The Mens NCAA College Basketball tournament, formally known as “March Madness” due to the time of year it is held, is one of the biggest sporting events of the year. When 65 college basketball teams line up for a chance to be named “Champion” in a single-elimination bracket-based tournament… it truly is maddening! Naturally, we were thrilled to be given the assignment of designing and engineering MarchAddict.com - one of the webs first and only online-based tournament website.

On March Addict, we designed the entire template from the ground up based on the popular Joomla CMS coding system. This system allowed the owner to adjust everything on his own once we were done designing with relative ease. We encorporated a massive member system where profiles were linked from entering into the tournament, to purchasing, to talking in the user forums, to private messaging. It really was a “jack of all trades” type website!

In addition to the design, MarchAddict.com was fully coded and had a unique payment system that allowed members to sign up for free, then purchase an entry or two into the competition. When they purchased an entry, users could then unlock a secret members area where they could enter their picks for the tournament in to a bracket-style layout… all online… and track their progress against other players LIVE. Yes, we really pulled out all the stops on this one!

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