Landon Robideau Had the Hardest Path to the finals.

[mattramosjr]

Hot take Robideau had the hardest path to the finals. 

First Round Gavin Drexler Former AA

Second Round Charlie Millard, gave many guys a tough time this season. Antrell and other top 10 wrestlers barely beat him. 

Quarters Kaleb Larkin, Big 12 champ, looked like he would aa but just didn't have a great tourney

Semis PJ DUKE, PJ Duke is a stud everyone knows that, and Robideau knocked him off.

I would like to see someone this year that had a harder path. Only other ones I could think about is the 133 pound bracket. 

 

[cowcards]

Here is the toughest path to placing by seed:

Toughest Path (lowest avg opponent seed)

Wrestler	School	WT	Place	Opp Seed Sum	Avg Opp Seed	Matches
Chance Lamer	Nebraska	149	4th	45	7.5	6
Ty Watters	West Virginia	157	6th	48	8	6
Cesar Alvan	Columbia (NY)	165	3rd	48	8	6
Jacob Moran	Indiana (IN)	125	6th	50	8.3	6
Aden Valencia	Stanford (CA)	149	1st	44	8.8	5
Danny Wask	Navy (MD)	174	6th	62	8.9	7
Beau Mantanona	Michigan	174	7th	54	9	6
Ben Kueter	Iowa	285	5th	64	9.1	7
Angelo Ferrari	Iowa	184	6th	56	9.3	6
Marc-Anthony McGowan	Princeton (NJ)	125	2nd	47	9.4	5
Brandon Cannon	Ohio State	157	4th	68	9.7	7
Brock Hardy	Nebraska	141	4th	61	10.2	6
Kannon Webster	Illinois	157	5th	72	10.3	7
Aaron Seidel	Virginia Tech	133	3rd	64	10.7	6
Cameron Catrabone	Michigan	157	7th	75	10.7	7
Bryce Hepner	North Carolina	165	7th	64	10.7	6
Patrick Kennedy	Iowa	174	3rd	64	10.7	6
Vince Robinson	North Carolina State	125	4th	86	10.8	8
Tyler Knox	Stanford (CA)	133	6th	86	10.8	8
Drake Ayala	Iowa	133	5th	77	11	7
Carson Kharchla	Ohio State	174	4th	77	11	7
Cody Merrill	Oklahoma State	197	2nd	55	11	5
Aeoden Sinclair	Missouri	184	3rd	78	11.1	7
Tyler Klinsky	Rider (NJ)	125	8th	67	11.2	6
Sergio Vega	Oklahoma State	141	1st	56	11.2	5
Landon Robideau	Oklahoma State	157	1st	56	11.2	5
CJ Composto	Pennsylvania	141	7th	79	11.3	7
Benjamin Davino	Ohio State	133	2nd	57	11.4	5
Isaac Trumble	North Carolina State	285	1st	57	11.4	5
Max McEnelly	Minnesota	184	1st	58	11.6	5
Brock Mantanona	Michigan	184	5th	70	11.7	6
Troy Spratley	Oklahoma State	125	5th	71	11.8	6
Zackary Ryder	Oklahoma State	184	8th	83	11.9	7
Konner Doucet	Oklahoma State	285	4th	83	11.9	7
Nicco Ruiz	Arizona State	165	4th	84	12	7
Manuel 'MJ' Gaitan III	Iowa State	174	8th	73	12.2	6
Cam Steed	Missouri	174	5th	73	12.2	6
Casey Swiderski	Oklahoma State	149	8th	74	12.3	6
Andrew Sparks	Minnesota	165	5th	99	12.4	8
Yonger Bastida	Iowa State	285	2nd	62	12.4	5

[11986]

Mesenbrink beat a guy who made rd of 16, then the 8th placer, then the 7th placer, then the 3rd placer, and of course the runner-up. 

Edited April 17 by 11986

[ionel]

30 minutes ago, mattramosjr said:

Hot take Robideau had the hardest path to the finals. 

First Round Gavin Drexler Former AA

Second Round Charlie Millard, gave many guys a tough time this season. Antrell and other top 10 wrestlers barely beat him. 

Quarters Kaleb Larkin, Big 12 champ, looked like he would aa but just didn't have a great tourney

Semis PJ DUKE, PJ Duke is a stud everyone knows that, and Robideau knocked him off.

I would like to see someone this year that had a harder path. Only other ones I could think about is the 133 pound bracket. 

 

The kid in the finals was decent to no? 

[fishbane]

7 minutes ago, ionel said:

The kid in the finals was decent to no? 

Post was about hardest path to the finals not to the championship.

Cowcards post makes sense.  Usually the finalist with the worst seed has the inside track to hardest path.  No surprise Valencia is on top here.

[happyvalet]

51 minutes ago, mattramosjr said:

Hot take Robideau had the hardest path to the finals. 

First Round Gavin Drexler Former AA

Second Round Charlie Millard, gave many guys a tough time this season. Antrell and other top 10 wrestlers barely beat him. 

Quarters Kaleb Larkin, Big 12 champ, looked like he would aa but just didn't have a great tourney

Semis PJ DUKE, PJ Duke is a stud everyone knows that, and Robideau knocked him off.

I would like to see someone this year that had a harder path. Only other ones I could think about is the 133 pound bracket. 

 

 

Not a hot take. Robideau had the toughest tournament run and it's not close. 157 was the deepest weight and he went through the 3 guys who were most-predicted to win the weight and two other very tough guys to start. 

[ionel]

31 minutes ago, fishbane said:

Post was about hardest path to the finals not to the championship.

Doesn't change the fact stated that the kid in finals was decent ... maybe defending champ?  

[AZ_wrestling]

When you consider the gift from the refs, it’s not quite as impressive. 

[happyvalet]

I didn't realize the ref gifted Robideau the reversal and rideout 

[JWC]

2 hours ago, AZ_wrestling said:

When you consider the gift from the refs, it’s not quite as impressive. 

Larkin is this you?

[Husker_Du]

first, great work Cowcards.

Aden Valencia was the toughest path to win it.

which makes sense as he was a low (the lowest?) seed to to win.

[boconnell]

7 hours ago, mattramosjr said:

Hot take Robideau had the hardest path to the finals. 

First Round Gavin Drexler Former AA

Second Round Charlie Millard, gave many guys a tough time this season. Antrell and other top 10 wrestlers barely beat him. 

Quarters Kaleb Larkin, Big 12 champ, looked like he would aa but just didn't have a great tourney

Semis PJ DUKE, PJ Duke is a stud everyone knows that, and Robideau knocked him off.

I would like to see someone this year that had a harder path. Only other ones I could think about is the 133 pound bracket. 

 

So he beat 1 all-american from this tournament before the finals.  Two total.  That's the lowest number of all-americans a champ can beat.  

[mspart]

Provo had the toughest time making 3rd.   He won his first lost his second and then beat everyone else in his way.   

mspart