Bigger dud. Nebraska or Missouri?

[JimmyBT]

If only Nebraska didn’t get screwed at 174 by Starocci. And Missouri as a team has HEW. 

[Pinnacle]

Somehow I feel this thread is targeted for a certain poster. 

[D3UC157]

Iowa, duhhh.

[NorthCarolina]

I don’t think Mizzou has HEW. They looked great this year (or at least up to standard) until their whole team got sick the UNI/Iowa State weekend and they haven’t looked the same since. 

[wrestle87]

Mizzou, something happened around the time they wrestled Cornell out east, and it just broke all of them.

[tiger-style]

5 minutes ago, wrestle87 said:

Mizzou, something happened around the time they wrestled Cornell out east, and it just broke all of them.

Yep, wrestled a close dual with WV and then lost to Cornell the same weekend. Ever since then the team regressed.

[Packard]

Isn’t this the story with Mizzou every year? Every year they get pumped up coming into the tourney and invariably under perform (based on seeds and expectations).

[Wrestleknownothing]

1 hour ago, JimmyBT said:

If only Nebraska didn’t get screwed at 174 by Starocci. And Missouri as a team has HEW. 

NC State has laid the biggest egg so far.

[SocraTease]

The parity in the second tier teams is pretty impressive:

 

                                   Points:

Team Standings
Team	Points	Maximum Potential Points	If Seeds Hold	# F	# Cons Semi	# 3rd-4th	# 5th-6th	# 7th-8th
Penn State	148	201	165	6	2	0	0	0
Michigan	64.5	93.5	69	2	2	0	0	0
Iowa	60	86	72	1	2	0	0	1
Arizona State	59.5	88.5	66.5	2	2	0	0	0
Iowa State	59.5	85.5	64	1	2	0	0	1
Cornell	58.5	81.5	64	1	2	0	0	0
Ohio State	57	77.5	65	2	1	0	0	0
Oklahoma State	55	75.5	60	2	1	0	0	0
Virginia Tech	53	79	62.5	1	2	0	0	1
Nebraska	52	83.5	58.5	0	3	0	0	2
North Carolina State	48.5	60.5	50.5	1	0	0	0	2
South Dakota State	43	71.5	51	0	3	0	0	1
Missouri	40	65.5	45.5	0	3	0	0	0

[Paul158]

Looks like Ohio State is slightly outperforming all the computer and human predictions. By about double . Nice job by the coaching staff and the wrestlers.

[Xmas32]

9 hours ago, JimmyBT said:

If only Nebraska didn’t get screwed at 174 by Starocci. And Missouri as a team has HEW. 

It feels a little weird here. On one hand, Nebraska has 5 AAs, 2nd most behind Penn State. On the other hand, watching Lovett lose in the fashion he did plus Pinto doing Pinto stuff and costing himself AA status has definitely let some air out of the balloon. Let's also not forget the curious decision of Smith choosing bottom against Barnett in the 2nd period despite Smith getting the 1st TD and leading 3-1. I'm not saying Barnett doesn't find a way to win but Smith took his advantage and decided to just throw it in the trash.

Edited March 23 by Xmas32

[Show_Me]

9 hours ago, Packard said:

Isn’t this the story with Mizzou every year? Every year they get pumped up coming into the tourney and invariably under perform (based on seeds and expectations).

No … it’s not the story EVERY year.

However, this years Big 12 & especially NCAA performance makes one wonder what’s going on within the Program.