Did Cornell win the night?

[Packard]

Penn State won the team title, but they went 2-3 in the finals including one going for his third title. 
 

Cornell knocks off a potential Penn State 3 timer and finishes with Yianni as a 4 timer

 

Feel like Penn State/Iowa a few years ago. 

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

Yes.  They are amazing.  Their fans probably feel better than Penn State fans like me.

[Wrestleknownothing]

Cornell definitely won the night. 

[Wrassler]

Definitely  

[Sublime607]

  On 3/19/2023 at 2:14 AM, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

Yes.  They are amazing.  Their fans probably feel better than Penn State fans like me.

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We do feel good about the finals but still empty inside without that team title. That's the ultimate goal.

[scourge165]

Yes. Cornell won the Night.

PSU won the Tournament obviously and their young talent HAS to be deflating for other teams, but Cornell had an incredible night. 

The Cornell-PSU thing looked like it might be getting more interesting if the Gibson/Basset family was headed there, but as they're not...

[CHROMEBIRD]

Yianni wrestled a great match and achieved a huge milestone with 4 titles, but I think Vito stole the show. KOT, Parris, and Glory also wrestled tough but Vito just took it to the next level and then some.

[Pipewrench]

  On 3/19/2023 at 2:14 AM, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

Yes.  They are amazing.  Their fans probably feel better than Penn State fans like me.

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You're a Penn State fan?

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

  On 3/19/2023 at 2:35 AM, Pipewrench said:

You're a Penn State fan?

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Yes

[Pipewrench]

  On 3/19/2023 at 2:35 AM, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

Yes

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No...

[Dark Energy]

Did Vito get MOW?

[1032004]

I can’t tell if this is a troll post mocking the similar thread from 2021

[peanut]

  On 3/19/2023 at 2:10 AM, Packard said:

Penn State won the team title, but they went 2-3 in the finals including one going for his third title. 
 

Cornell knocks off a potential Penn State 3 timer and finishes with Yianni as a 4 timer

 

Feel like Penn State/Iowa a few years ago. 

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PSU and Cornell had two champs apiece. So I'd say that PSU and Cornell did equally well in terms of number of champions.

In terms of team output, PSU scored 137.5 points and Cornell scored 76.5 points -- a difference of 61 points.

I thought Vito and Yianni put on great shows. Kudos to them.

[jmoney]

Yes

[BigRedFan]

"Arujau was named Outstanding Wrestler of the NCAA Championships, and Cornell coach Mike Grey was named tournament Coach of the Year."

[Red Blades]

On the whole, I'd say "Meets and exceeds expectations".

[dragit]

Landmark tournament for Cornell with what they've been through. Head coach who built the program leaves.  Extreme Covid restrictions Big Ten schools don't have to deal with. Former finalist leaves and wins at new school.  Former finalist's brother amd coach who has two first place trophies of his own departs.  Greatest college wrestler ever and former coach departs. And they get a four timer and Vito treats a world silver medalist and the guy with the longest winning streak in college like hapless workout partners. An absolutely extraordinary night for them. 

[Dark Energy]

All good regarding Cornell.  I was emotionally drained in a good way. Ended on a very big high.  
 

I do think it is very fair to note that Penn State DOMINATED the tournament.  2 champs seeming like a down year is laughable.  Just shows their level year to year.  I am surprised that Cael didn’t get coach of the year.

[romesone]

  On 3/19/2023 at 5:06 AM, dragit said:

Landmark tournament for Cornell with what they've been through. Head coach who built the program leaves.  Extreme Covid restrictions Big Ten schools don't have to deal with. Former finalist leaves and wins at new school.  Former finalist's brother amd coach who has two first place trophies of his own departs.  Greatest college wrestler ever and former coach departs. And they get a four timer and Vito treats a world silver medalist and the guy with the longest winning streak in college like hapless workout partners. An absolutely extraordinary night for them. 

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When did Cael coach at Cornell?

[Pinnacle]

  On 3/19/2023 at 2:10 AM, Packard said:

Penn State won the team title, but they went 2-3 in the finals including one going for his third title. 
 

Cornell knocks off a potential Penn State 3 timer and finishes with Yianni as a 4 timer

 

Feel like Penn State/Iowa a few years ago. 

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A certain level of truth to this statement. PSU won the tournament but Cornell probably won the night. Nice recruiting commercial for them. 

[Pinnacle]

I thought it would end up being Mason Parris, but I don't fault in any way that the OW went to Vito. Well deserved after that performance. 

[Red Blades]

  On 3/19/2023 at 1:34 PM, Pinnacle said:

I thought it would end up being Mason Parris, but I don't fault in any way that the OW went to Vito. Well deserved after that performance. 

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Parris was dominant, but in terms of excitement generated - Vito was remarkable. Very few except Cornell fans (and maybe one Lehigh fan I can think of) thought Vito would win it all, but I don't think any of us expected him to win in such dominant fashion.  Truly extraordinary performance.

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

My vote was for Vito, but Parris did utterly destroy Cassioppi.  Big Cass, while not a champ like RBY, is a very good wrestler.

[scribers]

The sniff test for me is do I go to bed happy/elated or grumpy. Last night was a good sleep.

[D3 for LU]

  On 3/19/2023 at 4:34 PM, scribers said:

The sniff test for me is do I go to bed happy/elated or grumpy. Last night was a good sleep.

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HOLY CRAP-O-LA!!!

Is that YOU scribe?

(Scribe-ster is BACK?!?)

D3