is that it runs in linear time: since every game eliminates exactly one team, in order to have one team left standing you need just n − 1 games—a linear number. The disadvantage is that, well, you never really figure out the standings aside from first place. Ironically, in Single Elimination no tournament structure is actually necessary at all. Any 63 games will yield a single undefeated champion. For instance, you could simply have a single “king of the hill” team take on challengers one by one until it is dethroned, at which point whoever defeated it takes over its spot and continues.
