2010 NCAA Printable Brackets: Where to Find Printable Brackets for the NCAA Tournament on the Web

(Printable Brackets for the 2010 NCAA Men's Tournament)

Rolando Cruz
Appropriately dubbed "selection Sunday," the 2010 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket will be announced Sunday March 14th. With it will begin the time honored tradition of the March Madness office pool, a modern day piece of Americana that with all due respect to the Super Bowl, is the pinnacle of the water cooler gambling season. And though once upon a time, the game by game results of the office betting pool was kept on a hand drawn piece of paper, the event has evolved to the point where countless internet websites now offer free printable brackets. So whether you are cheering for powerhouses like Kansas, Kentucky and Duke, or a traditional underdog like Gonzaga, here are some cool places that offer printable Tournament Brackets.

ESPN

ESPN weighs in with a pretty good looking Tournament Bracket of its own. The ESPN Bracket includes the tournament's Logo, and the rounds and dates for each stage of the event. The bracket is printable in a GIF or a PDF format (Link Below):

www.espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/bracket

Print Our Brackets

Then there are the folks at Print Our Brackets, a website specifically devoted to this type of madness. These folks help out the office pool beginners with a section called, "How to Run March Madness Office Pool," a simple 5 step process that walks even the greenest newbie through the process (Link Below):

www.printyourbrackets.com/marchmadness.html

Yahoo

Yahoo Sports teams up with KFC to offer a nice printable bracket (go to the Blank Bracket (PDF) tab at the link below), as part of their NCAA Tournament coverage, which includes on-line games that may net the winner a million dollars (though most likely there will be only a $10,000 winner), which will give any office pool greater incentive to fill out their bracket correctly (Link Below):

www.tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1

CBS Sports

Likewise, CBS Sports registers in with a March Madness on-line game of its own. Though it is somewhat time consuming to get to get through the registration, especially if the IDs you think up are taken, the game nevertheless promises some cool prizes in return. They also have a printable bracket, though it is of the no frills variety.

www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/brackets/printable_men?tag=globalNav.brackets;headlines

New York Times

Not to be outdone by the big boys, The New York Times entry into bracket madness comes with its own unique prize. Through their website, you are able to create a group, invite others and play, to win an Apple I-pad.

www.ncaabracket.nytimes.com/bracket/men

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