Basketball Brackets
to Help Organize your Tournaments

Hosting a basketball tournament - use the basketball brackets below to help organize it - is a great way to build a sense of community within the team, the school and the larger community. It's also a great way to get in a few extra games off the league schedule, play a few teams that you may not otherwise get to play in the season, and try out a few new basketball plays.

There are lots of things you need to keep in mind when you are planning to host a tournament, but perhaps the most obvious is to create a playing schedule. Below you will find blank brackets you can use to set up the tournament schedule. Click on the schedule that matches the number of teams and format that you are planning for.

Single Knockout Tournaments

Double Knockout Tournaments

These are, I think, the most common tournament schedules - I don't know how often schools have a 32-team invitational. I would guess quite rarely. But if you have more teams in the schedule than noted here, check out the Print Your Brackets site, where you'll find basketball brackets for tournaments with up to 40 teams.

Go ahead and start sending our invitations to that tournament - it will be a great experience and likely to turn into an annual event.