2022 FALAFEL Draft Location Madness - Final Four Results and Championship Voting

 

• The Midwest Battle we apparently deserve
• I thought Montreal would put up more of a fight

2022 FALAFEL Draft Location Madness - Elite Eight Results and Final Four Voting

 

As usual, the matchups get weirdly one sided when we get to this stage in the bracket as people start taking sides, finding AirBNBs, and the various Adams stake their claims.

• I believe this is the first time we've had no 1 seeds in the Final Four, which probably means nothing but might mean that we're not collectively focusing enough on the initial location selection process.
• Barring another plea from Belf, Minneapolis should complete it's improbable run to the title game without ever getting less than 10 votes.
• I'd put Montreal as a slight favorite in the other matchup, but Chicago has been an insane juggernaut so far, never getting less than 13 votes in a round. A lot of this is due to the absurd Birmingham/St. Louis/Tampa path, but no one brought that up when Kansas won the national championship. I expect a lot of debate on the right side of the bracket.

2022 FALAFEL Draft Location Madness - Sweet Sixteen Results/Elite Eight Voting

 What a weird bracket so far.

• Austin vs. Minneapolis should be a fairly even matchup. Minny has a lot of momentum and makes for a good draft city in theory, though I have yet to hear anyone truly excited about it. Austin has the most obvious pros and cons of any city on the list, so I don't need to say any more about that.
• Cincy vs. KC will get blown out by Austin or Minny in the Final Four.
• Montreal and Chicago will likely win by 10+ votes each.
• It's looking like the Austin/Minny winner vs. Chicago or more likely Montreal in the final.

2022 FALAFEL Draft Location Madness - First Round Results and Sweet Sixteen Voting

 

First Round thoughts:

• As usual, it was a very chalky first round.
• The biggest "upset" was Key West going down to Portland, which is either due to the league's collective Bennett hate, or the fact that we really wanted to see Portland vs. Portland in the Sweet Sixteen.
• Pittsburgh barely survived OKC in Round 1, and now faces a potential juggernaut in Montreal that got 15 votes due to either an Esco backing or a very easy Sarasota first round matchup that only Alan included in his initial list and only Alan voted for.
• Despite the Bennett hate with Key West, Tampa advanced, so maybe it really is the Portland thing.
• The biggest Round 2 matchup is probably Vegas vs. Minneapolis, not only because they both dominated Round 1, but also because they both signify the types of locations we could choose. If Vegas wins, it bodes well for Austin and Montreal. If Minny wins, I would expect to see Pittsburgh and Burlington in the Final Four as well.