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ESPN Thursday Night, Friday Night, Saturday Night): Mike Couzens (play-by-play) – A versatile ESPN play-by-play voice calling the Championships for the sixth year. Jim Gibbons (analyst) – An NCAA Champion as both wrestler and coach (Iowa State), the current Big Ten Network lead analyst was inducted in the Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2003. Jordan Burroughs (analyst) – A two-time NCAA champion at Nebraska and Dan Hodge Trophy winner. Also a six-time world champion and 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist at the London Games, Burroughs won his most recent world title in 2022 and set the American record with seven gold medals at the Olympic and World Championship level. Quint Kessenich (reporter) – The multi-sport reporter and analyst will cover all sessions in his 18th year. ESPNU - Thursday morning, Friday morning, Saturday morning Shawn Kenney (play-by-play) – ACC Network’s lead wrestling play-by-play voice. Tim Johnson (analyst) – “The voice” of college wrestling for more than three decades. Johnson has evaluated college wrestling for more than 35 years and has called hundreds of collegiate wrestling meets, including the last 18 NCAA Championships. A member of both the Iowa and National Wrestling Halls of Fame. Rock Harrison (analyst) – ACC Network’s lead analyst, former Virginia wrestler and a 10-year referee. ESPN+ Matcast (aka Octomat for us uncultured swine) Shane Sparks (play-by-play) – Big Ten Network’s lead wrestling play-by-play voice. Anthony Robles (analyst) – The NCAA Champion from Arizona State returns to ESPN’s NCAA Wrestling coverage.

I don't think you know what an insurrection is.

They are.

Tulsa. JK, ESPN+

Next, let's look at population per Capita!

Prior to the current field size of 33, it was a larger tourney. Yes, the single pigtail was introduced when the current AQ and ‘at-large’ process replaced the process based on the five-year R12 average and ‘Wild Card’ system. The drop to 33 occurred around the same time the eleven scholarships were dropped to 9.9. Here is an example of a bracket with nearly 360 participants. 40 pigtails and two ‘byes’ made a field of 358. Eight pigtails at 134 and 167. http://www.wrestlingstats.com/ncaa/pdf/brackets/NCAA%201989.pdf Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Patrick Brucki was also a Big 10 Distinguished Scholar as an engineering graduate student. https://www.facebook.com/michiganwrestling/photos/a.571596109554337/5134296703284232/?type=3

Yeah. Warren Crow started out at Cornell before transferring to SUNY Albany when he defeated Sanders in the College Division Nationals at 123 lbs. Sanders then dropped to 115 for the D1 NCAAs and Crow finished 4th at 123 lbs.

Hawk fan. Don’t like psu. Don’t like rby… I do hope rby beats fix in the finals one more time. Can’t root for cheaters.

stop...

There is substantial shade covering that fair and square comment. Media influence. Tech influence. Ballot harvesting. Undeniable. Studies, videos, convictions. These are known unknowns that are not measurable. The same will exist in the next election. There is no way to win without copying the Democrats behavior of ballot harvesting.

Why? He now has a guy who beat him during this actual season or a guy who decked him a few years ago. The Gomez that lost to Rooks at B1Gs would have been a very easy match for Sasso. That is even if Gomez won his first match, which was not a guarantee.

I'm a dyed in the wool PSU fan, and even I would be thrilled to see Michael win over Max in the finals.

Trackwrestling

I like this idea, but instead of taking the place of 31-33, how about having 4 pigtails instead of 1? 33 gets D2 champ, 32 gets D3 champ, 31 gets D2 runner up, and 30 gets 29 in the four pigtails.

I like the idea of inviting the top 2 placers in the Division II tournament and the top guy in Division III to the Division I dance. Give them a low seeding (even #'s 31-33) and see what they can do.

A crime committed upon us fans.

I'm telling you Roman will fall. mspart

anyone who thinks one side is any better than the other has been hoodwinked... don't fell bad guys... this has been going on since we were in the caves and the trees... most are programmed to just accept it...

I'm seeing that Dom Demas is in at #33 for Milner. Should see a redrawn bracket if it's not already out there.

thought they were on same side of the bracket

Beard taking out Dean in the finals (I highly doubt either of them make it there) would be poetic justice for Beard.

Only in places that don't have internet

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.

Not enough?

Wrong bracket. You're talking about 149. We know Millner is being removed from 149. And we know that McGonagle has been removed from 133.

