March Madness 2022

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Sign up now to participate in the 2022 March Madness FP&M Challenge. This activity is a fun way to connect with peers for some laughs and conversation. 

The FP&M Wellness committee invites all to have fun with this challenge, not just those that like basketball! Sign-up closes at the first game on March 16, 2022.

How to join

Here is what you need in order to join:
  1. Go to the ESPN Fantasy Sign-Up page
  2. See Instructions on How to Join the FP&M Group
  3. Join the FP&M Challenge Microsoft Teams Group (optional)

Once you have logged in and created your account, create your bracket. Selections may be changed as often as you’d like prior to the scheduled tip-off time of the first game, March 16, 2022. All selections must be finalized prior to the start of this game.

You may choose to use “auto select” or select the teams you think will win each tournament game from the first round all the way through the championship game. You’ll get points for each game you pick correctly, with the points increasing during each round of the tournament.

This event/activity does not involve any sponsored forms of betting.

A fun way to connect in our virtual world

UW mascot Bucky Badger works a crowd of hundreds of UW fans before members of the men's Badgers basketball team enter the Kohl Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during a send-off event on April 1, 2015. (Photo by Bryce Richter / UW-Madison)
Photo by Bryce Richter / UW-Madison. UW mascot Bucky Badger works a crowd of hundreds of UW fans before members of the men’s Badgers basketball team enter the Kohl Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on April 1, 2015

Access the Microsoft Teams group (optional) to share in some fun, professional banter, and pre-game photos showing us how you celebrate your team. Have a favorite pre-game food? March Madness traditions? Throw it in the chat and share with others. What a fun way to connect in our virtual world!

Building a bracket can feel like an intimidating or over-complicated endeavor, but it’s pretty simple and comes down much more to luck than skill—no wrong way to do it. And, all math is done for you! 

Not a basketball fan but would like to participate?

Fantastic—here are some ideas on how to pick your tournament winning team:

Ideas on who to pick
  • Best uniforms
  • Best team 
  • Favorite color
  • Underdogs
  • Which Mascot would win in a fight

square cut wooden plaque with a UW-Madison "motion W" logo side-by-side with an orange basketball iconPrizes

Check out the just-for-fun donated prizes:

  • donated item from the Sign Shop
  • RecWell water bottles
  • Girl Scout Cookies

Please join in the fun!