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2025 March Madness Bracket (Excel and Google Sheet)

March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=96&D=Mm&R=G
March Madness Bracket 2024 Ncaa Men S Basketball Championship Bracket Google Sheets

Our favorite NCAA tournament is finally BACK for 2025!  And we're ready with this year's March Madness Bracket templates for Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets.

Download links below!

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Your 2025 March Madness Bracket template is here! Whether you are in charge of running your office pool, looking for a bracket to plan your bets, or just a really organized fan of college basketball, we’ve put together an easy to use spreadsheet for tracking this year’s tournament in Excel or Google Sheets.

There are tons of downloadable March Madness brackets out there, so if you’ve come to us to download a copy, it’s probably because you know that our sheets will contain cool features that others won’t (we’re spreadsheet addicts).

If, like us, you’re interested in spreadsheets, keep reading below the links! If you just want to download your 2025 March Madness template, just jump to the bottom of the post.

We’ve added both an Excel and Google Sheets template version for the 2025 Women’s NCAA Division 1 Basketball Championship. Thanks to Angel for the request! 

What we Added

Okay, okay, we actually didn’t add anything too exciting into the March Madness bracket spreadsheet other than some simple Data Validation. The idea came to us pretty late, so we were more focused on getting the template out for the beginning of the tournament.

The template has a section at the bottom for the “First Four” games which will be starting tomorrow! If you look at the main bracket, you’ll see the placeholders such as “VAN / WICH” showing for the slots that are still undetermined. If you’re betting on those slots don’t worry, selecting your choice at the bottom will automatically update that game for the second round (After Vanderbilt Wins!).

First Round Ncaa Selection Animation

Don’t worry, if you only need the template for the 2nd round, it works great for that too, just ignore (or even delete) the first round section at the bottom.

As for the rest of the bracket, you can simply select from a dropdown out of the two teams that you had selected in the previous round. We thought this was a pretty basic idea, but we hadn’t seen it in any of the other March Madness Bracket spreadsheet templates we had looked at, so we figured we’d make one.  And it works just as you’d expect.

Demo Of Our March Madness Bracket Selection Working Automatically

Saving your 2025 March Madness Bracket Picks

Once you (or your friends) have locked in that perfect bracket and need to send it off to the pool organizer, the best thing to do is either print it or export it as PDF. This ensures that your file isn’t easily or accidentally edited and you can claim your undisputed victory prize.

To save the file as a PDF in Google Sheets, simply go to the File menu and select Download as, and then choose the .pdf option.

Save The March Madness Bracket As A Pdf

For the best results, make sure you turn off gridlines and away you go!

Export Your Google Sheets With Gridlines

Thanks and Good luck with your NCAA bracket! If you need some help with your picks, check out the post from FiveThrityEight on some data-backed March Madness predictions.

Updates

Mar 16, 2025

  • The bracket has been populated with the teams from Selection Sunday 2025. Good luck with your picks!

Feb 17, 2025

  • The bracket has been cleared in preparation for the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
  • The teams will be updated after Selection Sunday on March 16, 2025

Mar 22, 2024

  • Updated both Men’s and Women’s brackets to include winners from the 2024 First Four. 

Mar 17, 2024

  • Updated the Mens 2024 March Madness Brackets with the teams info from Selection Sunday Today. 
  • Fixed Titles in buttons below showing 2023 March Madness Brackets
  • Fixed issue with 16th seed selector for the First For incorrectly showing the winner. 
  • Updated the Womens 2024 March Madness Bracket with the team info from today

Mar 15, 2024

  • Updated the March Madness Brackets with the 2024 dates from the NCAA schedule.  

Mar 14, 2024

  • The bracket has been cleared in preparation for the 2024 NCAA Tournament.
  • We’ll be adding the teams this Sunday March 17 after the 2024 Selection Sunday, but you can download the blank March Madness bracket now!

Feb 20, 2023

  • The bracket has been cleared in preparation for the 2023 NCAA Tournament.
  • We’ll be adding the teams on March 12 after the 2023 Selection Sunday, but you can download the empty March Madness bracket now!

Mar 14, 2022

  • The bracket has been updated with the teams for the 2022 NCAA Tournament.
  • I’ve fixed the issue with the First Four teams populating in placements from the 2021 tournament. 

