AdTech March Madness—Pick the Winner!
In the comments section below, name the team you think will go all the way and WIN the 2025 AdTech March Madness Tournament—along with your tiebreaker guess for the total number of points scored in the Championship Game.
In addition to the 64 seeded teams below, 8 wild card "play-in" teams will compete for a chance to go head-to-head with the #16 seed in each conference—and will replace the 16-seed if victorious in their play-in game.
The first play-in games will occur on March 11, with final scores plus game & player highlights posted in the comments section for every game. Scroll down for bracket matchups & schedule. (All games will be simulated by AI.)
Your winner pick and tiebreaker score must be posted in the comments section on or before Monday, March 10, to be eligible to win the secret (and VERY cool) prize.
GOOD LUCK & MAY THE BEST TEAM WIN!
Schedule, Conferences/Teams, Rankings, and Players:
GLOBAL GIANTS CONFERENCE:
1. Google/Alphabet's Starting Five:
2. Facebook/Meta's Starting Five:
3. Amazon Advertising's Starting Five:
4. Alibaba Group's Starting Five:
5. TikTok's Starting Five:
6. Microsoft AI's Starting Five:
7. Adobe Advertising Cloud's Starting Five:
8. The Trade Desk's Starting Five:
9. WPP's Starting Five:
10. Publicis Group's Starting Five:
11. Omnicom Media Group's Starting Five:
12. IPG's Starting Five:
13. Dentsu's Starting Five:
14. Havas's Starting Five:
15. Tencent Advertising's Starting Five:
16. Baidu's Starting Five:
PROGRAMMATIC POWERHOUSES CONFERENCE:
1. Xandr's Starting Five:
2. MediaMath's Starting Five:
3. Criteo's Starting Five:
4. Magnite's Starting Five:
5. PubMatic's Starting Five:
6. OpenX's Starting Five:
7. Rocket Fuel's Starting Five:
8. Amobee (Nexxen)'s Starting Five:
9. Sizmek's Starting Five:
10. Adform's Starting Five:
11. Centro (Basis)'s Starting Five:
12. Zeta's Starting Five:
13. Mediaocean's Starting Five:
14. Flashtalking's Starting Five:
15. Choozle's Starting Five:
16. Simplifi's Starting Five:
EMERGING INNOVATORS CONFERENCE:
1. Taboola's Starting Five:
2. Outbrain's Starting Five:
3. InMobi's Starting Five:
4. AdRoll's Starting Five:
5. Kargo's Starting Five:
6. TripleLift's Starting Five:
7. Teads's Starting Five:
8. Vidmob's Starting Five:
9. RevContent's Starting Five:
10. Nativo's Starting Five:
11. Sharethrough's Starting Five:
12. StackAdapt's Starting Five:
13. GumGum's Starting Five:
14. AdTheorent's Starting Five:
15. Verve's Starting Five:
16. Tremor (Nexxen)'s Starting Five:
SPECIALIZED SOLUTIONS CONFERENCE:
1. IAS's Starting Five:
2. DoubleVerify's Starting Five:
3. LiveRamp's Starting Five:
4. Lotame's Starting Five:
5. Oracle's Starting Five:
6. Nielsen Marketing's Starting Five:
7. Comscore's Starting Five:
8. Quantcast's Starting Five:
9. Camphouse's Starting Five:
10. Neustar (TransUnion)'s Starting Five:
11. Acxiom's Starting Five:
12. Experian's Starting Five:
13. Merkle's Starting Five:
14. Epsilon's Starting Five:
15. IQM Corporation's Starting Five:
16. AppLovin's Starting Five:
PLAY-IN TEAMS:
1. The Force's Starting Five:
2. Penn Power's Starting Five:
3. MediaPost's Starting Five:
4. Youth Movement's Starting Five:
5. The Wild Bunch's Starting Five:
6. Smart Cookies' Starting Five:
7. The Artists' Starting Five:
8. The Communicators' Starting Five:
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