14 DAY TRIAL // Finalists to Compete on the Virtual Court in College Hoops 2K7 at the NCAA Men's Final Four in Atlanta have the chance of winning a 2007 Pontiac G5 GT. What do you have to say about that? 2K Sports and Pontiac made the 2nd Annual Pontiac Virtual NCAA Final 4 Tournament official. Fans will have the opportunity to play every match-up of the actual NCAA Tournament before it happens through head-to-head online play on College Hoops 2K7, exclusively on Xbox Live Arcade. The four finalists will be invited to battle it out in Atlanta and play the actual NCAA Men's Final Four match-ups in front of roaring fans. The champion of the Pontiac Virtual NCAA Final 4 Tournament will leave the losers in a trail of smoke in his new 2007 Pontiac G5 GT.
Erik Whiteford, vice president of marketing for 2K Sports said: "The NCAA Final Four is where college spirit combines with raw talent to create an atmosphere that is unrivaled in the sports world. We wanted our fans to experience the same rush that the NCAA student athletes do when they hit the court by teaming up with Pontiac for the second year to bring the tournament to the virtual court with College Hoops 2K7."
Registration is now open and to qualify for the tournament, contestants must have an Xbox Live Gold account and complete 10 online, ranked games of College Hoops 2K7 for either the Xbox or Xbox 360 entertainment systems, before March 10, 2007. The top ranked 192 contestants at the end of the qualifying period will advance to the online tournament where they will play for a chance to be one of four finalists to battle in a live, head-to-head competition in Atlanta, Georgia on March 29-April 3, 2007.
Registration and official tournament rules and regulations can be found here while College Hoops 2K7 will be available this month for the PS3.