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Illini - Interesting artifact sandwiched between indiana and nebraska if you squint... https://fightingillini.com/sports/wrestling/schedule No dual against Purdue this year seems odd, but that's the B1G for you. The Iowa dual is on a Friday at Huff Hall. Hoping the gym gets nice and packed for that one! Looks like a typo on the schedule page with the Maryland dual (senior night?), where the post on twitter and the news story on the website have it right (sunday 1/31), but schedule page is incorrect.

33 was loaded, but I done see how it was any harder than 57, 65, or 84. I hadn’t seen Vega wrestle before the tournament, but his performance at the NCAA was the only one I’d put in the same ballpark as MM.

lol. Welsh stalls even when he is behind.

Most boring bout so far. Hope we see some wrestling in the 3rd

Must have been mixed emotions for DT with his athlete wresting against a family member.

Wrestling is one of the sports LEAST in need of replay. For important matches there are always two refs on the mat (1-1 player to official ratio!). The playing field is small so officials usually have a very good view. Stopping action takes away from the “no time outs” toughness of wrestling. That, and we’ve seen that calls are blown even when reviewing the tape! abolish replay!

did wask just break the interlocking fingers with his foot?

why the constant icing the wrestlers for TV / commercial breaks? is it important that the weights all wrestler at the same time for each bracket? it's just quarters. keep the action going!

Okay, I’m only half-serious with this one but…”Nelson”.

Sure that’s the best choice for 65?

https://fightingillini.com/news/2022/10/13/illinois-announces-plans-for-illinois-wrestling-training-center.aspx https://sports.yahoo.com/illinois-wrestling-training-center-project-213652449.html

I watched this one on BTN. Interesting bout. Purdue was pretty much running the entire time. Nearly was stalled-out (4 of Byrd's 5 points came from stalling calls). The champ had a grin on his face while getting his hand raised. I wonder if he thought winning that way was kind of funny. I'm glad he seems to be having a good time during this victory lap season. Being comfortable in close matches is a not a bad thing. Looking forward to the clashes with these up-and-comers.

In that case, Who should be the first seed!

word on the street is that he may consider returning if they rename the school to “Carl Baptist”.

What about conference? Never heard it referred to as "conferences"

until there is enough data, wrestlers with cool names tend to get slightly overrated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_gun-toting_incident

The illini men’s gymnastics team faces off against Oklahoma today at that time. https://fightingillini.com/sports/mens-gymnastics/schedule

Are you kidding me? One individual national title versus one team title might be a more interest question. Even though tournament scoring is not always the best yardstick (as discussed on other threads), Wrestling is absolutely as much (maybe even more so) a team sport as an individual one. While even just getting on the podium at NCAAs is a huge accomplishment, and one that teammates should be proud of, I'd imagine sharing a team championship with the guys you wrestled with for four (or five) years would be a bigger deal. Another question that i think might be more interesting could be a team conference title versus individual AA honor. Again, the team success would be an easy choice for many. Might depend on your past experiences with being a part of successful teams though.

I was expecting Moore.

Good meet. Illinois takes second Place. Iowa ended up finishing next to last.

back when TDs were two points, I used to think reversals should be worth three (It's like getting an escape AND a takedown!), but now I actually think the scoring is in really good shape with 3td 1e and 2r. If you reverse and let the guy go, that's kind of like getting an escape. If you reverse the guy and hold him down, that's slightly better than an escape (and you can accrue riding time, could be a three point swing!). I wonder if making reversals higher in value would decrease their frequency. Like if you would get three for a reversal, the top man would be more likely just to disengage with a possible scramble rather than try to maintain control.

Great reading as always!

are you going to say what the one weight class is? possible that some of the beasts people are picking would not make weight.