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Welcome to Air Around the Clock Hoops Hysteria. Make your picks round by round for your chance to win $1,000. Bonus points are awarded for correctly picking upsets in each and every round, so take your chances. Enjoy, and good luck!!!!
IMPORTANT: By entering in the game and making your picks, you give your consent and aggree to be bound by these official rules. If you do not agree to the official rules please exit the game now.
Instructions: To make your picks click on the name of the region from the top of the page, and proceed by clicking on the team that you think will advance to the next round. Once you have completed a region, click on the next region from the top of the page. Upon the completion of each region your picks are automaically stored, once all regions have been completed a receipt of all your picks will be emailed to you, or you can click here to have them emailed to you. You may come in as many times as you would like to modify your picks, but once the pick deadline is reached you will be unable to modify or make changes for that round.
Rules:
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY: Just be member of the WQAM Fan Club.
QAM FAN CLUB RULES APPLY: The Air Round the Clock Hysteria Contest, is subect to the complete QAM Fan Club Rules, except as specified below.
PARTICIPATION: Contest begins March 12, 2007 and concludes on April 2, 2007, and is open only to QAM Fan Club Members, except employees and immediate family members of WQAM, Air Around the Clock, and agencies and anyone involved in this promotion's production, development or handling. Entrants who reside outside the designated area may enter the contest, but are not eligible to win prizes. By entering, participants agree to release, discharge and hold harmless WQAM, Air Around the Clock their subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotional agencies and prize suppliers from all claims and damages arising out of participant's participation in the promotion and/or use/acceptance of any prizes. Subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations.
TO JOIN: On WWW.WQAM.COM, select the Air Around the Clock Hoops Hysteria link, and join the QAM Fan Club if necessary. Accept the Contest Rules, and make your selections for the pertinent round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) basketball tournament and submit your entry by hitting the submit button. Contestants will be required to return to the "Air Around the Clock Hoops Hysteria" web page on wqam.com before each round of the tournament to make their selections for that particular round. Deadlines for submissions on the Internet will be determined before each round of the tournament. You can change your picks multiple times before the deadline, but your last submission based on time will be the determining selection. The contest is limited to one entry per person per round. By taking part in this Contest and the QAM Fan Club, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and all decisions of the judging organization.
CONTEST SCORING SYSTEM: The tournament is broken down into four brackets each comprising 16 teams in a single-elimination tournament. Teams will be seeded (Ranked) by the NCAA from 1-16. In Round 1, the following will play each other: #1 vs. #16, #2 vs. #15, # 3 vs. #14, #5 vs. #12, #6 vs. #11, #7 vs. #10, #8 vs. #9. Round 2 & later rounds will be determined on the outcome of the previous round's games. In the event that two teams with the same ranking compete against each other, the lower amount of points will be awarded for correct selections.
ROUND 1:
Two (2) points will be earned for correctly selecting teams ranked 1-8 Six (6) points for correctly selecting teams ranked 9-12 Ten (10) points for correctly selecting teams ranked 13-16 ROUND 2:
Four (4) points for correctly selecting the higher seeded team Eight (8) points for correctly selecting the lower seeded team ROUND 3:
Eight (8) points for correctly selecting the higher seeded team Twelve (12) points for correctly selecting the lower seeded team ROUND 4:
Twelve (12) points for correctly selecting the higher seeded team Sixteen (16) points for correctly selecting the lower seeded team FINAL FOUR:
Sixteen (16) points for correctly selecting the higher seeded team Twenty (20) points for correctly selecting the lower seeded team NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:
Twenty-five (25) points for correctly selecting the higher seeded team Thirty (30) points for correctly selecting the lower seeded team.
***Higher seed is defined as the better seeding in the bracket***
WINNERS: GRAND PRIZE WINNER: The Grand Prize winner will be the entrant who has the greatest total score for all rounds, including the Championship round. In the event of any tie score, the Grand Prize winner will be choosen by random drawing between the tying entrants.
PRIZES: The Grand Prize will be $1,000. Only one Grand Prize will be awarded. The winners will be required to claim their prize within 30 days of notification at WQAM's Business Offices, 20295 NW 2nd Ave., Third Floor, Miami, FL 33169 and is responsible for their transportation and incidental costs of claiming the prize. The winners will be ineligible to win any prize or contest from WQAM & WQAM.COM for a period of 30 days. Income taxes and other taxes are the responsibility of the winner. WQAM will file a 1099 tax form to the IRS & the Grand Prize Winner in early 2003. THERE ARE NO PRIZE ALTERNATES AT ANY LEVEL OF THIS CONTEST, INCLUDING THE GRAND PRIZE.
NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS: Winners will be notified by phone, email, and will be posted on www.wqam.com. For a list of prize winners, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: Bellsouth Hoops Hysteria Winners, PO Box 693520, Miami, FL 33169-9998 after April 5, 2004. All prizes must be must be claimed within 30 days of their posting on WQAM.COM. Positive government issued picture ID will be required to claim any prize.
SUBJECT TO CHANGE: These rules, the Air Around the Clock Hoops Hysteria Game, the WQAM Fan Club, & its rules are subject to change or cancellation without prior notice at the sole discretion of WQAM.
