• Join the 2017 TGT Tournament Challenge Group

    March Madness is upon us and that means it is time for the 2017 TGT Tournament Challenge on ESPN.com. It is free to join the group and the winner of the Tournament Challenge group will receive their choice of either a $20 PSN, XBL, or Nintendo card if they are not a site Donator. If a site Donator wins, they will receive a free game of their choosing (up to $60 value). (Must be Donator by March 22, 2017.)

    Feel free to invite friends and family to join the group. The more, the merrier! Continue on for a direct link to the Tournament Challenge group and then share your Final Four predictions with the community.

    In addition to the Men's Tournament Challenge group, there is also TGT groups for the Women's Tournament Challenge. There is no prize for that group, simply pride.


    ESPN (Men's) Tournament Challenge - Winner receives choice of $20 PSN or XBL Card

    Get in on the excitement of this year's NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Compete against other fans as you fill out a bracket and earn points for every correct pick! If you score the most points, you'll have a chance to win the grand prize of a $10,000 Amazon Gift Card and a trip to the 2017 Maui Invitational. Best of all, it's free to play and win. [Printable bracket available here - PDF]

    Get in the action now! Group: The Gaming Tailgate



    ESPN (Women's) Tournament Challenge

    Get in on the excitement of this year's NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. Compete against other fans as you fill out a bracket and earn points for every correct pick! Get a group together and earn plenty of bragging rights amongst your friends by winning it all. Best of all, it's free to play and win.

    Get in the action now! Group: The Gaming Tailgate
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    1. jaymo76's Avatar
      jaymo76 -
      Damn you NC! I was leading the group pretty much non stop... and now it's over. Grrr! I was looking forward to a second victory in our NCAA group... but no such luck.
    1. bjrod9's Avatar
      bjrod9 -
      Quote Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes View Post
      And it comes down to four people.

      Bjrod would win right now if North Carolina and Gonzaga both lose next weekend. To guarantee a win, he needs North Carolina to lose to Oregon.

      CLW would win by 20 points over bjrod if Gonzaga beats North Carolina in the championship game. That is his only chance, if North Carolina loses in the Final Four, he won't have enough points to catch bjrod.

      Myself and TigerJustin13 MUST have North Carolina win the entire tournament AND have South Carolina knock off Gonzaga in the Final Four to have any hope of passing bjrod and CLW and ending in a tie for first place.

      Somehow, the impossible combination of wins and losses came to fruition for us thanks to South Carolina shocking the nation.

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      It has been a lucky run.


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    1. cdj's Avatar
      cdj -
      I think I'm in the 'anyone but UNC' camp. I like having new bloods in the Final Four instead of the Kansas' Duke's, etc.
    1. SmoothPancakes's Avatar
      SmoothPancakes -
      Quote Originally Posted by bjrod9 View Post
      It has been a lucky run.


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      Yeah, you've had good picks and some lucky endings to a couple of those close games.

      I also gotta give you credit with the Gonzaga pick. I just couldn't pull the trigger on them and had picked them to lose to Notre Dame in the Sweet Sixteen. I've picked them to go fairly far the last couple years and always would get burned when they would end up losing in only the second round or Sweet Sixteen, so you made a great call on picking them all the way this year. If they're gonna win a national championship, this year is the one to get it done.

      I know thing, next weekend is gonna be fun to watch!

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    1. bdoughty's Avatar
      bdoughty -
      Miss St beating UConn was easily the best game of both tournaments. A team that UConn beat by 60 points in the Sweet Sixteen last year comes back to break the streak. Watched the whole game and when it went to OT and Miss St lost their best scorer I thought it was over. Neither team shot the ball worth a flip but Miss St was the aggressor and hit the offensive boards. Not to mention State having the female version of Muggsy Bogues making the game winner, plus scoring 40 against Baylor to beat them in the previous game. If you missed this the Final should be a really good matchup.

      SEC SEC SEC, kidding of course.
    1. cdj's Avatar
      cdj -
      After the terrible flagrant foul call, I thought UConn was going to win it. However, when they took that quick shot instead of holding for final, they basically asked MSU to pull it out.


      South Carolina tried, but they were in a hole too long today and just couldn't keep the lead once they had it briefly in the second half.

      Oregon-UNC has been a really good game so far.
    1. SmoothPancakes's Avatar
      SmoothPancakes -
      OK, so my math was off. It's down to three. CLW wins the pick em with a Gonzaga victory Monday night with 1330 points. Bjrod would finish second with 1310. There's no way for Bjrod to catch up to CLW now.

      However, if North Carolina wins, myself and TigerJustin13 will jump both CLW and Bjrod and finish tied for first with a final tally of 1110, beating CLW by 100 points.

      I miscalculated the amount of points for a correct Final Four pick so I thought Gonzaga winning would screw me and TigerJustin13 out of catching up to CLW, but we are still within distance to jump him with a North Carolina championship.

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    1. souljahbill's Avatar
      souljahbill -
      Congrats to North and South Carolina. Since a victory in one state makes the other happy, there are a lot of excited people in United Carolina.


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    1. bdoughty's Avatar
      bdoughty -
      Quote Originally Posted by souljahbill View Post
      Congrats to North and South Carolina. Since a victory in one state makes the other happy, there are a lot of excited people in United Carolina.
      Let's just hope that this appeases the fine people of Charleston.
    1. cdj's Avatar
      cdj -
      Congrats to Smooth Pancakes & TigerJustin on winning the tourney! Please PM me to claim your prize.
    1. souljahbill's Avatar
      souljahbill -
      Quote Originally Posted by bdoughty View Post
      Let's just hope that this appeases the fine people of Charleston.
      I thought Clemson beating Bama would be enough but the pain clearly runs deep.


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    1. SmoothPancakes's Avatar
      SmoothPancakes -
      Quote Originally Posted by cdj View Post
      Congrats to Smooth Pancakes & TigerJustin on winning the tourney! Please PM me to claim your prize.
      Thanks Chris!

      I don't know how, it took some major miracle magic, but somehow pulled off the trifecta! Swept the NFL Pick Em, Bowl Mania and now March Madness/Tournament Challenge. What a time to be a Pancake!

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    1. steelerfan's Avatar
      steelerfan -
      Quote Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes View Post
      Thanks Chris!

      I don't know how, it took some major miracle magic, but somehow pulled off the trifecta! Swept the NFL Pick Em, Bowl Mania and now March Madness/Tournament Challenge. What a time to be a Pancake!

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      Congrats.

      I suppose being a smooth pancake is a helluva lot better than being a blue waffle. 😂🤢

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    1. souljahbill's Avatar
      souljahbill -
      Quote Originally Posted by steelerfan View Post
      Congrats.

      I suppose being a smooth pancake is a helluva lot better than being a blue waffle. [emoji23]🤢

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      So gross! [emoji38][emoji38][emoji38]


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    1. SmoothPancakes's Avatar
      SmoothPancakes -
      Quote Originally Posted by steelerfan View Post
      Congrats.

      I suppose being a smooth pancake is a helluva lot better than being a blue waffle. 😂🤢

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      I would have to agree with you there!

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    1. bdoughty's Avatar
      bdoughty -
      I was not familiar with the term "Blue Waffle."