alternatives

24 Team Double Elimination Tournament

16 Team Double Elimination Tournament

16 Team Group Round Robin Tournament

Alternative #1) 24 Team Double Elimination Tourney with a first round bye for the top 8 seeds  TOP

Friday night the bottom 16 seeds play

Game 1 Friday 1900 no 9 vs no 24

Game 2 Friday 1930 no 10 vs no 23

Game 3 Friday 2000 no 11 vs no 22

Game 4 Friday 2030 no 12 vs no 21

break / time catchup

Game 5 Friday 2130 no 13 vs no 20

Game 6 Friday 2200 no 14 vs no 19

Game 7 Friday 2230 no 15 vs no 18

Game 8 Friday 2300 no 16 vs no 17

If you lose on Friday night, or for some reason can't make it (forfeit) you show up Sunday for the losers bracket.

Now, the top 8 seeds with a bye enter the mix....

Game 9 Saturday 1100 no 8 vs winner game 1

Game 10 Saturday 1130 no 7 vs winner game 2

Game 11 Saturday 1200 no 6 vs winner game 3

Game 12 Saturday 1230 no 5 vs winner game 4

break / time catchup

Game 13 Saturday 1330 no 4 vs winner game 5

Game 14 Saturday 1400 no 3 vs winner game 6

Game 15 Saturday 1430 no 2 vs winner game 7

Game 16 Saturday 1500 no 1 vs winner game 8

Break for CU vs CSU football game for duration of the day. Every team still is in contention - max is one loss

Losers bracket

Game 17 Sunday 1100 loser 1 vs loser 9

Game 18 Sunday 1130 loser 2 vs loser 10

Game 19 Sunday 1200 loser 3 vs loser 11

Game 20 Sunday 1230 loser 4 vs loser 12

reak / time catchup

Game 21 Sunday 1330 loser 5 vs loser 13

Game 22 Sunday 1400 loser 6 vs loser 14

Game 23 Sunday 1430 loser 7 vs loser 15

Game 24 Sunday 1500 loser 8 vs loser 16

break / time catchup End of losers bracket 1, now a total of 16 teams 8 with one loss, remaining 8 eliminated

Game 25 Sunday 1600 winner 12 vs winner 13

Game 26 Sunday 1630 winner 14 vs winner 11

Game 27 Sunday 1700 winner 15 vs winner 10

Game 28 Sunday 1730 winner 16 vs winner 9

break / time catchup

Game 29 Sunday 1830 winner 17 vs winner 18

Game 30 Sunday 1900 winner 19 vs winner 20

Game 31 Sunday 1930 winner 21 vs winner 22

Game 32 Sunday 2000 winner 23 vs winner 24

break / time catchup

Game 33 Sunday 2100 loser 28 vs winner 29

Game 34 Sunday 2130 loser 25 vs winner 30

Game 35 Sunday 2200 loser 26 vs winner 31

Game 36 Sunday 2230 loser 27 vs winner 32

end of daily competition catchup now 4 teams undefeated, 4 teams with one loss, remaining 4 eliminated

Game 37 Monday 1030 winner 33 vs winner 34

Game 38 Monday 1100 winner 35 vs winner 36

Game 39 Monday 1130 winner 26 vs winner 27

Game 40 Monday 1200 winner 28 vs winner 25

break / time catchup

Game 41 Monday 1330 winner 38 vs loser 39

Game 42 Monday 1300 winner 37 vs loser 40

Game 43 Monday 1330 winner 41 vs winner 42

break / time catchup now 2 teams undefeated, 1 team with one loss

15 Minute halves 5 minute halftime

Game 44 Monday 1430 winner 39 vs winner 40

Game 45 Monday 1515 loser 44 vs winner 43 - play one more 15 minute overtime if winner 43 wins 45

Championship

Game 46 Monday 1630 winner 44 vs winner of 45 - play one more 15 minute overtime if winner 45 wins 46

have to clear out by 1730 go party somewhere else or possibly upstairs.

