Screwed in 2020

[Zahnarzt]

With this being the last year of wrestlers being able to take advantage of a 5th year of eligibility due to the Pandemic, I wanted to remember which senior D1 wrestlers were highly likely to win an NCAA title in 2020 had the tournament taken place.  The one that comes to mind first was Vincenzo Joseph.  Which other seniors that year had a solid shot at top of the podium?

[Wrestleknownothing]

7 minutes ago, Zahnarzt said:

With this being the last year of wrestlers being able to take advantage of a 5th year of eligibility due to the Pandemic, I wanted to remember which senior D1 wrestlers were highly likely to win an NCAA title in 2020 had the tournament taken place.  The one that comes to mind first was Vincenzo Joseph.  Which other seniors that year had a solid shot at top of the podium?

Mark Hall, Pat Lugo, Luke Pletcher, and Kollin Moore were all #1 seeds.

[bnwtwg]

Seth Gross

Mark Hall

Luke Pletcher

Kollin Moore

[CHROMEBIRD]

Chaz Tucker?

[Perry]

My heart hurt the most for Luke pletcher and kollin Moore at the time

[Gene Mills Fan]

Iowa Hawkeyes Team Title!!!!

[1032004]

Taylor Lujan

[Gambatte]

Matt Kolodzik

[scourge165]

125-Spencer Lee wins it and he's now on the list of all-time greats instead of a source of revenue for Lens Crafters and a triggering topic for...Calveria or whatever. 

133-This is a 3 way between RBY getting his first, Sebastian Rivera winning a title and Seth Gross getting his 2nd.
SeeBass is the sentimental pick for me.

141-Pletcher, Lee or Real Woods...My pick is Pletcher 

149-Lugo or Kolodzik IMO. 

`157-If Deakin wins this year I think he's a 3X Champ. He was just SO tight at the Nationals and looked so...afraid to lose(and still won a one). Maybe if he wins early. David Carr...he ended up being solid. Hidlay, Monday...
I think it'd have been Hidlay though. 

165-Joseph

174-Hall(though...there was a Valencia in there).

184-Aaron Brooks

197-Moore

HWT-Gable

[ionel]

3 minutes ago, scourge165 said:

 

HWT-Gable

ahh ... isn't Gable going for his 3rd title this week? 

[Husker_Du]

https://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/predefinedtournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=503102132

Sebass the 1 seed at 133. maybe his best shot at a title. he moved up to 141 the next year. 

Jordan Kutler never gets brought up but he had a solid shot at a title and was a true finalist contender as the 3 seed. 21-1 only losing to Mark Hall in the dual (7-2)

Taylor Lujan was BRUTAL. R16-BR-BR then the 1 seed when it was canceled. never got on the podium.

 

[lu_alum]

1 minute ago, Husker_Du said:

https://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/predefinedtournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=503102132

Sebass the 1 seed at 133. maybe his best shot at a title. he moved up to 141 the next year. 

Jordan Kutler never gets brought up but he had a solid shot at a title and was a true finalist contender as the 3 seed. 21-1 only losing to Mark Hall in the dual (7-2)

Taylor Lujan was BRUTAL. R16-BR-BR then the 1 seed when it was canceled. never got on the podium.

 

Absolutely!

[scourge165]

15 minutes ago, ionel said:

ahh ... isn't Gable going for his 3rd title this week? 

Yup. Obviously if I started at 125 with Lee as my pick, I wasn't going off JUST Seniors...right?

[ionel]

2 minutes ago, scourge165 said:

Yup. Obviously if I started at 125 with Lee as my pick, I wasn't going off JUST Seniors...right?

But how was he screwed ... he couldn't win more than 3 correct? 

[Kov88]

1 hour ago, Gambatte said:

Matt Kolodzik

I believe he was originally going to ORS that year and ended up competing half way through the year only to get it canceled

[Fletcher]

Lots of guys mentioned above did eventually win a title. I feel the worst for Plecher. He waited his turn in the OSU room behind some studs just to get screwed his senior yr.

[1032004]

3 minutes ago, Fletcher said:

Lots of guys mentioned above did eventually win a title. I feel the worst for Plecher. He waited his turn in the OSU room behind some studs just to get screwed his senior yr.

Did he?  He started all 4 years and never redshirted.  He did seem to really make a jump his senior year though and was crushing dudes after having a lot of low scoring matches in his earlier years 

[Kov88]

1 minute ago, 1032004 said:

Did he?  He started all 4 years and never redshirted.  He did seem to really make a jump his senior year though and was crushing dudes after having a lot of low scoring matches in his earlier years 

He was going to RS his freshman year and got put in the lineup at 41’ when he was a 33 pounder…. It’s escaping me who got injured that year at 41’ for tOSU

[Ragu]

Kolodzik had his Olympic RS comfortably on. Took it off for a few comps just to have season cancel

[1032004]

1 minute ago, Kov88 said:

He was going to RS his freshman year and got put in the lineup at 41’ when he was a 33 pounder…. It’s escaping me who got injured that year at 41’ for tOSU

Ke-Shawn Hayes?

[Kov88]

1 minute ago, 1032004 said:

Ke-Shawn Hayes?

That sounds right….. totally forgot about him lol

[scourge165]

10 minutes ago, Fletcher said:

Lots of guys mentioned above did eventually win a title. I feel the worst for Plecher. He waited his turn in the OSU room behind some studs just to get screwed his senior yr.

I mean, he did take a couple 4ths and qualified as a Freshmen.

I feel bad he didn't get a chance to go back at Lee again and just finish his career the right way, but do you think wrestling '33 hurt him the prior 3 years? 

[dragit]

PletcherLugoMoore are in a particularly harsh category.  All seniors.  No titles.  All made a big step up as seniors (or had Bo Nickal graduate ) and were primed to win in their last chance.  All came a week or five days or whatever it was short.

Kolodzik is in his own category. Joseph and Hall had titles before although can't say that didn't really hurt them too.

[Fletcher]

7 minutes ago, scourge165 said:

I mean, he did take a couple 4ths and qualified as a Freshmen.

I feel bad he didn't get a chance to go back at Lee again and just finish his career the right way, but do you think wrestling '33 hurt him the prior 3 years? 

I must be misremembering. My recollection is he was not wrestling his natural weight to accommodate the lineup, but maybe that was only one year.

[scourge165]

7 minutes ago, Ragu said:

Kolodzik had his Olympic RS comfortably on. Took it off for a few comps just to have season cancel

Wrestling couldn't have done anything about it, right?

Meaning they couldn't come out and say whoever lost a year and a chance to wrestle in March had one more year of eligibility? 

So many of those matches would have been great to see. Nick Lee...who has kinda cemented himself as one of the best Wrestlers of the last 20 years while Pletcher who came in one year earlier, is more of a what-if. That has to just drive you nuts. 

Last match he wrestled, Pletcher beat Lee 6-5 so...that would have been a great NCAA Tournament.