PickHoops QuickFact

In sixteen years, the first-round game between the #8 and #9 seeded teams has been split almost evenly (33-31).
PickHoops QuickFact

Since PickHoops was founded, no #15 or #16 seeds have made it to the round of 16.
PickHoops QuickFact

Since PickHoops was founded, three schools have advanced to the round of 16 at least 10 times (Duke, Kentucky, and Kansas).
PickHoops QuickFact

Since PickHoops was founded, UNC has 6 appearances in the national semifinals.
PickHoops QuickFact

Since 1996, only one team seeded lower than #5 has reached the national championship game (#8 Butler in 2011).
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Since PickHoops started, UCLA has 3 appearances in the national semifinals.
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During PickHoops history, 55 #1 seeds have made it to the round of 16, an average of more than 3 per year.
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Since 1996, eleven #12 seeds have advanced to the round of 16.
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Since PickHoops was founded, three schools have advanced to the round of 16 at least 10 times (Duke, Kentucky, and Kansas).
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In sixteen years, the Big East has had seven different schools advance to the national semifinals (Connecticut, West Virginia, Villanova, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, and Syracuse).
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In sixteen years, Kentucky has made the round of 16 ten times.
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In sixteen years, one #4 seed team has won the championship (Arizona in 1997).
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Since PickHoops was founded, no champion has been lower than a #4 seed.
PickHoops QuickFact

During PickHoops history, UCLA has 3 appearances in the national semifinals.
PickHoops QuickFact

During PickHoops history, three schools have advanced to the round of 16 at least 10 times (Duke, Kentucky, and Kansas).
PickHoops QuickFact

Since PickHoops was founded, the national semifinals have featured four #1 seeds only once, in 2008.
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Since PickHoops started, the lowest seeds to advance to the national semifinals were George Mason University (2006) and Virginia Commonwealth (2011), both #11 seeds from the Colonial Athletic Association.
PickHoops QuickFact

Since PickHoops started, three schools have advanced to the round of 16 at least 10 times (Duke, Kentucky, and Kansas).
PickHoops QuickFact

Since 1996, no #15 or #16 seeds have made it to the round of 16.
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During PickHoops history, the SEC has four champions (Kentucky twice and Florida twice).
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Since PickHoops started, more #13 seeds (3) have advanced to the round of 16 than #9 seeds (2).
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Since 1996, the most common number of #1 seeds in the national semifinals is 2 (six times) and 1 (five times).
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In sixteen years, no #15 or #16 seeds have made it to the round of 16.
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Since PickHoops was founded, the Pac 10 has had three different schools advance to the national semifinals (UCLA, Arizona, and Stanford).
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In sixteen years, Connecticut has 4 appearances in the national semifinals.

PickHoops Features Tour


Managing your college basketball tournament bracket contest has never been easier.

Create a group online for your friends to join and enter their college basketball tournament brackets.

After you create your group, invite your friends to:

http://2011.pickhoops.com/mygroup
where "mygroup" is a name of your choosing.

Then your friends can enter their brackets and standings will be automatically generated online. There's no software to install, no ads anywhere, and we'll never send spam to you or your group members.

 

Customize

Make your own jersey Customize your group's settings and set up your bracket scoring system and tiebreakers any way you want.

Change the look and feel of your PickHoops page, down to the color, name, number, and font of your jersey. Then talk trash with your group on the message boards and create instant voting polls.

Bracketize

NCAA bracket Each group member enters their bracket using PickHoops's state-of-the-art entry forms. Then, as tournament results come in, PickHoops will automatically update your group's stats and standings.

Choose your picks yourself or try the Quick Pick; one click and picks are generated by the computer. Don't like your bracket? Reload and try again until you have the perfect picks.

Organize

College basketball standings In addition to all the standings, statistics, and reports you'd expect, PickHoops has exclusive features like the Risk Assessor. Using advanced modelling, we calculate the "riskiness" of your upset picks based on past tournament results of similarly seeded teams.

PickHoops boasts comprehensive "Best Result" scenarios that tell you who is still alive in the race for your group championship and what teams they should root for.
Contact us for details on how to customize and re-brand your PickHoops contest as your own, with your own logo at the top of each page.

2011 Pricing


Group# of bracketsPriceCustom
scoring
Risk
reports
Best-result
standings
Starterup to 25$9.95YesYesYes
Basicup to 50$19.95YesYesYes
Standardup to 100$29.95YesYesYes
Premiumup to 150$39.95YesYesYes
PremiumPlusup to 250$49.95YesYesYes
PremiumMaxup to 500$79.95YesYesYes
Ultimateup to 750$99.95YesYesYes
UltimatePlusup to 1000$129.95YesYesYes
UltimateMaxup to 1500$169.95YesYesYes

Contact us for information about larger groups or customized corporate games that can be embedded in your website.

You can upgrade your group after purchase, for the difference in price plus a $1 transaction fee.
All prices are in US dollars.

PickHoops accepts major credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express), checks, and Paypal.

Testimonials

Actual quotes from actual past users:
"I received 50 plus compliments, and I will not hesitate to use your site again."

"The service you share by eliminating advertising, automating the pool enrollment process, and providing tabulation services is infinitely superior to any other option on the market."

"This is the third year I have worked with you and you do it better each time."

"I have used TurboTourney in the past and I find this much more user-friendly."

"We are extremely impressed on how quickly you update the standings after the games conclude. We also love the fact that later in the tournament you produce a grid that shows your best possible finish. These features make the site one of the best out there."

"I am very pleased that I chose your site! The feedback has been awesome."

"Your site is great, and I have had a number of compliments from the participants in my pool. I will look forward to using your site again next year."

"You guys are doing a great job. This site is the best thing since sliced bread."

"Every year I look around and test other sites. Every year, I come to the same conclusion that you guys are the best by far."


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