Scores are below, but first, some ground rules:
- 1 point for every team correctly picked to advance to the second round.
- 2 points for every team correctly picked to advance to the quarterfinals.
- 4 points for every team correctly picked to advance to the final four.
- 8 points for every team correctly picked to advance to the championship.
- 16 points for correctly picking the champion.
- There will only be one tiebreaker again this year. We are sad to not bring back the frozen pizza tiebreaker from 2022, but NIT Stu is still technically obese (BMI is a hater), so that feels like a bad idea. Instead, in appreciation of the dudes with that dog in ‘em, we’re asking you to guess the NIT’s leading rebounder. Any relevant ties will be broken by whoever’s chosen board man pulls down the most missed shots.
- All decisions by The Barking Crow regarding scoring and tiebreakers are final, and by joining this challenge, you agree to this.
- The winner, runner-up, and third-place finisher will receive prizes of decreasing value. The prizes are negotiable, but we hold final say. Past winners have been awarded combinations of merchandise, future NIT ticket options, and gift cards to storied American eateries. (It turned out Sbarro doesn’t have gift cards—although…that was six years ago. Maybe they have them now??)
- All brackets must be received before the first game of the tournament tips off (Tuesday 3/19, 7:00 PM EDT).
- One entry per email address. (Entries that came from the same email address as another entry are listed on the master scoreboard, linked below. They are technically ineligible for prizes, but if they finish with a score that would have been in the top 3, we will be in touch. The NIT is not soft, but we are softies.)
If you believe your bracket should be on the celebrity scoreboard (i.e., you have a blog, a podcast, etc.), please let us know. Also, if you were on it before and we missed you, please let us know. Was not supposed to be a snub. We manually read through all the email addresses during halftime of the first games, and we would guess we did a pretty bad job!
ALL SCORES ARE NOW FINAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE 2024 NIT. THESE RESULTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR MASTER SCOREBOARD, WITH A SPREADSHEET OF ALL 1,011 ENTRIES.
Full Scoreboard
Celebrity Scoreboard
Here’s the link to the master scoreboard, with all entries in detail.
I won a new car!
Just kidding, I’m at #152 of 1012. That’s not new car worthy, but it’s pretty good overall. Thanks NIT Stu.
If you want to buy yourself a new car as a reward for finishing the quarterfinals in the top 20% of NIT Bracket Challenge entrants, we wouldn’t blame you at all.
Well I got three out of four final four picks would have had all of them if Ohio state would have tried to tie it instead of jacking up three at the end of the game
This is a great site, Stu. Looking for my two favorites to play each other, Seton Hall and UNLV.
I know Im doing terrible but not even listed??
You’re on there! Search ARKYAG on the top table.
S’go Deacs
I don’t remember what I named my bracket, is there a way to look it up by email address? Lol
You are Cream Abdul!
What’s my score
You can search your bracket’s name on the top table.
Hi There!
This is “Russia if Your Listening” … I noticed I left off my champion … please put in Villanova for me.
Thanks so much!
Hello I would like three chicken fingers
CHOMP CHOMP
“TT’s Bracket”