The second round of the 2025 NBA playoffs continues Thursday with an elimination game in Denver. The top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder are one win away from the Western Conference finals and could ...

Filling out a bracket ... elimination format. The tournament proceeds as follows: After an initial ‘First Four’ round, the field narrows to 64 teams, and then it goes through the First Round ...

The NCAA selects 64 teams to complete the NCAA softball ... which is also a double-elimination format. The semifinals place the winner's bracket winner against the loser's bracket winner, with ...

The 64 teams will be placed in 16 different four-team regions, with teams seeded one through four to compete in a double-elimination ... single-elimination brackets. The two winners — California ...