Bracket Design Madness
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Design claims that single-elimination fairness depends on exact seeding rules not topic alone: uses complete binary tree math, simulation and prediction matrices, and practical fixes like top-end draw and buys for missing slots. Demonstrations show only 3–4 team brackets achieve ideal fairness and that reseeding (the NFL style) or reseeding after each round materially changes win probabilities. Examples include a Discord March Madness build and worked-through 6‑team and 8‑team cases.
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