Hello All,
I need some help from those with more experience at this than me.
For the tournament I'm going to have 9 teams and 15 packets. I was
going to do a full round robin, then break up into brackets of 5 and
4 with the top bracket being five teams. The top bracket would then
play another round robin, while the bottom bracket would play a round
robin and then two matches of ladder play. At the end, any team with
a one-game advantage in record would win outright, and if there's a
tie, the remaining packet would be used for a final.
I'd like to not have a format that didn't give the top teams two byes
over the course of the tournament, but I still want them to play each
other at least twice and get at least 12 games. Keep in mind that I
need one packet left for a final.
So, anyone have suggestions?
Feel free to e-mail me privately at subash at uchicago dot edu or
post here.
Thanks