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ESPN likes to show a few partial wrestling matches in-between it's all comercial channel.

Lowest seeds to go down in the first round: Two #5s, Three #7s. Two #8s, Two #9s, three #10s, four #11s, four #12s 125 Pounds #28 Diego Sotelo, Harvard dec. #5 Jore Volk, Wyoming - 5-3 #20 Stevo Poulin, Northern Colorado dec. #13 Noah Surtin, Missouri - 3-1 #17 Brett Ungar, Cornell dec. #16 Dean Peterson, Rutgers - 2-1, TB-1 133 Pounds #24 Julian Chlebove, Arizona State dec. #9 Dom Serrano, Northern Colrado - 4-1 #21 Ethan Oakley, App State dec. #12 Sam Latona, Virginia Tech - 8-7 #22 Dom Zaccone, Campbell dec #11 Zeth Romney, Cal Poly - 4-1 #23 Marlon Yarbrough, Virginia maj. dec. #10 Aaron Nagao, Penn State - 13-5 141 Pounds #17 Isaiah Powe, Chattanooga dec. #16 Dylan Chappell, Bucknell - 9-4 #20 Tom Crook, Virginia Tech dec. #13 Jordan Titus, West Virginia - 4-1 #26 Vance Vombaur, Minnesota dec. #7 Cael Happel, Northern Iowa - 8-5, SV-1 #23 Danny Fongaro, Indiana dec. #10 Tagen Jamison, Oklahoma State - 9-8 #21 Josh Edmond, Missouri dec. #12 Wyatt Henson, Lock Haven - 4-1, SV-1 149 Pounds #17 Graham Rooks, Indiana dec. #16 Kelvin Griffin, Lehigh - 12-5 #21 Willie McDougald, Oklahoma dec. #12 Ethen Miller, Maryland - 5-4 #20 Jordan Williams, Oklahoma State dec. #13 Caleb Rathjen, Iowa - 12-5 #22 Gabe Willochell, Wyoming maj. dec. #11 Quinn Kinner, Rider - 8-0 #26 Jaden Abas, Stanford dec. #7 Tyler Kasak, Penn State - 4-2 #18 Cody Bond, App State dec. #15 Corbyn Munson, Central Michigan - 11-4 157 Pounds #19 Tommy Askey, App State maj. dec. #14 Cody Chittum, Iowa State - 17-6 165 Pounds #20 Hunter Garvin, Stanford maj. dec. #13 Joseph Bianchi, Little Rock - 11-0 #22 Noah Mulvaney, Bucknell dec. #11 Andrew Cerniglia, Navy - 10-9 174 Pounds #28 Jared Simma, Northern Iowa dec. #5 Phil Conigliaro, Harvard - 7-0 #21 Tyler Eischens, Stanford dec. #12 Patrick Kennedy, Iowa - 9-7 #19 Alex Cramer, Central Michigan Fall #14 Gaven Sax, ND State - 2:37 #18 Benjamin Pasiuk, Army dec. #15 MJ Gaitan, Iowa State - 18-11 184 Pounds #17 Will Feldkamp, Iowa State Fall #16 Nate Dugan, Princeton - 2:29 #24 Shane Liegel, Wisconsin maj. dec. #9 Bennett Berge, SD State - 9-1 #25 David Key, Navy dec. #8 Sam Wolf, Air Force - 4-1 #19 James Conway, Franklin & Marshall dec. #14 Chris Foca, Cornell - 5-4 #23 Layne Malczewski, Michigan State dec. #10 Dylan Fishback, NC State - 1-0 #18 Ryder Rogotzke, Ohio State Fall #15 Reece Heller, Pitt - 2:28 197 Pounds #17 Joey Novak, Wyoming dec. #16 Luke Stout, Princeton - 9-6 #20 Evan Bockman, Utah Valley dec. #13 Levi Hopkins, Campbell - 2-2 - TB-3 #22 Garrett Joles, Minnesota dec. #11 Jaxon Smith, Maryland - 6-5 #26 Andy Smith, Virginia Tech dec. #7 Zach Glazier, Iowa - 4-1, SV-1 #18 Nick Stemmet, Stanford dec. #15 Max Shaw, North Carolina - 6-4 285 Pounds #17 Grady Griess, Navy dec. #16 Cory Day, Binghamton - 4-1, SV-1 #25 Bradley Hill, Iowa dec. #8 Owen Trephan, NC State - 4-2 #19 Dorian Crosby, Bucknell dec. #14 Boone McDermott, Oregon State - 6-5

Penn State 7.5 bonus points Iowa State 7.0 Nebraska 6.0 Michigan and Ohio State 5.5

