Campus Hardwood

Seven staples of the college game are spinning, from Selection Sunday to the final horn.

How to play

🎰 Every column is a 3-letter reel: the right letter plus two decoys.
👆 Swipe a column up or down (or tap the arrows) to roll a letter onto the gold payline.
🎯 Spell the word the clue points to. Nail it in the fewest dials for an Ace.
🔒 Stuck? Lock a letter to snap the next column into place, left to right. It costs you the ace but keeps you moving.
🖥️ On a keyboard: ← → pick a column, ↑ ↓ dial it, L locks the next letter.

Terms

Dial-to-spell

Format

Hard

Difficulty

💡 Untimed and un-failable. Every word is always solvable. Chase the perfect card.

About Campus Hardwood

Campus Hardwood is a free College Hoops word puzzle played on slot-machine reels: 7 hidden terms, each split into tiny letter reels you roll up and down until the gold payline spells the word. Seven staples of the college game are spinning, from Selection Sunday to the final horn.

Every answer is an evergreen College Hoops term, no seasonal trivia required, just vocabulary and a feel for the reels. The set is rated Hard, and ace all 7.

The clues you will dial against are listed below, exactly as they appear in the game. The words they point to stay hidden.

How to play

Each puzzle shows a clue and a row of three-letter reels.

Roll each reel up or down until the middle payline spells the hidden word.

Lock it in to check; a clean first-try dial is an ace.

Ace all 7 for the perfect card, then share it.

The clues in this set

The branching tournament chart that maps every possible path from the opening round to the championship.

The March nickname inspired by the men's and women's national tournaments and their rapid run of elimination games.

A result in which the lower-ranked or less-favored team defeats the expected winner.

A team's numbered placement in a tournament region, assigned before the first game.

The free-throw situation awarded after an opponent accumulates enough team fouls in a period.

The low area near the basket where interior players establish position with their backs to the hoop.

A forceful finish in which a player drives the ball directly down through the rim with one or both hands.

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