Tournament Schedule Outline – Draft 1

The following is the current tournament schedule outline. It is NOT set in stone!

Please read it over and let Josh know, ASAP, if you see any issues.

Things to note:

  • We are working to minimize the number of fields in an effort increase overall field quality and the space between fields. With this in mind we are planning on running 17 fields.
  • There are 24 girls teams and 44 boys teams spanning a wide range of competitive levels.
  • We’re working to maximize the frequency of close games.
  • With this schedule 36 teams get 6 games and 32 teams get 7 games. [220 total games will be played.]
  • We are working to minimize:
    • Teams having back to back games with no bye in between.
    • Teams playing each other more than once.
  • Any girls team can end up winning either the A or B divisions.
  • Any boys teams that starts in the A or B divisions can end up winning either the A or B divisions.
  • All rounds will be 70 minutes from start to hard cap. There will be 20 minutes from hard cap to the start of the next round. (There are very few instances of teams playing in back to back rounds.)
  • All games will be to 13. No win by 2.
  • On both Saturday and Sunday, 34 teams will start their first game at 8am and 34 will start their first game at 9:30am.
  • On Saturday, the hard cap on the last game of the day will be at 4:40pm for 34 teams and at 6:30pm for 32 teams.
  • On Sunday, the hard cap on the last game of the day will be at 3:10pm for 34 teams and 4:40pm for 34 teams.

The plan:

Girls – Saturday: The top 8 teams will be split into 2 snaked power pools of 4 [A-division]. Seeds 9 through 24 will be split into 4 snaked pools of 4 [B-division]. After pool play, the top-two finishers in each of the 4 B-division pools will play a crossover game against a team from the power pools. If a power pool team wins their crossover game, they and their opponent stay seeded as they were immediately after pool play. If the power pool team loses, they switch seeding with their opponent.

Girls – Sunday: The top 8 teams play for 1st through 8th in the A-division champs bracket. The top two teams from each of the 4 B-division pools play for 9th through 16th in the B-division champs bracket. The bottom two teams from each of the 4 B-division pools play for 17th through 24th in the consolation bracket.

Boys – Saturday: The top 8 teams will be split into 2 snaked power pools of 4 [A-division]. Seeds 9 through 40 will be split into 8 snaked pools of 4 [B-division]. Seeds 41 through 44 will be in a pool together [C-division]. After pool play, the winners of the 8 B-division pools will play a crossover game against a team from the power pools. If a power pool team wins their cross over game, they and their opponent stay seeded as they were immediately after pool play. If the power pool team loses, they switch seeding with their opponent.

Boys – Sunday: The top 8 teams play for 1st through 8th in the A-division champs bracket. The top-ranked team from each of the 8 B-division pools play for 9th through 16th in the B-division champs bracket. The second-ranked team from each of the 8 B-division pools play for 17th through 24th place in the consolation bracket. The third-ranked team from each of the 8 B-division pools play for 25th through 32nd place in the consolation bracket. The fourth-ranked teams from each of the 8 B-division pools are mixed together with the 4 teams from the C-division pool to form three pools of 4. These three pools of 4 play for 33rd through 44th place. (3-way ties for 33rd, 36th, 39th, and 42nd will result.)

Here’s what everything looks like gridded out:

Key

  • GA-1 = “Girls A pool 1”
  • G1-8 = “Girls champs bracket for 1st through 8th place”