So I was just wondering how a 3 seed gets put with a 4rth seed and potentially has 3 games but a 5th seed would potentially only have 2 games playing a 2 seed?

it`s an uneven amount of teams. The 5th see will most likely lose. The brackets looks fair to me.

because it goes in order #1 gets best seeding a bye!! #2 gets 2nd best seeding vs the lowest seed. #3 gets the next best seeding #4.

I have to agree with the original poster. #4 vs. #5 should be the play in game, with #1 vs. the #4/#5 winner and #2 vs. #3 as the semifinals. Basically #1, #2, and #5 are getting first round byes with the way it is currently set up. It should be #1, #2, and #3, with #4 vs. #5 playing for the right to face #1. The way it is currently set up, #3 is being punished, and #1 isn`t getting the worst possible opponent in it`s first game. Honestly, this is a little screwed up. Not that I truly care, I mean it`s `C` league. No offense intended to any of the teams playing in `C`, but no one is going to lose sleep over it. That being said, the Coach from Last Call has a fair point. Last Call should be playing Gold Rush in the semi`s with WTF facing the Bearcats for the right to play the Warriors in the other semi. Just sayin`.

Think about it like this. When theres an odd number of teams in a seeded single elimination bracket, treat it like theres an even number of teams, making the missing team the last place seed. Then since the missing team doesnt exist you advance #1 and move on. This is simply a method of dealing with having an odd number of teams, not rewarding the first place team. Its also the traditional seeding method for an odd number of teams.

I`m not trying to argue with you man, but it is wrong. Winner of 4/5 should be playing 1 in one semi, and 2 should be playing 3 in the other. 1 should be rewarded with the easiest game, and 4/5 should have the most difficult road.

I see what Josh is saying, but really I think Last Call might have a valid point. If we were really trying to balance it like a normal bracket (NCAA style) then there would have to be 8 teams or a play-in game to get to a 4 team bracket. If there are 8 teams, then the seeding would be:

1. Warriors
2. Goldrush
3. Last Call
4. Bearcats
5. WTF
6. Fake Team 1
7. Fake Team 2
8. Fake Team 3

With this, the top three teams get byes in the first round, 4 plays 5 as a play-in to the 4 team bracket and the winner plays 1 and 2 plays 3. So you see, this ends up being the same as the play-in game option.

In a proper bracket when teams win when they are supposed to, the four team bracket should be 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3. In the current bracket it would 1 vs. 3 and 2 vs. 5...Seems wrong

@HRM, that`s exactly what I was saying man. Josh, not bashing you or anything. I think you do a good job. Just trying to point out how it should be, that`s all.

Yeah just having to play an extra game but being in 3rd place? You would the the last 2 seeds would play that role. But whatever it`s flag football and if have to play 3 for the ship.... . Then shall be it!

Just shut up already and play.

Last call will be done in the first round anyways

Would love for you guys to post ur names and teams.... But what r u going to ask for from Internet gangsters

Would love for you to shut up and play!!! Loser!

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Not that it much matters at this point, but Josh you did set up the C bracket incorrectly. Just look at how you set up the A bracket for proof as to why. I`ve never seen a bracket, even one with an odd number of teams, where a higher seeded team had to play more games than a lower seeded team to get the championship game.

I suppose it could have been wrong. I`ll look into it and make sure it`s right going forward. Congrats to the 1 and 2 seeds for making the title game though.