diff --git a/app/hooks/useTournamentRounds/index.ts b/app/hooks/useTournamentRounds/index.ts
index 8ffe59840..15bfe46b8 100644
--- a/app/hooks/useTournamentRounds/index.ts
+++ b/app/hooks/useTournamentRounds/index.ts
@@ -1,26 +1,7 @@
-import { eliminationBracket } from "~/core/tournament/algorithms";
-import { participantCountToRoundsInfo } from "~/core/tournament/bracket";
-import {
-  UseTournamentRoundsAction,
-  UseTournamentRoundsState,
-  UseTournamentsArgs,
-} from "./types";
 import * as React from "react";
+import { UseTournamentRoundsAction, UseTournamentRoundsState } from "./types";
 
-const getInitialState = ({
-  teams,
-  type,
-  mapPool,
-}: UseTournamentsArgs): UseTournamentRoundsState => {
-  const teamCount = teams.reduce(
-    (acc, cur) => acc + (cur.checkedInTime ? 1 : 0),
-    0
-  );
-  const bracket = eliminationBracket(teamCount, type);
-  return participantCountToRoundsInfo({ bracket, mapPool });
-};
-
-export function useTournamentRounds(args: UseTournamentsArgs) {
+export function useTournamentRounds(initialState: UseTournamentRoundsState) {
   return React.useReducer(
     (oldState: UseTournamentRoundsState, action: UseTournamentRoundsAction) => {
       switch (action.type) {
@@ -30,6 +11,6 @@ export function useTournamentRounds(args: UseTournamentsArgs) {
           return oldState;
       }
     },
-    getInitialState(args)
+    initialState
   );
 }
diff --git a/app/hooks/useTournamentRounds/types.ts b/app/hooks/useTournamentRounds/types.ts
index 65ee7c1e1..e749398e3 100644
--- a/app/hooks/useTournamentRounds/types.ts
+++ b/app/hooks/useTournamentRounds/types.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
-import type { BracketType, Stage } from ".prisma/client";
+import type { Stage } from ".prisma/client";
 import type { EliminationBracket } from "~/core/tournament/bracket";
 
-export interface UseTournamentsArgs {
-  teams: { checkedInTime: string | null }[];
-  type: BracketType;
-  mapPool: Stage[];
-}
-
 export type UseTournamentRoundsState = EliminationBracket<
   {
     bestOf: number;
diff --git a/app/routes/to/$organization.$tournament/start.tsx b/app/routes/to/$organization.$tournament/start.tsx
index cb24ff179..db88c12a1 100644
--- a/app/routes/to/$organization.$tournament/start.tsx
+++ b/app/routes/to/$organization.$tournament/start.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-import { useMatches } from "remix";
-import type { LinksFunction } from "remix";
+import type { LinksFunction, LoaderFunction } from "remix";
+import { json, useLoaderData } from "remix";
+import invariant from "tiny-invariant";
+import { eliminationBracket } from "~/core/tournament/algorithms";
+import { participantCountToRoundsInfo } from "~/core/tournament/bracket";
 import { useTournamentRounds } from "~/hooks/useTournamentRounds";
 import type { UseTournamentRoundsState } from "~/hooks/useTournamentRounds/types";
-import type { FindTournamentByNameForUrlI } from "~/services/tournament";
+import { findTournamentByNameForUrl } from "~/services/tournament";
 import startBracketTabStylesUrl from "~/styles/tournament-start.css";
 
 // 2) can change best of -> regens maps
@@ -14,19 +17,45 @@ export const links: LinksFunction = () => {
   return [{ rel: "stylesheet", href: startBracketTabStylesUrl }];
 };
 
-// TODO: handle warning if check-in has not concluded
-export default function StartBracketTab() {
-  const [, parentRoute] = useMatches();
-  const { teams, mapPool } = parentRoute.data as FindTournamentByNameForUrlI;
-  const [rounds, dispatch] = useTournamentRounds({
-    mapPool,
-    teams,
-    // TODO: and also below don't show losers if SE
-    type: "DE",
+const typedJson = (args: UseTournamentRoundsState) => json(args);
+
+export const loader: LoaderFunction = async ({ params }) => {
+  invariant(
+    typeof params.organization === "string",
+    "Expected params.organization to be string"
+  );
+  invariant(
+    typeof params.tournament === "string",
+    "Expected params.tournament to be string"
+  );
+
+  const tournament = await findTournamentByNameForUrl({
+    organizationNameForUrl: params.organization,
+    tournamentNameForUrl: params.tournament,
   });
 
+  const teamCount = tournament.teams.reduce(
+    (acc, cur) => acc + (cur.checkedInTime ? 1 : 0),
+    0
+  );
+
+  // TODO: and also below don't show losers if SE
+  const bracket = eliminationBracket(teamCount, "DE");
+  const result = participantCountToRoundsInfo({
+    bracket,
+    mapPool: tournament.mapPool,
+  });
+
+  return typedJson(result);
+};
+
+// TODO: handle warning if check-in has not concluded
+export default function StartBracketTab() {
+  const initialState = useLoaderData<UseTournamentRoundsState>();
+  const [rounds, dispatch] = useTournamentRounds(initialState);
+
   return (
-    <div style={{ width: "100%" }}>
+    <div className="tournament__start__container">
       <RoundsCollection side="Winners" rounds={rounds.winners} />
       <RoundsCollection side="Losers" rounds={rounds.losers} />
     </div>
diff --git a/app/styles/tournament-start.css b/app/styles/tournament-start.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53d316a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/styles/tournament-start.css
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+.tournament__start__container {
+  width: 100%;
+}
+
+.tournament__start__rounds-container {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: var(--s-4);
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(200px, 1fr));
+}
+
+.tournament__start__round {
+  padding: var(--s-4);
+  background-color: var(--bg-lighter);
+  border-radius: var(--rounded);
+}
+
+.tournament__start__best-of {
+  color: var(--theme-secondary);
+  font-size: var(--fonts-xs);
+  font-weight: var(--semi-bold);
+}
+
+.tournament__start__rounds-list {
+  padding-top: var(--s-2);
+  padding-left: 0;
+  font-size: var(--fonts-sm);
+}
+
+.tournament__start__map-row {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  padding-bottom: var(--s-1);
+  gap: var(--s-2);
+}
+
+.tournament__start__mode-image {
+  width: 1.75rem;
+}