GAPOdds LIVE March Madness
Fill out your bracket free, see how many players made the same picks, and climb the leaderboard. One bracket per player.
The 2027 bracket opens on Selection Sunday
The field of 68 is announced in mid-March (Selection Sunday). The bracket goes up here right after, and picks lock at the first Round of 64 tip-off.
How scoring works
- Round of 64: 10 points for each right pick
- Round of 32: 20 points for each right pick
- Sweet 16: 40 points for each right pick
- Elite Eight: 80 points for each right pick
- Final Four: 160 points for each right pick
- Championship: 320 points for each right pick
- A perfect bracket scores 1,920 points. Highest total wins.
- Tiebreaker: the championship game's total points (closest wins).
- Picks lock at the first Round of 64 tip-off. The First Four is played before that, so its winner fills its spot.