Each person has picked 32 teams to win their first round game by writing each team's name in the second round of the bracket. Simply circle each team that was picked correctly and draw an "x" or a line through the incorrect games. To score the first round, you will actually be circling the names on the second round of the bracket. You do not circle the teams that are pre-entered in the round of Each circle would be worth the corresponding points per round.
Fillable Brackets Edit Your Brackets! Scoring Your March Madness Bracket. If you need a quick and easy way to calculate your bracket totals try our Points Calculator! Gonzaga is above 50 percent from the field, but the Bulldogs have only four 3-pointers Baylor's Adam Flagler is up to 3-for-3 shooting from long range, pushing Baylor to 10 3-pointers on only 18 attempts.
Jared Butler has 18 points and four 3s , while MaCio Teague has 16 — and two 3s of his own. Gonzaga appeared to be making a run, getting it to , which was the first time Baylor didn't lead by double figures since it was There's no big surge yet for Gonzaga, but Baylor's Flo Thamba had to sit after picking up his fourth foul with 17 minutes to go. Baylor's foul troubles could be the start of a changing narrative inside.
Yet the Bulldogs are still struggling from distance 1 for 8 and are still getting beaten on the glass. Bears star Jared Butler also has 16 points on nine shots. If Gonzaga is going to make history and finish undefeated, it will have to make even more history. Baylor is up at the half, but the Bulldogs trailed by as many as 19 points. That would be the largest deficit overcome in title game history.
Though Baylor won't make it easy. Both teams are shooting at least 50 percent, with the Bears also grabbing eight offensive rebounds and hitting seven 3-pointers to the Bulldogs' one. One area of positivity for the Bulldogs comes at the foul line.
Gonzaga has made 10 more free throws than Baylor and three Bears have at least two fouls. Gonzaga's zone is making things interesting. What was a point Baylor led is suddenly down to For all the early struggles, the Bulldogs are still shooting 50 percent, allowing them to quickly make a push to force a Scott Drew timeout.
Drew Timme is the top Gonzaga weapon thus far, making four of his five attempts. But Baylor still has nearly as many made field goals 15 as the Bulldogs have shots Eight offensive board will help with that. Baylor will need to figure out that zone. The Bulldogs are one win away from perfection, but they'll have to climb out of the biggest deficit of the season: 15 points.
Jalen Suggs has been on the bench with two fouls but is coming back. Baylor has five offensive rebounds, is shooting Gonzaga has five turnovers and has looked either slow or lost on possessions. Perhaps that wild overtime game against UCLA two days ago is still lingering. Baylor came out rocking against the undefeated Bulldogs, who are 0-for-3 from the floor and have a pair of turnovers.
The Bears are also owning the glass, coming down with four offensive boards in a little more than 4 minutes. As if that wasn't enough, Final Four hero Jalen Suggs is on the bench with two fouls.
Davion Mitchell and Jared Butler are getting it done for Baylor, combining for all 11 points while shooting 5 of 6. It's time to crown a champion. Click or tap here to follow along all game long. We'll have a first-time champion tonight, no matter what happens. Both Gonzaga and Baylor have been dominant for almost all season, too. But they've since won big in the NCAA tournament, pushing aside teams by 24, 13, 11, 9 and 19 points to reach the final game.
Undefeated Gonzaga would be the first undefeated champ since Indiana. The Bulldogs also rank first in the nation in points per game Baylor comes in third in scoring margin at Gonzaga was also the nation's top pick to win the championship, as Tonight's the night. Gonzaga and Baylor will meet to play for a national title after more than days since the last champion was crowned. Both teams seek their first NCAA men's basketball national championship, though both have made one previous appearance in the title game.
Gonzaga in and Baylor in Gonzaga goes into tonight's match-up aiming for its 36th straight victory. Baylor is The two teams have held the top two spots in national rankings for much of the season. With a win, Gonzaga would be the first undefeated national champion since Indiana in This is the sixth all-time meeting between Gonzaga and Baylor.
Jalen Suggs made sure Gonzaga's quest for perfection remained alive. But it almost ended in Indy. Suggs' buzzer-beating 3-pointer sent Gonzaga to the national title game, , after UCLA's Johnny Juzang tied the game in the closing seconds with a putback of his own miss.
