How It Works
Overview
Draft individual players from the NCAA tournament. Score their actual game points. The more your players score, the more you win.
An admin creates a pool, sets the stakes, and shares a join link. Everyone ranks players before the deadline. The system runs a snake draft, builds rosters, and tracks scores through the tournament.
Drafting
How do I draft?
Rank every available player before the deadline. Your #1 pick is the player you want most. Use the drag-and-drop grid or upload a CSV spreadsheet.
What is a snake draft?
Pick order reverses each round to keep things fair.
What if I miss the deadline?
The system auto-drafts for you — randomly or by tournament seeding. Submit your own rankings to avoid this.
Can a pool have multiple drafts?
Yes. A pool can draft at different stages of the tournament. Draft 1 might pick 10 players before the Round of 64; Draft 2 picks 4 more before the Sweet 16. Each draft adds to your roster.
Scoring
How do players score?
Every point a player scores in a tournament game counts. If your player puts up 22 in a game, you get 22 fantasy points.
When do points start counting?
Only from games after the draft that selected them. A player drafted in Draft 2 (starting at the Sweet 16) earns nothing from the first two rounds.
What about eliminated players?
They stop scoring. No penalty — just lost opportunity.
Can I trade or drop players?
No. Rosters lock after each draft runs.
Payouts
How does the money work?
No buy-in. Each pool sets a point value in cents. Everyone pays the point value times however many points 1st place beat them by. Those payments pool together and split among the top finishers.
Example
Point value: 10¢. First place scores 500 points.
- 2nd place (450 pts): owes 50 × 10¢ = $5.00
- 3rd place (400 pts): owes 100 × 10¢ = $10.00
- 4th place (380 pts): owes 120 × 10¢ = $12.00
Total pot: $27.00, split by the pool's prize rules (e.g. 60/30/10).