It's time: Predict the 2024 125 pound NCAA champ

[flyingcement]

	Allocation Earned	At Large Pool	Pending
1	Matt Ramos	Stevo Poulin	Cooper Flynn
2	Patrick McKee	Anthony Molton	Jakob Camacho
3	Eric Barnett	Trever Anderson	Brandon Kaylor
4	Drake Ayala	Diego Sotelo	Nico Provo
5	Anthony Noto	Eli Griffin	Richard Figueroa
6	Luke Stanich	Jack Maida	Spencer Moore
7	Noah Surtin	Conrad Hendriksen	Colton Camacho
8	Caleb Smith	Chad Bellis	Dom Mendez
9	Troy Spratley	Drew West	Brendan McCrone
10	Michael DeAugustino	Sean Spidle	Kyle Montaperto
11	Braeden Davis	Tyler Klinsky	Jeremiah Reno
12	Jore Volk	Joey Fischer	Blaine Frazier
13	Brett Ungar	Nick Babin	Massey Odiotti
14	Brayden Palmer	Drew Heethuis	Tristan Lujan
15	Dean Peterson	Tucker Owens	Richard Castro-Sandoval
16	Tanner Jordan	Desmond Pleasant	Logan Agin
17	Max Gallagher	Malik Hardy
18	Jett Strickenberger	Yusief Lillie
19	Kysen Terukina	Robbie Sagaris
20	Ethan Berginc	Carson Wagner
21	Blake West	Dylan Acevedo-Switzer
22	Michael Joyce	Justin Cardani
23		Jake Ice
24		Davian Guanajuato
25		Benjamin Aranda
26		Ryan Henningson
27		JB Dragovich
28		Eric Howe
29		Dayton DelViscio
30		Tommy Capul
31		Max Elton
32		Tony Burke
33		Trenton Dominguez
		Adan Benavidez
		Ryan Meek
		Enis Ljikovic
		Bronson Garber
		Caleb Edwards
		Grayson McLellan

[Antitroll2828]

52 minutes ago, flyingcement said:

Many allocations left to be decided, but here is where we have it so far:

 

Allocation Earned	At Large Pool
Luke Stanich	Anthony Molton
Brett Ungar	Trever Anderson
Anthony Noto	Jack Maida
Blake West	Conrad Hendriksen
Patrick McKee	Chad Bellis
Braeden Davis	Drew West
Michael DeAugustino	Sean Spidle
Noah Surtin	Tyler Klinsky
Troy Spratley	Joey Fischer
Jore Volk	Nick Babin
Kysen Terukina	Drew Heethuis
Max Gallagher	Tucker Owens
Brayden Palmer	Desmond Pleasant
Dean Peterson	Malik Hardy
Drake Ayala	Yusief Lillie
Matt Ramos	Robbie Sagaris
	Carson Wagner
	Jake Ice
	Davian Guanajuato
	Ben Aranda
	Ryan Henningson
	JB Dragovich
	Eric Howe
	Dayton DelViscio
	Max Elton
	Tony Burke
	Trenton Dominguez
	Adan Benavidez
	Ryan Meek
	Enis Ljikovic
	Bronson Garber
	Caleb Edwards
	Grason McLellan

 

Last year Juco national champ Jett Strickenberger has an auto bid , knocked off steve O in wrestlebacks sending him to the at large pool

[flyingcement]

Just now, Antitroll2828 said:

Last year Juco national champ Jett Strickenberger has an auto bid , knocked off steve O in wrestlebacks sending him to the at large pool

plus he brought back the white boy corn rows featured by Austin O'Connor and Nick Suriano (lol)!

[Pinnacle]

On 2/26/2024 at 5:22 PM, flyingcement said:

I am also coming around on the idea of Ayala being a nose ahead of the pack right now. 

 

On 3/3/2024 at 10:46 PM, ionel said:

You setting him up to lose his first match at b10?  

The Internet got won by ionel!

[Antitroll2828]

3 minutes ago, flyingcement said:

 

 

	Allocation Earned	At Large Pool	Pending
1	Matt Ramos	Stevo Poulin	Cooper Flynn
2	Patrick McKee	Anthony Molton	Jakob Camacho
3	Eric Barnett	Trever Anderson	Brandon Kaylor
4	Drake Ayala	Diego Sotelo	Nico Provo
5	Anthony Noto	Eli Griffin	Richard Figueroa
6	Luke Stanich	Jack Maida	Spencer Moore
7	Noah Surtin	Conrad Hendriksen	Colton Camacho
8	Caleb Smith	Chad Bellis	Dom Mendez
9	Troy Spratley	Drew West	Brendan McCrone
10	Michael DeAugustino	Sean Spidle	Kyle Montaperto
11	Braeden Davis	Tyler Klinsky	Jeremiah Reno
12	Jore Volk	Joey Fischer	Blaine Frazier
13	Brett Ungar	Nick Babin	Massey Odiotti
14	Brayden Palmer	Drew Heethuis	Tristan Lujan
15	Dean Peterson	Tucker Owens	Richard Castro-Sandoval
16	Tanner Jordan	Desmond Pleasant	Logan Agin
17	Max Gallagher	Malik Hardy
18	Jett Strickenberger	Yusief Lillie
19	Kysen Terukina	Robbie Sagaris
20	Ethan Berginc	Carson Wagner
21	Blake West	Dylan Acevedo-Switzer
22	Michael Joyce	Justin Cardani
23		Jake Ice
24		Davian Guanajuato
25		Benjamin Aranda
26		Ryan Henningson
27		JB Dragovich
28		Eric Howe
29		Dayton DelViscio
30		Tommy Capul
31		Max Elton
32		Tony Burke
33		Trenton Dominguez
		Adan Benavidez
		Ryan Meek
		Enis Ljikovic
		Bronson Garber
		Caleb Edwards
		Grayson McLellan

