Enter THE Official “College Hoops PLAAY-Down” Bracket Contest!
Late-breaking idea--let's do our OWN College Hoops bracket competition! Here at PLAAY HQ we were talking about the fun and excitement of "building your bracket" and we just decided to roll with it! Here's how it's gonna work...
(If you haven't done so already) download the official PLAAY-down bracket and look it over. (If you have the set already, there's a printed copy included--in color, no less!) Choose ONE team from each of the regionals. Then who you think will win it all.
Click this Google Doc link and fill out the necessary information: (your e-mail)(your choice from each regional)(winner).
• Deadline for entry is noon Monday 03.16.26!
After that, here's how the tournament will unfold...
• 03.16.26 Monday: We'll use the Quick Play grid to PLAAY-Down the 32 first-round games, eight from each regional. This will be a recorded stream, posted Monday evening at 5pm MT to the PLAAY Games YouTube channel. The chat room will be open, and we'll be participating!
• We'll play the rest of the regionals off-line during the week using the Quick-Play grid. We'll post the results below (edited into THIS blog post, at the end).
• 03.23.26 Monday: We'll play the Final Four semi-finals with Highlight Maker Hoops (highlights version). We'll record this and post the video Monday at 6pm on the PLAAY Games YouTube Channel.
• 03.26.26 Thursday: We'll play the PLAAY-Down National Championship Game with Prime Time, LIVE on the PLAAY Games YouTube channel!
How do you win? We'll say you get 1 point for each correct finalist and 2 points for picking the winner. Whoever gets the most points wins. Period. Tie breakers? Earliest entry wins all tie-breakers.
What does the winner get? Let's go with a $50 PLAAY games gift card! (Along with the fame, honor and glory that goes along with being the bracket-guru of the community!)
Questions? Lemme know! Good luck, here's hoping your bracket doesn't get busted!
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THE “Official” College Hoops PLAAY-Down Results
• Last updated 03.13.26 at 12:45pm MT (Winner marked in bold, advances to next round)…
First Round Games
RED Regional
Edmund Fitzgerald (D+) vs. Texas National University (AAA)
Indiana-Zionsville (B-)vs. Colorado Union (B)
Nebraska A&M (C+) vs. Old Ohio (B+)
Old Missouri (C) vs. Boston Catholic (B+)
Penn Central (B-) vs. Kentucky Union (B)
Atlantic Shore (C) vs. Garden State College (B+)
North Kansas State (B-) vs. Yampa University (B)
Seattle Suburban (D+) vs. College of the Bronx (A)
GOLD Regional
Green Mountain State (D+) vs. Old Tennessee (AA)
Texas A&E (B-) vs. Kerwin College (B-)
Oklahoma Union (C+) vs. Grand Teton University (B)
Iowa Union (C) vs. California Blue (B)
California-Pacific (C+) vs. Nara Visa College (B)
Mount Horeb (C-) vs. St. Aloysius (A-)
Ocean View (B-) vs. College of Los Angeles (B-)
So. Carolina Methodist (D+) vs. Connecticut Union (A)
BLUE Regional
Iowa A&I (D) vs. Arizona Desert U (AA)
Cranston College (B-) vs. Old Indiana (B-)
Peach State (C+) vs. Carolina (B)
Michigan Union (C) vs. Arkansas A&L (B+)
Gulf Coast Tech (C+) vs. Old Virginia (B)
Rocky Mount (C-) vs. Georgia Northern (B+)
Maine State (B-) vs. Honolulu Union (B)
Northern North Dakota (D+) vs. Gallamore (A-)
GREEN Regional
Chico State (D-) vs. Old Michigan (A+)
Paeth State University (B-) vs. Metairie College (B-)
Scituate State (C+) vs. Clark International (B)
Mississippi A&L (C) vs. Old Alabama (B+)
Kentucky A&L (C+) vs. Our Lady of Indiana (B)
Barraclough University (D+) vs. Baxter & Hawley (B+)
Eastern Maryland (B-) vs. Kansas Union (B)
Roynell (D+) vs. South Carolina Union (A-)
