Tournament Draw

[guccishoes]

What is the accepted method in determining a draw for a state district level Cal Ripkin tournament? Allegedly the draw for the tournament my son is playing heavily favors the host team.
These are tournament teams that have no prior ranking.

[aepitaz]

With our District and State tournaments we draw out the brackets and assign numbers to each starting slot. Then each team draws out of a hat to determine their number. Put the team into the proper place in the bracket and you are all set.

We have a 7 team district tournament running right now and one team gets a first round bye. Just happens sometimes, nobody can complain because the seeds are random.

It has worked for us for quite a while.