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There are many types of tourneys you can set up. Single elim., double elim. , or even round robin. They all have advants. and disadvants. A single elim. is the most typical and is based on numbers of teams = to powers of two, i.e. 2,4,8,16 teams. That's where the sweet sixteen and final four come from. If you have a tourney where the number of teams is not equal to power of two, then you need to add in some number of place holders, fake teams, to get up to the next power of two. For example with 10 teams, you add in 6 fake teams. Now you have 16 teams and can run a single elim. The next thing is seeding. You don't want the #1 team to play the #2 team. So #1 plays #16, #2 plays #15, etc. So with 10 teams and 6 fake teams placed at the bottom of the order, the top 6 teams get a bye. They play the 6 fake teams. Just sketch out the "tree" starting with 16 slots in first round, then 8, then 4, then 2. Seed the teams so higher ranking team always plays the lower ranking team. One way to figure out the initial seeding is to assume there are no upsets. Start from the last round and work your way back to the first. Last round #1 plays #2. Semis, #1 plays #4 and in the other bracket #2 plays #3. Work your way back and you'll get the typical seeding for a single elim. tourney. I'd be happy to e-mail a better description or picture if you'd like.
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