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Was a great site for Missouri HS Wrestling for years. I did Rankings on there for several years and loved all the discussion they generated. Dual & Tournament results, lineup discussions, etc. IIRC it then became a site behind a paywall. Good luck these days trying to find a similar amount of info on Missouri HS Wrestling.

The board is pretty quiet. Let’s discuss the upcoming season for our Tigers. The Mizzou roster appears to be set at 30. Way too many 133 & 174's. God forbid if anything happens to Mendoza or Sinclair. Good performances at WTT by Mauger, Mendoza, & Sinclair. Surprised that Fugitt & Steed don’t freestyle. Thoughts/projections on where this squad could finish. Lineup ? Is top 10 realistic ? Lastly, the Big 12 (9) will look much different this season.

3 of the top 4 teams won’t be there … Maryland is there …. This event is seriously diminished in year 2 … the math is simple

3 of the top 4

WKN - In your opinion, what would be the ideal “sample size” for this Rankers analysis ? Understanding that individuals doing the Rankings could change periodically. 3 years ? 5 yrs ? More, less ? Thanks.

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So, 3 of the top 4 NCAA finishers (Penn St., Nebraska, & Iowa) NOT participating along with multiple Ivy League Top 20 Teams. It’s disappointing to see this event (which was awesome in its inaugural season) already losing massive star power in year 2. Moving this event back a full month may be its undoing (and CKLV as well). Hoping the organizers move the dates back to mid November in Season 3 to restore this event back to greatness.

Great stuff … as usual.

Was hoping to get Endene to fill the 197 slot. Did he even visit Missouri ?

Not much of an explanation on why NDI was moved back a month from mid Nov to mid Dec …. A change which essentially trivializes our only decent in-season tournament, CKLV.

Have all of these Programs in the newly expanded Pac 12 “opted in” ? If so, would that be a requirement for Tarleton St. to also join the Pac 12 ?

Completely agree. NDI was 3 weeks prior to CKLV in ‘25 & 3 teams participated in both events. Doubt if any teams do both in ‘26 with the event being separated by a wk. It stinks for CKLV as it will most certainly impact the quality of that tournament in a very bad way. And it’s the only decent in season tourney we have. Wish they would have kept it mid-Nov. Any reason why they moved it to mid-Dec in such close proximity to Vegas ?

I was hoping he would be a Tiger coming out of high school. Not sure how heavily he was recruited my Mizzou (or) if the Oklahoma offer was too good to turn down?

As a Big 12 fan, I hate to lose South Dakota State as they have really developed into a consistent quality Program. Happy for the PAC 12 though.

I didn’t specifically mention Lilledahl as he wrestled his HS freshman season in Missouri (CBC) before going to PA to wrestle at Wyoming Seminary. He could be either MO or PA in my opinion. The listed hometown would then be a good tie breaker in that multi-HS-State situation. Lilledahl’s situation is completely different from Tinker … who’s family moved from MO to CA in 2018 & never wrestled HS in MO. To me, it’s just makes sense to classify him as CA. Anyway, I enjoyed what you put together.