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March Madness: Road to the Final Four Season 8
 

March Madness: Road to the Final Four Season 8

Lead Story - 2/1/2026

Round one and two schedule

Schedule


Five days of rest
Round 1: noon EST tbd
Round 2: noon EST tbd


Bracket


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1/25/2026

Conference Tournaments

Commissioner Tasks



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Awards



Naismith Player of the Year: J Hyde KAN
Defensive Player of the Year: J Snow UCLA
College Sixth Man of the Year: B Zuvella UCLA
College Freshman of the Year: C Johnson Auburn

Players declaring for NBA draft after tournaments:
Name MVP Year Team
Hyde, J. 630 2024-25 Jayhawks
Nicholson, D. 628 2024-25 Razorbacks
Martin, J. 626 2024-25 Utes
Guilmet, A. 606 2024-25 Eagles BC
Griffin, G. 602 2024-25 Tarheels
Smith, C. 601 2024-25 Golden Eagles
Ray, C. 594 2024-25 Musketeers
Anderson, T. 580 2024-25 Trojans
Hodgson, S. 577 2024-25 Hawkeyes
Leard, T. 574 2024-25 Yellowjackets

Conference Tournaments


All games scheduled for noon EST
Five days of rest
Round 1: Monday ✔️
Quarter Finals: Wednesday ✔️
Semi Finals: Friday
Championship: Sunday

Brackets
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League Chat Box

1/10/2026

Post season reward lottery


Using the national Powerball lottery red ball on:

Saturday 1/24 result 5, teams will be able to add 40 steals

Upgrades are based on the results of the red ball as follows:

1-4 add 80 DRB
5-8 add 40 STL
9-12 add 40 BLK
13-16 remove 40 Turnovers
17-20 add 1 DWS
21-26 choose from any five options

PLAYER UPGRADES
Prior to each post season a lottery will be held to decide what upgrades are available. Rewards are used the following season. Unclaimed rewards are lost after the season ends.

Teams will be awarded one upgrade for the following:
1. Winning conference tournament.
2. Reaching the sweet 16.
3. Cinderella teams earn an upgrade for each win in the tournament of 64.
4. Upgrades are permanent but credits do not carry over to multiple seasons and must be spent or will be lost.
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Sweet 16
UCLA...Efren Gutierrez +40 STL
Xavier...Augustin +80 DRB
Villanova... Horry -40 TO
Florida State...SG Kawhi Smith +1 DWS
Virginia...Maurice Carpenter -40 TO
Georgia Tech... Leard +40 STL
UConn...C Ed Huff -40 TO
Iowa...Derek Kennison -40 TO
Auburn... Davis +40 STL
USC... Johnson +80 DRB
Ohio State...SG Dyshod Telfair +40 STL
Arkansas...SF Steven Williams -40 TO
Duke... Ledee +40 BLK
Creighton... Dock +1 DWS
Providence...Ramiro Raible +1 DWS
Kansas State...Vitters +40 STL

Conference champs
Duke...Ledee -40 TO
Villanova... Horry +40 STL
Auburn... Neal+40 STL
UCLA...Efren Gutierrez +40 STL
Kansas State...Vitters +40 STL
Davidson...SG Jose Warmack +40 STL

Cinderella wins
George Mason... Will Jones +1 DWS
Ball State... Torrey Laettner -40 TO

12/12/2025

Redshirts

Season 7
Notre Dame: Davis
Indiana: Dorney
West Virginia: Hedgpeth
Ball State SG Torrey Laettner
North Carolina Grantham
Michigan SF Jake Keefe
Villanova PF Donie Purdy
Wake Forest Iman George
Pittsburgh Luke Murray
Purdue Terrance figgins
Florida State SF Felix Martin
UNLV C Robert Avery
Arkansas Scott Kelly
Creighton PG Jrue Epps
Florida SG kelso
Michigan State SG Bill Williams
Houston PF Geno Foor
Ohio State SG Joe Pierce
St Johns Ceballos
Providence Ramiro Raible
Auburn A Davis
Gonzaga B Smith
Florida Gulf Coast Nagle
Kansas State Doleman

11/2/2025

Coaches Corner

Blue Blood Contract Status


Blue Blood programs demand Blue Blood results. Failure will result in termination.

Contracts are extended three seasons when a coach reaches the final four or when they win a conference championship.

Duke (evilpuppy56) hired S1 signed through season 10
Indiana (TmcArthur72) hired S7 signed through season 9
Kansas (dash) hired S1 signed through season 9
Kentucky (Tacomaboy) hired S8 signed through season 10
North Carolina (gs93) hired S8 signed through season 10
UCLA (dgtedford) hired S1 signed through season 10
UConn (Lordehawke) hired S4 signed through season 10
Villanova (chexmix) hired S1 signed through season 10

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Max Active Players13
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