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2027 tournament · 64 teams · your picks

March Madness bracket maker

Fill out your March Madness bracket on any screen. Paste the teams of each region, tap your winners round by round to a champion, then print the finished bracket or send your picks as a link.

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Auto-fill by seed

Fills every game from seed history. You can change any pick after.

Enter the teams and region names after Selection Sunday, March 14, 2027

One team per line, seed 1 first. Paste all 64 into the first box and they fill the regions in order; numbers and records are cleaned up. Empty lines show as "East 5".

Your picks

Opening Round 12 games · Tue–Wed of week one · winners join the 64-team bracket

OR 1

Winner: seed,

OR 2

Winner: seed,

OR 3

Winner: seed,

OR 4

Winner: seed,

OR 5

Winner: seed,

OR 6

Winner: seed,

OR 7

Winner: seed,

OR 8

Winner: seed,

OR 9

Winner: seed,

OR 10

Winner: seed,

OR 11

Winner: seed,

OR 12

Winner: seed,

East

First Round
Second Round
Sweet 16
Elite Eight

South

First Round
Second Round
Sweet 16
Elite Eight
Final Four
Championship
Final Four
Champion 

West

First Round
Second Round
Sweet 16
Elite Eight

Midwest

First Round
Second Round
Sweet 16
Elite Eight

How to pick a bracket

  1. Paste the field. After Selection Sunday (March 14, 2027), copy each region's teams from the official bracket, seed 1 first, into the four boxes.
  2. Pick the First Round. 32 games. Tap the team you think wins each one.
  3. Work forward. Your winners meet in the Second Round, the Sweet 16 and the Elite Eight. Four region champions go to the Final Four.
  4. Pick the champion, then print the bracket or press Share link and send it to your pool.

In a hurry? Auto-fill my picks above fills every game from seed history in the style you choose, and the March Madness bracket predictor explains the odds it uses.

What history says about upsets

Some seed matchups are close to coin flips and some almost never go the other way. A few patterns most bracket players lean on:

MatchupWhat tends to happen
1 vs 16The 1 seed almost always wins. A 16 seed has won only twice in the men's tournament (UMBC in 2018, Fairleigh Dickinson in 2023).
8 vs 9Close to even. Pick the team you like; seed barely matters.
5 vs 12The classic upset slot: the 12 seed wins roughly a third of the time.
2 vs 15The 2 seed wins most years, but 15 seeds break through every few seasons.
ChampionMost champions are 1, 2 or 3 seeds. A deep-seeded title run is rare.

A good pool bracket mixes a few likely upsets in the early rounds with strong teams in the Final Four, since late-round picks are worth more points.

Scoring your pool

The most common system doubles each round: 1 point per correct First Round pick, then 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32 for the champion. That makes every round worth 32 points, so a correct champion is worth as much as a perfect First Round. Some pools add bonus points for correct upset picks (for example, the seed difference). Use the championship game's total score as the tiebreaker.

Prefer paper?

Print the blank 2027 March Madness bracket with the new 12-game Opening Round, or make any other bracket with the bracket maker.

Frequently asked questions

How do I fill out my bracket?

Open Teams and region names, paste each region's 16 teams in seed order (1 first), then tap the team you think wins each game. Your pick moves into the next round. Keep going until you have a champion.

Can I make picks before Selection Sunday?

Yes. Without team names each line shows its region and seed, such as "East 1" or "West 12", so you can practice picks by seed now and paste in the real field on March 14, 2027.

How do I change a pick?

Tap the other team in that game, or tap your pick again to clear it. Any later picks that relied on the old winner are cleared so the bracket never contradicts itself.

How do I share my picks with my pool?

Press Share link. The link holds your teams and every pick, so anyone who opens it sees your bracket. Nothing is stored on our servers, and there is no account to create.

Does it include the 2027 Opening Round?

The 2027 format adds the 12 Opening Round boxes above the bracket so you can note those games. Picks start with the 64-team First Round, which is how almost every bracket pool scores.

Can I print my filled-in bracket?

Yes. Press Print / PDF. The whole two-sided bracket, with your picks and champion, prints on one landscape page; choose "Save as PDF" for a file.

Is this an official NCAA bracket game?

No. BracketMint is an independent free tool with no prizes or sign-up. March Madness is a trademark of the NCAA.

BracketMint is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NCAA. March Madness and Final Four are trademarks of the NCAA.