Poll: Who wins @ 133?

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[lisa morales]

Crookman

[D3 for LU]

  On 3/15/2025 at 12:09 AM, lisa morales said:

Crookman

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Get outa here!

D3

[D3 for LU]

Another sentimental favorite, Lucas Byrd...  this one for the IlliniwrestlingBlog.

(He's smiling down upon us w/ this choice, yes indeed!)

D3

[Boring]

Ayala. I don't think Byrd catches him again. 

[Coastal]

It's a shame that the coaching philosophy has ruined Ayala.  Their practice one move until you can't get it wrong philosophy has made Ayala a one trick pony.  Anyone who stops the slide by/slide by single beats him.   I'm waiting for someone who pulls an RBY and just doesn't engage with their right side.   

[jross]

All-Americans 
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1. Bouzakis, Nic (Seed 7, Ohio State, 5-0)
2. Byrd, Lucas (Seed 1, Illinois, 4-1)
3. Ayala, Drake (Seed 2, Iowa, 6-1)
4. Romney, Zeth (Seed 4, Cal Poly, 4-2)
5. Bailey, Nasir (Seed 3, Little Rock, 4-2)
6. McGonagle, Connor (Seed 6, Virginia Tech, 5-3)
7. Serrano, Dominick (Seed 5, Northern Colorado, 4-2)
8. Frost, Evan (Seed 11, Iowa State, 3-3)

Wrestler seeded 17-33 with most wins: Farber, Julian (Seed 18, Northern Iowa, 2-2) with 2 wins

[Paul158]

  On 3/16/2025 at 2:56 PM, jross said:

All-Americans 
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1. Bouzakis, Nic (Seed 7, Ohio State, 5-0)
2. Byrd, Lucas (Seed 1, Illinois, 4-1)
3. Ayala, Drake (Seed 2, Iowa, 6-1)
4. Romney, Zeth (Seed 4, Cal Poly, 4-2)
5. Bailey, Nasir (Seed 3, Little Rock, 4-2)
6. McGonagle, Connor (Seed 6, Virginia Tech, 5-3)
7. Serrano, Dominick (Seed 5, Northern Colorado, 4-2)
8. Frost, Evan (Seed 11, Iowa State, 3-3)

Wrestler seeded 17-33 with most wins: Farber, Julian (Seed 18, Northern Iowa, 2-2) with 2 wins

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Now that would be something. He wrestled well last week. If he wrestles smart, just takes what is there instead of the high risk moves he will have a good tournament.

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[jross]

Nic Bouzakis is the  Patrick McKee of tOSU.

[jross]

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[jross]

 

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[BarSeries]

I would love to see Bouzakis blitz through this bracket 

[Coastal]

Bouzakis is going to transfer but this just shows the problem with wrestlestat.   

They weigh pins too heavily.  A wrestler who pins a good opponent rockets up the elo.

An inferior opponent can pin a better wrestler.   An inferior wrestler can never tech a better opponent.  While pins are the ultimate goal, computers should recognize tech falls as a much better indicator of performance.

[Kov88]

  On 3/16/2025 at 3:33 PM, jross said:

Nic Bouzakis is the  Patrick McKee of tOSU.

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Would love to see a third place run like CKLV and B10’s

[jross]

Updated Bracket Predictions with actual round 1 incorporated.

Wrongly predicted Van Dee to upset Miller.  Missed the following upsets

• Oakley over Rini
• Shawver over Spidle
• Farber over Noto

The wrestler seeded 17-33 with most wins remains Farber, Julian (Seed 18, Northern Iowa, 3-2).  His predicted win count increased from 2 to 3 wins.

The top 7 AAs remain the same.  However Braeden Davis has been bumped from #8 and replaced by Braxton Brown (Seed 9, Maryland, 4-3)

AA predictions have changed from 6-8

• McGonagle, Connor (Seed 6, Virginia Tech) drops from #6 to nada.
• Serrano, Dominick (Seed 5, Northern Colorado) drops from #7 to #6
• Frost, Evan (Seed 11, Iowa State) improves from #8 to #7
• Davis, Braeden (Seed 8, Penn State) improves from nada to #8

 

 

[Paul158]

  On 3/20/2025 at 7:46 PM, jross said:

Updated Bracket Predictions with actual round 1 incorporated.

Wrongly predicted Van Dee to upset Miller.  Missed the following upsets

• Oakley over Rini
• Shawver over Spidle
• Farber over Noto

The wrestler seeded 17-33 with most wins remains Farber, Julian (Seed 18, Northern Iowa, 3-2).  His predicted win count increased from 2 to 3 wins.

The top 7 AAs remain the same.  However Braeden Davis has been bumped from #8 and replaced by Braxton Brown (Seed 9, Maryland, 4-3)

AA predictions have changed from 6-8

• McGonagle, Connor (Seed 6, Virginia Tech) drops from #6 to nada.
• Serrano, Dominick (Seed 5, Northern Colorado) drops from #7 to #6
• Frost, Evan (Seed 11, Iowa State) improves from #8 to #7
• Davis, Braeden (Seed 8, Penn State) improves from nada to #8

 

 

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I will take it. Looks good to me.

[jross]

Correction in my comment.  There was a time between the original prediction and after round 1 where Braxton Brown was predicted to be an AA.  Now he is not.

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The top 7 AAs remain the same.  However Braeden Davis has been bumped from #8 and replaced by Braxton Brown (Seed 9, Maryland, 4-3)

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[jross]

Session 3 Predictions

 

Quarterfinals:

• (1) Byrd, Lucas def. (8) Davis, Braeden | Dec 6-5
• (4) Romney, Zeth def. (12) Rini, Angelo | Dec 8-6
• (6) McGonagle, Connor def. (14) Fugitt, Zan | Dec 6-5
• (7) Bouzakis, Nic def. (2) Ayala, Drake | Dec 8-7

Wrestle-Backs Round 2:

• Farber, Julian def. Van Dee, Jacob | Dec 7-6
• Spidle, Sean def. Phipps, Kurt | Dec 6-5
• Frost, Evan def. Oakley, Ethan | Dec 7-5
• Bailey, Nasir def. Ferrara, Tyler | Dec 7-4
• Knox, Tyler def. Cardinal, Derrick | MD 12-3
• Wells, Tyler def. Serrano, Dominick | Dec 6-5
• Brown, Braxton def. Shawver, Dylan | Dec 7-6
• Noto, Anthony def. Miller, Ryan | Dec 7-5

Updated AA Predictions 

1. Bouzakis, Nic (Seed 7, Ohio State, 5-0)
2. Byrd, Lucas (Seed 1, Illinois, 4-1)
3. Ayala, Drake (Seed 2, Iowa, 4-1)
4. Bailey, Nasir (Seed 3, Little Rock, 5-1)
5. Romney, Zeth (Seed 4, Cal Poly, 3-1)
6. McGonagle, Connor (Seed 6, Virginia Tech, 3-1)
7. Noto, Anthony (Seed 15, Lock Haven, 4-1)
8. Farber, Julian (Seed 18, Northern Iowa, 4-1)

Wrestler seeded 17-33 with most wins: Farber, Julian (Seed 18, Northern Iowa, 4-3) with 4 wins