Feb 18, 2022

  • The bracket has been cleared in preparation for the 2022 NCAA Tournament.
  • We’ll be adding the teams on March 13 after the 2022 Selection Sunday, but you can download the clean March Madness bracket now!

Mar 26, 2021

  • We’ve populated the Women’s 2021 Google Sheets and Excel template with this year’s teams. 
  • We’ve updated the dates on both the men and women’s March Madness brackets. 

Mar 15, 2021

  • We’ve populated the teams for the Men’s 2021 NCAA Tournament Google Sheets and Excel templates.
  • We’ll be updating the Women’s teams after the selection tonight!

Feb 27, 2021

  • We’ve cleared the bracket to get ready for the 2021 NCAA Tournament.
  • We’ll add the teams on March 15 after Selection Sunday, but feel free to download the blank bracket now!

Mar 18, 2019

  • The Selections from yesterday are in! The Google Sheet and Excel version of the Men’s 2019 NCAA Bracket have been updated with this year’s teams.

Feb 20, 2019

  • We’ve cleared the bracket to get ready for this years teams.
  • We’ll be filling in the teams come Selection Sunday, but feel free to grab the blank brackets now!

March 15, 2018

  • Updated the Men’s March Madness bracket to include the results for the First Four
  • Updated the Women’s March Madness bracket with all Selections

March 12, 2018

  • The Selections are in! The Google Sheet and Excel version of the Men’s NCAA March Madness Bracket have been updated with this year’s teams.
  • Added a Total Points Tiebreaker slot for the championship game. (Suggested by Jason)

Feb 21, 2018

  • I’ve cleared both the Microsoft Excel template and the Google Sheets version for both the Men’s and Woman’s Tournament. We’ll update it come Selection Sunday
  • I’ve updated the dates of the tourney this  year, though I think the April 2nd dates from the official site may be wrong5

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207 thoughts on “2025 March Madness Bracket (Excel and Google Sheet)”

          1. March Madness Bracket B27886E97C6366493458Ceb42D74A7D9B6B6086A6C98Ae3B5934236Aae4B1192?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
            Angel

            Just FYI … the buttons are backwards on the Women’s Bracket. The Google Sheets button downloads an Excel sheet and the Excel button takes you to a Google Sheets. 🙂

        2. March Madness Bracket 94E6662E8E0E81Bef4171D47Ce133D6F6D565B0100A7E3B908565A511Ff59F31?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
          Dwight

          Rick,
          I have also done a bracket spreadsheet – not as fancy as yours, but I put the two sides of the bracket on separate sheets of paper so I could print it and tape them together for manual updating offline. I suspect that nobody will find it helpful other than myself. If I knew a way to share the spreadsheet I would offer it.

          Reply
  2. March Madness Bracket Fb82B8Dba2A012045Da00C88B97C1Ad382A7B0Bc455Bf22433584Ab7750Ed1Ca?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Anthony Hill

    I downloaded a copy of the bracket this morning to fill in my bracket and I noticed only one side of the bracket was working. The drop down menus on the right side of the bracket has the teams from the left side of the bracket listed.

    Reply
    1. March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
      Rick Bannerman

      Uh Oh! Thanks for pointing that out! Not sure what happened there. I’ve updated it again so it should be working and be up-to-date for the completed games. Good luck with your picks!

      Reply
  12. March Madness Bracket 6Fe0C814Fbd2Ff0Fbc79538Af9F47B9A9Eecd3E5E66059A9A547D91D2De53D05?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Paul

    the 2017 excel version of the Womens brackets is blank (e.g., not pre-populated with the team names). Will you record the team names today?

    Reply
  13. March Madness Bracket 22Ef549Dbc617E7E673E575853E548Aaf25Bbda130Dbb81C66D99E937C9E715B?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Parker M

    Is there any way to pull the scores from a website like ESPN and put them in the bracket to move teams on automatically based on who has the higher score?

    Reply
    1. March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
      Rick Bannerman

      Hey Parker,

      That would be amazing. I won’t be able to do something like that for this season, but I’ll see what I can come up with for next year. I wonder if there are any API’s for services like that. I’ll look into and let you know!

