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I mean, everyone is capable of getting pinned or self-pinning for that matter. I know it's entirely possible and I'd love to see it happen, just once, starting with Spencer Lee getting stuck by Liam Cronin, in the first period, in :06. (I hope Jimmy doesn't get upset by me stealing his MO, but my pal, @ionel told me I could get my numbers up this way)

First graph here shows national qualifiers by home state, grouped into three seeding groups. Blue is seeds 1-11. Red is seeds 12-22. Yellow is seeds 23-33. These are the top 18 states in terms of total qualifiers so that the image doesn't get shrunk down too small.

Here are the high schools which have more than two national qualifiers in this year's tournament: Blair Academy Cannon, Chris Van Ness, Shayne Incontrera, Nick Miller, Ryan Colaiocco, Michael Ramirez, Julian Trephan, Owen St. Edward Kazimir, Matthew Andonian, Bryce Gallagher, Paddy Rini, Angelo Hart, Allan Bergen Catholic Cardenas, Jacob Griffith, Shane Zargo, Joseph Ferrante, Carmen Foca, Chris Wyoming Seminary Cooley, Austin Bartlett, Beau McNeil, Lachlan St. Paris Graham Moore, Mitch Jordan, Rocky Jordan, Tanner Montini Catholic Lewan, Will Woods, Real Ragusin, Dylan Marian Central Catholic Heller, Reece Heller, Holden Connell, Dylan Cathedral Prep Starocci, Carter Johnson, Paniro Crosby, Dorian

I have a suggestion that I think would make 133 more interesting to watch at the NCAAs (for me anyway)... You know how they have those straps they put on arm wrestlers when their hands keep slipping off? In order that opponents of that offensive machine Bravo-Young cannot back up and prevent engagement, I suggest Bravo-Young and his opponent be strapped together at the waist not more than 3 feet apart. This should ensure that Bravo-Young keeps adding to his amazing takedown ratio vs opponents.

I believe it was said that 'We draft the guys, not the position' or something along those lines. The gents who picked Cardinale or any other guy who has missed significant time this year knew there were risks, right? That said, I am okay letting him pick from the pool at 133.

Will be released tonight! (Sunday)

Where do we seed Brooks if he doesn't wrestle in those events? Even though we know he's the best wrestler in the weight class...

Well...the IRS one is just pure fiction. They're not adding 80,000 new IRS "agents." They've got about 80,000 employees now and 10,000 of them are agents. They're trying to hire 80,000 employees because they're understaffed and are expected to lose 50K+ in employees to retirement. Just...right off the top, a large chunk of that money is going to updating their infrastructure and adding actual representatives you can speak to on the phone. 4 years ago I had a plan with a 5600 dollar deductible. Never went out of network, had a surgery in January...wrote a check for the exact amount for my deductible. Kept the receipts, could not actually speak with my insurance company in person without a 5-6 hour wait. Yet they were still able to just take another 4K out of my tax returns because the IRS had antiquated systems and is extremely understaffed. Took over 3 years to get my money back because I couldn't actually get a person on the phone at the IRS. This puts them around the number of actual employees they had in the early 90s. But it wasn't quite as fun of a scare tactic as "80,000 new agents all at once coming to take your money away."

And if you say 197 then you better mean it’s going chalk which would be crazy. My guess this year is 157 goes kablooey. 1 of the top 3 seeds doesn’t see Friday night, 2 don’t see Saturday night, and at least two double digit seed AA’s.

Looks like Illinois & Oklahoma win the stray cat & loyal dog awards respectively.

