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NCAA Release Week Tournaments

posted July 4, 2025 / No Comments

TSO is proud to announce the NCAA 13 Release Week Tournaments for both Xbox 360 and PS3. There is a twist to the format for this year’s annual tourney. Users will be placed in groups of 4 and a round-robin style structure will take place. The top 2 finishers from each group or pod of 4 will then advance to the main tournament bracket. The main tournament will be single elimination. Prizes will be given out to the top 3 finishers with first getting a gift card for Madden 13 and 2nd and 3rd coming away with TSO T-shirts. Follow the links below for further rules and sign-ups. The tournaments are available to premier members only.

 

Xbox 360 tourney info thread and sign-ups

PS3 tourney info thread and sign-ups

Rules

  • ***PREMIER MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED***
  • Tradition Sports Online NCAA Football rules apply to ALL games. Rules can be found here: http://forums.traditionsportsonline…les-and-general-expectations.1161/#post-15390
  • The above rules are subject to change without notice. We have not yet reviewed possible exploits or game play issues that may arise from NCAA ’13.
  • If you have ANY issues with your opponent’s gameplay, please finish the game, get video evidence if possible and report to PAgamer07 or I Peench via PM. DO NOT QUIT THE GAME. Quitting a game will result in IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATION
  • Management reserves the right to disqualify any player for suspect gameplay at any time.
  • It is the winner’s responsibility to provide a brief recap of the game with a final score once your game is complete.
  • Custom Playbooks are BANNED

Teams

  • There is a Prestige cap on all teams.
  • Teams are chosen on a 1st come, 1st serve basis.
  • When the “group” stage is complete, there will be a redraft of teams for the final tournament. Draft order will be based on a random order which will be the same as the seeding.
  • You can Keep the same team you had from the group stage if you want, taking it off the board for the redraft.

Structure

  • There will be two stages of the tournament. A “Group” Stage and a “Knock-out” stage
  • The first stage will consist of groups of 4 teams. These 4 teams will each play each other one time with home and road being randomized.
  • Groupings will be based on availability and team prestige
  • The top 2 finishers from each group will advance to the “knock-out” tournament.
  • The “knock-out” tournament will be seeded randomly. If you lose, you are eliminated.
  • The Final-Four will play for final rankings (1-4), with Prizes awarded to 1st through 3rd place.

Signups

  • To signup, please post your team choice and your typical game-play availability.
  • Signups are to be complete by Wednesday 7/11 at Midnight EST.

Schedule

  • It is your responsibility to schedule your games in a timely fashion. If a time cannot be arranged, the person who put the most effort into scheduling the game will be given a win.
  • Signups are to be complete by 7/11 at Midnight EST
  • Group Stage schedules will be finalized and announced by 10PM EST, Friday 7/13
  • Deadline to complete your 3 group play games will be Tuesday 7/17 10PM EST
  • Tournament bracket will be revealed by Thursday 7/19 10 PM EST
  • The Knock-out tournament will have a 48 hour timelimit for each round, which expires at 10 PM EST of each day.

Prizes

  • The 1st place finisher will be awarded a Gift Card for Madden NFL ’13
  • 2nd and 3rd place finishers will each be awarded a Tradition Sports T-Shirt.

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