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:
In the past few years we’ve been able to help with projects in:
- Niut, Mozambique (2019)
- Nachilapa, Mozambique (2018)
- Mail (2017)
- Kalili, Uganda (2016)
- May Qowa, Ethiopia (2014)
- Thakan, Nepal (2013)
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.