BracketBids vs ChalkPicks

Don't just fill out a bracket this year. With BracketBids, you can create your own league, invite your friends, family and coworkers, and bid against one another as each of you vie to win your favorite teams for the upcoming college hoops tournaments. With BracketBids, everyone can play. The goal is to outwit and outbid your fellow league members in order to secure the teams that you feel will go the furthest in the tournament. The more games your teams win, the more points you win and the higher you climb up your league’s standings. With our set salary cap, auction rules, and scoring models, anyone can play and enjoy both the men's and the women's basketball tournaments like never before. Before the first tip in the Round of 64, enjoy a live auction with your league members. Each of you will bid to secure your favorite teams for the upcoming tournament. Once the auction is finished, sit back and enjoy the games while your teams compete, and you climb up your league's leaderboard. League Play includes: Auction Drafts Custom League Scoring Settings Private League Chat Real Time Updates Bracket Tracking League History Free Contest: Enjoy our free contest where you as an individual compete against the entire BracketBids community. Pick your teams, stay under the cap and submit your lineup for the upcoming tournament. We also offer strategy articles, team breakdowns and an average auction value on each team so you can gain the upper hand. So this year, don't just fill out and eventually tear apart your bracket after Round 1. Create a league, outbid your fellow league members and cheer on your teams as they advance through the tournament.

Stop filling out brackets. Start drafting teams. ChalkPicks is the tournament pool app that turns March Madness into a fantasy draft. Grab 3 friends, draft NCAA teams in real time, and compete for points as your teams advance through every round — from the Round of 64 to the Championship. LIVE SNAKE DRAFT Take turns picking teams in a real-time snake draft with a shot clock. Strategize around seeds, matchups, and your friends' picks. Auto-draft kicks in if you miss your window. The pool owner can pause, extend the timer, or undo picks — full control, zero hassle. INTERACTIVE BRACKET Watch the tournament unfold on a full, color-coded bracket. Every team is highlighted with its owner's color so you can see at a glance who's alive, who's eliminated, and who's pulling ahead. LIVE GAME TRACKER Follow every game with real-time ESPN scores, tip-off times, and TV networks — all filtered to the teams in your pool. No more flipping between apps. SCOREBOARD & PAYOUTS Points stack as your teams win, with underdogs earning more per round. The scoreboard tracks standings, shows point breakdowns, and calculates winners automatically. BUILT-IN CHAT Talk trash, celebrate upsets, and mourn eliminations right inside your pool. No separate group text needed. NOT JUST MARCH MADNESS Run pools for Big Ten, ACC, SEC, and Big 12 conference tournaments too — with automatic team counts and bracket formats for each. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create a pool and invite friends 2. Draft teams in a live snake draft 3. Earn points as your teams win games 4. Higher seeds score more — but underdogs multiply faster 5. Most points at the end wins ChalkPicks makes tournament season the best three weeks of the year.