      Reply
  15. March Madness Bracket Eb934Be363F72Ae52605004753970E76C1E49Bf6F329C688569C1D2Cf371Bd2B?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Korey

    I like the this is set up, could u create a nfl playoff bracket the same way. I would for all picks to be sent to a spreadsheet with there names so all participants can see everybody results

    Reply
  17. March Madness Bracket D29D0D0F7848A1E3A3407Ccc5516522B85B962Fed546B9482690E73B22A4C404?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Jack

    So, will the bracket automatically fill up the teams after selection Sunday or will I need to manually type them in? Thanks!

    Reply
    1. March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
      Rick Bannerman

      Hey Jack! Thanks for downloading.

      This version is just the blank one, so it won’t auto update. But if you come back here after selection Sunday you can download the populated version, the links will be updated as soon as they announce the teams.

      Good luck with your picks!

      Reply
  19. March Madness Bracket A8F87980732068694Fa7628C46354D1F5B79Cc1A18C79E3Ddf5E051B289B32Bd?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    ryan

    Thought about doing one where you can add point spreads? We play one where we draw teams then winner is determined each game by team that covers point spread.

    Reply
  20. March Madness Bracket Ee1Ef2E979D627Ba84D7D9Cc5Ab6Ea21D7B78567827401569C792Dce72Baa73A?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Jon sands

    PLAY IN TEAMS NOT SHOWING IN BRACKET UNLESS I TYPE IN BOTH SPOTS
    ALSO HAVE TO DO Delete one when i pick a winner

    Reply
    1. March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
      Rick Bannerman

      Hey Jon, I hadn’t updated the sheets yet after the selection yesterday, but they’re updated now.

      Nope, the dropdown automatically fill in from who you pick in the previous round. The teams playing in the First Four automatically update the name in the bracket based on the winner you pick at the bottom.

      Good luck with your bracket this year!

      Reply
    1. March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
      Rick Bannerman

      They seem to be working on mine. What version of Excel are you using? Sometimes the dropdown shows up funny on merged cells. In the new version of Excel sometimes it shows up closer to the middle, because that’s the first merged cell.

      Reply
  23. March Madness Bracket 39F08Ea83171C84104E2F0000Ad9837Cd909Eae633B875F20Fe9Be0006B0Bd7D?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Ty

    Awesome Bracket Man!

    Question is there a way to make a “Master Bracket” with subsequent brackets in other tabs. That way you can do automatic scoring for each round and all the subsequent brackets verify and score off the Master?

    Reply
  26. March Madness Bracket 6Eef7219D4F4Ed5F36F4215C5A6D356C68Ec9439905A6D3Abf76C8A8010031B1?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Andrew

    When I download the 2019 Men’s sheets for either excel or google sheets, none of the teams are loaded. Are they supposed to be or do I type in all the teams? I don’t mind typing them in, but your example above suggests that the teams should be there already filled out.

    Reply
    1. March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
      Rick Bannerman

      Hey Andrew,

      Thanks for downloading! The bracket is blank for now just because the teams that will be in the tournament haven’t been selected yet. If you check back on or after Selection Sunday I will update both versions to include this years lineup.

      Good luck with your picks!

      Reply
  29. March Madness Bracket 697620674A4156B675De5Abe699058672187134543D62C85A82243E212D8D05C?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Kurt Michaelson

    I suggested to my father to download the women’s tournament bracket spreadsheet and the women’s teams are not populated. Have I missed something on this Google Sheet? The men’s Google Sheet is good to go.

    Reply
  30. March Madness Bracket 0Cec093678C48E5C8Dd5E11Aaae79C8A8D26780D779Bef206C5D7C088Dd70969?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    James P McIntyre

    How does this work if you want Google Sheets to be where everybody creates their own bracket and submits it to my pool? I tried it with my personal account and my school account. When I made picks, it would change. Am I missing a step?

    Reply
    1. March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
      Rick Bannerman

      Hey James,

      Thanks for downloading! Yeah, once you make a copy to your Google Account it would essentially be a single file, so if you shared that link with edit access with everyone, they would all be controlling the same version of the Google Sheet. You’d need to have everyone make their own copy. The link on our page has the Copy Code added to it, so when you follow the link you are automatically making a copy instead of editing the original. You could send that link to everyone in your pool to make their own or you could add “/copy” to the end of your link if you’ve made changes that you want to share to your version of the march madness bracket in Google Sheets.

