i mustve talked about it on multiple shows but for the life of my i don't recall what my stance was lol.
i absolutely hate defaulting multiple times in tournaments. obviously Carter gutted it out and won his fourth by 9 outta 10 times if you aren't healthy enough at conferences, you're not going to be ready by NCAA's (suriano/eierman/schlatter/caldwell).
that being said, getting in while forfeiting and the seed you get aren't exactly the same thing.
idk how the hell they came up with '9' for god's sake. he had wins over Kennedy, Welsh, and Wittlake and his 'losses'(forfeits) were to Sparks and Baumann.
he was seeded behind (2) Cade Devos, zero time AA (5) Phil Conigliaro who lost twice to Benny freakin Baker, zero time AA (8) Adam Kemp who lost to Coniglario, (6) FR Rocco Welsh, who he beat in a dual.
idk. i wouldn't think he could have been worse than 5/6