Basketball Tournament

Overall Cost: $$
Complexity: 4

Who doesn’t love a little friendly competition? Throw together a basketball tournament at your local park, rec center or school and get the whole town involved! It can be 3×3, 4×4, or even go a full team and go 5×5!

Things to Consider

Here’s how to get started and some helpful tips:

  • Send out flyers and a sign-up link
  • Make sure to have plenty of refs and volunteers to keep track of the scores and brackets
  • Create a various number of brackets depending on how many teams you have sign up

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