2023 NCAA seeding discussion

[jmoney]

133 is stacked ! Second round matches 

Phillipi Nagao

Orine Ragusin 

McGee Cannon 

Arujau Mendez 

Colaiocco Byrd
 

wow ! Fireworks in Tulsa 

Edited March 9, 2023 by jmoney

[ionel]

7 minutes ago, jmoney said:

Glory could have to face two of  Ungar, Courtney,  kaylor , and then likely either McKee or Cronin. Rough ! Ramos at 4 seed with the gift of easy side 

Nah ... he'll be lucky if Witcraft doesn't pin him in the first period. 

[SunDevil]

ASU crapped on their future for a #10 seed. 

[jmoney]

7 minutes ago, ScarletKnight said:

He will kill all those guys   has beat all this year

Yes it just seems like a lot to have to do as a 2 seed. Look at the Ramos side ! Feels a little gentler 

[ScarletKnight]

1 minute ago, SunDevil said:

ASU crapped on their future for a #10 seed. 

Did they wrestleoff?  

[MoneyTalks]

19 minutes ago, jmoney said:

McKee 11 seeded at 125! Dude had a brutal number of top 8 matches this season. Did anyone wrestle a tougher batch at 125? Wow big 10 got hosed at 125. Smith, Poulin and Noto will be gone pronto. What a joke 

Poulin looked really sharp in the BIG 12 final.

[ScarletKnight]

2 minutes ago, jmoney said:

Yes it just seems like a lot to have to do as a 2 seed. Look at the Ramos side ! Feels a little gentler 

I think McKee and Barnett (lower seeds) would be harder than kaylor and Courtney  

[CraigOR]

Anyone else bracket wonky?  Trying to highlight the athletes I'm tracking in the (.pdf) but it gives bunch of odd shapes on the highlight?  Does the same thing after I run a recognize text command.

[PortaJohn]

Does Kervliet have the easiest path to the finals as a #3 seed in NCAA history?

[Kansasdeanhwt]

1 minute ago, PortaJohn said:

Does Kervliet have the easiest path to the finals as a #3 seed in NCAA history?

You think Wyatt is an easy match up for him. 

[PortaJohn]

Just now, Kansasdeanhwt said:

You think Wyatt is an easy match up for him. 

Yes.  Extremely easy

[jmoney]

35 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

Looks like he’s probably going to need to beat Millner in the second round to AA.  If he loses looks like he could have either Mauller or Parco in the blood round.  But if he beats Millner his toughest consi match before securing AA is likely Blockhus

I feel for him. He’s always like the 6-10 seed watching everyone else All American. Another tough road. He will have to deliver strong wrestle backs. He’s capable if he shoots and scores on his feet 

[Idaho]

8 minutes ago, PortaJohn said:

Does Kervliet have the easiest path to the finals as a #3 seed in NCAA history?

Check every #3 seed at every weight in the history of the NCAA tourney then get back to us on the answer. 

[PortaJohn]

2 minutes ago, Idaho said:

Check every #3 seed at every weight in the history of the NCAA tourney then get back to us on the answer. 

ok, mom

[jmoney]

15 minutes ago, MoneyTalks said:

Poulin looked really sharp in the BIG 12 final.

He did but he was inches from losing to 14 seeded Surtin who is good but not really an All American and Surtin is a guy who takes risky low payoff chances and gets pinned. Looking at Caleb Smith that selection isn’t too bad. Poulin had a better early season than I expected. But id still take McKee’s losses over Poulin/Smith’s. McKee loses a lot so he does it to himself. This year he happened to have two losses to Lee/Barnett/Ramos which is a thought draw. He did lose to Smith last year in NCAA I had forgotten before going on a run. Maybe Poulin as a young buck will peak. Seeding is a crapshoot I’m just on my soap box 

[ionel]

I've reviewed the brackets and concluded:  everyone has a bad draw.  Let the games begin! 

[Idaho]

3 minutes ago, PortaJohn said:

ok, mom

Did you expect someone else to do the work for the question you asked son? 

[Crotalus]

5 minutes ago, ionel said:

I've reviewed the brackets and concluded:  everyone has a bad draw.  Let the games begin! 

I've concluded that everyone is the bad draw. 

[jmoney]

Am I correct that Gomez beat Sasso final x or whatever that stuff was called ? Doesn’t count ! Gomez kicking himself. Also…the seeding committee 

 

“let’s get rid of 2 of the top 9 149 pounders in the second round and match 3 big 10 guys  all against each other “

I’m becoming one of those SEC football fans except about Big 10 wrestling. It feels less obnoxious for big 10 wrestling. And I’m not even a die hard. I hail from a very bad big 10 sports school that’s impossible to watch at most things

[Holtfan]

2 minutes ago, Crotalus said:

I've concluded that everyone is the bad draw. 

[jmoney]

1 minute ago, Crotalus said:

I've concluded that everyone is the bad draw. 

If you can’t spot the sucker in your first five minutes at the table then you are the sucker. I played poker at the Bellagio for 90 minutes at 1:30 AM before I realized that I was just getting my blinds stolen by these 5 remaining sharks for the last half hour. I wish I had gotten the hands my peers had to take the $600 off the old superstitious lady the first hour. There’s always an old superstitious lady at the fancy casinos ! There’s also good, better and best. Some people think that I’m the worse, but my grammar says that isn’t so. 

[creek chub]

1 hour ago, SocraTease said:

Hidlay will just wrestle the out of bounds line and then skip out when Brooks gets to his legs.  Hoping they hit him hard with stalling early and often.  Make him wrestle

Stalling is an art form taught and mastered by most nc state wrestlers 

[Elevator]

31 minutes ago, PortaJohn said:

Does Kervliet have the easiest path to the finals as a #3 seed in NCAA history?

Kerk is   Dean and Sasso

[jmoney]

157 is pretty deep in the 4-10 spots. Some good all American battles to be had. Andonian Scott and Lewan as 7-8-9 seeds in no partic order 

[Elevator]

Not sure of Brooks really cares about his draw, but probably would have taken a few more matches if he knew.  Hilday and then PK is not easy, but I think he handles it.