Why an auto low seed? If they deserve it, seed them! Don't ruin a d1 studs tourney by not seeding them

That was not "the argument" being made by anyone here. That was you alone posting that. And then you've added the question of our culture being OK with "rape"? With no factual basis. Your attempts here are weak. You've lost any credibility you may have started to earn.

I think a bit optimistic bc lewan and amine both made the semis last year and that is a monumental task this season …Lewan would have to beat Ed Scott and Austin o Conner to make the semis and both are not great stylistic match ups for Lewan and amine has a brutal draw , Cook first round then Kennedy from Iowa then Hamiti just to make the semis , both should be R12 AAs guys but probably do most of their damage on the backside

The older brother Nathan had a less than standout high school career for a national champion: 31-13 overall, 2-6 as a senior, never wrestled in the PIAA postseason. Now a 2x D3 champion that has not only lost 0 D3 matches the past two seasons, but also has given up 0 TDs, 0 NFs, and 0 reversals to D3 wrestlers over the past two seasons. He was also 6th at the 2022 Midlands where he lost his only matches in that time period. http://www.pa-wrestling.com/hs/teams/bethcatholic/athlete_stats.htm?id=84404

Wait... Radio Shack is still in business? D3

I’m fine with replacements at 133 and 149. Either give them the replacement entry or grant them a new pick. I trust your judgement, [mention=10]VakAttack[/mention]. Whatever is decided, I need the new name before the tourney begins Thursday morning. However, if your guy fails skin check or misses weight, you’re stuck with the horse you bought. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Tulsa has class, you'll need to go to OKC for that.

It used to be(and still is) 330 wrestlers but before the recent formula based auto qualification process with 33 wrestlers per weight, some weights might have 35 others 29.

I believe that happened at the same time the fully-funded scholarship cap went from 11 to 9.9 (10% reduction). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Per Capita National Qualifiers. Begins with usual suspects - Iowa and Alaska Home-State #Qualifiers Population QPP IA 15 3,200,517 0.000469% AK 3 733,583 0.000409% PA 46 12,972,008 0.000355% OK 13 4,019,800 0.000323% IL 33 12,582,032 0.000262% NJ 23 9,261,699 0.000248% WV 4 1,775,156 0.000225% MN 12 5,717,184 0.000210% MO 12 6,177,957 0.000194% OH 22 11,756,058 0.000187% MI 16 10,034,113 0.000159% CO 9 5,839,926 0.000154% NE 3 1,967,923 0.000152% ND 1 779,261 0.000128% UT 4 3,380,800 0.000118% SD 1 909,824 0.000110% IN 7 6,833,037 0.000102% KS 3 2,937,150 0.000102% WI 6 5,892,539 0.000102% NY 19 19,677,151 0.000097% OR 4 4,240,137 0.000094% MT 1 1,122,867 0.000089% MA 5 6,981,974 0.000072% VA 6 8,683,619 0.000069% GA 7 10,912,876 0.000064% CT 2 3,626,205 0.000055% ID 1 1,939,033 0.000052% MD 3 6,164,660 0.000049% NM 1 2,113,344 0.000047% CA 18 39,029,342 0.000046% AZ 3 7,359,197 0.000041% FL 9 22,244,823 0.000040% AL 2 5,074,296 0.000039% WA 3 7,785,786 0.000039% NC 4 10,698,973 0.000037% KY 1 4,512,310 0.000022% SC 1 5,282,634 0.000019% TN 1 7,051,339 0.000014% Belarus 1 9,450,000 0.000011% Cuba 1 11,200,000 0.000009% TX 2 30,029,572 0.000007% Canada 1 38,454,327 0.000003%

He goes by Jon Jon to friends and family. I absolutely hate this for him. From being a 1 time North Carolina state champion to a guy competing with the best in the country every year. His development has been a joy to watch.

Gilman started his career at Iowa. Winning a title is hard.

