Build your brackets for Surge Madness 2022!

The Cincinnati State Celebrating Community Committee and the College’s Alumni Association invite you and encourage you to build your SURGE MADNESS brackets for this year’s MEN’S and WOMEN’S NCAA basketball competitions!

• Brackets for the men’s tournament are due by noon on Thursday, Mar. 17
   
  
• Brackets for the women’s tournament must be submitted by noon on Friday, Mar. 18

Also, the Alumni Association invites faculty, staff, alumni, and College donors/friends to gather at a March Madness Sweet 16 event on Mar. 24 at OTR StillHouse.

• There’s no admission charge and you’ll buy your own food and drinks. Save the date, and then join the fun!

To be part of SURGE MADNESS 2022:

For the men’s tourney, use this link to reach ESPN.com.

• Sign in, or create an account by clicking “Create a Bracket Now” and “Sign Up”
   
• Click “Join Group” – Our group name is “Cincinnati State Bracket 7010581” and our password is “surge”
   
• Create your bracket!

For the women’s March Madness event, use this link.

• Sign in, or create an account by clicking “Play Now for Free” and “Sign Up”
   
• Click “Join Group” – Our group name is “Cincinnati State Bracket 5292742” and our password is “surge”
   
• Create your bracket!

Then, settle in to watch both tournaments! (You don’t have anything else to do that could possibly be as important as watching vast numbers of basketball games, right?)

The Women’s National Championship game will be played Sunday, Apr. 3, and the Men’s Championship game is Monday, Apr. 4.

Trophies will be awarded to 1st and 2nd place winners for each bracket– so if you think you’re at the top of list, watch for email from Mark Tiemeier after the tournaments.