Hoop It Up for St. Ambrose!

Thank you to all who bought tickets!

Prize amounts:



• 1st Place $900
• 2nd Place $400
• 3rd Place $250
• Last Place $125

That means you raised $1675 for St. Ambrose ... SWISH!

HOW TO PLAY:

Each St. Ambrose Basketball Raffle Ticket code is unique and represents 8 random teams playing in the 2026 college basketball championship tournament.

Each team is represented by their region and seed #, assigned to them on Selection Sunday, March 15, 2026. Nothing is pre-determined or known to us and you can't pick your teams.

Example Ticket Code:  E4-E7-M5-M8-S1-S3-W2-W6

E is East Region and 4 is seed ranking 4.

Each ticket will get two teams from each region (East, West, South, and Midwest). And, each ticket will get a #1 seed team, a #2 seed team, a #3 seed team, through #8.

Your teams' scores are all added together throughout the tournament for a grand total score at the end. A handful of the highest scoring tickets and lowest scoring tickets will all win prizes. The more tickets sold, the more we will be giving away!  We are splitting the pot. Cash prizes will be 50% of the total ticket sales sold by Selection Sunday. The exact prize amounts will be determined on Selection Sunday after 4 p.m.

Schedule:

• Selection Sunday: March 15, 2026
• First Four: March 17-18 (Dayton, OH)
• First/Second Rounds: March 19-22
• Sweet 16/Elite Eight: March 26-29
• Final Four: April 4 (Indianapolis, IN)
• National Championship: April 6 (Indianapolis, IN)

Questions? You can email Matt Bechtold at mbechtold@saintambroseparish.org or contact the Parish Office at 618-466-2921, ext. 2. This raffle has been approved by the Village of Godfrey.

It’s Bracket Time!