Who said he wouldn’t be in top 16? He is just another in a long line of wrestlers to move up from 197 to HWT and do just as good or better, proving that there is no need for a weight between 197 & heavyweight
Honestly I just remembered I wrote in a different thread that I wouldn’t be shocked if they got 7. But then I did the math and the probability based on my own personal odds was like 0.1%, so I guess that “should” be shocking. But that was a few weeks ago and my odds for Bartlett and Haines would increase since then.
Based on the seeding criteria, you may be right, as Kerk will have the coaches ranking (15%), but an undefeated Big 12 champ could have the quality wins (20%). Not sure about RPI though (10%).
But I know they are able to override the formula sometimes.
174 is a little more top heavy to me. I’d be surprised if Arnold got higher than 4th at 174, I would not be surprised if he makes the finals at 184. I do think Kennedy 174/Arnold 184 is their best tournament team, but I don’t get paid the big bucks.
If Plott majors him, I can almost guarantee he stays in redshirt. He likely stays in redshirt if he loses at all.
Even if he wins, he might stay in redshirt, but I’d guess he goes if he beats Plott.
I think this is pretty much the same as the Hidlay thread. “People aren’t talking about” them potentially winning the Hodge, because they are huge underdogs to even win their weight, which is a prerequisite for winning the Hodge
That’s different than the OP though, which seems to be complaining about “Hodge rankings” which shouldn’t factor in their likelihood of finishing the season undefeated.
My earlier comment was if those are Flo’s Hodge rankings, they may be considering the All-Star as a loss for Hendrickson
Are you really just saying he “doesn’t have a snowflake’s chance in hell” of beating Kerk?
I’d give him a “snowflake’s chance” of doing that. Which if so, would give him a slightly bigger (but still small, due to the presence of Brooks & Kerk) chance of winning the Hodge
Same thing IMO. I think they consider all matches against B10 competition. Could be wrong though. I would imagine they may even consider matches against non-B10 competition if there’s a tie or something and there are common opponents
While I think they’ll consider CKLV matches (which @bracketbuster seems to agree with based on the 125 records), they will likely give more importance to duals where Van Dee beat Teske. However that probably only matters if Teske is Iowa’s entrant
I don’t think they ignore CKLV matches against other B10 guys. But even if you count the Smith/Ramos match, Ramos still has the best resume and Smith is still in that 4-8 range.