OTB, Springbak launch annual perfect postseason bracket challenge

A $50 Starbucks gift card and a prize-pack from Springbak, Inc. and Off the Block will be awarded to a fan who can fill out the perfect college men’s volleyball postseason bracket.

Off the Block announced Wednesday that it will reward the gift card and prize-pack to the participant of the annual Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. Postseason Bracket Challenge who can successfully predict every match result from the four conference tournaments and the six-team NCAA Tournament.

The college men’s volleyball postseason begins with the eight-team Conference Carolinas Tournament on Saturday. In addition, the eight-team MPSF Tournament and the eight-team MIVA Tournament begin next weekend, while the four-team EIVA Tournament starts in late-April.

The four conference tournament champions and two at-large bids will advance to the NCAA Tournament beginning May 5 in Palo Alto, California.

Bracket challenge participants can fill out their bracket online at challonge.com or at the bottom of this post. Before filling out a bracket, individuals will be asked to create an account on Challonge. Creating an account on Challonge is free and takes less than a minute to complete.

Along with the perfect bracket challenge, the individuals with the highest score for each of the five brackets — Conference Carolinas Tournament, MPSF Tournament, MIVA Tournament, EIVA Tournament and NCAA Tournament —- will receive a prize-pack from Springbak, Inc. and Off the Block.

In the event there are multiple perfect brackets, the gift card will be equally divided among the winners. Also, if there is a first-place tie in the single-bracket challenge, one contestant from the first-place brackets will be randomly selected for the prize. The winner will also be notified via their Challonge account.

This contest is organized by Off the Block and is not affiliated with the Conference Carolinas, EIVA, MIVA, MPSF and NCAA.

Brackets for the Conference Carolinas, EIVA, MIVA, MPSF and NCAA Tournaments can be submitted up until the start of the first match in each tournament.

The Conference Carolinas Tournament portion of the bracket challenge is currently open, while the other conference tournament brackets and NCAA Tournament bracket will open once their tournament fields are finalized in the upcoming weeks.

CONFERENCE CAROLINAS TOURNAMENT BRACKET
Deadline to submit bracket is 1 p.m. (CST) Saturday. Click here to fill out your Conference Carolinas Tournament bracket.