how many games are played before there is only 1 winning team
2006-08-14 14:15:05 · 9 answers · asked by Tona M 1 in Sports ➔ Basketball
total games is 64 including the play in game for tha last spot...and a team has to win 6 games to win it all...or 7 if the lowest seeded last spot play in team wins it all which is as remote a possibility as one can get
2006-08-14 16:19:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
There are 64 teams plus two teams play for the 64th spot, so 64 games total... 1 game for the 64th spot (16th cede in one of the four regions), 32 1st round games, 16 2nd round games, 8 sweet 16 games, 4 elite 8 games, 2 final four games, 1 championship game. Kinda confusing, I know. The best way to see it is to print out a bracket and look at the process of the tournament.
2006-08-14 21:28:29 · answer #2 · answered by GG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be 68 games
37 in the opening round, 16 in the second, 8 in the Sweet 16, 4 in the Elite Eight, 2 in the Final Four, and 1 for the national championship
2006-08-14 21:23:32 · answer #3 · answered by Michael_D_Miller 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any time a single-elimination tournament is played, the total number of games will always be one less than the number of teams involved. And each game eliminates one team.
In a 65 team tournament, you play until all but one teams have been eliminated...in other words, you would play 64 games.
In a simplified form, consider an 8 team tournament, single elimination:
1 vs 8
2 vs 7
3 vs 6
4 vs 5
Assume also, that this tournament goes according to seeding.
That's 4 games in the first round.
then:
1 vs 4
2 vs 3
That's two more games to decide who plays for the title.
Finally,
1 vs 2
One game for the championship.
4 games in first round
2 games in second round
1 game for the title
Equals:
7 Games total...starting with 8 teams, with each game eliminating one team. The champion does not get 'eliminated'.
Hope that helps.
2006-08-14 21:35:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
65
2006-08-14 21:20:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you know there is a tourney with 64 teams *(after the so-called 'play in' game), how is your math???
2006-08-14 21:31:10 · answer #6 · answered by homerunhitter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i like tweety's answer..
you have 65 teams to start, then 64, then they roll on from there.
usually Carolina wins. sucks when they dont
2006-08-14 21:47:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
somthin in the 60's
2006-08-18 20:51:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is 62 games
2006-08-18 17:31:40 · answer #9 · answered by Ronnie-five 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