Is it up to the host team to set the brackets up or is it some sort of seeding formula used? I'm talking high school holiday tournies.

 

Just curious.

I'd say almost all of them are just placed by the host school.

You have different types of brackets some use points and some use pool play it really depends on how many teams and how many games you want to guarantee teams to play. If you guarantee more games then teams are willing to come but if you our after 1 or 2 games it is hard to get teams to accept an offer to come play

You have different types of brackets some use points and some use pool play it really depends on how many teams and how many games you want to guarantee teams to play. If you guarantee more games then teams are willing to come but if you our after 1 or 2 games it is hard to get teams to accept an offer to come play

He was asking how the brackets are set up. Example: Did Lloyd just place teams where ever they wanted, or did they use some type of seeding.

Usually the best two team meet in the finals but not always. Power of the pencil is huge. I am really surprised more teams don't complain.

Hopefully some people with experience in setting up tourneys can respond. I have wondered about this for some time but suspect that the host justs sets them up anyway they want mostly. I think travel times might be taken into some consideration in some cases.

Lots taken into consideration, but host basically does what they want. Most teams prefer not to play schools already on their schedule, etc.

Usually, not always, the host team has a cupcake in the first round and the top team can be located on the opposite side of the host.

Usually, not always, the host team has a cupcake in the first round and the top team can be located on the opposite side of the host.

 

You can start with the above statement for most tourneys. IF you are playing the host school in first round you know what they think of your team. Some times a team will request to not play a certain team in the first round (already playing them, from their state, from their conference, etc) as a stipulation to accepting an invite. When you go to a tournament you know what to expect so if you do not like the teams in it do not go. Many times teams will wait a little and see who all is in a tourney before deciding if they want to call and place themselves in that tournament. Especially smaller schools who do not want to end up in a tourney like a lloyd. On paper lloyd is a 2A school so you might figure all like schools....but in reality it is loaded with larger schools every year. But you know that if you go to the Mike Swauger Tournament in Bellevue chances are you will get three other class A schools to play (except the year a certain local school decided to not play in it at the last minute and North College Hill took their spot at the last minute!!!!!!!!!!!).