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By Greg Williams
Pennsylvania Director of Scouting

In honor of the NCAA basketball tournament and in conjunction with the start of the high school baseball season we are happy to announce the pairings for the initial round of the second annual PBR March Madness tournament have been set.

In year one the tournament pitted 64 of the top prospects from across the state in a tournament set up to mirror the NCAA basketball championships with Parkland High School left-handed pitcher Connor Higgins, now at Arizona State, bringing home the title. (Click Here to view a recap of last of the inaugural tournament)

This year we have tweaked the format to include 64 high school teams from across the state. Following are the rules and the timelines for those voting to help their favorite teams advance to the next round.

March 15 - Field of 64 teams along with first round pairings released.
March 15 - Voting begins with all first round match-ups being released via Twitter. The team receiving the greatest number of favorites or retweets on Twitter @pbrpennsylvania will advance to the next round.
March 18 - Round of 32 pairings will released. Voting begins on Twitter at 8:00pm.
March 20 - Voting in round of 32 will conclude at 8:00pm.
March 21 - Sweet 16 teams and pairings will be announced.
March 24 - Sweet 16 voting will begin on Twitter at 12:00pm.
March 25 - Sweet 16 voting will conclude at 7:00pm.
March 26 - Elite 8 teams and pairings announced. Voting will begin at 7:00am.
March 27 - Elite 8 voting will conclude at 10:00pm.
March 28 - Final 4 teams and pairings will be announced. 
April 2      - Final 4 voting will begin at 12:00pm.
April 3      - Final 4 voting will conclude at 12:00pm.
April 3      - Championship teams will be announced. Voting will begin at 6:00pm.
April 4     - Championship voting will conclude at 6:00pm and the 2016 PBR March Madness Champion will be announced at 8:00pm.