15th Annual FALAFEL Draft Location Madness - The Final Four

 

The Final Four is here and is just as everyone predic...

WAIT! Is That Cleveland's Music?

Taking down the super convenient, and super non-specific Jersey Shore?

Interesting Final Four. Montreal is the outlier and probably the most surprising place we haven't been to yet. The other locations are all ideal for long weekends, with Minny and Cleveland super convenient from an airport perspective and Poconos super not convenient from anywhere. Might be time for one of the Adams to give some Airbnb options?

15th Annual FALAFEL Draft Location Madness - Elite Eight

 

The year of the underdog continues as we lose another 1 and 2 seed. This has to be the largest combined seed total in the Elite Eight that we've ever had. 

But I think this round is midnight for our Cinderellas as we revert back to our norms: 1) Top seeds win this bracket, and 2) We loath crossing the Mississippi River.

Barring some unexpected Nashville nostalgia, or Marco worrying about immigration, I expect to see the 1s and 2s facing off in the Final 4. No idea where we go from there so let's get there ASAP.

15th Annual FALAFEL Draft Location Madness - Sweet Sixteen

 

Upset Special!

Without doing any research, I have to think that 6 upsets is the most we've ever had in a single round. And given that there were three byes, nearly half of our matchups saw the underdog win.

That said, three of the upsets were 4-5, and the biggest shocker was maybe Salt Lake City beating Kansas City? The favorites are all still alive.

Special call out to Key West putting up the worst performance we've ever seen by a 1 seed. I think an  8 seed has won before, but Key West only got more votes than two other locations despite being the top seed in it's region. Well done Bennett.

Reading the tea leaves, a Poconos/Minny/Montreal/Jersey final four seems somewhat imminent. All good options, but maybe there's an underdog out there somewhere.