Friday night

Game 1 Friday 1900 no 1 vs no 16

Game 2 Friday 1930 no 8 vs no 9

Game 3 Friday 2000 no 5 vs no 12

Game 4 Friday 2030 no 4 vs no 13

break / time catchup

Game 5 Friday 2130 no 6 vs no 11

Game 6 Friday 2200 no 3 vs no 14

Game 7 Friday 2230 no 7 vs no 10

Game 8 Friday 2300 no 2 vs no 15

Game 9 Saturday 1100 winner game 1 vs winner game 2

Game 10 Saturday 1130 winner game 3 vs winner game 4

Game 11 Saturday 1200 winner game 5 vs winner game 6

Game 12 Saturday 1230 winner game 7 vs winner game 8

break / time catchup

Game 13 Saturday 1330 loser game 1 vs loser game 2

Game 14 Saturday 1400 loser game 3 vs loser game 4

Game 15 Saturday 1430 loser game 5 vs loser game 6

Game 16 Saturday 1500 loser game 7 vs loser game 8

Now 4 teams undefeated, 8 teams with one loss, 4 teams eliminated

Break for CU vs CSU football game for duration of the day.

Game 17 Sunday 1100 winner 13 vs loser 9

Game 18 Sunday 1130 winner 14 vs loser 10

Game 19 Sunday 1200 winner 15 vs loser 11

Game 20 Sunday 1230 winner 16 vs loser 12

break / time catchup

Game 21 Sunday 1330 winner 9 vs winner 10

Game 22 Sunday 1400 winner 11 vs winner 12

Game 23 Sunday 1430 winner 17 vs winner 18

Game 24 Sunday 1500 winner 19 vs winner 20

break / time catchup now a total of 6 teams 4 with one loss 2 undefeated

Game 25 Sunday 1600 loser 21 vs winner 23

Game 26 Sunday 1630 loser 22 vs winner 24

Game 27 Sunday 1700 winner 21 vs winner 22

Game 28 Sunday 1730 winner 25 vs winner 26

break / time catchup

15 Minute halves 5 minute halftime

Game 29 Sunday 1900 winner 28 vs loser 27

Game 30 Sunday 1945 winner 29 vs winner 27

if winner 27 wins, then they are undefeated champion,

otherwise

NOTE:  This format could be done with 16 teams (4 groups of 4 teams each playing a round robin)
then the top 2 teams in each quatro make the quarterfinals.

This way, every team would play a minimum of 3 games; the finalists would  play 6

  Fri 6:00  A1 v. A2     Sat. 09:00 C1 v. C2       Sun. 2:00  QF #1
  Fri 6:30  A3 v. A4     Sat. 09:30 C3 v. C4       Sun. 2:45  QF #2
  Fri 7:00  B1 v. B2     Sat: 10:00  D1 v. D2      Sun  3:30  QF #3
  Fri 7:30  B3 v. B4     Sat. 10:30  D3 v. D4      Sun. 4:15  QF #4
  Fri 8:00  A2 v. A3     Sat. 11:00  C2 v. C3
  Fri 8:30  A1 v.A4      Sat. 11:30  C1 v. C4      Sun. 6:00   SF #1
  Fri 9:00 B2 v. B3      Sat. 12:00  D2 v. D3      Sun. 6:45   SF #2
  Fri 9:30  B1v. B4      Sat. 12:30  D1 v. D4
  Fri 10:00 A1v. A3     Sat. 13:00  C1 v. C3       Sun. 7:45   Finals
  Fri 10:30 A2v. A4     Sat. 13:30  C2 v. C4       Sun. 8:45   All-star Tossup Game
  Fri 11:00 B1 v. B3    Sat. 14:00  D1 v. D3
  Fri 11:30 B2 v. B4    Sat. 14:30  D2 v. D4