Boring

The first 16 should be seeded and then the other wrestlers should be randomly bracketed against the top 16 seeds. Why double the process of seeding, especially on minutiae between lower-ranked guys?

I thought I did? Multiple times?

Steveson is close to being a 100% lock. I think Hendrickson has the technique to hang with Gable and keep it to a decision, but he also has the potential to pin people. I don't care how good somebody is if a good pinner somehow gets them on their backs they can lose, and that includes Steveson. It's like a puncher's chance in boxing, except we'll call it a pinner's chance. I'd give Hendrickson a 5-10% chance based on that, and only that. I think it's Steveson/Kerk in the NCAA finals, and Hendrickson finishes 3rd again. The battle between #2/#3 seeds at NCAAs at HWT should be a really good one between Kerk/Hendrickson though.

Pffft. Carl obviously can't judge wrestlers!!!

You can see the seeds in ALL those brackets, actually. They didn't seed all the way through 16th back then.

He looked like a guy who needs to transfer to a D2 or D3 school to me.

Super lame.

He looked like a total zero out there. He didn't even generate the threat of an offense and got ridden like a donkey on Lent. He didn't look like a typical PSU wrestler to me, usually even guys off their bench give a decent performance.

Interesting. Give me your take, if you don't mind. I have at least 5 Hawkeyes making AA, with another 3 with a strong shot (Kennedy, Keuter, Arnold). With OSU I've got 4 "lock" AAs (Amine, Hamiti, Plott, Hendrickson) with 3 "maybes" (R12/low AA) Surber, Spratley, Jamison, and 2 other possible R16/low AA types (Young, Fish). I have zero faith in Witcraft and think he'll totally fade by the end. I don't think any of OSU's guys will make it to the finals, but even if they do I don't think they win any NCAA titles. I think Ayala wins the NCAA title this year at 133. I think Iowa will have finalists or 3rd placers at 149, 165, and 197 pounds. I think Iowa will finish well ahead of OSU at NCAAs, provided OSU doesn't overperform.

Hawks feast on rodents!!! A dominant performance by the Hawkeyes. I picked the rodents to pull off the upset at home, giving them the "homemat advantage", which proved about as useful as a fart in the wind. The rodents were not wrestling inspired!! Joe Cruz will make R16, at least, at NCAAs, and I wouldn't be flummoxed if he managed to squeeze in at R12 or maybe even place. He's still pretty unpolished, but he has guts aplenty. He's improving consistently. Ayala dominated. Hawkeye scrub Schriever turned in a decent performance, managing to avoid giving up bonus points. Parco/Teemer turned in less than impressive wins, in my opinion, although Teemer at least faced a tough opponent. Caliendo overperformed, and I think he's clearly #2 at 165 at this point. Kennedy turned in a great performance. All of Iowa's transfers wrestled good enough to get the job done. McEnelly's win over Arnold didn't impress me much, to be honest. That match just showed me how much work McEnelly still has to do to get to the top of his weight class. I'd say he's a 4th place type guy at this point. Buchanon's win over Salazar was less than impressive. Steveson smoked Keuter like a Christmas ham. But overall a strong effort by the Hawkeyes.

I think they'll finish 2nd with a gap between them and #3, who I expect to be Oklahoma State, but there are several teams within striking range of 3rd.

Nothing is guaranteed at NCAAs, but I think there's going to be a fair gap between Iowa and the 3rd place team.

Even if Ferrari would get Iowa more points at NCAAs, which is no guarantee, it would still fall far short of the beatdown PSU is going to give them at NCAAs. Why waste Ferrari's RS to finish slightly less far behind in 2nd place?

Welcome to the NIL era.

Pretty decent dual. I doubt we see McCrone catch Lilledahl in a cradle like that again. Davis needs to hit the weight room, and I can't believe PSU's backup 157 pounder was so soft.

He was but not in wrestling, in tap dancing.

Maybe he saw what was coming.

Look at that heel! No wonder UW fans hate him so much!!

Is going from Wisconsin to Michigan, same job position, really "lateral"?

Is HULU free?

Any of you guys know where I can see the latest dual between those teams?

Kinda sorta. But I'm cool with it. NCAA should update it's RPI to reflect reality, until then I'm okay with "last chance" tournaments.

I don't know about that. We've talking about West Virginia girls vs Oklahoma girls. There probably wasn't 20 teeth between both sets of cheerleaders.

I have to admit that is one of the least masculine poses I've ever seen. Let's hope that doesn't become wrestling's version of the Heisman pose. Can you imagine that pose on the Hodge Trophy?