      Let me know if that works for you & good luck with your picks!

      Reply
  33. March Madness Bracket 7A12De996384F098B9Ecf81A59C7Be71C818E4984A6F9609576641E20685047F?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Mike

    This looks awesome!
    I’ve been using paper, then entering everybody’s picks via a Java program that I wrote. But this I could give them and have them do it.
    Right now the Excel Men’s 2021 just pops back to the same page. Just not there yet?
    thanks
    Mike

    Reply
    1. March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
      Rick Bannerman

      Awesome thanks so much Mike!

      I just tested and seems to be working for me, make sure your browser isn’t blocking new windows as it opens the download link in a new tab.
      Let me know if you’re still having trouble.

      Thanks again!

      Reply
      1. March Madness Bracket 7A12De996384F098B9Ecf81A59C7Be71C818E4984A6F9609576641E20685047F?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
        Mike

        Weirdly, I tried again tonight. Click on Excel, after a slight delay it comes back to the same page.
        I right-click on Excel and choose “open in link in another tab” and it downloads.
        So I have it, but if anybody else asks …
        (This is in Chrome)
        Thanks
        Mike

        Reply
    1. March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
      Rick Bannerman

      Hey Ashley,

      Clicking the links above should bring you to a screen that allows you to copy the Sheets document. If not, it’s most likely related to an organizational GSuite account rule. You could try with your personal account. You shouldn’t have to request to access it. The majority of the time I see this happening are with School GSuite accounts that the administrators have locked down.

      Reply
  35. March Madness Bracket E7De8A5Df49381299D7D03Ee537A2Ede80Dce33409Ac9Be2595028Bc4F610752?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Ethan

    When I download the bracket it says that google blocks it and I did check to see if my settings are wrong but they are right. Can you fix that?

    Reply
    1. March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
      Rick Bannerman

      Hey Brooke, thanks for taking the time to check out my bracket. I’ll most likely have it updated this evening, give me an hour or two after the selection.

      Good luck with your picks!

      Reply
  44. March Madness Bracket 628Dba90B0Bedef1B9Db6D7578Ad5Be85B067756F94B7Aca33Eb031Efbfa7979?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    bkipper

    I just wanted to say thank you for organizing and putting this together. I am using this with my students this year. I will use both the Men’s and Women’s brackets. THANK YOU! 🙂

    Reply
  45. March Madness Bracket 4F0Ea447Bb085763Dce7F5Bfa02B1A3Fb403C40Eca7E3Bd2520A0B6833D6B002?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Brian

    I too will be using the men’s and women’s brackets with my 4th graders. When do you think the women’s bracket will include team names? Thanks for all you do!

    Reply
        1. March Madness Bracket 9B752E3336022772D7Cbb239Edb4E28A8901Beee915A39B832453Ccf8728B0Ee?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
          Brian

          Good afternoon, Rick! We are using Google Sheets to complete our Men’s and Women’s brackets. However, we’re running into a snag with half of the class. I know the issue is in settings, but how can we successfully fill out our brackets without changing someone else’s picks? Do I need to make 26 individual Google Sheet copies? Thanks again for your time.

          Reply
          1. March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
            Rick Bannerman

            Hey Brian,

            Yeah, if you are all sharing the same link, you would essentially just be editing one copy of the bracket. You could handle either two ways, by making copies of the whole spreadsheet for each student or making a new tab at the bottom for each student.

            To duplicate the sheet itself, have each student go to File > Make a copy and title theirs “Bracket – Rick” or something like that.
            To duplicate the tab, just right click and copy at the bottom, rename the tab after the student.

            If you copy the sheets it will be easier for the students to manger theirs, BUT at the end you’ll have XX number of files to check and you’ll need the students to all send you the URL of theirs.

            If you copy the tabs, it will be easier to see everything in one place, but you’ll most likely have students accidentally editing someone else’s tab. You could probably use the history to see who made what changes if there were any disputes.

            In the very limited knowledge of your project I have, I’d probably say duplicating the tabs is the way to go.

            Hope that helps!

