NCAA #1 seeds

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125 Lilledahl

133 Byrd

141 Hardy

149 Henson

157 Kasak

165 MM

174 KOT

184 Starocci

197 Cardenas

HWT Steveson

[Ched64]

On 3/10/2025 at 9:55 PM, BruceyB said:

I would say that injuries are separate from actual results from conferences. That being said, I do think if you're too injured to take the mat at conferences, you probably don't deserve the easiest path to the finals. There should be some punishment if you don't participate. Last year with Starocci was definitely egregious though. 

What was particularly egregious was that they then put him at the 9 seed so the guy who got moved from 2 to 1 actually had to beat a 3x Natl Champ in the quarters vs wrestling the 6 seed who actually made the finals!

[Eagle26]

7 hours ago, cowcards said:

Historically, are the guys do better at nationals the ones that have had a better season of work or the ones that had a better conference weekend of work?

That’s a good question. I’m not sure the answer to that, but I’d be interested to know. But the real question is: What do we value in the sport more - post season results or total body of work? I think it would be great for the sport to put more emphasis on regular season duals, but we all know that the only thing people care about are post season results. Conference tournaments are the beginning of the National tournament just like Sectional or district tournaments are the start of the State tournament in HS. You earn your qualification during that tournament. It’s the good and the bad thing about this sport that it all comes down to your performance at a couple tournaments. Yes, college gives you an out with the wildcards, but the main thing to get you there is the conference tournament. So IMO, you should not be able to get a 1 seed without winning your conference tournament.