Only 2 bids in the pac 12 with Kaylor, figs and Provo , should be a battle 

[flyingcement]

1 minute ago, Antitroll2828 said:

Only 2 bids in the pac 12 with Kaylor, figs and Provo , should be a battle 

Yep - with only six at large spots and all of these upsets - it's going to be extremely competitive to nab one of those six spots

[Antitroll2828]

2 minutes ago, flyingcement said:

Yep - with only six at large spots and all of these upsets - it's going to be extremely competitive to nab one of those six spots

Yea I was originally hoping Klinsky would be able to grab one but it seems unlikely now 

[flyingcement]

2 minutes ago, Antitroll2828 said:

Yea I was originally hoping Klinsky would be able to grab one but it seems unlikely now 

It is going to be tough for sure - I think he would need to rely on the strength of his best wins which were against Peterson and Strickenberger who have both already qualified .  

[1032004]

Was Maida injured?  Seems weird that he’d MFF to Joyce of Brown, who qualifies with a 4-5 record

 

[lisa morales]

Terry reamed Ayala after his loss.  That's good coaching.  

[NM1965]

16 minutes ago, lisa morales said:

Terry reamed Ayala after his loss.  That's good coaching.  

If he'd coached the guy up better Ayala might not have lost! 

[lisa morales]

When Terry screams it usually results in immediate improvement.  

[1032004]

15 hours ago, jmoney said:

With all the assaults to the rankings that are going to happen at Big 10s and 12s I think it elevates Noto, Flynn, and Stanich's chances

Chances of what?  Getting a better seed?  If someone from the B10 or B12 wins NCAA’s, I kinda doubt it will be the guy that won the conference tournament 

[jmoney]

5 hours ago, 1032004 said:

Chances of what?  Getting a better seed?  If someone from the B10 or B12 wins NCAA’s, I kinda doubt it will be the guy that won the conference tournament 

I think with how close margins are seeding will matter, yea. Placing poorly at big 10 could hurt majorly. 

[jajensen09]

4 minutes ago, jmoney said:

I think with how close margins are seeding will matter, yea. Placing poorly at big 10 could hurt majorly. 

I'd don't think the seeds matter as much as matchups do 

[jmoney]

3 minutes ago, jajensen09 said:

I'd don't think the seeds matter as much as matchups do 

Yeah that may be it. Ramos can get stunted in his offense by many. Ayala can only be shut down by a couple guys like DAgs. McKee can outmuscle almost everyone and stop their finesse. Barnett can roll around with many but gets sloppy and caught by the best. It’s a wild bunch out there. 

Edited March 10 by jmoney

[jajensen09]

1 minute ago, jmoney said:

Yeah that may be it. Ramos can get stunted in his offense by many. Ayala can only be shut down by a couple guys like DAgs. McKee can outmuscle almost everyone and stop their finesse. Barnett can roll around with many but gets sloppy and caught by the best. It’s a wild bunch out there. 

Agreed! From Caleb's Smith perspective, would rather wrestle Ayala and Davis than Barnet and McKee. But that's just how the bracket fell at big 10s

[ionel]

Fly still has 30 minutes to guarantee today's finals. 

[1032004]

29 minutes ago, jajensen09 said:

I'd don't think the seeds matter as much as matchups do 

Yup, this.  Based on the list of who’s qualified so far, really the only guys I would be super surprised if they won it all are Blake West and Michael Joyce

[1032004]

6 hours ago, 1032004 said:

Chances of what?  Getting a better seed?  If someone from the B10 or B12 wins NCAA’s, I kinda doubt it will be the guy that won the conference tournament 

I stand by this…

I’m kinda thinking McKee is gonna want to make the comeback

 

Edited March 10 by 1032004

[jajensen09]

4 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

I stand by this…

I’m kinda thinking McKee is gonna want to make the comeback

 

I agree with this!  There's probably 5 guys just in the big 10 that Davis doesn't want to draw

[Antitroll2828]

I’m picking the only guy in the field who is already a national champ Jett Strickenberger , wrestled back for 3rd, peaking at the right time and as someone on here pointed out last night white guys with corn rows have been unstoppable in the ncaa finals the past few years (O Conner , Suriano) 

[jmoney]

Some trivia here...which 2 125 # qualifiers have identical records against their common opponents, very similar match margins against their common opponents AND found the exact same opponent challenging?

[BarSeries]

I'm going with Braeden Man Baby Davis