How Golden Were Those 2007 Gophers?

[Wrestleknownothing]

There is talk over on the PSU board about the possibility of 10 AAs this year, which got me thinking about that 2007 Minnesota Golden Gophers squad who remain the only team to do the deed. Ten toe the line, ten climb the podium.

• The ten Minnesota wrestlers were seeded 1, 2, 3, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 10, and 10.
• Using historical results that means they had a less than 1% chance of all ten AAing (0.8%).
• As a matter of fact, the most likely outcome (27.6%) would have been a mere 7 AAs.
• And the expected outcome was only 6.5.
• No matter how you slice it 10 is huge. And it was hugely improbable.

The distribution of expected outcomes for that team, with those seeds, looks like this:

Bonus Trivia: No team outside of Iowa has come within 1 of Minnesota. Iowa has had nine 7 times and Iowa State has done it twice.

[feet2back]

I also remember how BIG, Loud and Proud their fanbase was that season...Sota fans were going crazy all tournament

[Lunaticfringe]

It was 2001, not 2007. We did so with 0 finalists, with Leroy Vega, Jared Lawrence, Luke Becker, Brad Pike, Owen Elzen and Garrett Lowney all losing in the semis(3 in OT). Damion Hahn and Brett Lawrence had to fight back a long way to AA

[Wrestleknownothing]

4 minutes ago, Lunaticfringe said:

It was 2001, not 2007. We did so with 0 finalists, with Leroy Vega, Jared Lawrence, Luke Becker, Brad Pike, Owen Elzen and Garrett Lowney all losing in the semis(3 in OT). Damion Hahn and Brett Lawrence had to fight back a long way to AA

doh

where were you 45 minutes ago when I could have fixed it?*

*(It is the white hats that are to blame.)

[ILLINIWrestlingBlog]

Interesting. With Iowa and Iowa State reaching 9 AAs on 9 occasions, you have to think the record'll be equaled one day.

I realize that each year is a new statistical set, but those numbers (9AAs 9x) surprise me.

What does that 2001 Gopher team do for a celebration every year?

"It has often been reported that the surviving members of the 1972 Dolphins would, every season, either gather to drink champagne when the final undefeated team earned its first loss of the year, or send a case of champagne to the team who beat this final undefeated team."

[Lunaticfringe]

I believe one year Iowa had 11 returning AAs to its team. Another year when 9 placed, the only to fail to AA was defending champion Mark Reiland

[ionel]

46 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

doh

where were you 45 minutes ago when I could have fixed it?*

*(It is the white hats that are to blame.)

The "hide" option is your friend and Bob gave you 15 minutes that scoundrel.  

[Idaho]

Lawrence brothers....WAY TO GO IDAHO!