From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-12-11T03:17:01+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Tournament Matchups (#105) (Not a spoiler)

On Dec 10, 2006, at 12:03 PM, Daniel Finnie wrote:

> I have some questions about this problem.
>
> First http://www.crowsdarts.com/brackets/playoff-chart.html, for 5  
> teams, is the output correct?  It gives the following match-ups for  
> the 1st round:
> 1 vs. bye
> 4 vs. 5
> 2 vs. 3
>
> Wouldn't the correct answer be:
> 1 vs. bye
> 5 vs. 2
> 4 vs. 3

Your way seems more correct to me, yes.

> Also, are there allowed to be any "byes" in the 2nd or greater rounds?

I haven't tried the problem myself yet, but I'm pretty sure you only  
need them in the first round, if you work out the ordering  
correctly.  Someone correct me if I'm wrong on that though...

James Edward Gray II