how do you do the buys for a tournements
Brackets are built in multiples of 8. If you have 7 teams, #1 gets a bye. If you have 6 teams, #1 and #2 get byes. In other words, the best teams have earned the right to take the first round off. If you have 8 teams, 1 hosts 8, and 4 vs. 5. 2 hosts 7, and 3 vs. 6 on the other half of the bracket . If you have 15 teams, #1 get a bye. If you have 14 teams, #1 and 2 get byes. If you have 16 teams, 1 vs. 16, 8 vs. 9, 4 vs. 13 and 5 vs. 12 are in one half of the bracket. In the other half is 2 vs. 15, 7 vs. 10, 3 vs. 14 and 6 vs. 11.
