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POOL INFO
Pool Name:
Your Name:
Site Password:
Password (Confirm):
Email:
Receive Copies of All Entry Confirmations?:
YES
NO
Require a Phone Number?
YES
NO
Eliminate User Name Field?
YES
NO
POOL LIMITS
In Demo Mode?:
YES
YES
NO
Block Picks from being seen until Start Time?
YES
YES
NO
Block Multiple Entries From Same Email?
YES
NO
Cost of Entry:
TOURNAMENT OF 64 RULES
64 TEAM BRACKET PICKEM
- Our basic game is familiar with most persons in that you simply fill out your bracket for all 63 matchups, all the way to the final game. In our system, the 4 playin games are treated as a single entry in the field of 64. This allows you to solicit entrants for your bracket contest up until the tipoff of games on Thursday (instead of Tuesday) and allowing you a longer time period to get more entries.
MEN OR WOMENS TOURNAMENT?
MEN
MEN
WOMEN
Enter the point values for each round of the tournament:
First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
Championship
Tiebreaker: Closest to combined points of champion game. Without going over?
(No: meaning just closest to score, Yes: meaning guess cannot exceed actual combined points)
NO
YES
ADVANCED OPTIONS
CHOOSE SCORING TYPE
MULTIPLY UNDERDOG VALUE
STRAIGHT
MULTIPLY SEED RANK
PLUS SEED RANK
MULTIPLY UNDERDOG VALUE
PLUS UNDERDOG VALUE
DOUBLE VALUE
RND PTS + (SEED RANK * RND)
1)
STRAIGHT SCORING
- Score Each Correct Pick With Value of Round Points Above.
2)
MULTIPLY SEED RANK
- Multiply Round Point Values By Seed Ranking of Winning Team.
3)
PLUS SEED RANK
- Add Round Point Values With Seed Ranking of Winning Team.
4)
MULTIPLY UNDERDOG VALUE
- Multiply Point Value of Round By Seed Rank Difference of the Two Competing Teams.
5)
PLUS UNDERDOG VALUE
- Add Point Value of Round With Seed Rank Difference of the Two Competing Teams.
6)
DOUBLE VALUE
- If Lower Seed Wins, Double the Round Point Values.
7)
RND PTS + (SEED RANK * RND)
- Multiply the Round number (1-6) with the Seed Rank and then add in the Round Point Values
ADDITIONAL GAMES
OPTIONAL: SWEET SIXTEEN CONTEST
- To keep the excitement going beyond the initial rounds, we’re offering an additional bracket contest beginning with the Sweet Sixteen — completely free to use.
Many participants find their original 64-team bracket falters after the first two rounds. To re-engage and offer a fresh opportunity, this separate contest allows you to make new picks starting from the Sweet Sixteen matchups.
If enabled below, the Sweet Sixteen contest will become available once the second round concludes. Feel free to invite friends and family to participate — it’s a great way to enjoy the remainder of the tournament together.
Please note: This contest is managed independently from the original bracket and will have its own set of standings and results.
OPTIONAL: FINAL FOURCAST CONTEST
- This contest begins at the conclusion of the fourth round, once the Final Four teams have been determined.
Participants will:
Predict the winner of each of the three remaining games (two Final Four matchups and the Championship).
• Enter the final scores for both teams in each game — six score predictions in total.
Scoring:
Each entry is scored based on the total point differential between the predicted and actual scores across all three games.
Winning Criteria:
To be eligible to win:
1. You must correctly predict the winner of all three games.
2. Among those who do, the entrant with the lowest cumulative score differential wins. (based on each team's differential from actual score -- NOT COMBINED GAME TOTAL)
ADD SIXTEEN BRACKET
ONLY 64 TEAM CONTEST
ADD SIXTEEN BRACKET
ADD FINAL FOURCAST
ADD SIXTEEN AND FOURCAST
ONLY SIXTEEN
ONLY FINAL FOURCAST
TOURNAMENT OF SIXTEEN RULES
Enter the point values for a correct pick in each round of the 16 team tournament:
Sixteen Round
Eight Round
Final Four
Championship
CHOOSE SCORING TYPE
MULTIPLY SEED RANK
STRAIGHT
MULTIPLY SEED RANK
PLUS SEED RANK
MULTIPLY UNDERDOG VALUE
PLUS UNDERDOG VALUE
DOUBLE VALUE
RND PTS + (SEED RANK * RND)
1)
STRAIGHT SCORING
- Score Each Correct Pick With Value of Round Points Above.