  46. March Madness Bracket B8E2937E34419C3C613Dec042A1300Adae9F6Af09Fd94Bd3Ea3Ff384C6C06002?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Kirk

    Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn. Solid help here my friend!! I made a ton of copies, named them for all my family, put them in a Google Drive folder with a shared link and now all can go in and fill theirs out!! No more “Hey, everyone join ESPN or CBS or whatever”!!! Awesome stuff y’all.

    Reply
  51. March Madness Bracket C31Cbe8938E4E8B6321587B5E8E4459B59Af82Fdeffa8D669A011C5Fdbf2D1E0?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Wyatt Young

    This is so great I’ve been searching for months for a March Madness bracket that you can edit the teams and it has the first four. I would rate it 5 stars.

    Reply
  52. March Madness Bracket C7A0A6Fec3Acf544Aece80298754C435B7F6F55C7B20B3Dd8B55B5Bb9Fc88A45?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Ben

    Is there a way to do automatic scoring for office pools (or an Excel formula or data validation method)? (1st round=1 point, 2nd round=2 points, 3rd round=3 points, etc.)

    Reply
  53. March Madness Bracket D65B65732235C4B99A18C3Bb843269693705Fb3869A5C00998D76Cc2F88Af5A0?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Tim

    Your First 4 isn’t populating correctly in the Blank Bracket. Winner of 16 posts in the 11 Slot and Winner of 11 posts to 16 slot. Also, in the 11 game of First 4, the top Team doesn’t populate in the drop-down.

    Awesome Bracket, amazing work – thanks for all you put into this over the years!

    Reply
    2. March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
      Rick Bannerman

      Hey Tim, thanks so much!

      Thanks! Yeah the ranks in the bottom should be switched around. Once selection Sunday comes I’ll fix that up. Funny that nobody mentioned that last year and those ranks must have been messed up the entire time! I guess the teams were right, so nobody noticed! Thanks for pointing it out!

      Good luck with your picks this year!

      Reply
  54. March Madness Bracket Cd675F90Bfa32022493926B95701881B8Ad1E53A9157Dec250753C239Cbeda81?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Mookie Harris

    This was by far the most elegantly simple bracket creator I found out of dozens that were either bad or close to good, but not quite. Thanks for the work you put into this so that I can focus on the fun part!

    Reply
  55. March Madness Bracket 8A076Cee8Bd804A19F7E00025Aa30Cb3F9203Bc8Cee87Cad7Aaf44D3Fc0C1609?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Adam

    I’m running a bracket challenge for my school. Will have everyone’s brackets in one file with a bunch of different tabs. What would the formula be for tallying correct answers?

    Really excited to see how this works!
    Thanks for the resource!

    Reply
    1. March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
      Rick Bannerman

      Awesome!

      You’ll have to set one tab as the Actual Score tab and then check the selection against that. Make sure you add that before duplicating the tab for all the entries to save a lot of work. Once you’re finished you could add a dashboard tab to show the summaries from all sheets. There isn’t a good way to automate referencing a dynamic amount of sheets, so you’d have to do this manually after all entry sheets are created, unless you want to get into macros.

      Good luck with your bracket!

      Reply
  56. March Madness Bracket 639577Bb3D959B344F3Fc88E6Be3F74249A19Cf980F95Fab82Ed377431930A2B?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Scott M. Landsee

    This comment does not have anything to do with the spreadsheets. However, you have a spelling error at the top of the web page. “Madess” instead of Madness.

    Reply
    1. March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
      Rick Bannerman

      Hey Sophia,

      Yeah, I had temporarily removed it, since the seeds weren’t going to be the same this year as they were last year. I’ve updated the teams and updated the first four placement for the 2022 tournament.
      Let me know if you have any trouble.

      Thanks!

      Reply
  59. March Madness Bracket 536Ad5A459683167C7Bd4Bf37Fe45030Dce8318E174441Bca203Dfca9D67B315?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    David

    Will the teams be typed in or will the 16th/11 Seed mix up be fixed tonight? I don’t mind downloading it and typing in the names manually. I am not sure how to fix the 16th/11 Seed thing. Thanks!

    Reply
  61. March Madness Bracket F21F4658Fcd446629Cc02385406Db49E96Fc32907C2841F352D7F8714A7Cbdd5?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Kim Anderson

    When I download my bracket, it’s empty. first time user here but I thought the first round teams would be pre-populated. What am I missing?

