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I don’t think so. He was ranked #1 most of the year. Seemed to be a mental lapse both last year and this year.

The toughest two opponents are on the other side of the bracket (LL and Figs).

That's right. So Brooks ended up with 4 (2020, 2022, 2023, 2024) despite losing one (just like Marinelli).

I believe that he won a Big 10 title in 2020 the year NCAA's was cancelled.

Alex Marinelli is a 4x Big 10 champ

Right. He was a 157 in college and it looks like he has spent plenty of time in the weight room since then. Probably weights 180+. Gonna be an uphill battle for Cruz

Georgio has some slick stuff. D1 wrestlers a different breed. Weight classes exist for a reason haha.

I can’t go that high I’m out.

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Likewise. Max is just a big dude that pretty much makes everyone look small. Gabe Arnold looked absolutely tiny when he wrestled him.

Haha! I guess so!

Pyles threw this out there on FRL and I think I disagree with my pretty strongly. He said that Carter is outsized by most of his opponents at 184. In other words he said that Carter is a small 184. Agree or disagree? He looks like a full sized 184 to me.

My primary team is SDSU. I am partial to Iowa because I went to the 12 day Iowa intensive camp back in the day and Phil Keddy was my counselor and was an awesome guy.

Only positive is the certainty that one will advance.

Yep.... The Little Rock 174 would make perfect sense.

What could be the rationale for that move? Hamiti has everything over Thompson but the conference championship...

@Husker_Du Spill the beans brother

The top 3 should be fairly obvious. You could argue the order of 2/3 I suppose.

https://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2025-03-11/ncaa-announces-large-selections-2025-division-i-wrestling-championships 125 At-large Koda Holeman Cal Poly Pac 12 125 At-large Joey Cruz Iowa Big Ten 125 At-large Spencer Moore North Carolina ACC 125 At-large Tanner Jordan South Dakota State Big 12 125 Alternate Diego Sotelo Harvard EIWA 133 At-large Ethan Berginc Army West Point EIWA 133 At-large Evan Frost Iowa State Big 12 133 At-large Tyler Wells Minnesota Big Ten 133 At-large Tyler Knox Stanford ACC 133 Alternate Michael Baker Northern Illinois MAC 141 At-large AJ Rallo Bellarmine SoCon 141 At-large Danny Pucino Illinois Big Ten 141 At-large Josh Edmond Missouri Big 12 141 At-large Jayden Scott North Carolina ACC 141 Alternate Cole Brooks Wyoming Big 12 149 At-large Wynton Denkins Campbell SoCon 149 At-large Malyke Hines Lehigh EIWA 149 At-large Sam Cartella Northwestern Big Ten 149 At-large Willie McDougald Oklahoma Big 12 149 At-large Jaden Abas Stanford ACC 149 At-large Gabe Willochell Wyoming Big 12 149 Alternate Finn Solomon Pittsburgh ACC 157 At-large Blake Saito Brown Ivy League 157 At-large James Harrington Harvard Ivy League 157 At-large James Conway Missouri Big 12 157 At-large Trevor Chumbley Northwestern Big Ten 157 At-large Christopher Hamblin Oregon State Pac 12 157 At-large Dylan Evans Pittsburgh ACC 157 At-large Grigor Cholakyan Stanford ACC 157 Alternate Nicholas Stampoulos Lock Haven MAC 165 At-large Gunner Filipowicz Army West Point EIWA 165 At-large Will Miller Appalachian State SoCon 165 At-large Tyler Lillard Indiana Big Ten 165 At-large Drake Rhodes South Dakota State Big 12 165 Alternate Anthony White Rutgers Big Ten 174 At-large Myles Takats Bucknell EIWA 174 At-large Nick Incontrera Pennsylvania Ivy League 174 At-large Jackson Turley Rutgers Big Ten 174 At-large Lorenzo Norman Stanford ACC 174 Alternate Michael Wilson Rider MAC 184 At-large Caden Rogers Lehigh EIWA 184 At-large Colin Fegley Lock Haven MAC 184 At-large Colton Hawks Missouri Big 12 184 At-large Ryder Rogotzke Ohio State Big Ten 184 At-large Dennis Robin West Virginia Big 12 184 Alternate Daschle Lamer Cal Poly PAC 12 197 At-large Carson Floyd Appalachian State SoCon 197 At-large Wolfgang Frable Army West Point EIWA 197 At-large Tucker Hogan Lock Haven MAC 197 At-large Joseph Novak Wyoming Big 12 197 Alternate Luke Cochran Central Michigan MAC 285 At-large Daniel Herrera Iowa State Big 12 285 At-large Isaac Trumble NC State ACC 285 At-large Lance Runyon Northern Iowa Big 12 285 At-large Yaraslau Slavikouski Rutgers Big Ten 285 Alternate Xavier Doolin Morgan State EIWA

For SDSU, Tanner Jordan (125) and Drake Rhodes (165) received at large bids.

Let us know your findings... interesting stuff that's for sure.

Fair enough. Nickal and Cassar are rostered athletes at NLWC that train there frequently. If you are gonna include Otoguro for HWC why would NLWC not include those guys?

Zain talked about his competitive career after the Lee Ono match. He plans to pursue more world teams at 70 kg

I hate that I have to defend NLWC but your take is just totally false. Nick Lee vs Eierman freestyle success is not even controversial.. Lee is just better and has clearly had more success. Of course NLWC has a much better room than HWC right now. Everyone knows that. They have one of the best rooms in the world. They also have Franklin Gomez, Bo Nickal and Cassar regularly training there. And I forgot to mention this guy named Kyle Dake originally.

Zain is coaching the team currently and will be competing next year if not this year. He is still scrapping but coming back from head injury. Nick Lee literally won Pan Am's last year and has made the US world team. He is much more accomplished than Jaydin.