Expected NCAA Finish as of 1/16/24 Intermat Rankings - The David Bowie Edition

[Wrestleknownothing]

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes. Turn and face the stranger.

And let's start by greeting those strangers.

Intermat welcomes a host of previously unranked wrestlers to the land of the ranked. Welcome to the club gentlemen. Take a seat anywhere. The meeting will start on March 21st.

 

In addition to the 13 new wrestlers joining the ranked club, there was a pretty good shake up at 125, 174 and 157. This late in the season it is not normal to see this kind of volatility.

As expected we have a sixth team expected to finish second. Iowa has rallied hard from a weak sixth to a strong second. And still no Ben Kueter in the 285 rankings, so we have that to look forward to, as well.

 

And finally we get to the race for the big trophy.

While better than the post SVN fall out, things keep getting tighter for PSU in spite of the additions of Davis and Kasak to the rankings. That is a testament to how far Iowa has come. It is still an expected runaway victory (48.5 points), but Jimmy will be happy to see that PSU is clearly on a path for misery by late March.

 

 

[PortaJohn]

With all your data can you somewhat predict when Jimmy will make his annual Iowa beats PSU thread?

[Wrestleknownothing]

10 minutes ago, PortaJohn said:

With all your data can you somewhat predict when Jimmy will make his annual Iowa beats PSU thread?

That he hasn't already has me concerned. Hopefully it is nothing. Maybe he started a new job and got distracted.

[ionel]

9 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

That he hasn't already has me concerned. Hopefully it is nothing. Maybe he started a new job and got distracted.

[Wrestleknownothing]

22 minutes ago, ionel said:

If I had know that job was open, I would have applied.

[jdalu75]

That job never stays filled for long; they all OD on fudge ripple.

Edited January 16 by jdalu75

[SocraTease]

2 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes. Turn and face the stranger.

And let's start by greeting those strangers.

Intermat welcomes a host of previously unranked wrestlers to the land of the ranked. Welcome to the club gentlemen. Take a seat anywhere. The meeting will start on March 21st.

 

In addition to the 13 new wrestlers joining the ranked club, there was a pretty good shake up at 125, 174 and 157. This late in the season it is not normal to see this kind of volatility.

As expected we have a sixth team expected to finish second. Iowa has rallied hard from a weak sixth to a strong second. And still no Ben Kueter in the 285 rankings, so we have that to look forward to, as well.

 

And finally we get to the race for the big trophy.

While better than the post SVN fall out, things keep getting tighter for PSU in spite of the additions of Davis and Kasak to the rankings. That is a testament to how far Iowa has come. It is still an expected runaway victory (48.5 points), but Jimmy will be happy to see that PSU is clearly on a path for misery by late March.

 

 

Someone should pay you for all your great work ... or, minimally, give you a free ticket to NCAAs each year.  

[Wrestleknownothing]

20 minutes ago, SocraTease said:

Someone should pay you for all your great work ... or, minimally, give you a free ticket to NCAAs each year.  

Amen, brother. I wonder who I can see about that.

[OMW]

I was expecting something related to David Bowie on a wrestling forum talking about how Johnny was cutting weight and wanted to "suck on a Coke."!

[juniorvarsity]

Did I miss something? Why is Wilcox ranked at 157. Something happen to Paddy?

[GeneYus]

24 minutes ago, juniorvarsity said:

Did I miss something? Why is Wilcox ranked at 157. Something happen to Paddy?

Paddy was injured early in the Shapiro match. Done for the year.

[MPhillips]

6 hours ago, GeneYus said:

Paddy was injured early in the Shapiro match. Done for the year.

 Kharch and maybe Hoffman too...

[Mr. PeanutButter]

6 minutes ago, MPhillips said:

 Kharch and maybe Hoffman too...

Gawd dayum that is a hefty loaf of bad luck

[MPhillips]

4 minutes ago, Mr. PeanutButter said:

Gawd dayum that is a hefty loaf of bad luck

Positive on Kharch.... for an internet dummy...

[Pinnacle]

8 schools have 10 ranked wrestlers and another 4 have 9 ranked wrestlers. That has to be some kind of concentration of power record likely attributable to the transfer portal. 

[juniorvarsity]

12 hours ago, MPhillips said:

 Kharch and maybe Hoffman too...

Kharchla with knee issue. Paddy finished the match. What did Paddy hurt? What did Hoffman hurt?

[ionel]

3 hours ago, Pinnacle said:

8 schools have 10 ranked wrestlers and another 4 have 9 ranked wrestlers. That has to be some kind of concentration of power record likely attributable to the transfer portal. 

Ranked how high?  If not top 15 or top 10 doesn't mean much for team points.

[1032004]

Gotta say, I’m not sure they finish #2 but Iowa still being so high despite the guys that are currently suspended is impressive, even if most of it is due to the transfer portal.  I’d like to say in my best Cinnybuns voice that they might have made it interesting with PSU (only due to SVN being out), but they probably don’t.  They’re showing down by 50 with PSU likely having more upside, and Cass/Brands/Assad probably would’ve only added somewhere in the neighborhood of 25 incremental points or so.