Now that the government is doing its thing... the depositors will be okay. This was the sentiment on Friday. Monday won't be as bad as it looked... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Startup founders still reeling from Silicon Valley Bank's implosion have something new to stress about: whether they'll be able to access enough money to cut employee paychecks next week. The number of growth stage companies that had their cash at SVB is huge," tweeted founder Nikita Bier. "Making payroll next week is going to be a shitshow." SVB is the bank of choice for nearly half of all US venture-backed startups, according to its website, and its recent implosion has left these startups scrambling to cover their most pressing expenses. Garry Tan, CEO of storied startup accelerator Y Combinator, wrote on Twitter that more than 30% of YC companies exposed through SVB can't make payroll in the next 30 days and urged startup founders to reach out to elected officials for help. He added to CNBC that about 1,000 startups YC has invested in will be affected by SVB's fallout. "The last 24 hours have been crazy. Every venture capitalists' cell phone is being blown up by CEOs asking for advice trying to figure out Monday's payroll which is the most immediate problem," Sam Lessin, a partner at Slow Ventures, said on CNBC on Friday. "One founder I was talking to is going to cover payroll personally on Monday and figure it out from there," Lessin said. "Startups who couldn't pull out cash from SVB in time have immediate cash needs - payroll, vendors, critical infrastructure payments," tweeted Afore Capital founder Anamitra Banerji. The Rippling Effect Even startups that don't personally bank with SVB are feeling the effects of the bank's troubles, as many realized today that payroll processors like Rippling use SVB to issue paychecks to employees. One founder, Alex Meshkin of healthtech startup Flow Health, posted a message to employees on social media that detailed the conundrum the startup was facing due to Rippling's relationship with the bank. "This is dumpster fire," he wrote on Twitter. Flow Health employees were supposed to be paid today but weren't, Meshkin told Insider. The money to be used in payroll was debited from the company's Wells Fargo account on Wednesday, he said, but did not get disbursed on Friday as scheduled. Meshkin sent an announcement to Flow Health's 1,000 employees via Slack. He said that some had refused to report to work because they hadn't been paid. "For all intents and purposes, our money's gone," he said. "A lot of people live paycheck to paycheck. It's a really tough situation. I truly believe there's going to be mass layoffs across Silicon Valley on Monday." Rippling, for its part, said it was switching its banking relationship from SVB to JPMorgan, with founder Parker Conrad tweeting on Friday that his "top priority is to get our customers' employees paid as soon as we possibly can, and we're working diligently toward that on all available channels, and trying to learn what the FDIC takeover means for today's payments." "[Rippling] is saying payrolls are going to happen today," Meshkin said. "It's not. They're full of shit." Ashley Tyrner, the founder of FarmboxRx, said she's spent the last 24 hours trying and failing to access her SVB account to pay employees. Thankfully, she also banks with First Republic and Bank of America, so she is able to pay her employees. She's even willing to take a cut of her own salary to pay her staff, she told Insider. However, three of her friends who are also startup founders who have all of their money in SVB accounts are worried about paying their employees, Tyrner told Insider. VCs weigh in Publicly, many investors have been outspoken on the topic. "This is DEFCON 1," tweeted angel investor Jason Calacanis. "Lots of startups are missing payroll in 2-4 weeks if a) Silicon Valley Bank doesn't have the deposits b) SVB doesn't get sold or c) SVB isn't rescued." But privately, some investors admit that the uncertainty is making it difficult to provide founders with concrete guidance. Many are still hoping, perhaps naively, that the issue will be resolved by Monday to allow cash withdrawals, said one startup investor who asked not to be identified discussing a sensitive topic. In addition to well-meaning investors, some HR and payroll companies are swooping in to rescue affected startups, offering everything from discounts to short-term financing. "If you're a startup founder dealing with this, I'm here to help any way I can," Ayush Sharma, founder and CEO of payroll and compliance startup Warp, tweeted. "We've decided to discount @joinwarp payroll to any startups impacted."

Props to UNI who has linked mat camera's for each mat/day of tournament, sans the finals. You'll need an ESPN+ sub to watch though: https://unipanthers.com/sports/2023/3/8/big-12-hub.aspx

In particular I think Cesar Alvan is going to put Daniel Cardenas on his back in the first period

Good to know. Will edit my data. FYI @Wrestleknownothing (because I sent him the high school data previous)

The Hellers went to Marian Catholic High School, and Connell went to Marian Central Catholic High School. Two different schools in the Chicagoland area. Cause confusion often.

I mean, they have a pipeline there and AJ is using his last year of eligibility this year. Not even a hunch as much as it is wishful thinking.

