You’ve won your NCAA Tournament bracket a few times over the past few years, and now you’re ready to move on to bigger and better competition. OK, well, maybe you lost a few times to the secretary at work, and the Spanish lady that waters the plants, but still, you’re up for some free March Madness games – especially if you can win some real stuff!
6 Free March Madness Games for 2015
Some of these are traditional bracket games, like you’ve been used to for a couple decades now, but some are also games that can be played on Daily Fantasy websites – which means you can win more than once!
Fill out your free brackets for these websites, and get enrolled in their massive worldwide tournament challenges. In some cases, you can opt in or out of the email newsletters they’ll want to send you, but for the most part, these are painless to join.
CBSSports.com’s Bracket Challenge
You don’t even have to win the entire thing to win the grand prize. Just land in the top 10-percent of eligible point scorers, and you could be randomly selected as the Grand Prize winner of FOUR 2016 Final Four tickets for next year.
ESPN.com’s Tournament Challenge
Fill out your bracket, which you were going to do anyway, and compete for a chance to win a $20,000 Best Buy gift card – AND a trip to the 2015 Maui Invitational. Maui – that’s almost foreign! What’s real cool is that you can fill out up to 10 different brackets if you want to!
Yahoo’s Best Bracket Pool
Get the highest score in this game and you’ll win $50,000 – payable in one lump sum! (How does ESPN get away with just a $20,000 gift card?)
Yahoo!’s Celebrity Bracket Challenge
You can also win the Celebrity Pools, where you’ll get other prizes, specific to that celebrity. Here’s a quick review of some of the celebrities and the prizes awarded:
Carmelo Anthony – Pair of Carmelo Anthony’s signature basketball shoes and a signed jersey.
Katie Couric – Meet Katie Couric in New York City, which includes a round-trip ticket for you and a guest for two nights in a hotel.
Kevin Jonas – Autographed electric guitar
Stephen Gostkowski – Autographed football, tablet device and headphones
SportsTradex NCAA Tourney Madness 2015
This game is really cool – and it’s free. Trade NCAA championship contenders like the stock market, and you can win $100 as the top dog among just 200 entrants – or you can place in the top 13 and win $5. With just 200 entrants, and no money from your end, this is an easy win.
DraftKings’ College Basketball March Mania
Get a free entry into this $150 March Mania Cinderella Tournament. It’s a tournament that would normally cost $20 to enter, but you’re in for free!
This is a survivor contest, so the top 6,000 players after Thursday’s games move on to Friday’s contests, and the top 1,875 move on to Day 3. Once you reach Saturday, you’re in the money! The final 600 survivors for Sunday’s games have a shot at the $20,000 grand prize.
Good luck – and happy brackets!
