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Nagao had nothing. Zero. He was terrible. Horrible

The last two minutes of these basketball games are torture.

You have to get ESPN + through a subscription. 10 bucks for a month directly. Or through another service. And then cancel it after the tournament.

A women's basketball game is on ESPNU now. Hope it doesn't go into OT. It is a 3 point game with 2 plus minutes left. Two #16 seeded teams in a play in game. Ach.

MAT 1 BOUT 1 125 Prelim Tristan Lujan, 16-15 (Michigan State) vs Mike Joyce, 8-7 (Brown) MAT 1 BOUT 10 285 Prelim Jordan Greer, 14-8 (Ohio) vs Nick Willham, 12-10 (Indiana) MAT 1 BOUT 19 125 Champ. Round 1 Drake Ayala, 23-4 (Iowa) vs Elijah Griffin, 19-11 (California Bapt) MAT 2 BOUT 2 133 Prelim Dyson Dunham, 20-13 (VMI) vs Cayden Rooks, 10-11 (Indiana) MAT 2 BOUT 12 125 Champ. Round 1 Brett Ungar, 17-7 (Cornell) vs Dean Peterson, 14-7 (Rutgers) MAT 2 BOUT 20 125 Champ. Round 1 Jett Strickenberger, 20-6 (West Virginia) vs Nico Provo, 18-6 (Stanford) MAT 3 BOUT 4 149 Prelim Michael Cetta, 14-11 (Rutgers) vs Jeffrey Boyd, 18-11 (The Citadel) MAT 3 BOUT 13 125 Champ. Round 1 Patrick McKee, 15-6 (Minnesota) vs Kysen Terukina, 13-8 (Iowa State) MAT 3 BOUT 21 125 Champ. Round 1 Cooper Flynn, 14-4 (Virginia Tech) vs Brayden Palmer, 18-2 (Chattanooga) MAT 4 BOUT 5 157 Prelim Nick Stampoulos, 22-17 (Buffalo) vs Isaac Wilcox, 20-10 (Ohio State) MAT 4 BOUT 14 125 Champ. Round 1 Ethan Berginc, 23-9 (Army West Point) vs Richard Figueroa, 12-5 (Arizona State) MAT 4 BOUT 22 125 Champ. Round 1 Max Gallagher, 20-8 (Pennsylvania) vs Troy Spratley, 21-6 (Oklahoma State) MAT 5 BOUT 6 165 Prelim Jack Thomsen, 15-9 (Northern Iowa) vs Jake Logan, 12-11 (Lehigh) MAT 5 BOUT 15 125 Champ. Round 1 Jore Volk, 23-6 (Wyoming) vs Diego Sotelo, 23-10 (Harvard) MAT 5 BOUT 23 125 Champ. Round 1 Jakob Camacho, 13-4 (NC State) vs Blake West, 27-6 (Northern Illino) MAT 6 BOUT 7 174 Prelim Cael Valencia, 11-13 (Arizona State) vs Brody Baumann, 12-14 (Purdue) MAT 6 BOUT 16 125 Champ. Round 1 Brandon Kaylor, 15-8 (Oregon State) vs Anthony Noto, 17-2 (Lock Haven) MAT 6 BOUT 24 125 Champ. Round 1 Tanner Jordan, 24-9 (South Dakota St) vs Eric Barnett, 26-6 (Wisconsin) MAT 7 BOUT 8 184 Prelim Tomas Brooker, 19-13 (Appalachian Sta) vs Anthony D`Alesio, 19-12 (LIU) MAT 7 BOUT 17 125 Champ. Round 1 Noah Surtin, 15-5 (Missouri) vs Stevo Poulin, 19-4 (Northern Colora) MAT 7 BOUT 25 125 Champ. Round 1 Caleb Smith, 21-9 (Nebraska) vs Michael DeAugustino, 11-6 (Michigan) MAT 8 BOUT 9 197 Prelim Evan Bates, 12-13 (Northwestern) vs John Crawford, 22-12 (Franklin and Ma) MAT 8 BOUT 18 125 Champ. Round 1 Brendan McCrone, 19-11 (Ohio State) vs Matt Ramos, 25-5 (Purdue) MAT 8 BOUT 26 125 Champ. Round 1 Tyler Klinsky, 20-12 (Rider) vs Luke Stanich, 19-3 (Lehigh)

God is apparently on all sides and teams, including the referees. It's going to be tough for him to make the podium. Not sure what the Vegas odds have him at heavyweight.

Oh the ritual of weigh ins, the waiting, and the lines of guys in underwear. The good old days ... not.

I can't believe someone picked Caliendo to reach the finals at 165. He was eviscerated (tech-falled) by Mesenbrink and the two are on the same side of the bracket.

Journalist picks for the tournament: https://www.themat.com/news/2024/march/20/journalists-pick-the-2024-ncaa-championships-finalists-and-top-five-teams

I noticed Bernie has "IV" tattooed on one of his arms. I thought it might be because he has finished 4th three times at NCAAs. But maybe it is because he is the 4th Bernie in the family. If he finishes 4th for a 4th time, there may be a reason to suspect a either a Conspiracy of a Gang of Four, or a Conspiracy of One: Bernie himself opting for consistency.

How much weight are you cutting?