I remember chuckling when he said that and thinking “surely he’s not going to seriously attempt to follow through on that after a couple years of growth.” But hey if he wants to shrink down then go for it. His body, his choice. I’ll take Dake by bomb and JB by double until proven otherwise

I watched about the first round and a half of the draft. It looked like you guys had a good time. I couldn't keep up when it started, let alone after 2+ hrs. Glad I didn't get in, with me it in would have taken 2 days and someone would have had to wake me up a few times. That Mr. @MPhillips was talkin' some crap before it started, lol. Well played gents.

Cael and brooks knew the seeding rules going in. They chose not to wrestle enough matches right? They are not complaining about this…. Butt hurt fans are. Same same with ranking tourneys. People competing for world titles skip ranking tourneys all the time. Nothing but complaining about world seeds cause so and so didn’t attend this or that event. Over legislation of wrestling is what’s killing wrestling. We have new seeding rules… because folks whined to much about the common sense seeding that used to exist. Complaining about seeds is as old as earth. unbiased committee ? Where would one find one of these lol.

Cael Nasdeo is a Millionaire (capital M)

don't kid yourself, you mashed that joke.

I love Dake too...it was more in reference to a bunch of people on the past forum ripping Dake on his Covid believes and some other things he does around his diet and comments he made. Really wasn't to be take that serious...most of my postings hold some degree of sarcasm.

How did you get this picture of me?

Things I'd like to see: Ranking tournaments that factor into NCAA seeds Step out rule Stand ups after one minute of riding with no points scored Riding time serves only as a tiebreaker (which means no more OT)

Not sure but I believe Josh Budke is on the seeding committee and likes to remind Tom, “You get what you earn”.

Hey, you're that guy that keeps getting banned on HR, right?

I couldn't take Hamiti serious at first becuase he's gangly and kind of a goof but then again I said the same thing about Nickal.

well............check your spelling sheeeesh

Ironic because Ben Askren would absolutely not be a fan of pretty much any opinion that a Common Sense Committee would put forward.

1-2. Gantz, the 165 and #1 seed went 1-2 as well.

My first reaction too

Great story. It would make a pretty good movie. Never encountered a Grizzly but I too have seen my share of Black Bears. Fortunately they tend to be less aggressive mind their own business and I've never had an incident, though I do give them every ounce of respect that they deserve.

rider with the pin for asc

I will have a full list in my preview guide (available maybe as early as Sunday) - i have some extensive stats on the bloodround wins and losses. Never has there been a 4x R12 finisher and as was noted earlier, Murin and Phillippi are 3x R12. 13 wrestlers all time have been R12 3x and never placed. Of note, only one wrestler has ever been 4-0 in the bloodround since the tournament went to 8 places in 1979. Zach Sanders …

Sorry...once you said you played basketball, everything you say is inferior. LOL...JK....just doing some good ribbing on a Friday. I actually agree with what you said.

I have heard good things about family run "zoos" in the state of Oklahoma.

I "should" have a version ready to go this weekend. I'm well ahead of schedule. It usually drops on Tuesday before the NCAAs, but I got the hard part done in record time. Now I'm just tweaking layouts - but I'm announcing at D3's, so have to get the "real job" area stuff done before farming it out. I'd love to have it ready Saturday, but I want to get it proofed in some respects and I'm still kinda waiting to hear if anyone pulls out.

Are you insinuating that Patrick Glory was granted a double-secret 17 pound weight allowance by the NCAA?

Look at everything Yianni has accomplished sans triceps.

Everyone has their hands full to AA. That's the point. mspart

Have the spider watch all 8 mats for you... ... and have him report back on what he sees. (Simple really.) D3

This I believe. Kolat really got it handed to him the years he was our rep. Matches taken away that he had won. Horrible. mspart

Snyder gold again. mspart

Audrey Jimenez loses in the 50kg quarters. Le sigh. Pulled into repechage. Fingers crossed.

Finally some relevant information. Kudos! Personally... I'm going to stay away from Elote's, 'puffy taco." That's just me. Live and let live.

Here is a list of happy hour specials for the relevant days of the week. Obviously not everything is downtown, but most are going to be 15 minutes or less from the BOK.

I will continue to buy high, sell low, just before the bounce.

My credentials are minimal and they handed me the reins to the world-famous mailbag so anything is possible