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March Madness Pool Options

Three ways to play – Bracket, Pick X, Survivor, or Squares. All free, all feature-rich.

Elevate your March Madness experience with flexible online pools. Create or join a bracket, Pick X, Survivor, or Squares pool today – all powered by OfficePoolStop’s FREE platform.

Traditional March Madness Bracket Pool

  • Pick winners for the full 64-team bracket before tip-off.
  • Earn points per round (customizable scoring).
  • Automatic leaderboard updates after each game.
  • Printable blank & completed brackets.

Sweet 16 Mini Pool

  • Start a pool beginning with the Sweet 16 round.
  • Perfect for players who missed the full bracket deadline.
  • Pick winners for the final three rounds: Sweet 16, Elite 8, Final Four, and Championship.
  • Great for office pools restarting mid-tournament.

March Madness Pick X

  • Each player selects X teams (manager sets X).
  • Score the team’s seed value for each win (e.g., 12-seed = 12 pts per win).
  • Great for quicker setup & fewer picks.

March Madness Survivor

  • Pick 1 team each day of the tournament.
  • Standings show who's alive vs eliminated, plus pick history.
  • Optional tiebreaker based on strength of victory

March Madness Squares

  • Claim squares on a 10Ă—10 tournament grid.
  • Every game produces a winning square.
  • Winners based on last digit of each team’s score.
  • Your squares stay active for the whole tournament.
  • Track wins automatically on the standings board.

Manager Options

  • Custom scoring per round or per seed.
  • Advanced scoring options: set points by round (including round multipliers), and optionally enable Seed Bonus and Underdog Bonus for extra upset rewards.
  • Lock all picks at tip-off or allow round-by-round picks.
  • Enable tiebreakers (total points in championship, etc.).
  • Printable brackets & export standings to Excel.
  • 'What If' simulator.
  • Real-time score updates and mobile-friendly pick sheets.

Get Started

Ready for the madness? Create your pool, join a friend’s, or print a bracket to follow along.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

A March Madness pool is a fun, competitive way to engage with the NCAA basketball tournament. Participants can join a pool where they select teams in different formats: bracket, Pick X, Survivor, or Squares. Points are earned based on how well the chosen teams perform, and the winner is the one with the most points at the end of the tournament.

To join a pool, simply click the “Join” button to enter an existing pool or create a new one by selecting your preferred format (Bracket, Pick X, Survivor, or Squares). You can join or start a pool for free through OfficePoolStop.

Yes! Some pools allow multiple entries (clones) to let players try different strategies. The number of entries allowed is configurable by the pool manager.

In all formats, the winner is determined by the player who accumulates the most points based on their picks. The points are calculated based on the performance of the teams picked (e.g., in the Bracket pool, each round offers different point values).