Round 1 upsets: 125 17 Ungar over 16 Peterson 28 Sotelo over 5 Volk 20 Poulin over 13 Surtin 133 24 Chlebove over 9 Serrano 21 Oakley over 12 Latona 22 Zaccone over 11 Romney 23 Yarbrough over 10 Nagao 141 17 Powe over 16 Chappell 21 Edmond over 12 Henson 20 Crook over 13 Titus 26 Vombaur over 7 Happel 23 Fangaro over 10 Jamison 149 17 Rooks over 16 Griffin 21 McDougald over 12 Miller 20 Williams over 13 Rathjen 22 Willochell over 11 Kinner 26 Abas over 7 Kasak 18 Bond over 15 Munson 157 19 Askey over 14 Chittum 165 20 Garvin over 13 Bianchi 22 Mulvaney over 11 Cerniglia 174 28 Simma over 5 Conigliaro 21 Eischens over 12 Kennedy 19 Cramer over 14 Sax 18 Pasiuk over 15 Gaitan 184 17 Feldkamp over 16 Dugan 24 Liegel over 9 Berge 25 Key over 8 Wolf 19 Conway over 14 Foca 23 Malczewski over 10 Fishback 18 Rogotzke over 15 Heller 197 17 Novak over 16 Stout 20 Bockman over 13 Hopkins 22 Joles over 11 Smith 26 Smith over 7 Glazier 18 Stemmet over 15 Shaw 285 17 Greiss over 16 Day 25 Hill over 8 Trephan 19 Crosby over 14 McDermott

Pts . Max. If seeds hold. Rd. 2. Conso. Team Standings Team Points Maximum Potential Points If Seeds Hold # Round 2 # QF # Consi # Cons 2 Penn State 15.5 285.5 133.5 8 0 2 0 Nebraska 14 257 56.5 8 0 1 0 Michigan 13.5 256.5 51 8 0 1 0 Iowa State 13 256 60.5 6 0 3 0 Ohio State 12.5 255.5 44.5 6 0 3 0 Virginia Tech 11.5 281.5 50.5 7 0 3 0 Cornell 11 254 54.5 7 0 2 0 North Carolina State 11 281 83 6 0 4 0 Iowa 10.5 253.5 47.5 6 0 3 0 Oklahoma State 10 280 56.5 7 0 3 0 Missouri 9 279 43.5 5 0 5 0 Arizona State 8 224 50.5 6 0 2 0 Wisconsin 8 143 24.5 3 0 2 0 Rutgers 7 223 21 5 0 3 0 Stanford 7 142 15 5 0 0 0 Lehigh 6.5 225 64 4 0 4 0 South Dakota State 6.5 222.5 35.5 3 0 5 0 Northern Iowa 6 195 37 3 0 4 0 Appalachian State 5 142.5 6 4 0 1 0 Minnesota 5 275 22.5 5 0 5 0 West Virginia 5 140 18 2 0 3 0 Oklahoma 4.5 139.5 11 3 0 2 0 Air Force 4 85 18 2 0 1 0 Columbia 4 114.5 10.5 2 0 2 0 Indiana 4 168.5 6.5 3 0 3 0 Little Rock 3.5 138.5 10.5 2 0 3 0 North Carolina 3.5 138.5 14 2 0 3 0 Bucknell 3 140.5 5 3 0 2 0 Campbell 3 165 10 3 0 3 0 Central Michigan 3 84 4.5 1 0 2 0 Navy 3 138 6.5 3 0 2 0 Virginia 3 113.5 4.5 2 0 2 0 Wyoming 3 84 12.5 2 0 1 0 Oregon State 2.5 137.5 14.5 1 0 4 0 Binghamton 2 110 11.5 2 0 2 0 Cal Poly 2 137 9 2 0 3 0 Michigan State 2 137 3.5 1 0 4 0 Ohio 2 85.5 7.5 2 0 1 0 Army 1 163 3 1 0 5 0 Chattanooga 1 55 2.5 1 0 1 0 Franklin & Marshall 1 57.5 1.5 1 0 1 0 Harvard 1 82 10.5 1 0 2 0 Illinois 1 82 14.5 1 0 2 0 Lock Haven 1 82 2.5 1 0 2 0 Long Island 1 28 1 0 0 1 0 Northern Colorado 1 82 3 1 0 2 0 Northwestern 1 82 1 0 0 3 0 Penn 1 219.5 8 1 0 7 0 Purdue 1 138.5 13.5 1 0 4 0 Utah Valley 1 28 1 1 0 0 0 VMI 1 28 1 0 0 1 0 American 0 27 0 0 0 1 0 Brown 0 29.5 0 0 0 1 0 Buffalo 0 59 0.5 0 0 2 0 Cal Baptist 0 59 1 0 0 2 0 Clarion 0 27 0 0 0 1 0 Cleveland State 0 54 0.5 0 0 2 0 Gardner Webb 0 54 0 0 0 2 0 George Mason 0 83.5 1 0 0 3 0 Hofstra 0 27 0 0 0 1 0 Maryland 0 137.5 4 0 0 5 0 North Dakota State 0 27 0.5 0 0 1 0 Northern Illinois 0 56.5 0 0 0 2 0 Pittsburgh 0 189 3.5 0 0 7 0 Princeton 0 81 3 0 0 3 0 Rider 0 137.5 2.5 0 0 5 0 SIUE 0 27 1 0 0 1 0 The Citadel 0 29.5 0 0 0 1 0 Note: Teams in RED have been mathematically eliminated from the team title race.

5 out of the 8 PSU guys who won got tech falls. What are you talking about?

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.