mspart Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Looking at the brackets I am always interested who lost their first match and made it to AA. It appears that only one person did that this year. 184 (11) Gavin Kane UNC - took 8th. There were a number of folks that AA'd after winning their first match but losing their second. But I am only listing the guy that went the furthest after losing their first match. I say congrats to Gavin in his Herculean effort to come back from a 1st round loss and come back to AA. mspart 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scribers Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 No one wrestled all the way to third. This sometimes happens. I found a couple right after the tourney who lost a 2nd round and were contesting for 3rd. Don’t have brackets handy now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudge Tunnel Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 6 minutes ago, scribers said: No one wrestled all the way to third. This sometimes happens. I found a couple right after the tourney who lost a 2nd round and were contesting for 3rd. Don’t have brackets handy now. Dustin Manotti, '06. Lost 1st round, ended up 3rd 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goheels1812 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 50 minutes ago, mspart said: Looking at the brackets I am always interested who lost their first match and made it to AA. It appears that only one person did that this year. 184 (11) Gavin Kane UNC - took 8th. There were a number of folks that AA'd after winning their first match but losing their second. But I am only listing the guy that went the furthest after losing their first match. I say congrats to Gavin in his Herculean effort to come back from a 1st round loss and come back to AA. mspart Gavin will be a good one for the next couple of years. He’s been doing a weight class shuffle for the past couple years with Clay Lautt at 174/184. Unfortunately, Lautt got hurt this year and couldn’t finish the season and Kane was doing fine at 184. But I do wonder if Kane goes back to 174 next year. I know 184 isn’t a tough cut for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragit Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Mike McMullan took 3rd in 2014 after losing in the second round, and this was after he'd had a bad Big Tens. Impressive gritty performance in a deep and tough 285# field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Dicky Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Zach Epperly lost first round in 2016 and came all the way back for 3rd - helping VT to their only podium finish so far. He picked up a bunch of bonus along the way as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11986 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Larry Quisel (RIP) in ‘99. Lost 1st rd, dropped into pig tail consolation match, won 8 in a row to take 3rd. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3 for LU Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 LEHIGH's Cory Cooperman in 2014 @141... lost by fall in the pigtail match against Martin of Illinios (quick one @ :26.) Came all the way back to get 7th dec. Cooper of Indiana. Martin from Illinios didn't place... lost in the 1st rnd of the consis. D3 Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuteandscore Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 JD Bergman lost his first match in 2004 and won 7 in a row to finish 3rd at 97 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mspart Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share Posted March 20, 2023 Yes it has happened before. Those that did it are incredible I think. mspart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Bryant Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 It's happened eight times in history of the tournament. 3 Insert catchy tagline here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle26 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 16 minutes ago, D3 for LU said: LEHIGH's Cory Cooperman in 2014 @141... lost by fall in the pigtail match against Martin of Illinios (quick one @ :26.) Came all the way back to get 7th dec. Cooper of Indiana. Martin from Illinios didn't place... lost in the 1st rnd of the consis. D3 I think you meant 2004, but yes, that was a great run by Cooperman. I believe he got 3rd the following two years but lost in the later rounds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSUSMC Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 John Lange - Penn State 158, 1998. 7 seed; Lost his 1st match, wrestled back for 3rd, along the way pinning the guy (Cal Poly?) that beat him in the opening round and defeating Casey Cunningham's brother in the 3rd place match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PencilNeck Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Honestly, I’d guess often it may be easier if you exit the championship bracket sooner. Get your head back right after a mistake, build momentum, clean up all the scraps, often facing guys who mentally have just taken a hit after losing deeper into the winners bracket. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mspart Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share Posted March 20, 2023 Actually 8 of 10 3rd placers this time lost in the championship semi finals. That's the data for what its worth. mspart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antitroll2828 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Emory Parker lost first round in 2018 and came back for 3rd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scribers Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 41 minutes ago, PencilNeck said: Honestly, I’d guess often it may be easier if you exit the championship bracket sooner. Get your head back right after a mistake, build momentum, clean up all the scraps, often facing guys who mentally have just taken a hit after losing deeper into the winners bracket. I’d rather pull off an upset in the quarterfinals myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lipdrag Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 2 hours ago, 11986 said: Larry Quisel (RIP) in ‘99. Lost 1st rd, dropped into pig tail consolation match, won 8 in a row to take 3rd. 9 D1 level college matches in 3 days!! Amazing stamina just to walk out on the mat 9 times let alone win 8 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lu_alum Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Eagle26 said: I think you meant 2004, but yes, that was a great run by Cooperman. I believe he got 3rd the following two years but lost in the later rounds Cooperman's four years at NCAA... He was a monster on the back-side of the bracket, with 10 bonus wins in 13 bouts. 2003 (#6 @ 133): Did not weigh-in 2004 (#9 @ 141): Top-Side: LBF, 0:26 in Pigtail; Consolations: MAJ, WBF, TF, WBF, DEC, (Loss to Gallick, 4-2), DEC for 7th 2005 (#4 @ 141): Top-Side: MAJ, DEC, (LBF, 6:18 to Andy Simmons in QF); Consolations: TF, MAJ, WBF, MAJ for 3rd 2006 (#3 @ 141): Top-Side: DEC, MAJ, WBF, (Loss to Ware, 2-1 in SF); Consolations: MAJ, MAJ for 3rd Top-Side record: 5-3 Back-Side record: 12-1 (3 WBF, 2 TF, 5 MAJ, 2 DEC) Edited March 21, 2023 by lu_alum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossface21 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 A.J. Shopp did it in 2015. Lost his first match and won his next 7 matches to place 3rd. Won 4 of those by pin. Ended up scoring 21 team points, as much as at least one champion scored. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3 for LU Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Eagle26 said: I think you meant 2004, but yes, that was a great run by Cooperman. I believe he got 3rd the following two years but lost in the later rounds Your absolutely correct Eagle... the curse of the onesies strikes again. tanxs! D3 Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goheels1812 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 24 minutes ago, crossface21 said: A.J. Shopp did it in 2015. Lost his first match and won his next 7 matches to place 3rd. Won 4 of those by pin. Ended up scoring 21 team points, as much as at least one champion scored. AJ was a bad dude and really fun to pull for in March. Every once in a while you see/remember a name that gives you good wrestling memories and he’s one of those guys for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voice of the Quakers Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 18 hours ago, Lipdrag said: 9 D1 level college matches in 3 days!! Amazing stamina just to walk out on the mat 9 times let alone win 8 of them. Quisel then won his first four matches at the next NCAAs only to lose in the finals to Brett Matter of Penn. Put another way, Quisel won 12 straight matches at NCAAs and did not win a title. 3 Dan McDonald, Penn '93 danmc167@yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11986 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, Voice of the Quakers said: Quisel then won his first four matches at the next NCAAs only to lose in the finals to Brett Matter of Penn. Put another way, Quisel won 12 straight matches at NCAAs and did not win a title. also of note, in those 4 wins the next year he handed Iowa's TJ Williams his only career D1 loss. TJ went 1-3-1 at Iowa, with a record of 98-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sstark46 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 In 2012 at 149 pounds, Don Vinson got 3rd place after losing in the first round. The kicker? His opponent in the 3rd place match was Cam Tessari, who had also lost in the first round. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Burke Glenbard South, Illinois Class of 2025 Committed to Southwest MN State Projected Weight: 174, 184
Michael Esteban Marist, Illinois Class of 2025 Committed to Michigan State Projected Weight: 133, 141
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