Below is a recap of the features available for our March Madness Sweet 16 Pools. We always strive to be the best office pool hosting website on the Internet.
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Private discussion forum for your pool.
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Live scores updated every 30 seconds (live brackets updated as well).
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Official pool standings updated as soon as each game ends.
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Easy-to-use bracket picksheet.
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Modify your picks as many times as you like up until your pool's custom pick
deadline.
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Pool commish can enter brackets for any member, even after the tournament has started (useful if the commish does not have enough time to process "paper entries").
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Your pool's home page includes the latest forum topics, the top 10 standings,
the latest scores from the tournament, a message from the pool commish (if he
writes one) and some quick links to submit your bracket and print an empty
bracket.
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Guest access option.
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Aliases can be created (if the commish enables this feature) so that any member
can either submit multiple brackets for themselves or submit brackets for
multiple people (all using the same account).
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Custom registration deadline date so that no new members can join the pool.
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Custom pick deadline so that members can no longer submit their brackets.
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The option to hide all other members' picks before the pick deadline.
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The option to add a tie-breaker (total points in Championship game).
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Custom scoring system, by round:
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Assign anywhere from 1 to 200 points for each correct pick, controlled by
round.
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Add bonus points for each correct pick, using any of these bonus options (all
controlled by round):
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Add the seed differential for correct underdog picks.
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Add the team's seed to your points for each correct pick.
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Multiply the team's seed by the number of points allocated for a correct pick.
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Specify a specific number of bonus points members receive for each correct
underdog pick.
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"What-If" scenarios after the pick deadline (enter any scenario and see how the
standings will look).
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Instant email confirmation with submitted bracket.
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Easily email any member in your pool.
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Easily email all members who have not submitted their bracket.
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Invitations sent directly from the site
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Commish can setup a poolwide message and can force members to read message when
logging into pool.
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Multiple reports, as follows:
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Overall Standings.
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Summary of each member's bracket picks, based on completed games, or games in
progress (live updated bracket).
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The actual bracket results.
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The pick trail for a specific team, for each member (follow the trail starting
at a specific seed).
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Select a team and which members have that team to win the championship, reach
the finals, or reach the final four.
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Points by round.
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Correct picks by round.
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The number of members each team has been selected to:
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Win the Championship.
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Reach the Finals
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Reach the Final Four
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Reach the Elite 8
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All picks for all members.
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The date/time each member last submitted their brackets.
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