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I was more so inquiring as to why that is. How they are able to develop such elite talent at the lighter weights but really nothing at all in the upper weights. Unless it literally just comes down to them not having a large enough population of heavier people.

overall take aways I thought everyone looked great. Medals shook out relatively how I predicted I knew the kid from Japan was good at 61kg but I was not aware he won their senior nationals in December and made the finals at 65kg to qualify for the olympics against Kiyooka. Overall I think the guys that impressed me the most did not even win gold. Keuter did better than any american that has wrestled Masoumi which includes Parris and Feldman. Blaze kind of dismantled Abbasov who is a 2x euro champ and 3x finalist and had previously beaten Davino 5-0. Barr was able to go 6 minutes with a russian nats champ who beat the world champ from last year in the finals. Whats potentially most impressive about this team is that I believe 7 of our 10 guys still have at least 1 year of junior eligibility left and most have 2. As far as the other nations go when Japan has someone who is good they seem to be really really really good. Its interesting to me how they either seem to win gold or not place. Russia is still very good but we really seem to have an edge over them at the age levels at least over the last few years and I think that is a great sign moving forward. side bar I saw Bassett catching some heat for his semi loss. He wrestles at an insane pace and definitely lets guys get in on his legs. However he just won bronze in his first juniors and has two years left, if he were anyone else people would be talking about how amazing an accomplishment that is. I do think he will struggle a bit with very technical wrestlers who finish quickly at the highest level but if guys don't build a substantial lead on him early they are going to get chased down and he's going to get more physically mature which is only going to help his style.

he's the senior rep for Japan at worlds in October

This happens in every other sport; you recruit and now pay to put your best lineup possible out there. Iowa wrestling is in and of itself a business. Was what they did morally the best thing I don't know but I know it made them a much better team. At the end of the day their job is to put the best product they can on the mat.

I admittedly only watched Belton against Bartlett and at NCAA's but it seemed like closing matches was an issue for him. I can't really imagine being sucked out is going to help with that but maybe the size advantage will allow him to manage the match better.

I thought you meant develop kids in regards to folk I guess I was not looking at this in the context of greco which I should have been considering hes in the u20 finals.

I would argue Nc state and Northern Iowa but for sure really strong room between the RTC and college team around that weight too.

I think Vega may be the most underrated kid in the 2025 class Im guessing their lineup could feature a TF from 125-149 in 2026 Knox, I. Cortez, E. Cortez, Vega Dejesus is very good and could mix things up at 133 as well. Perentin seems really stock for 174 but hes a stud as well I think 3 of these dudes will be at who's 1.

he is incredible at greco but he lost to Thomas Verrette at junior nats and Thomas is like a 15-25 type guy in the nation I would not expect huge things from him in folk at least not right away.

Don't want to start a new wtt trials thread but I see Andonian and Duke both at 70kg I need that match I think there would be at least 7 throws. Blaze registered at 61kg I think it would be foolish to pick him as the favorite to make the finals against vito over Daton or Nashon but I may be a fool. Hoping Jax enters and Desanto enter as well. KOT,Carr,Ringer,JB at 79kg is fire I may be Picking KOT to win that weight. 92kg feels like Zahid vs trent part a lot unless DT enters.

I fear it could be a few years too late but would still love to see it regardless.

according to flows new rankings not including bonus points if rankings held national scores would be.. PSU: 124 Iowa: 103.5 OK state: 59.5 Nebraska: 57 Ohio state: 49.5 Important thinks to note PSU is getting no points at 125 they removed davis I think Lilledahl goes high on the podium. Iowa is also receiving zero points at 125 but unless Peterson can get down I think that is accurate. Levi is ranked second at 174 I personally think thats going to be facundo in either scenario I think I would have both behind Welsh and Hamiti personally I just think its a big Jump for Levi in one year. They have Carter 1 at 184 and Cochran at 197 at 21 which would get maybe ).5 points? I think they get more points at 197 if Barr goes.

I wonder if you could attribute the transfer "issues" of Penn State more to a change in schedule than anyone else. As of recently they wrestle the black knight and thats about it for tournaments until the post season. They wrestle a very difficult dual schedule but maybe if you are use to having 30+ matches and a couple feels at a two day weigh in + multiple matches it is hard to adjust to purely dual meets, and even at that very few of their guys wrestle in every dual. Im not saying this is a bad thing they peak better than any team has for the past decade but perhaps its difficult for transfers to adapt.

