Schedule/Scoring
The tournament schedule and scoring system are indicated below. The deadline for making picks for each of the four brackets and the final rounds is 12:00 PM ET on Thursday, March 20, 2008.
| Round | Dates | Teams | Games | Points (if correct) |
Total (max. possible) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round | Mar. 20-21 | 64 | 32 | 10 | 320 |
| Second Round | Mar. 22-23 | 32 | 16 | 20 | 320 |
| Regional Semifinals | Mar. 27-28 | 16 | 8 | 40 | 320 |
| Regional Finals | Mar. 29-30 | 8 | 4 | 80 | 320 |
| National Semifinals | Apr. 5 | 4 | 2 | 140 | 280 |
| National Championship | Apr. 7 | 2 | 1 | 200 | 200 |
| Totals | 63 | 1,760 |