Welcome to the Vault March Madness Prestige Tournament, where you get to decide who's tops in consulting.

•  You vote on individual matchups between firms throughout March (begining March 12), telling us who you think is more prestigious

•  Winners move on to the next round
•  The final two contenders will square off March 30 through April 3nd
•  Read more about the tournament guidelines





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Reminder: Like that other March Madness, the Vault March Madness Prestige tournament is full of Cinderellas, competition and upsets. Vote early and often! And keep watching for the official law, i-banking and consulting rankings this fall - only on Vault.com.

Daily Updates
The round of eight will be a dogfight in consulting. L.E.K. is gaining momentum after upsetting tournament-favorite McKinsey; Number two-seed Booz-Allen & Hamilton looks good for a final four berth; And Accenture continues its trail of destruction, replacing McKinsey as our pick to win it all.

 Bracket Breakdowns



East & West Regions | Midwest & South Regions

6 Mercer Management Consulting  (7194)


2 Booz-Allen & Hamilton  (10229)




2 Booz-Allen & Hamilton  (922648)

3 DiamondCluster International  (925638)


1 Accenture  (381449)


3 DiamondCluster International  (479588)



East
1  
 		Bain & Company
2  
 		Monitor
3  
 		Deloitte Consulting
4  
 		Arthur Andersen Business Consulting
5  
 		A.T. Kearney
6  
 		Mercer Management Consulting
7  
 		Cambridge Technology Partners
8  
 		Watson Wyatt Worldwide

West
1  
 		Boston Consulting Group
2  
 		Booz-Allen & Hamilton
3  
 		Marakon
4  
 		Computer Sciences Corporation
5  
 		American Management Systems
6  
 		Hay Group
7  
 		Scient
8  
 		Razorfish

South
1  
 		McKinsey
2  
 		KPMG Consulting
3  
 		DiamondCluster International
4  
 		Arthur D. Little
5  
 		IBM Global Services
6  
 		William M. Mercer
7  
 		Sapient
8  
 		L.E.K. Consulting

Midwest
1  
 		Accenture
2  
 		PricewaterhouseCoopers
3  
 		Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
4  
 		EDS
5  
 		Towers Perrin
6  
 		Hewitt Associates
7  
 		marchFIRST
8  
 		Grant Thornton