The good news? And no, you don’t need to be a spreadsheet wizard to do it.

March Madness. Office ping-pong championships. Fantasy league playoffs. Family Mario Kart night.

Start with an 8-player bracket. Once you nail the rhythm of skipping rows and merging cells, a 32-player bracket is exactly the same pattern—just repeated more times.

Did this tutorial help you build your bracket? Let me know in the comments—or better yet, share a screenshot of your creation.

Go to Developer > Insert > Checkbox . Place one next to each game. Check it when a lower seed wins. It adds instant drama.

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