[ColleenShaver]

The bracket was great.. it was a challenge of coordination, scouting, math, and writing small. The slightest error could change your whole day's game plan.

And no doubt everyone.. #2 seed was the worst place to be. You got a bye, but until the round before the quarterfinals where you were put into the thick of the competition. If you lost that match, you got dumped into the loser's bracket. At this point, most of these teams in the losers bracket have been playing with one loss all day and have been flying through 5 or 6 matches. It was all on the line and it was a serious battle over there. It wasn't a nice place to be for only your second match of the day. Trust me.

In those days, the place to be was 3-6th seed. That usually offered a pretty decent run through the bracket.

Thanks for the flashback, Professor. I think I do have one of these brackets somewhere.. I'll have to take a dig someday soon.