Correct: Anthony Luis Echemendía Orduña is a Cuban freestyle and folkstyle wrestler. A two-time Cuban National medalist in freestyle, Echemendia was the 2024 Big 12 Conference champion out of the Iowa State University, and is currently the fifth-ranked wrestler at 141 pounds. Wikipedia Born: 1999 (age 24 years), Cabaiguan, Cuba Height: 5′ 6″ Weight: 141 lbs College team: Cyclones Weight class: 141 lb (64 kg)

My guess is a few of these guys may have been born in the late 1990's, but don't have time to look it up: Shane Griffith Real Woods Yonger Batisda Austin Gomez Brody Teske Mekhi Lewis Tanner Sloan Bernie Truax

Vitali Orujov is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 61 kilograms. In freestyle, he is the reigning World Champion, as well as a two-time Pan-American gold medalist and the 2023 US National champion. Wikipedia Born: 1999 (age 24 years), Gomel, Belarus Parents: Vugar Orujov Height: 5′ 7″ Weight: 133 lbs Education: Syosset High School Nationality: American Club: Spartan Combat Wrestling Club; Titan Mercury Wrestling Club

Among others: Daton Duain Fix is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes internationally at 61 kilograms, and collegiately at 133 pounds. Wikipedia Born: 1998 (age 26 years), Sand Springs, OK Height: 5′ 4″ Education: Charles Page High School, Oklahoma State University Parents: Derek Fix, Stacee Fix College team: Oklahoma State Cowboys

NCAA announces they will consider shortening the time between conference tournaments and NCAA championships to 10 minutes (instead of 10 days) because the wrestling community (as revealed by activity on their forums) has debilitating forms of impatience waiting for action to matches to begin again. Studies show drinking has risen in this interim period. So has cursing against spouses, relatives, strangers, and fellow fans. "This ain't the Super Bowl or March Basketweaving Madness," said one super fan. "It's better than that and we don't want commercials between matches either. Let the Dance begin."

Best Enemies Part 2 (after the Taylor-Dake"Frien-emies" Part 1)

I've looked but haven't seen any information on how to watch (TV or stream) the Olympic Trials. Anyone with reliable information? FLO is having a "Watch Party" but that means watching them watch the trials not watching it yourself. It's exactly one month out. Hasn't someone picked up the streaming or TV service?

I find it kind of amazing that there seems to be very few wrestlers each year who don't make weight at NCAAs (and other tournaments) ... at least that we hear about. I'm curious out of 330 wrestlers, how many miss weight through the years? Wrestleknownothing: do you have any data on this matter? I'm betting some of your super sleuthing might turn up something ... unless this is a stumper.

There are only 19 pages here devoted to a guy who doesn't even have a team. I believe the Penn State forum has this place beat: they are up to 47 pages and counting on the Ferrari mafia

one month out from today 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wrestling schedule finalized; new information on single-session tickets and parking https://www.themat.com/news/2024/march/18/2024-u-s-olympic-team-trials-wrestling-schedule-finalized-new-information-on-single-session-tickets-and-parking

Total and complete hyperbole. Nolf kicked IMAR's butt and pinned him in the dual, giving him his first loss of his career. IMAR beat Nolf at Big Tens: 4-3 (TB2, RT) the first time (That's about as close as you can get). IMAr beat Nolf the second time in the NCAA final 6-5 (again very, very close). Nolf was leading the watch for a while 4-3. IMAR was called for stalling and might easily have been called a second time. IMAR got the TD to break a 4-4 tie with 13 seconds left in the third. Nolf escaped with 6 seconds left but time ran out as IMAR backed away. Nolf was a freshman. IMAR a sophomore.

"Penn State wrestling board returns to its obsession with Ferrari and Iowa" After three days of NCAA action with few posts about A.J. Ferrari, the Penn State wrestling board has returned to add to its 47 pages (yes, that is correct) of comments about Mr. Fast Twitch and its obsession with all things Iowa. Said one poster (who asked that his name be withheld) on Sunday morning: "Yea, we just won our 11th title in 13 years, but I'm really looking forward to getting back to Ferrari's life, including how much he can lift, and to other serious issues at Iowa about gambling, transfers, and Spencer Lee's mother. Even though Iowa finished 4th this year, I don't think the Brands know how to coach and the whole state is jealous of all our success. Gabe Arnold will never win a title next year unless he transfers to Penn State in which case I probably won't root for him to beat out Facundo, unless he is in the lineup the second semester and he takes back what he said about Starocci. We have 362 days now to get on this before NCAAs in 2025. Hey, did you hear that Sadulaev might be Iowa's starter at 197 in the Fall? Iowa big donor scandal for sure with the Russians"

yes ... but why couldn't Schalles compete at ncaas?

Floyd "Shorty" Hitchcock excelled as a wrestler during his days at Bloomsburg University. He posted an 84-7-2 dual meet record and won 3 PSAC Championships. His senior year he won both the Division I and II National titles in the 177-pound weight class and was named the Outstanding Wrestler in both tournaments. He also won a silver medal at the 1973 World Games in Moscow. During his high school coaching days at Lake Lehman, he guided the Knights to 4 District 2 Titles and was a 4-time district coach of the year. In 1981, he coached Lake-Lehman to the PIAA Class AA State Championship. Two of his former high school stars were Rick and Rock Bonomo, who later achieved All-American honors at Bloomsburg.