NLL March Madness Showcase Challenge 2023
Who will be champion?
To celebrate all the college basketball going on this month, there is a special Showcase Challenge just for the Nine Lives Lounge! For this challenge you must create a Showcase that contains 10 moments that will represent who you pick to win the NCAA Championship.
First, figure out which 10 college teams you think are going to win big in the NCAA Tournament. Then find current or former NBA players who played for that school (and have an NBA Top Shot moment), and use their moment in your challenge entry. For example, if you think Kentucky is going to win it all, then put an Anthony Davis moment in the Showcase you submit.
Link to bracket
https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/bracket
Additional Rules
If a school has no current or former players in the NBA with an NBA Top Shot moment, use a player who did not play college basketball to represent that college. When you send in your entry, indicate which college you choose to have that player represent. If a player suited up for 2 different colleges, please call out which you want him to represent (there will be a page on form to handle this).
No duplicate players in your showcases. For example, you can’t use LeBron James to represent 2 schools. Also you can only have one player represent each school. If there are any duplicates, those moments will only count once.
Moment Scoring
Assigned based on how player’s school performs
Tournament winner: 100 points
Runner-up: 50 points
Final Four: 25 points
Elite Eight: 12 points
Sweet 16: 6 points
Round of 32: 3 points
Round of 64: 1 point
Not cumulative…the tournament winner only earns 100 points
Wanna know what you’re playing for?
Leaderboard & Prizes
Each player’s showcase will be scored based on the moments within it and how those players’ schools perform in the NCAA Tournament.
1st: $500
2nd: $400
3rd $300
4th: $200
5th: $100
6th-10th: $50
11th-25th: $25
25th-50th: CC3 Pack
51st-100th: CC4 Pack
Tiebreakers
In the case that multiple create showcases that result in a tie for a spot on the leaderboard, these will be the tiebreakers:
Each Legendary moment in Showcase: +3
Each Rare moment in Showcase: +2
Each Fandom moment in Showcase: +1
Each TSD moment in Showcase: +1
Each CR moment in Showcase: +1
Whoever scores the most tiebreaker points wins any tie. If there still remains a tie after adding up tiebreaker points, then whoever has the lowest total sum of serials of their moments will win. If there still somehow remains a tie, then it will be decided randomly.
Showcase Example
Here’s an example from a showcase that could’ve been made for the 2021 tournament.
Taurean Prince, Baylor (1) = 100 points
Brandon Clarke, Gonzaga (2) = 50 points
Kevin Love, UCLA (4) = 25 points
Danuel House, Jr., Houston (4) = 25 points
DeMar DeRozan, USC (8) = 12 points
Duncan Robinson, Michigan (8) = 12 points
Daniel Gafford, Arkansas (8) = 12 points
Kyle Lowry, Villanova (16) = 6 points
Joel Embiid, Kansas (32) = 3 points
Andre Drummond, Connecticut (64) = 1 point
Total Score: 246 points
In case of Tie
Tauran Prince TSD + 1
Brandon Clarke TSD +1
Kevin Love Fandom +1, CR +1
Danuel House, Jr. TSD +1
Demar DeRozan Rare +2
Duncan Robinson Rare +2, TSD +1
Kyrle Lowry Rare +2
Total Tiebreaker points: 12
Example showcase image:
Elimination Prizes
In addition to the leaderboard prizes, there will be elimination prizes handed out as well.
Every time a school is eliminated from the tournament, a random entrant who used a player from that school will be entered into a random draw for a bonus prize, as detailed below.
Round of 64: CC4 Pack (x32)
Round of 32: CC3 Pack (x16)
Sweet Sixteen: $25 prize (x8)
Elite Eight: $50 prize (x4)
Final Four: $100 prize (x2)
Championship: $250 prize (x1)
