SPORTS PICKERHow it works
Pick your league
Choose the NBA, men's college basketball or women's college basketball. College pools follow the Top 25: every game with a ranked team.
Pick through the week
Picks lock when the week tips off, or game by game if you would rather let people pick right up to each tip.
Ride it to the playoffs
When the postseason starts, run a playoff bracket, or use March Madness for the full 63-game college bracket.
The rules
Formats that fit
Pick the winners, confidence points, against the spread, score predictions, survivor and playoff brackets all work for basketball.
Weeks
Games are grouped Monday through Sunday, so a busy week and a light week each count as one week in the standings.
Tiebreaker
Everyone predicts the winning margin of the final game of the season. Closest guess breaks a season tie.
Every pool includes
Live scores
Results and standings update every few minutes during games.
Trash talk chat
Each pool has its own chat with stickers, GIFs and @mentions.
Reminders
Email and phone notifications before picks lock.
Works on any phone
Add it to your home screen like an app. Nothing to download.
Questions
Do I have to pick every game?
No. Pick the games you want. A game you skip just scores nothing.
Which college games are included?
Every game with a team ranked in the Top 25 that week, plus the NCAA tournament.
Can I run a pool just for the playoffs?
Yes. Choose "Playoffs only" when you set up the pool, or use the playoff bracket format.
From the blog
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Tips for an NBA pick'em pool: grouping games into weeks, letting players skip games, handling rest days and turning the playoffs into a bracket.