Challenge is a competition based on results of the 2016 NCAA® Division I Men's College Basketball Tournament. On March 15, 2016, the selection committee will seed the qualifying college basketball teams of the Tournament. Participants will attempt to select the winners of all the games of the Tournament. Participants will earn points by correctly predicting the winning teams in the games of the Tournament. The number of points awarded for each correct pick of a winning game of the Tournament will increase with each round of the Tournament. The exact number of points awarded in this Sweepstakes is set forth in the Making Picks section below. Registration for the Bracket Challenge will open on Sunday, March 15, 2016.

Deadline to enter the challenge is March 19th.
The competition will run through the final game of the Tournament scheduled for April 6, 2016.
The APTS reserves the right to determine eligibility for each contestant.

No Cost
The Sweepstakes is FREE to play. No purchase or entry fee necessary to enter.

The Administrator
Cross Platform Media, LLC. will serve as the Administrator of Sweepstakes and will be responsible for resolving any disputes that arise regarding violations of the rules.

2016 APTS NCAA TOURNAMENT PRIZES

First Place Overall - The APTS Magazine Championship Trophy & $250 cash
First Overall Company Average Score - The APTS Magazine Team Championship Trophy & $100 gift card
Second Place Overall (Individual Only) - $100

First Round Individual - $50
First Round Company Average Score* - $50 gift card

Second Round Individual - $50
Second Round Company Average Score* - $50 gift card

Third Round Individual - $50
Third Round Company Average Score* - $50 gift card

* Must have a minimum of 3 entrants from your company

PLAYING

Signing Up
You must be a Registered Users of the Bracket Challenge in order to play. You can sign up any time by going to to the URL: and follow the onscreen instructions in order to enter.

Selection Deadline
Brackets will be filled on March 15, 2016 and posted on-line under the "Brackets" link on the Sweepstakes site. Participants picks must be submitted by 12:00 PM ET on March 19, 2016. The Administrator may send a reminder e-mail on March 19, 2016 to Participants who have signed up but haven't yet submitted picks..

Making Picks

After you sign up, you will have access to an on-line brackets page listing 63 of the 68 eligible NCAA® Division I Men's College Basketball Tournament teams and their round one match-ups.

Note: The 64th through 68th teams will be determined by First Round Tournament games on Tuesday, March 18, 2016 and Wednesday, March 19, 2016. Those games will not be counted in this Sweepstakes. Prior to completion of those games, the 64th through 68th teams will be listed on our brackets page as "Team 1/Team 2," and Participants are free to pick " Team 1/Team 2" in the first round if they want to submit picks before the such game is complete.

Participants must enter their projected winners of 63 games of the Tournament, round by round, beginning with the second round. Beginning with round two, the Administrator will weigh predictions for each successive round more heavily than the previous round in accordance with the table below. Points will be awarded by multiplying your number of correct predictions of winning teams in each round of the Sweepstakes by the weight assigned to each applicable round. For example, you would receive five (5) points for five correct predictions of winning teams in round one, and ten (10) points for five correct predictions of winning teams in round two. You will receive an individual score for each of the six Tournament rounds; and an overall score, which is the combined total of your individual round scores.

Legal Disclaimers
All Participants agree to abide by the terms of these Official Rules and the Legal Disclaimers below, and by the decisions of Cross Platform Media, LLC which are final and binding on all matters pertaining to the game.

General Conditions
By entering, each Participant accepts and agrees to be bound by these rules and by the decisions of Cross Platform Media, LLC, which shall be final and binding in all respects. Taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the Grand Prize Winner. No substitution or transfer of the Grand Prize is permitted. Cross Platform Media, LLC reserves the right to substitute the Grand Prize for one of equal or greater value in the event that an advertised Grand Prize is unavailable.

All federal, state and local, laws and regulations apply.

The Brack Challenge is not responsible for lost, late or misdirected on-line entries or transactions, for incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete entry information whether caused by a Participant, equipment, or technical malfunction or for any human error, technical error or malfunctions. In the event that a scheduled game is canceled or preempted for any reason, no points will be awarded for that week for players on the affected NCAA teams.

The Bracket Challenge Entities are not responsible for typographical or other human or technical errors in the offer or administration of this Sweepstakes, including but not limited to errors in advertising, the Official Rules, the selection and announcement of the Grand Prize Winner or the distribution of the Grand Prize.

The Bracket Challenge reserves the right to modify these rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the Bracket Challenge. This Bracket Challenge is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NCAA or any NCAA team. This is a game designed to increase consumer awareness of and interest in the TheAPTS.com website and service.