About

The Big Dance Dig was started in 2011 to try and do a little good while having fun with March Madness. We’ve been able to raise over $14,500 through the years and hope to keep moving that number forward again this year!

In the past few years we’ve been able to help with projects in:

For each campaign, 100% of the donation goes to a specific project and we get to track the actual coordinates of that project!

More about CharityWater:

Important Dates

  • March 17 (Sun): Team selection starting at 6:00 p.m. ET, after which the picksheet opens.
  • March 19 & 20 (Tue & Wed): Play-in Games (Not included in pool)
  • March 21 (Thu) at 12:15 PM ET Your Pool’s Pick Deadline
  • March 21 & 22 (Thu & Fri): First Round
  • March 23 & 24 (Sat & Sun): Second Round
  • March 28 & 29 (Thu & Fri): Sweet Sixteen
  • March 30 & 31 (Sat & Sun): Regional Final (Round of 8)
  • April 6 (Sat): National Semifinals (Last Four)
  • April 8 (Mon): Championship Game

Rules/Scoring

Points awarded for wins (by round) with a seed bonus (round points + seed).

  • First Four: Play-in games are not included or scored
  • Second Round: 1 pt.
  • Third Round: 2 pts.
  • Sweet 16: 4 pts.
  • Elite 8: 8 pts.
  • Final 4: 16 pts.
  • Championship: 32 pts.
  • The pool uses a seed point bonus. The seed of the picked team will be added to the points assigned per round. For example, if a member correctly picks a 7 seeded team to win in the Sweet Sixteen round, they will receive 11 points (4 round points + 7 seed points).

View all scoring rules in Pool Settings once logged in to your account.

Contact

If you have any questions, email us at bigdancedig@gmail.com.