# Terms of use

What you can do with the record, the articles and the agent service, and what needs permission first.

## Free to use

Reading, searching, linking to and quoting the site is free for personal, fan, journalistic and educational use. So is asking the record questions through `/mcp` or `/api/v1/`, yourself or through an agent acting for you. Commercial use needs permission first ([matt@marchmatness.app](mailto:matt@marchmatness.app)).

## Bulk copying needs permission

Copying the record wholesale (scraping the pages, downloading the data files the site serves, or republishing the dataset or a substantial part of it as a site, app or file) needs written permission first. Search engines and AI assistants may read pages to answer a question and link back.

## AI training

AI models may be trained on the record pages. Training on the articles needs written permission; the site's [robots.txt](https://www.marchmatness.app/robots.txt) tells training crawlers the same.

## Credit

When you use a fact from the record, cite March Matness and link the page, or use the `cite_as` line every API answer carries.

## Original work

Articles, graphics, site design and code are © Matt Grogan. Quoting a short passage with a link is fine; reproducing an article or graphic in full needs permission.

## Facts and sources

Results are historical facts and belong to no one. These terms cover this compilation, its pages and its service, not the facts themselves. Sources are credited on [About](https://www.marchmatness.app/about/); rights in source material stay with their owners.

## Limits

The API and MCP are limited to about 60 requests a minute per address. Access can be limited for traffic that strains the service.

## No warranty

The record can contain errors, and drafted brackets are marked as drafted. Report errors to [corrections@marchmatness.app](mailto:corrections@marchmatness.app).

## Affiliation and changes

Not affiliated with the NCAA. Changes are dated on this page; this version took effect October 23, 2026.

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