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I would say don’t tie up. Rivera’s strategy of maintaining space seemed to work well. Not sure of bottom strategy. Probably try to get up off the whistle, don’t be afraid to get a couple cautions

Who does BTN use for their rankings? IIRC he did not have one during the Wisconsin match

Is Siebrecht not even ranked by Flo? It didn’t seem like it during the Wisconsin match. Haines should definitely be favored, but I wouldn’t be shocked to see Siebrecht win. But Haines also seems like someone with good positioning that wouldn’t typically get tripped up by the funk.

The same call would also typically be made at the end of a period

Hillger did lose to Lewis Fernandes at NCAA's last year and beat him this year. That looks to be the only result that's flipped from last year.

Pyles' buddy Andy Smith was the one that sealed it for VT with the upset over Trumble

What do you mean? "Loss of control" is a pretty standard call

That counter by Trombley against Ventresca in SV was insane. Ben Askren would've loved the stall call against Ryan Jack. Called for "regular stalling" because he was trying to manipulate the 5 count rule.

and much less so than J'Den Cox

So Iowa isn't a "real threat for the title" anymore?

Yes. IIRC they did show some replays, but looks like that was not one of the matches BTN included on Youtube

Maybe doesn’t meet the definition of “great,” but Delgarbino over Cassioppi probably deserves a mention

I don’t see why they overturned the loss of control in the 3rd…

That’s what I thought. So while I’m he’s smaller than the guys cutting a lot, I would bet he’s at least weighing in right around 125, maybe even cutting a couple pounds

More Jimmy trying to get people to underestimate PSU…

And clearly the announcers don’t understand how scoring works either…

Here is the BTN video. Sequence is at about 33:15. It’s awfully close, and then there’s a second or 2 where the video isn’t at a good angle. But I think 9/10 refs aren’t going to make that call unless it’s super obvious. DeAugustino did seem to realize his position and was rolling around. Side note, but Illinois really screwed up by choosing bottom in the 3rd there, unless they didn’t care about the dual result and just wanted Renteria to get exposure to trying to get out from DeAugustino. It had been 5 minutes and DeAugustino couldn’t take him down, and you know he’s pretty tough on top (and probably the biggest 125 other than Glory). Then the final mistake was Renteria trying to go upper body in the last 30 seconds (edit: although I guess that was because he was trying to win the individual match). Side note #2 - that was probably the most action I’ve ever seen from DeAugustino in neutral, presumably because he knew he needed the major. He’s usually incredibly boring in all the matches I’ve seen of his.

What weight did Steen wrestle as a HS senior?

I’ll forgive OP for not knowing the specifics of the danger rule or thinking it matters if the defensive wrestler is trying to pin the offensive wrestler, but I think it’s a worthy debate about whether DeAugustino was pinned there.

They’re not going to care about calling it “against the home team.” They may have a slight hesitation to call it in the final matchup that would decide the dual though. And while it’s possible DeAugustino may have been pinned, I think generally speaking refs won’t call defensive falls as fast as they’ll call “regular” falls.

There are posters here saying Ybarra would major him

The picks aren’t crazy but the commentary is. Murin’s been on a tear lately? He lost to Yahya and his last 3 wins are over guys with a combined record of 16-28. Kennedy is “just better right now” even though his best win is over Danny Braunagel and Facundo just beat last year’s 4th place finisher? Haines also has to be favored right now over Siebrecht

I think he would beat Ybarra

Not so much him as much as 141 just cleared out

I think 149-165 also used about a roll of tape each on their leg/knee