2)
MULTIPLY SEED RANK
- Multiply Round Point Values By Seed Ranking of Winning Team.
3)
PLUS SEED RANK
- Add Round Point Values With Seed Ranking of Winning Team.
4)
MULTIPLY UNDERDOG VALUE
- Multiply Point Value of Round By Seed Rank Difference of the Two Competing Teams.
5)
PLUS UNDERDOG VALUE
- Add Point Value of Round With Seed Rank Difference of the Two Competing Teams.
6)
DOUBLE VALUE
- If Lower Seed Wins, Double the Round Point Values.
7)
RND PTS + (SEED RANK * RND)
- Multiply the Round number (1-6) with the Seed Rank and then add in the Round Point Values
TOURNAMENT OF FOUR RULES
NO SETTINGS NECESARY FOR BASIC GAME
OPTIONAL SCORING: If combining totals from all 3 contests, set these scoring parameters to add to the 64 TEAM BRACKET CONTEST and SWEET SIXTEEN CONTEST
Final Four
Champ Game
COMBINED SCORING
Combine the scoring of all three contests into one grand total.
NO
YES
RULES TEXT
Rules Headline:
Explain Your Pool Rules:
LEADERBOARD TEXT
Leaderboard Headline:
Leaderboard Commentary:
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BANNER LOCATION to Menu Buttons:
ABOVE
ABOVE
BELOW
SITE BANNER (recommended 1000x150):
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SITE BANNER LINK (optional):
LEADERBOARD SIDE IMAGES
LEFT SIDE IMAGE (recommended 150x200):
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RIGHT SIDE IMAGE (recommded 150x200):
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Show Chat Board?
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Edit Chat Text
EMAILS:
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MISSING PICKS
EMAIL REPORTS
TO INVITE CONTESTANTS:
1 - Copy the below information and the above emails into your email software to INVITE contestants to your contest.
Come Join our March Madness Bracket Pool
BRACKET
Rules:
Round Values**
Rnd1: 1
Rnd2: 2
SW16: 4
E8: 8
FF: 12
CHMP: 16
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HIDE ELEMENTS
Content Max Width:
Time Zone:
EST
CST
MST
PST
Second Chance Email list (upload secondchance.txt)
YES
NO
Hide HEAD Menu (the main menu of the site):
YES
NO
Hide Title Bar (bold name of the contest sitting above buttons):
NO
YES
NO
Hide BigTourney Footer (the copyright info and disclaimer at bottome):
YES
NO
Add Tech Support Button? (button appears above the footer linked to our email address):
YES
NO
Hide Tiebreaker Question (exclude the tiebreaker question from the contest):
YES
NO
Hide Scoring Block? (hide the scoring rules from the entry screen):
YES
NO
Add Extra Leaderboards:
YES
NO
CUSTOMIZED RULES
If customer just wants a specific week period and not the full season:
Weeks Start At:
Weeks End At:
CONTEST MULTI WEEK CONTEST?:
YES
NO
CREATE YOUR OWN ENTRIES/QUESTIONS - The below buttons are if you dont want to use the universal results and want to create custom contest with its own bracket/contest teams and winners
CREATE YOUR OWN BRACKET/QUESTIONS
FORM DATA
Field Names (ie: |Name|User|Email):
Field Required (ie: |YES|NO|EMAIL):
Add Form Address Fields (fields 4-7)?:
YES
NO
Additional Form Data (appears below the data entry fields. mainly used for a disclaimer message for use of information):
Which field is a location filter:
Location Question?:
Locations (commas seperated):
If no locations, minimum entries to qualify for leaderboard:
CONDITIONAL DATA FIELD
Which data field has Conditional Question (1-10):
Conditional Question?:
Answer Option 1:
Conditional Question (html) 1:
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Conditional Question (html) 2:
Answer Option 3:
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Answer Option 5:
Conditional Question (html)5:
ENTRYCODES
Many times a customer only wants certain people to enter the contest. To enable that, we use entry codes. An entrant would first have to enter this code to reach the entry form and enter the contest. Commonly used with our casino customers in reward point bonuses.