    Reply
  65. March Madness Bracket Da6Fb87164E6Fbc734F7186Ce777Fc7474D06698598Ffe76Faf9D63161Dadf2A?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Jon Dickey

    Will you be doing the bracket manager file as well this year? Looking forward to it being available. Love your spreadsheets!

    Reply
  66. March Madness Bracket 65Dfc74Ad5B6B4752Fdbad7F535513Dbc418Dcbe50A0A8Afe99E728Ece4A708A?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Steve Spinosa

    Hello and thank you.

    When I fill it out and get to the Elite 8, I don’t see anything populate in the drop down menu.

    Reply
  67. March Madness Bracket 72358E5Fc9F4F20778C6E35D56Dc36Cde7C68D3745D24B0022Bea77357A61615?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Brian Anderson

    Are there point values for the rounds/games? Will they auto-update or should we manually track those?

    Meaning – Rd of 64 = 1 point, Rd of 32, = 2pts, etc.

    Reply
    1. March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
      Rick Bannerman

      Yes! I’m so sorry I had updated it yesterday but didn’t realised I changed the URL when I made a version with a First Four. I’ve copied the new version over to the old sheet, so if you load the URL again it should be working!

      Reply
    1. March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
      Rick Bannerman

      Ahh! I had switched it yesterday, but since there was a First Four this year, I had created a new bracket and forgot to switch the URLS. I just copied the new tab to the old one, so if you try the link again it should be fixed!

      Good luck with your picks!

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  70. March Madness Bracket Ccdfb717A2B392E990D1A60D83Fbfba873B1192136B00Ad76Ce84Da7E935E6Cd?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Ron M

    Be nice if you have a master sheet you could enter winners and it would color or cross out losers…..

    Also, have a section to help you score, where you could input points per round.

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  71. March Madness Bracket 1566B41Cb57F6Cf3Eba21E8Bd6Aa4095F5Dd5599658D6E2756Ef506C92Acd211?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Kelsey

    Good afternoon, I know I am way ahead of the game but I was wondering if you had plans of doing this for the 2023 brackets as well? It worked out perfect for us last year! Thanks!

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  72. March Madness Bracket C4B9571F3278B1C4531D7Ec65227Bc24Ceb0711157F4Baaa30784B9Dfc84A9E7?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Mark G

    I’m looking at running an office pool 75+ people. The company doesn’t want to use a 3rd party platform (ie yahoo, espn). Do you have a way to score that many brackets without having to do it manually?

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    1. March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
      Rick Bannerman

      Hey Mark, we don’t have anything like that built in. I’ve been meaning to add that for a couple years though, it’s a good idea. I’ll try to get it done this year, but it won’t be ready for the 2023 tournament. Good luck with your pool!

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    1. March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
      Rick Bannerman

      Hey Megan, sorry they were updated yesterday, but the Excel version seemed to be caching the unpopulated bracket. Should be fixed now, if you still get the blank one let me know.

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  76. March Madness Bracket 1566B41Cb57F6Cf3Eba21E8Bd6Aa4095F5Dd5599658D6E2756Ef506C92Acd211?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Kelsey

    Awesome, thank you so much! The men are so competitive this year, I think it is really up for grabs. But of Course, being from Iowa, we hope Caitlin and the Hawkeyes will go all the way this year!

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  77. March Madness Bracket 074A647E3F47Fa8980D1Ecf6Acad43E4E2F10D722Df7043D9F3B302062B85Cd0?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Jen

    Hi Rick,
    Thank you for creating these Google Sheets! Note: I downloaded the template and it is for 2023. Do you plan to release the 2024 bracket?

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  81. March Madness Bracket B16Dd6C63Dc32D2B9C7E41A626B17143D4117Fce1A873C45155F65D6Ac4B7772?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Paolo

    Would love to know a way to save one of these for future Men’s NCAA tournaments and just simply change dates, teams, etc. This is an enjoyable way to keep track of the tournament/picks.

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    1. March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
      Rick Bannerman

      You can definitely edit it for other tournaments. What tournaments are you looking foR? If you give me about a week heads up, I can definitely make it for you. Just point me to a page that lists the teams.

