The Rules
Extravaganza March Madness Pool · Est. 1997
Entry & Payouts
Entry Fee
$25
per bracket
Prize Pool
100%
of entries paid out
| Place | Share |
|---|---|
| 🥇 1st Place | 60% |
| 🥈 2nd Place | 30% |
| 🥉 3rd Place | 10% |
| 😅 Last Place | $25 |
How it works:Last place gets their $25 entry back. The remaining pot is then split 60 / 30 / 10% for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Ties in any position split that position's prize money equally.
Submission Deadline
Brackets lock when the tournament begins.
Your bracket must be submitted before the first game tips off on the opening Thursday of the tournament. No changes are allowed after the deadline — not even a single pick.
- •You can update your bracket any number of times before the deadline.
- •The deadline is the same for everyone — no exceptions.
- •First Four games count — make sure to fill them in.
Scoring
| Round | Pts / correct pick |
|---|---|
| Round of 64 | 2 |
| Round of 32 | 4 |
| Sweet 16 | 6 |
| Elite Eight | 8 |
| Final Four | 10 |
| Championship | 15 |
| Total (no bonuses) |
Bonus Points
🐴
Dark Horse
+10Before submitting, pick one “dark horse” team seeded 4th or lower. If your dark horse wins any Elite Eight game — reaching the Final Four — you earn +10 bonus points.
Seeds 4–16 eligible · one pick per bracket
✨
Perfect Four
+10Correctly pick all four Elite Eight winners (the teams that advance to the Final Four) and earn +10 bonus points.
All 4 Elite Eight picks must be correct
Both bonuses can be earned in the same year for a total of +20 bonus points.
Scoring Records
All-Time Record
211
Tim Leavitt
2025
Former Record
195
Dave Urrutia
2007
Past Winners
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Esteban Montero |
| 2025 | Tim "The Mayor" LeavittRecord — 211 pts |
| 2024 | Jason Wooding |
| 2023 | Derick "D-Town" Thompson |
| 2022 | Derick "D-Town" Thompson |
| 2021 | Damon Burch |
| 2020 | —Cancelled (COVID-19) |
| 2019 | Charley Katz |
| 2018 | Tommy Friedlander |
| 2017 | Paul Thompson |
| 2016 | Bart Hansen |
| 2015 | Chris Harlow |
| 2014 | Jason Wooding |
| 2013 | Courtney Westling & Kevin Tennant2-way tie |
| 2012 | Fred Simpson |
| 2011 | Shane Porterfield |
| 2010 | Paul Thompson |
| 2009 | Joe Hutchins |
| 2008 | Bruce Martinez |
| 2007 | Dave UrrutiaFormer record — 195 pts |
| 2006 | Jeff Angelo |
| 2005 | Damon Burch |
| 2004 | Albert Angelo |
| 2003 | Corky Angelo |
| 2002 | Corky Angelo |
| 2001 | Sam Sage |
| 2000 | Corky Angelo |
| 1999 | Albert Angelo |
| 1998 | Brandon Standish |
| 1997 | Micah Brown |