But Suggs' shot kept the Bulldogs' loss mark at zero and a chance to make it eight undefeated national champions. Drew Timme's late play also helped the Bulldogs escape. After drawing a charge call in the final moments of the second half with UCLA trying to win the game, Timme took over early in overtime with three field goals on consecutive possessions. Timme had 25 points in the game.
UCLA, the fifth No. That would have made the Bruins the first double-digit seed to play in the national championship. The Bulldogs had won 27 consecutive games by double digits and breezed through its region.
He led all players with 29 points. Tyger Campbell had 17 points and seven assists. Gonzaga struggled from distance, shooting only The Bulldogs otherwise took close attempts inside to shoot Joel Ayayi had 22 points on 12 shots, with Suggs 16 , Corey Kispert 15 and Andrew Nembhard 11 also reaching double digits. Gonzaga gets 5 more minutes to protect its perfection — the first Final Four OT since Kentucky played Stanford in UCLA had a chance to pull the shocker, but Drew Timme stepped in with four fouls in the final moments to draw a charge on Johnny Juzang.
The Bruins star has carried his team with 27 points, five rebounds and two assists. The Bulldogs are cold from distance at 5-for shooting, though their seemingly countless looks around the rim still have them at The last time an undefeated team made the Final Four, the run — and perfection — ended there. Wisconsin shocked Kentucky in Gonzaga is clinging to the small lead thanks to a clutch 3-pointer from Corey Kispert.
The make brought the Bulldogs up to And the undefeated No. But UCLA is shooting Johnny Juzang is up to 22 points on 13 shots. We're getting deeper into the game and not much has changed. Drew Timme has emerged as the toughest out this half, as he's up to 17 points. That's just behind Joel Ayayi's 20 for Gonzaga. The Bulldogs are shooting 60 percent, often finding close and good looks inside. The Bruins may not be getting a lot of stops, but they've made two more 3-pointers and are plus-4 on rebounds.
UCLA has maintained its purposeful tempo and isn't going away. Both teams are shooting above 50 percent, and it's starting to become an exchange of buckets as the lead changes hands. UCLA is making Gonzaga work, even if it's down at the half.
The Bruins led for most of the first half, but the Bulldogs still have the edge. Both teams are shooting well, with UCLA's patient offense sparkling at Gonzaga took the lead late thanks to its own crisp shooting, with the Bulldogs 4-for-8 on 3s. We'll see if UCLA can control the tempo some more in the second half and keep Gonzaga and its stars from running. UCLA is doing what it needs to make Gonzaga uncomfortable. The Bruins are shooting Unbeaten Gonzaga always seems like it could go on a burst in a minute — and the Bulldogs are shooting Joel Ayayi is up to 13 points on a perfect 5-for-5 shooting but has two fouls.
The Bruins are also dealing well with Gonzaga's pressure thus far, getting through the press and finding Johnny Juzang for an open 3-pointer. Storylines and enticing matchups abound in the NCAA Tournament, which will take place entirely — appropriately, even — in the state of Indiana.
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All rights reserved. This image may not be used by other entities without the express written consent of wikiHow, Inc. Choose your preferred scoring system. There are many different ways to score a March Madness bracket. The most common method is to award 1 point for correct predictions in the first round, 2 in the second round, 4 in the third, 8 in the fourth, 16 in the fifth, and 32 in the sixth and final round.
However, you could also go with a point scheme like to make each round weighted more evenly. However, this is no different from a standard system, as each point value is just multiplied by Look up the seed numbers for each of the participating teams. Knowing a teams' seed number is important for confirming that their placement on your bracket corresponds to their scheduled matchups in the tournament. You can find a complete list of team seeds on the NCAA website.
Each division has 16 teams, and they're seeded from 1 to Seed numbers change every season, so make sure the listing you're looking at is up-to-date. Enter the names of the participating teams in the first round column. Write in the name of each NCAA team on the line that matches their seed number. In the first round of games, high seeds play against low seeds. The 1 seed in each division will play the 16 seed, the 2 seed will play the 15 seed, 3 will play 14, and so on.
Predict a winner for each game. Go down the list of the 64 teams and decide which out of each pairing will win their first round game. A 16 seed is unlikely to beat a 1 seed, for instance, so picking the 1 seed will give you the best chance of scoring.
Part 2. Note the winner of each game on your bracket. The simplest way to do this is to circle correct predictions or cross out incorrect ones.
After each round, half the number of teams from the previous round will move on until only two teams remain. You can also highlight the names of the winning teams to make them more visible at a glance.
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