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March Madness Begins: Play The Bracket Challenge

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MIAMI (CBSMiami.com) March means a lot of things to people.You set your clocks ahead an hour. We all take a break for St. Patrick's day, and Spring arrives, finally. But if you're a basketball fan, none of those matter. It's time for March Madness, the NCAA Basketball Tournament, and if you can't take the court, you can play along at home with the CBSMiami Bracket Challenge.

The idea is simple. 68 teams play in the tournament. All we want you to do is sit down before play begins, look at the match-ups, and decide who will win, all the way down to the final 4, and the teams that will play the championship game.

You don't pick round-by-round. You pick everything up front, before the full tournament begins at Noon Thursday, March 17th.

Can't do it, you say? Don't know enough about hoops? It's easier than you think, because with 68 teams playing, all the basketball knowledge in the world isn't enough. To win, you have to be lucky, and there are enough upsets every years to keep even amateurs alive all the way down to the championship game on CBS4.

And, if you're good and lucky, you could take home a prize that gives you more than bragging rights. CBS4 is giving away a brand new top-of-the-line Apple iPad 2 to the lucky person on the top of the brackets at the end of the tournament.

To play, do your research, or simply rely on dumb luck, and start here.

If you have played one of our online games before, use your username and password to begin. If you're new to this, take a few minutes to create a free account, and once you're done, move straight onto the "Play Game" tab.

You'll see the brackets laid out, all of the matchups filled in. To pick, just click in the box for the team you think will win, round by round. When you're done, click save, and that's it.

Watch March Madness on CBS, TBS, TNT, and TruTV, and see how you fared.

You will also be able to see the games online from CBS Sports, and while the tournament is underway, watch our exclusive online Mayhem Live call-in show streaming on CBSMiami.com

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