Buckeye draws if pre seeds hold

[MPhillips]

Buckeye draws if Pre-Seeds hold.

125 - McCrone/Navarro. Winner gets #2 Smith.
133 - Bouzakis/Rini. Winner gets #1 Ayala.
141 - Mendez bye. Gets winner of Pucino/Cannon.
149 - D'Emilio/Butler.
157 - Cannon/Saldate. Winner gets #1 Miller.
165 - Gallagher/Mayfield. Winner gets #1 Mesenbrink.
174 - Kharchla bye. Gets winner of Braunagel/Gilcher.
184 - Rogotzke/Washington. Winner gets #1 Starocci.
197 - Shumate/Sollars. Winner gets #1 Buchanan.
285 - Feldman/Worley.

[Ohio Elite]

That's a lot of number 1's early on...

[MPhillips]

If Pre-Seeds hold...

#7 Brendan McCrone (OSU) (20-7, 3-5 BIG)

#9 Nic Bouzakis (OSU) (18-6, 3-4 BIG)

#2 Jesse Mendez (OSU) (23-1, 4-1 BIG)

#4 Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) (17-3, 6-2 BIG)

#9 Brandon Cannon (OSU) (18-2, 1-1 BIG)

#9 Paddy Gallagher (OSU) (14-6, 1-1 BIG)

#2 Carson Kharchla (OSU) (11-1, 6-1 BIG)

#8 Ryder Rogotzke (OSU) (9-6, 3-5 BIG)

#9 Seth Shumate (OSU) (16-12, 1-5 BIG)

#4 Nick Feldman (OSU) (14-4, 5-3 BIG)

[Kov88]

On 3/6/2025 at 8:18 AM, Ohio Elite said:

That's a lot of number 1's early on...

Yeah I thought the same thing when I saw how many pre seeds we had at 8/9

[MPhillips]

2025 Opening Round Big Ten Championship Matches
125-(7) Brendan McCrone (OSU) vs. (10) Dedrick Navarro (NU)
133-(9) Nic Bouzakis (OSU) vs. (8) Angelo Rini (IN)
141-(2) Jesse Mendez (OSU) vs. Bye/ (7) Pucino (ILL) or (10) Cannon (NU)
149-(4) Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) vs. (13) Joey Buttler (IN)
157-(9) Brandon Cannon (OSU) vs. (8) Chase Saldate (MI)
165-(9) Paddy Gallagher (OSU) vs. (8) Maxx Mayfield (NU)
174-(2) Carson Kharchla (OSU) vs. Bye/ (7) Braunagel (ILL) or (10) Gilcher (IND)
184-(8) Ryder Rogotzke (OSU) vs. (9) DJ Washington (IN)
197-(9) Seth Shumate (OSU) vs. (8) Gabe Sollars (IN)
HWT-(4) Nick Feldman (OSU) vs. (13) Dirk Morley (NU)

https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/documents/2025/3/7/2025_B1G_Wrestling_Brackets.pdf

 

Edited March 7 by MPhillips

[MPhillips]

Ramblings...

McCrone can get to the final.
Bouzakis will have a path to the 3rd place match.
Mendez...
D'Emilio gets to the Semi if he loses he can still get to the 3/4 place match, where he will have Parco/Lovett.
Cannon could be third or eighth...
Gallagher I just don't know where he is. Losses to Chittum and Kraisser, injuries and possibly HEW? Mine and his confidence are questionable.
Kharch / Pinto in the semi could go either way. I believe he can beat Haines if he gets there.
Rogotzke has to win two on the backside if he wins his first. If not he'll need an at large bid to get in to the NCAA.
Shumate needs to win the first and then two on the backside.
Feldman gets to semi, loses to Steveson and then beats Kueter to wrestle in the 3/4.