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Brackets come out Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday evening may be too soon to build the draft board. I suggest we firm up participants by the end of this week and shoot for a draft over the weekend or early next week. Best days for me would be Monday or Tuesday.

Connor McGonagle, 133. Blew out his knee in the first minute of his EIWA QF. Admittedly, he likely won't be able to compete at NCAA... but at least give the guy the honor of being recognized as a National Qualifier and then flip the spot to an alternate.

Keep in mind they did the regular season play-by-play and color commentary remotely. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Monday, March 6th. It's all in the Pre-Championships Manual (page 13): https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/championships/sports/wrestling/d1/men/2022-23D1MWR_PreChampsManual.pdf

RPI is 10%. Coaches Rank is 15%. What I posted was the most recent Coaches Rank, which had an six-position gap between Franek and Haines. That’s why I suggest the updated ranking will drive where Haines lands. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Depends on how much Haines jumps in coaches rank. They were pretty even in RPI. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Humphreys is now 16-0 and is now eligible for an RPI. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

1. AOC (unbeaten ACC champ) 2. Humphreys (unbeaten EIWA champ) 3. Franek (one loss Big12 champ) 4. Haines (one loss B1G champ) 5. Robb (one loss B1G runner up) 6. Cardenas (one loss PAC-12 champ) 7. Andonian (ACC runner up) 8. Scott or Gfeller (ACC 3rd / Big12 runner up) I think Humphreys & Franek are a coin flip for #2 & #3. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Russia should sit out at least one cycle for their repeated systemic PED transgressions. The most recent Winter Games showed the weakness of a ban that allows athletes the compete under an ROC pseudonym. Hostile aggression only solidifies the reason to ban them. The sports world had no problem banning South Africa from the Olympics between 1964-1988 due to apartheid. I don’t understand why Russia gets a pass. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Ah yes... the Ivy Mob. Why don't we just bring back the days of conference Wild Card bids and back room deliberations about who gets the final few spots to go to NCAAs?

Spencer chased Gilman out of Iowa, and he's still running away.

My understanding (from a Gimp post on the Lehigh forum) is that those seeds held form (Zapf #1, Yianni #2). Flo Arena still shows it that way, which he updates. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

It would impact his NCAA seed. Conference tourney placement has a 10% contribution in the formula. Head-to-head competition — 25 percent Quality wins — 20 percent Coaches Ranking — 15 percent Results against common opponents — 10 percent RPI — 10 percent Qualifying event placement — 10 percent Win % — 10 percent

When was the last time Yianni competed at 125?

Quoting Wrestlestat for accuracy is akin to using Wiki as a reference for a research paper.

No worries... David Carr has been at 165 all season. Quincy Monday made a mid-season jump, not Carr.

Got it. Thanks for the clarification.

If you're gonna give Carr credit for being 4-0 at 157, give Humphreys credit for being 1-0 at 165 (even though both he and his opponent weighed in at 157 before bumping up).

Me as well. I just followed Vak's lead during the draft last year. I also didn't understand the wildcard during the draft. I thought the WC would replace your lowest scoring guy. Didn't realize that all eleven (ten weights + WC) would count toward my total score.

$25 to cover food at McD's. Wondering what he can get for the other $25?

$20 last year. Watch for 2023 contest info from Vak. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

As Vak mentioned, we conducted the draft using a 'snake' selection order. I created a Spreadsheet using Google Docs, where we made selections real-time by cutting and pasting our selections from the tournament field into our respective slots. Everyone selects someone for each weight class, plus a Wildcard selection. All eleven count toward the final score. (as a side note, ShakaAloha picked both finalists at 197 last year - as Dean was his pick & Warner was his Wildcard) Zak prompted folks when it was their turn to pick. People then made picks in one of three different ways: Using the "chat" aspect of the Google Doc to make a selection & then I moved the wrestler to the corresponding slot on the selection board. We had an active thread on TheMat forum where people made picks & I populated the selection board. This was the slower way to process picks, as we each had to constantly refresh the forum thread. Folks who were more comfortable with Copy-Paste on a spreadsheet made selections themselves. It was really easy to follow if you use two monitors: one for the Google Docs & one for the forum thread. If you don't have two, I'd recommend following action in the Google Doc. I created Gmail accounts for everyone to turn it around quicker, but I can give access if you forward your email to me following registration (payment) with Zak. Following each session, I downloaded tourney scoring by individual wrestler from TrackWrestling and published updates (usually within an hour of session end time). Here's a snapshot of last year's draft board:

Not Sports Illustrated per se. This is an article from an author who writes for a Penn State instance for SI. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Perhaps they are including ‘consolation finals’ in their definition of a finalist? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Gmail accounts that were created for last year's event. hank dropped out prior to the draft.