Stickels Puzzle #12

The NCAA college basketball tournament has been a huge success since they went to the format of selecting a sixty-four-team field. The tournament is a single-elimination tournament with no byes. In all, there is a total of sixty-three games played. If the tournament were to go to a thirty-two-team field and institute a double-elimination format (each team would be disqualified after two losses), what are the maximum number of games that could be played? 31 32 38 42 54 61 63 64 65 None of the above view results