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Winning Brackets is your specialized tool for creating your March Madness brackets! Your brackets will not only be unique, but they will give you a winning edge over the rest of your group. Winning Brackets runs a full simulation of the upcoming tournament and outputs a bracket for you that you can copy into any ESPN, Yahoo, or NCAA group site. Unlike other cookie-cutter bracket "pros" which provide everyone the same picks, your individualized bracket will be distinctive and can be customized for your individual preferences.

How does it work?

WinningBrackets uses a variety of inputs to calculate the odds for each game. Through careful analysis and after reviewing results over the last three decades, we have fine-tuned an algorithm which caluclates the best odds. Running thousands of repetitions over years of research, these finely-tuned parameters are run through a simulation that will build your bracket. While no bracket is ever guaranteed success, our bracket generation tool consistently outperforms ESPN's largest "SportsCenter" group. Here's a visual comparison of Winning Brackets against all users in the SportsCenter group:

Bracket Picks for March Madness

In 2023, 46.8% of our generated brackets were in the top 10% when compared to that same ESPN group.

Bracket Picks for March Madness

In 2022, 30.1% of all brackets created were in the top 10% of all Brackets, and an amazing 57.4% were in the top 20%

The Science of Winning Brackets

We have carefully applied data science and analysis of all results since the tournament was expanded to 64 teams in 1985, and have run tests against a variety of technical metrics. Through this process, we have identified these key parameters to help us run a successful simulation:

When added together and carefully analyzed, these factors have led us to build a single, amazingly accurate bracket generation algorithm that has run remarkably well over the last eleven tournaments (ESPN comparison for 2022 and 2023 against "SportsCenter" group):

Year Median Score (P50) % Correct Champion % Brackets in 4 digits
(score >=1000)
2023 580 (ESPN 450) 20.0% (ESPN 4.2%) 13.1% (ESPN 7.9%)
2022 730 (ESPN 520) 15.3% (ESPN 8.3%) 18.4% (ESPN 2.9%)
2021 490 4.1% 3.4%
2019 620 3.5% 3.6%
2018 590 19.4% 15.8%
2017 670 23.0% 17.8%
2016 730 4.9% 8.7%
2015 830 27.4% 31.3%
2014 590 9.1% 11.1%
2013 600 14.8% 13.5%
2012 680 18.1% 19.7%

What about all the different brackets out there?

Between celebrities and "bracketologists", there are many brackets out there that are available at your fingertips. However, there are two key main advantages to having a bracket built specifically for you using Winning Brackets:

Even some of the most well known experts have up and downs throughout the years in their brackets. In 2023, none of the 9 experts in CBS Sports picked Connecticut, and only one of the nine had a team in the Final Four. While these senior analysts and bracketologists know more about the NCAA tournament than most anyone, the best score was only 630. For 2023, 630 was actually a good score, but you had only a one in nine chance of picking that expert. In contrast, the median score from WinningBrackets was 590.

Can I customize my bracket?

If you have an idea of teams you think have an advantage (or a disadvantage), WinningBrackets provides an opportunity to customize your bracket.

Picking a Winner: If you have an idea of who you think will win the tournament (or maybe you just always pick your alma mater), you can pre-select the winner of your bracket.

Adding Advantages or Disadvantages: If you have been following NCAA basketball leading up to the tournament, you might have some insights. You can leverage those insights to help influence your bracket. WinningBrackets will allow you to add an advantage or a disadvantage for up to four teams. You can use one of the following:

You can even combine advantages or disadvantages together. Give a team two advantages to increase their game odds by 16% for a super advantage. It's important to note that even with advantages or disadvantages, other factors are determining the odds for each match, so a team may or may not advance based solely on your advantages/disadvantages.

Is my bracket a guaranteed winner?

WinningBrackets uses Technical Data analysis applied over the last 38 years to build competitive brackets. As with any March Madness prediction tool or bracketologist, there are no guaranteed winners. The NCAA Tournament is full of surprises year after year. The odds of picking all 63 games correctly is one in 9.2 quintillion. As you see from the graphs above, our bracket prediction tool has outperformed the general public, but every year is full of surprises. With that said, WinningBrackets is so confident in our March Madness bracket generator, that we do offer the following guarantee:

If you pre-order a bracket ahead of Selection Sunday and your bracket does not score at least 400 points, you will receive a free bracket the following year.

Follow the link to Build Your 2024 Bracket for more details and to pre-order.

What do I do once my bracket is built?

Once you build your college basketball tournament bracket, your bracket selections will be mailed to you, and you can also follow the links for a Printable NCAA Bracket. Then, you simply copy your selections to ESPN, CBS Sports, Yahoo, or any site that has a March Madness Bracket Contest.