no it was honestly a bit of a jump scare

57kg: I expect Luke to medal I think he is world level for seniors let alone u20's. In his way I think will be Valizadeh from Iran who was the 2023 senior world rep for iran and grabbed two wins over an unknown and Rzazde from Azerbijan who is tough. He also has a win over Horst Lehr who infamously pinned thomas gilman. There is also the Japan rep who I am sure is good and then Pavlov from Russia who recently won euros but Luke beat him last year 9-2. Prediction: gold but Iran worries me 61kg: I think Marcus Blaze is the best high school wrestler I've ever seen just given the accolades of the guys hes beaten as well as how sound his defense is, that being said this weight is brutal. Jamal Abbasov took second at Euros and beat ben davino 5-0 at cadets last year. The guy he lost to at Euros 6-1 is Andrei Midlovets who teched his way to the finals before beating Abbasov. Ono from Japan was up at 65kg for the senior Asian championships where he took third only falling to tumur ochir. Edik Harutyunyan is also a returning bronze from 57kg last year. Prediction: Gold Blaze is that dude 65kg: I am very interested to see how Bo does here. I think his pace could be a serious issue for the international guys. I am worried that he snaps guys into his legs sometimes and that could prove to put him in a hole he can't dig himself out of. Abdullah toprak doubled up on bronze medals last year at u20's and u23's taking a 3-1 loss to Mendez at u20's. He also managed to score 4 points on Amouzad this year which is 4 more than Zain scored. The Iranian is also a returning Bronze medalist from last year and won the asian championships this year as well as a cadet gold in 2021. Hosokawa from Japan took 5th at the emperors cup. He took bronze at Asians last year and has a win over 2022 u20 champ Jalalov. Prediction: Bronze for Bassett 70KG: Would be a bit surprised if Duke did not win gold I think his only fault is he gets a bit tired but what he did to kannon webster twice was quite insane. Karampour from iran teched his way through asians so hes definitely a stud. Baitukaev did the same through Euros and I think will be his biggest test. He took Bronze last year and lost to Meyer 8-0. It was a match that came down to a few exchanges though but I still think its a match I favor PJ in. Prediction: Gold for Duke 74kg: Similarly to Duke I think Dee should be the favorite at this weight. Yaprak from Turkey is tough he took third and 5th and u20 and u23 euros ironically the third was in u23's. Locketts biggest threat is Reza from Iran who took silver at 70kg last year losing to Meyer 11-6. He teched his way through Asians and took third at the second ranking series beating Bayramov 5-0 and actually going the distance with zhamolov losing 7-0. Prediction: Gold for Lockett I will do the second half in a bit I've grown tired.

Any chance they suck brock man down for 1 year or is he red shirting?

Dylan Gilcher breakout year incoming, beat ty watters at dapper dan although Ty kinda messed up his knee in the first period I am pretty high on him still though.

Iowa could send the biggest FU in the world to the guys that committed there by recruiting gable and letting him wrestle over Keuter who took a year off of football to dedicate to wrestling. Michigan or Minnesota seem like the most likely destinations if he comes back though although I'm not sure if he would need to be a grad transfer to wrestle so maybe Minnesota is out. I hope he continues to wrestle but he seems to be trying to do anything but wrestle so I'm guessing MMA will be his next endeavor.

should we start taking bets on where he shows up second semester?

It was a one score match the last time they wrestled from a 50/50 feet to back situation. Paro is in a new training environment and SVN is coming off his third almost year long layoff since HS. Barr and Facundo both operate from collar ties and like outside step high c's and only seem to let their offense go occasionally.

125 - Lilledahl over Cruz via Major PSU 4 - 0 133 - Ayala over Nagao via Decision PSU 4-3 141 - Bartlett over Block via Decision PSU 7-3 149 - Parco over SVN Decison (I think Shayne loses a step at least earlier in the year probably gets it back at big10's/nats PSU 7-6 157 - Teemer over Kasak Decison (big 157 vs tiny 157 I could see Kasak shooting himself out of the match and adjusting later) 9-7 Iowas 165 - MM over Caliendo Major (if its rec hall maybe tech) PSU 11-9 174 - Arnold over Facundo Decision (this match is a toss-up it depends if Facundo can generate like he does in free which he has not shown he can) Iowa 12-11 184 - Brands/Smaller Ferrari over Barr (Barr reminds me a lot of Facundo maybe its a Michigan thing just needs to learn to let it go) Iowa 15-11 197 - Starocci over Buchanan via Decision Iowa 15-14 285 - Ben (He's never dedicated this much of his life to wrestling Keuter) over Kerk Iowa 18-14

Bjj starts standing and from there the similarities in a lot of ways end. Of course, being able to dictate where the bout takes place is big and leg riding can be a factor as a body triangle or double boots to flatten someone out can be two of the most dominant positions. In my opinion the only thing that allows for there to be more money in BJJ is the fact that Joe rogan and Jocko are so vocal about it. The Hub of BJJ is actually in Texas and puerto rico now I believe with Craig jones and nick rodriguez's gym in Texas and the danahar death squad in puerto rico (where gordon ryan trains). Michael pixley was a fargo champ and Nicky rod started wrestling but they also started training BJJ exclusively 5-10 years ago.

unless Messenbrink is at trials for 70kg which I believe has been said he wont be he will not be at 157 either Im guessing Levi is at 174 or red shirts 149 will be SVN and 157 Kasak. Lilledahl pushes for a major against Cruz. Caliendo will also be the guy at 165 Pk either sucks down to 157 and wrestles off Teemer or beats gable at 174 or he rides the pine.

Retherford announced as a coach for the NLWC. After everyone leaving recently, I think this was a crucial get for the Nittany Lions.

should have lost to deprez and Aiello :[