How basketball tournaments usually run
Youth and adult basketball tournaments usually guarantee each team three games: pool games first, then a seeded bracket. Games are often shortened, like two 20-minute halves with a running clock, so a gym can fit more games in a day.
3v3 events play to a score or a time limit on half courts, which means many games at once. Clear court assignments matter even more there.
Formats you can run
Pool games and brackets use the same registration, payments and live page.
- Pool games, then a single or double elimination bracket.
- Bracket only, with byes for any number of teams.
- Gold and silver brackets, or a consolation bracket, using custom brackets.
Game day in the gym
Every game has a court and a time, so coaches and parents stop asking the table where to go next. Name courts the way your gym does, including half courts for 3v3.
If games run long, run auto-assign again: finished games stay and the rest shift. Send one message to every team when the schedule changes.