The object of the game is simple: Correctly pick the winner of the most matches in the 63 games following the "First Four" round of the tournament.

25 brackets Users can have up to 25 brackets per person (no limit) by default but the limit for each group can be set to 1 per person via this setting.

The differences (absolute values only) between the predicted score and actual score for each team are added together into a combined total. The entry with the smallest total is considered the winning entry. Tiebreaker #2 - Number of points scored in Championship Round.

$5,000 Welcome to the 2023 Men's Tournament Challenge. It's that time of year to make your picks and follow your favorite schools all the way to the Final Four at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas! This season, you can win your share of a $75,000 prize pool as 10 randomly drawn winners will take home the $5,000 Grand Prize.

25 Whether you enter via the Website, ESPN App, Fantasy App and/or via the Tournament Challenge App, there is a limit of twenty-five (25) total entries per person for this Promotion.

25 brackets Fill out 25 brackets to compete for more cash! See Official Rules for full details.

Some people award bonus points for upsets picked in the first round. If a player correctly picks a lower seed to beat a higher seed, they are awarded double the points for that game.

Here is a scoring breakdown for each round of play:

• First Round: 1 point.
• Second Round: 2 points.
• Sweet 16: 4 points.
• Elite 8: 8 points.
• Final Four: 16 points.
• Championship: 32 points.

For the $50,000 in Grand Prizes we choose to include every entry that correctly picks the national champion to be eligible for the ten drawings of $5,000 each.

PTS (Points): The total amount of points that your team has accumulated since the start of the tournament. PCT (Percentile): The percentile your performance falls within, graded against all other entrants in the game. RK (Rank): Your numerical rank in the entire field of entrants.

25 Whether you enter via the Website, ESPN App, Fantasy App and/or via the Tournament Challenge App, there is a limit of twenty-five (25) total entries per person for this Promotion.

The ESPN Men's Tournament Challenge collected more than 20 million completed brackets before the start of the tournament today, the most ever for the No. 1 most popular college basketball bracket game.