Absolute Zero Trivia

[Wrestleknownothing]

In the Big Dog Trivia thread I noted that Steve Mocco had wrestled exactly to his seed all four years. The absolute value of the difference between his seed and placement was zero.

I speculated that he must be the only wrestler to pull this off, but there are three others who have done this over four tournaments. Name them.

[Wrestleknownothing]

Bonus Trivia.

For those of you who are really bored at work today.

There are also seven wrestlers who absolute zeroed it in the non-freshman eligibility eras. Name them.

[jchapman]

10 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Bonus Trivia.

For those of you who are really bored at work today.

There are also seven wrestlers who absolute zeroed it in the non-freshman eligibility eras. Name them.

Gray Simons

[Wrestleknownothing]

4 minutes ago, jchapman said:

Gray Simons

While Gray Simons is almost always the answer to any trivia question that involves superlatives, sadly he is not the answer to this one. In 1960 he won the title as a #2 seed.

[jchapman]

15 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Bonus Trivia.

For those of you who are really bored at work today.

There are also seven wrestlers who absolute zeroed it in the non-freshman eligibility eras. Name them.

Double Secret Bonus:

A wrestler did this across the only two NCAA tournaments for which they were eligible.  Who?

[Wrestleknownothing]

5 minutes ago, jchapman said:

Double Secret Bonus:

A wrestler did this across the only two NCAA tournaments for which they were eligible.  Who?

[1032004]

40 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

In the Big Dog Trivia thread I noted that Steve Mocco had wrestled exactly to his seed all four years. The absolute value of the difference between his seed and placement was zero.

I speculated that he must be the only wrestler to pull this off, but there are three others who have done this over four tournaments. Name them.

Does this mean they wrestled exactly to their seed every year, or the average of their placements was the same as the average of their seeds?

[Wrestleknownothing]

9 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

Does this mean they wrestled exactly to their seed every year, or the average of their placements was the same as the average of their seeds?

Exactly to seed every year

[jchapman]

Does Lowell Lange count?  He went 1 (#1), injured did not compete, 1 (#1), 1 (#1)

[Wrestleknownothing]

28 minutes ago, jchapman said:

Double Secret Bonus:

A wrestler did this across the only two NCAA tournaments for which they were eligible.  Who?

Mitchell Mesenbrink

[Wrestleknownothing]

3 minutes ago, jchapman said:

Does Lowell Lange count?  He went 1 (#1), injured did not compete, 1 (#1), 1 (#1)

He is one of the seven, yes.

[jchapman]

5 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Mitchell Mesenbrink

Looks like you are correct.  I was not thinking of current wrestlers with remaining eligibility.  However, MM fits my original question.

Does anyone know who accomplished this before MM?

Edited 2 hours ago by jchapman

[Wrestleknownothing]

Just now, jchapman said:

Looks like you are correct.  I was not thinking of current wrestlers with remaining eligibility.  However, MM fits my original question.

 

OK, so there is another?

[jchapman]

1 minute ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

OK, so there is another?

yes

Let me know if you want hints.

 

Edited 2 hours ago by jchapman

[jchapman]

59 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Bonus Trivia.

For those of you who are really bored at work today.

There are also seven wrestlers who absolute zeroed it in the non-freshman eligibility eras. Name them.

Dan Hodge and Hugh Peery

Edited 2 hours ago by jchapman

[Wrestleknownothing]

9 minutes ago, jchapman said:

Dan Hodge and Hugh Peery

You are on a roll. It gets tougher from here.

And to answer your question, after two years at Bismarck State College, Brock Lesnar wrestled two years for Minnesota finishing second in 1999 as the #2 seed and first in 2000 as the #1 seed.

[jchapman]

13 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

You are on a roll. It gets tougher from here.

And to answer your question, after two years at Bismarck State College, Brock Lesnar wrestled two years for Minnesota finishing second in 1999 as the #2 seed and first in 2000 as the #1 seed.

Bingo!

I took the low hanging fruit with the 3Xers who were #1 seeds.

Edited 2 hours ago by jchapman

[11986]

1 hour ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

In the Big Dog Trivia thread I noted that Steve Mocco had wrestled exactly to his seed all four years. The absolute value of the difference between his seed and placement was zero.

I speculated that he must be the only wrestler to pull this off, but there are three others who have done this over four tournaments. Name them.

Cael

 

[Wrestleknownothing]

29 minutes ago, 11986 said:

Cael

 

Can you be more specific?

Happel, Valencia, Swensen, McCormick, Carlson or some other guy?

[11986]

3 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Can you be more specific?

Happel, Valencia, Swensen, McCormick, Carlson or some other guy?

escapes me now, think he wrestled for Iowa St? 20-25ish years ago?

[Wrestleknownothing]

40 minutes ago, 11986 said:

escapes me now, think he wrestled for Iowa St? 20-25ish years ago?

11986 for the win. Now we have two of the four timers. Who can get the other two. One is easier than the other.

[jchapman]

8 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

11986 for the win. Now we have two of the four timers. Who can get the other two. One is easier than the other.

Joe Williams and Pat Smith

Edited 46 minutes ago by jchapman

[11986]

7 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

11986 for the win. Now we have two of the four timers. Who can get the other two. One is easier than the other.

Pat Smith was seeded #1 all 4 years he won it

[Wrestleknownothing]

6 minutes ago, jchapman said:

Joe Williams and Pat Smith

Boom and kaboom.

Well done.

[Wrestleknownothing]

4 minutes ago, 11986 said:

Pat Smith was seeded #1 all 4 years he won it

Yes, that was the easier of the two. But not easy.