aziz |
| 4th |
10% |
$29 |
Mike King |
| 5th |
5% |
$14 |
Chris Jackson |
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Prize amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar. I'm not dealing with coins anymore than I have to.
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I don't edit
You will find misspellings,
typos, grammatical errors and
missing words in almost every
article. If you simply treat this
as part of the folksy charm of my
site, it will be a more pleasurable
experience for both of us.
2. Use the Google Machine To
Decipher Cryptic References
I'm a big fan of off the
wall references. If you suspect
your missing the joke, see if you
can find it on google.
3. I Mean You No Harm
I promise any jokes made are
in fun, with no intent to offend or
hurt feelings. But you know how
color blind people can't tell the
difference between greens and
reds... well I can't always see the
"line of appropriateness", and
before I know it I'm on the wrong
side.
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LEADERS BY CHAMPION |
This table reflects the top picks from the 2024 pool. I'll start updating
this when the tournament starts.
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| Team |
Player |
Score |
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John Neltner 2 |
315 |
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Zain Aziz
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281 X |
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Rob Collins |
244 X |
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Lisa Kim |
240 X |
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Mike King 2 |
238 X |
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Katie Schwegman 2 |
226 X |
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Amanda Woolums |
215 X |
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Ethan Eckerle 2 |
208 X |
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Jamie Lafford |
204 X |
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David Stubenrauch |
183 X |
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SJ Anneken 2 |
150 X |
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x = cannot score anymore
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