Require a Entry/Register Code to Enter (code):
Celebrity Entry Codes - This is to highlight a celebrity in your contest. The celebrity would have his leaderboard line above the regular leaderboard so everyone knows how the celebrity performed.:
Hide Entry Code Reference:
YES
NO
Require a Unique Purchase ID:
YES
NO
Substitute the words ENTRY INFORMATION for:
EMAIL INPUT/OUTPUT
Block Sending ALL Emails?:
YES
NO
Allow Only Emails Matching File (emailmatch.inc):
YES
NO
Restrict Emails To Particular Domain?:
Allow Access to only these IPs:
Text/HTML for Block Page
Entry Email Text (confirmation):
Post Picks Confirmation Back Color:
Email Image:
UPLOAD: (images must be under 1MB in size and be a jpg or png only)
Email Image Link:
SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Link:
Twitter Link:
Instagram Link:
Linkedin Link:
Youtube Channel:
Blog Link:
Custom Favicon:
Website Link:
Social Image:
UPLOAD: (images must be under 1MB in size and be a jpg or png only)
Social Catch Phrase:
Social Hashtag:
Google Tag Script:
Google Tag Body:
Meta Tags:
COLORS AND FONTS
MAIN MENU BUTTONS
Button Color:
Button Font Color:
Button Radius:
Button Font:
Button Font Size:
Button Font Weight:
Load Google Fonts|:
Button Border:
Home Button Link (corporate site address):
SECONDARY BUTTONS
Button Color:
Button Font Color:
Madness Bracket Bar Color (only contests that have a bracket):
FORM MENU
Form Background Color:
Form Font Color:
TITLE HEAD
Title Header Background:
Title Header Font Color:
TOP PAGE LOGO & HEADER
Logo Position:
FIXED
ABSOLUTE
Header Height:
Content From Top:
Admin Content From Top:
Hide HEADER (top 70px bar at to the top of the screen):
YES
YES
NO
Logo Header Background Color (Hexidecimal):
Logo Header Shadow? - Runs along the bottom of the header:
NO
YES
NO
Logo Image:
UPLOAD: (images must be under 1MB in size and be a jpg or png only)
Logo Link (href):
Logo Location:
left
center
right
Logo Location (from Left or Right):
Logo Location (from top):
Logo Width (height will remain proportional):
SECOND HEADER
Header Height:
Header Top:
Header Z-Index:
Header Position:
FIXED
ABSOLUTE
Header Content:
Header Background Color:
BACKGROUND
Background Color:
Background Image:
UPLOAD: (images must be under 1MB in size and be a jpg or png only)
Mobile Background Image:
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More Background Instructions:
MORE IMAGES
Pick Header:
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Results Header:
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SPLASH
Remove Splash?:
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NO
Splash Image:
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Splash Link:
No Splash Buttons?:
YES
NO
Above HMENU:
Splash Prizes:
Pool Info (Splash Page):
SCROLLING LEADERBOARD BANNERS
Link:
https://thebigtourney.com/madness/sitedemo/cget.php?getting=contestmadnessdisplayresults
Top Banner:
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Second Banner:
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Third Banner:
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Fourth Banner:
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Scroll Time/Ad placement in leaderboard: Every?
QR Code:
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OTHER SITE ITEMS
Just a Master Leaderboard? - meaning this site is just a master leaderboard for a bunch of connected sites and does not have its own contest entry:
YES
NO
Leaderboard Pagination (per page):
Bracket Entry Height:
Over 4K Entries:
YES
NO
Hide Entry Info:
YES
NO
Hide Search:
YES
NO
Hide Extra Reports:
YES
NO
RULES PAGE
Altername RULES button name):
Modal Popup Text:
Rules Text Here:
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EXTRA HTML:
Custom JS (http):
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