In honor of the 43rd President of the United States (heh, heh, heh),
The Al Gore Cup is a forum for teams that finished second and most
likely feel that they're more deserving than all of the other
first-place teams to be in the championship bracket.
Teams are seeded 1-4 based on regular season records and play a
best-of-seven semifinal round followed by another seven game series to
crown the winner.
The winner receives a bonus of 1 million Benchwarmer Bucks.
The runner-up gets 500,000.
The 2021 Entrants (in order of seeding):
Level Eleven (87-63)
Pittsburgh (83-67)
Minnesota (79-71)
Knoxville (78-72)
Semifinals - Knoxville vs. Level Eleven; Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh
Knoxville won 4 games to 0
Pittsburgh won 4 games to 1
Finals - Knoxville vs. Pittsburgh
Season series: Knoxville won 5-1
2021 Gore Cup Winner - Pittsburgh won 4 games to 1