14th Annual
ESPN MEDIA CHALLENGE
For the 14th consecutive year, ESPN presents its annual Media Challenge, where members of the media pick the winners of each NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament game. Once again, you can monitor all your picks on ESPN.com and you can watch each game across the ESPN networks -- ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN360.com and ESPN FULL COURT, which will combine to televise all 63 games of the Championship beginning with first-round action on Saturday, March 21, and concluding with the title game on Tuesday, April 7.
Once again, this year’s Media Challenge will give you the option to pick the winner’s of the Men’s Tournament. You can play one of each or both, but we strongly encourage you to submit a women’s entry. We will have individual prizes for the winner of the Women's Bracket and the Men's Bracket.
Below you will see how to play and the scoring system.
DEADLINE
Women’s Tournament Challenge -- Saturday, March 21, at 12 p.m. ET
Men’s Tournament Challenge – Thursday, March 19, at 12 p.m.
HOW TO PLAY
Women's Tournament Challenge
1. Go to Women's Tournament Challenge
2. Sign in with your ESPN.com username (or create one if don't already have)
3. Click "Create an Entry" and provide the information requested, then click submit.
4. The password to join the group is "espnpr"
Note: If you plan to submit an entry for the Men’s Tournament Challenge right after your women’s submission, you will need to logout and then log back in using the Tournament Challenge link provided. If you experience any problems, please contact Tilea Coleman at 860-766-3438.
Men's Tournament Challenge
1. Go to Men's Tournament Challenge
2. Sign in with your ESPN.com username (or create one if don't already have)
3. Click "Create an Entry" and provide the information requested, then click submit.
4. The password to join the group is "espnpr"
STANDINGS
Can be checked daily on ESPN.com or on ESPN's MediaZone. Each week, updated standings will also be emailed to entrants and available at the ESPN Water Cooler.
SCORING/PRIZE
Points are awarded for each correct pick, with point values increasing as the Tournaments progress.
Prizes will be awarded for both the Women’s Tournament winner and the Men’s Tournament winner.
Prizes:
- The Women’s and Men’s individual winners will win a trendy gift bag full of ESPN goodies.
- Last year’s Women's Media Challenge Champion was Doug Feinberg of the Associated Press, who got 92.7% of his selections correct, garnering 1330 points. The Men's Media Challenge Champion was Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News, who got 95.7% of his selections correct, earning 1200 points.
For more information about ESPN’s coverage of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship, please visit the online media kit.
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