[FMX04] Suggestions for parsing NCAA XML?

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I’m working on a Flash-based information-only NCAA men’s basketball bracket that pulls from a static XML file. Here’s the basic structure of the XML:

<tournament>
    <region number="0">
        <round number="0">
            <game>
                <team1>Wake Forest</team1>
                <team1_seed>1</team1_seed>
                <team1_score>75</team1_score>
                <team2>Duke</team2>
                <team2_seed>16</team2_seed>
                <team2_score>40</team2_score>
            </game>
            <game>
                <team1>Syracuse</team1>
                <team1_seed>2</team1_seed>
                <team1_score>60</team1_score>
                <team2>Notre Dame</team2>
                <team2_seed>15</team2_seed>
                <team2_score>66</team2_score>
            </game>
            <game>
                <team1>Villanova</team1>
                <team1_seed>3</team1_seed>
                <team1_score>89</team1_score>
                <team2>Texas Tech</team2>
                <team2_seed>14</team2_seed>
                <team2_score>88</team2_score>
            </game>
            <game>
                <team1>Georgetown</team1>
                <team1_seed>4</team1_seed>
                <team1_score>77</team1_score>
                <team2>Florida Southern</team2>
                <team2_seed>13</team2_seed>
                <team2_score>56</team2_score>
            </game>
            <game>
                <team1>Pittsburgh</team1>
                <team1_seed>5</team1_seed>
                <team1_score>70</team1_score>
                <team2>Alabama</team2>
                <team2_seed>12</team2_seed>
                <team2_score>73</team2_score>
            </game>
            <game>
                <team1>North Carolina</team1>
                <team1_seed>6</team1_seed>
                <team1_score>74</team1_score>
                <team2>Dartmouth</team2>
                <team2_seed>11</team2_seed>
                <team2_score>56</team2_score>
            </game>
            <game>
                <team1>NC State</team1>
                <team1_seed>7</team1_seed>
                <team1_score>66</team1_score>
                <team2>Penn State</team2>
                <team2_seed>10</team2_seed>
                <team2_score>60</team2_score>
            </game>
            <game>
                <team1>Miami</team1>
                <team1_seed>8</team1_seed>
                <team1_score>79</team1_score>
                <team2>Missouri</team2>
                <team2_seed>9</team2_seed>
                <team2_score>66</team2_score>
            </game>
        </round>
</region>
</tournament>

There would be progressively smaller rounds w/ fewer teams as you drilled down through a region, then a new region would start with more data.

My question is – how best to group/parse this data? Do I create an object array down to the game level and then start having game properties in an object array? I will most likely be willing to ditch the seed and the score in the interest of making the whole thing simpler.

Thoughts and suggestions are welcome.

IronChefMorimoto