The NCAA Tournament has arrived, and it’s full-on bracket season. Millions of Americans are filling out brackets for the men’s and women’s tournaments, and in all likelihood, so are you. Maybe you’re filling out more than one. You might have your chalk bracket, your random bracket, your upset bracket, your mascot bracket or your analytics bracket. All of them work. Whatever your system is, it’s yours.
But then again, maybe you want something a little different. Maybe you’re getting tired of the traditional bracket. Or maybe your thirst for more NCAA madness knows no bounds, and you need a new game to switch things up.
You get what this is leading up to: We’re breaking down some non-bracket pools you could create or join to give the whole March Madness thing a different — even fresher — feel.
Survivor pool
Survivor pools are more commonly associated with weekly NFL picks, but nothing is stopping you from creating one for the NCAA Tournament. These pools seem to be picking up in popularity recently.
You pick one team per tournament day, and if your team wins, you advance on to the next day. If your team loses, you are out. Sounds simple? Not so fast.
You can only pick a specific team once, so if you go with Connecticut in the first round as a safe bet to advance to…