Let me take a crack at this. All banks work pretty much the same way. They take either maturity risk (i.e. borrow short-term and lend long-term), credit risk, or both. This can be done very riskily or not. To mitigate some of that risk some banks also pursue fee based businesses. But an old school, traditional bank activity is to take deposits (borrow short-term) and pay little or no interest on those deposits. They then make longer-term loans to businesses and individuals (mortgages, for example). Long-term rates tend to be higher than short-term rates, so they make money on the spread. But there is a basic problem all banks need to manage. The deposits can leave at any time, but they do not have the right to call the loans. If all depositors want all of their money back at the same time, every single bank in the world will become insolvent. They can make the most prudent, intelligent loans ever that are all money good and it still will not matter. They have to wait to get their money back, but depositors do not. One way to manage this risk is to have diversified sources of depositors. Open branches everywhere, offer toasters and pens, advertise locally and nationally, etc. That way all depositors are less likely to act as a single group. Silvergate and Signature were two large bankers for the crypto industry. Their deposits were tightly tied to the health of crypto as many of their customers were crypto exchanges who needed access to the traditional financial system. When crypto exchanges faced massive withdrawals, they took their deposits en masse. It no longer mattered what their loans looked like. Ditto for Silicon Valley Bank, except substitute private equity funded start ups for crypto. With start up money drying up they turned from net depositors to net withdrawers. SVB also failed to manage their maturity risk appropriately so that when the mark-to-market value of their loans (i.e. long dated treasuries and agency mortgage bonds) went down their capital ratio shrunk. Private equity investors noticed and told all their clients to pull their deposits. When the heard moves, there is not much that can be done (especially if you have mis-managed this risk). Ultimately, it was the combination of losing non-diversified deposits and higher interest rates (which decreased the current value of assets, but not necessarily the future value) that got all three. Unless other banks have made similar mistakes, then they have not much to worry about, except that all banks survive on depositor confidence - just ask George Bailey.

The Serbian National that killed the arch duke and started WWI is considered a national hero in Serbia. Perhaps Serbia should give up its aspirations of Olympic-hood. I found this out while speaking with a few Serbs a year or so before the Balkans War. It was still Yugoslavia at the time. They were hating on Croatians at the time for being war mongering during WWII. I asked if it wasn't a Serbian that killed the arch duke starting WWI? They heralded the guy, he was a national hero and stuff. I couldn't believe it, they were applauding the guy that started WWI. These were just average guys there in Belgrade. Wrongly or Rightly, I assumed this was the thought of most Serbs. mspart

@bnwtwg I don’t know if you heard RBY being interviewed after the Big Ten finals, but when asked what the victory meant to him, he said, if I remember correctly, “nothing much.“ I wouldn’t be surprised if the wrestling gods punished him for that kind of attitude (even though he is undeniably a really nice young man). There are too many kids out there who have spent their whole lives looking for a national title — and it sure would be something if Dayton won in front of his hometown fans. Disclaimer: hawks fan here.

if you think one side is any worse than the other then you fell for it...

They would be banning the US because of ABC? Good thing we have CBS and NBC to boot. I never thought ABC was all that bad! mspart

Like I said before, I think each situation and country needs to be evaluated by itself and not compared to any other county and situation when making a decision about banning from the Olympics. It is very complicated and there are so many factors involved (intent, culture, societal norms, invading a country unprovoked, state sanctioned doping, etc.). Point is, I don't think you can say, well you banned that country for XYZ so you should ban this country for ABC.

Home-State ACC Big 10 Big 12 EIWA MAC Pac 10 SoCon Grand Total PA 12 10 4 14 6 46 IL 3 18 4 3 2 2 1 33 NJ 2 8 10 2 1 23 OH 2 6 5 4 4 1 22 NY 7 6 5 1 19 CA 4 2 1 1 9 17 MI 2 8 1 1 3 1 16 IA 1 5 9 15 OK 12 1 13 MO 1 2 7 1 1 12 MN 6 4 1 1 12 FL 1 2 4 1 1 9 CO 2 3 2 2 9 IN 7 7 GA 2 1 1 3 7 WI 3 3 6 VA 3 1 2 6 OR 1 1 3 5 MA 1 3 1 5 WV 1 2 1 4 UT 2 2 4 NC 1 1 2 4 WA 1 2 3 NE 1 1 1 3 MD 2 1 3 KS 2 1 3 AZ 2 1 3 AK 1 2 3 TX 1 1 2 CT 1 1 2 AL 1 1 2 TN 1 1 SD 1 1 SC 1 1 NM 1 1 NH 1 1 ND 1 1 MT 1 1 KY 1 1 ID 1 1 Cuba 1 1 Canada 1 1 Belarus 1 1 Grand Total 35 98 77 55 27 23 15 330

I would think the odds of 0 pins are way better. Even with Spencer in the finals.

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

dang.....I didn't want to be the Iowa of NCAA Fantasy.... oh well. Thanks @VakAttack and @lu_alum for all your work on this

I have 80" in basement so that may work.