BTown Banners Bracket Mania Challenge 2026

[TheWatShot]

In another group I'm in, I'm currently behind two people who picked Nebraska and Penn to win it all. 

[Uspshoosier]

[CrossboneIU22]

Final Standings - Congrats hoosierfarmboy82 for first, Rico on 2nd and CrossboneIU22 for 3rd place!

Group Leaders

Rank	Owner/Bracket/Champ	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Round of 8	Round of 4	Championship	Pts/Poss Pts
1st	Clint hoosierfarmboy82 Michigan	29	18	20	16	16	32	131/131
2nd	Rico Rico Michigan	25	22	20	16	16	32	131/131
3rd	Nick CrossboneIU22 Michigan	28	24	20	8	16	32	128/128
4th	Tundra Wookies ALASKAHOOSIER Michigan	27	20	16	16	16	32	127/127
5th	BB BannerVille Michigan	23	16	16	24	16	32	127/127
6th	J RaceToTheTop Arizona	26	26	20	24	16	0	112/112
7th	CHRIS GeeperGibson Michigan	24	20	12	8	16	32	112/112
8th	Natty's Nards Bracket Duke	25	20	16	24	16	0	101/101
9th	Pappy Pappy's Bracket Houston	24	20	16	24	16	0	100/100
10th	BeerBQ BeerBQ Duke	27	20	20	16	16	0	99/99
11th	Michael RoadRage Illinois	26	20	24	24	0	0	94/94
12th	Mark kottke Arizona	24	26	20	24	0	0	94/94
13th	Brian LIHoosier Arizona	25	16	12	24	16	0	93/93
14th	Jerm Cub Fan JermHoosierFan KickAss Bracket Duke	26	22	12	16	16	0	92/92
15th	jwrobiso jwrobiso's Official Bracket Arizona	27	26	20	16	0	0	89/89
16th	Tyler Crimson and Cream Arizona	23	22	16	24	0	0	85/85
17th	timothy USPSHoosier Arizona	27	24	16	16	0	0	83/83
18th	shane shane's Mind-Blowing Bracket Arizona	25	24	16	16	0	0	81/81
19th	Garrett Gnet550 Duke	25	22	16	16	0	0	79/79
20th	Larry Home Jersey Arizona	28	22	12	16	0	0	78/78
21st	Jason HoosierCoop Arizona	27	22	20	8	0	0	77/77
22nd	Mike mjeze106 Arizona	24	24	20	8	0	0	76/76
23rd	JJ Johnsoniu Arizona	25	22	12	16	0	0	75/75
24th	Andrew TheWatShot Arizona	27	26	12	8	0	0	73/73
25th	Ronald ronzo44 Duke	24	22	16	8	0	0	70/70
26th	RHONDA RHONDA's Expert Bracket Arizona	24	22	16	8	0	0	70/70
27th	David TadQueasy Arizona	26	22	12	8	0	0	68/68
28th	Josh Josh Arizona	24	20	16	8	0	0	68/68
29th	Tom Benson Tom Benson's Tip-Top Bracket Arizona	27	24	8	8	0	0	67/67
30th	Raor raorIU Iowa St.	26	20	12	8	0	0	66/66
31st	adam adam's Bold Bracket Arizona	27	18	8	8	0	0	61/61
32nd	Joe Joe's Boss Bracket Florida	25	22	12	0	0	0	59/59

[CrossboneIU22]

Some final notes:

Champion Picks

#1 Michigan - 6 picks (Highest finish of 1st, Lowest finish of 7th place)

#1 Duke - 5 picks (Highest finish of 8th, Lowest finish of 25th place)

#1 Arizona - 17 picks (Highest finish of 6th, Lowest finish of 31st place)

#1 Florida - 1 pick (Finished in 32nd place)

 

#2 Houston - 1 pick (Finished in 9th place)

#2 Iowa State - 1 pick (Finished in 30th place)

#2 Purdue - 0 (N/A)

#2 Connecticut - 0 (N/A)

 

#3 Illinois - 1 pick (Finished in 11th place)

#3 Michigan St - 0 (N/A)

#3 Gonzaga - 0 (N/A)

#3 Virginia - 0 (N/A)

 

Top 5 Spots had a total point differential of only 4 points (131-127)

Top 9 Spots all had over 100 points.

 

See you all next year where hopefully we are filling out brackets that finally include our own Indiana Hoosiers!

[LIHoosier]

My first weekend was terrible and somehow I got 3/4 of the Final 4 right which made my bracket respectable.

[ALASKA HOOSIER]

and congratulations to ALASKA HOOSIER for 4th place