Circa College Hoops Challenge

    2025 Circa College Hoops Challenge Official Rules

    What: Fifteen handicappers compete in a college basketball contest with prizes awarded by Circa Resort & Casino.

    When: Friday, February 14 through Monday, April 7 (10 rounds, 50 plays)

    Where: VSiN studio at the Circa sportsbook. The contestants' plays will be announced on the VSiN PrimeTime show, VSiN Saturday morning show, via VSiN Pro emails and VSiN.com.

    Contest format and plays

    - College basketball full-game sides and totals.

    - Contestants are invited by VSiN and no entry fee is required.

    - Only Circa Sports lines will be used for the entire contest. All contestants are using the same lines.

    * Four regular-season contest weeks (February 15, 22 and March 1, 8) with five plays per contestant per week for the Saturday schedule.

    * NCAA Round 1 (Wednesday, March 19 show) with 12 plays per contestant for the Thursday and Friday first-round games.

    * NCAA Round 2 (plays announced on Tim Murray's morning show on Saturday, March 22) with six plays per contestant for the Saturday and Sunday second-round games.

    * NCAA Round 3 (Wednesday, March 26 show) with six plays per contestant for the Thursday and Friday Sweet 16 games.

    * NCAA Round 4 (plays announced on Tim Murray's morning show on Saturday, March 29) with three plays per contestant for the Saturday and Sunday Elite Eight games.

    * NCAA Round 5 (plays announced on the VSiN PrimeTime show on Friday, April 4) with two plays per contestant for the Saturday Final Four games.

    * NCAA Final Round (plays announced Monday morning via the VSiN Pro email) with one play per contestant for the NCAA championship game April 7.

    Each contestant will make a total of 50 plays from NCAA regular-season and NCAA Tournament games only. A winning play is worth one point and a push is worth a half-point.

    Best Bets: In each round, the contestants designate one play as a Best Bet, which is worth 1.5 points if it wins. Any contestant failing to designate a Best Bet will get a zero for the BB record in that round.

    - If any game is canceled or postponed, it's graded to be worth a half-point; a postponed game must be played within two days of the originally scheduled date or is graded to be worth a half-point.

    Tiebreakers: Pick the Final Four teams (one point per correct team) and national champion (three points for correct team) and submit the tiebreaker picks for the Wednesday, March 19 show. If two or more contestants remain tied after the NCAA championship game, the Best Bet point total will serve as the next tiebreaker; if a tie still exists, the contestant with the most winning plays in the contest prevails.

    Prize structure: Circa owner Derek Stevens is awarding a Stadium Swim cabana with a $1,000 credit or a Barry's dinner comp worth $1,000 to the contest winner, who also receives a trophy. The runner-up contestant receives a $200 gift card to Dom Demarco's Pizzeria in Las Vegas.