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  82. March Madness Bracket 001B8Aaf49825B99F41E0355492E8468Ca84A1298C812Fa05E5898Bd27E4E04B?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    M

    Hey! Any chance we could get a leaderboard based off the google sheets? Or some directions on perhaps what formulas to use?

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  83. March Madness Bracket 8E91Fa5E5787Eff8A040522510F73955A4Ba968388D0349A7181B5959Ce0D638?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Julia Wine

    I really like your bracket, thanks for sharing it. We do a for fun (no money involved) bracket challenge at work, and I would like to know if there is any way you could add a tracking sheet? I would put the the teams in the bracket, and enter the names and there would be drop boxes on the second (tracking) sheet where I would put the employees picks. Then, when the winners of the first round are put into the bracket, it would put those team on the tracking sheet as the options for the second round, and so on. I had one several years ago, but the formulas are messed up and they aren’t working any longer, and I can’t, for the life of me, figure out how to fix them.

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  84. March Madness Bracket B16Dd6C63Dc32D2B9C7E41A626B17143D4117Fce1A873C45155F65D6Ac4B7772?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Paolo Torres

    Do you have any step-by-step guide into how we can create our own 64-team NCAA mens bracket? Your bracket is great – but would like to try my hand at my own and see what else I can add to it?

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  85. March Madness Bracket B16Dd6C63Dc32D2B9C7E41A626B17143D4117Fce1A873C45155F65D6Ac4B7772?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Paolo

    Your brackets are top not – but – I would like to learn how to develop my own brackets and master bracket.

    Is there any guidance/steps you can provide me with for this? Thank you in advance. And thank you for what you do.

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  89. March Madness Bracket 0Ad7Aa325385B1B5C31B8C7C8987Eb8D6E395A8Aa3Ef9Bcdd4D49A941E8B1513?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Katrina Coles

    For the men’s bracket, the picks are not populating correctly. If you pick Auburn and Creighton and move down to the next picks, Auburn and Creighton keep coming up.

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    1. March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
      Rick Bannerman

      Hey Katrina, thanks for checking out the bracket. If you were to pick Auburn and Creighton winning their games in Round 1, they would be against each other in Round 2, so the dropdown for Round 3 (Sweet 16) will show Auburn/Creighton as the options because you’re picking who wins Round 2 and moves on to Round 3. Good luck with your bracket!

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  90. March Madness Bracket 1F187D1550D9762Dff101612C78B35376514B15E7D0438D698Aa368A25664F73?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    Clay Showalter

    wondering if you have a spreadsheet for the organizer, that will total up the points of all the players

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  91. March Madness Bracket 9267581E4A67B59D4Dd8B23635Acee94577D920528B48F676638482C1E4419A4?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    MC

    Ever think of creating a spreadsheet to track survivor picks? Picks that you make from each round would not be available for the next round.

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  92. March Madness Bracket 5986Fda06427E6F5418B29Cac7F544F034F2Ea5D6718824207F6F729D89F01Cb?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    richard corak

    Another idea for you: conditional formatting.
    I like to see my school by looking for the background in its cells.
    If I set the background color in its original cell, then that background color follows the school through the tournament.
    If I envision code, I see lots of conditionals for each cell.
    if (F9 = C7) then F9.background = C7.background;
    if (F9 = C9) then F9.background = C9.background;
    Each cell for round 1 winner would have 2 such statements. Each cell for round 2 winner would have 4 stmts. Etc.
    Another related suggestion: conditional formatting so that all teams from the same conference have the same background.
    That’s all.

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    1. March Madness Bracket Aa57124895Fc12F5D0C12C4A37800594246F38Fc0Bd7415Dec13D47Ee85Ea9Db?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
      Rick Bannerman

      Hey Richard,

      Thanks! I really like that idea. We’ll definitely try adding that soon. That would definitely make it much easier to follow visually. Appreciate you reaching out.

      Good luck with your bracket this year!

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  94. March Madness Bracket 5986Fda06427E6F5418B29Cac7F544F034F2Ea5D6718824207F6F729D89F01Cb?S=50&D=Mm&R=G
    richard corak

    I found that using conditional formatting to choose the background fill color overwhelms EXCEL, and EXCEL pretty much just stops. So, I wrote VBA macros to change the background fill color based on conference. You probably don’t want to use VBA macros, people might be worried about security. But, I make it available to you, if you wish.

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