After Session 1:
125 - Caleb Smith (1-0) in Semis vs Dean Peterson of Rutgers. A W has him in the finals vs likely Ramos.
133 - Van Dee (1-1) lost quarterfinals. Has a nice path to 3rd place. Should have a good finish to the tourney.
141 - Brock Hardy (2-0) in Semis vs Jesse Mendez of Ohio State. Last time, Hardy got caught in a spladle for what felt like all of the 3rd period in the 2024 NCAA quarterfinals.
149 - Ridge Lovett (2-0) in Semis vs Kyle Parco of Iowa. Time for Ridge to exercise a demon.
157 - Antrell Taylor (2-0) in the Semis vs Tyler Kasak of Penn State. Completely disagree with the seeding in this weight class. Taylor-Kasak is the 157 final being held in the Semis. Time for Taylor to do the thing.
165 - Christopher Minto (1-1) dropped a head scratcher to Braeden Scoles of Illinois. Has a nice path to 3rd place. Looking for him to have a good finish to the tournament.
174 - Lenny Pinto (2-0) in Semis vs Dan Braunagel of Illinois. Should see Levi Haines in the finals. Lenny is capable of crazy things, but I don't see Haines not being the B1G and NCAA Champ.
184 - Silas Allred (1-1) dropping quarterfinal match to Edmond Ruth of Illinois. Not to be a smartass, but seems like Silas is in March form already. He does have a nice path to 3rd place match. Lets see if he can change the narrative. He had been wrestling really good the last 6 weeks or so.
197 - Cam McDanel (1-1) got teched by Josh Barr of Penn State in the quarterfinals. Will wrestle Gabe Solars of Indiana next. Young and very talented guy who's best years are ahead of him. Would like to see him string together a win or two.
285 - Harley Andrews (1-1) vs Luke Luffman of Ilinois in the consis. Got a pin in the 1st round of consis. Nice to get bonus points here. Would like to see the upset vs Luffman, hopefully get an at-large for NCAAs.
Lots of bonus points picked up by almost every wrestler today. That's the key to taking home team hardware. Not that we'll unseat Penn State but unseating Iowa for 2nd is very doable.
125 - Caleb Smith (1-0) in Semis vs Dean Peterson of Rutgers. A W has him in the finals vs likely Ramos.
133 - Van Dee (1-1) lost quarterfinals. Has a nice path to 3rd place. Should have a good finish to the tourney.
141 - Brock Hardy (2-0) in Semis vs Jesse Mendez of Ohio State. Last time, Hardy got caught in a spladle for what felt like all of the 3rd period in the 2024 NCAA quarterfinals.
149 - Ridge Lovett (2-0) in Semis vs Kyle Parco of Iowa. Time for Ridge to exercise a demon.
157 - Antrell Taylor (2-0) in the Semis vs Tyler Kasak of Penn State. Completely disagree with the seeding in this weight class. Taylor-Kasak is the 157 final being held in the Semis. Time for Taylor to do the thing.
165 - Christopher Minto (1-1) dropped a head scratcher to Braeden Scoles of Illinois. Has a nice path to 3rd place. Looking for him to have a good finish to the tournament.
174 - Lenny Pinto (2-0) in Semis vs Dan Braunagel of Illinois. Should see Levi Haines in the finals. Lenny is capable of crazy things, but I don't see Haines not being the B1G and NCAA Champ.
184 - Silas Allred (1-1) dropping quarterfinal match to Edmond Ruth of Illinois. Not to be a smartass, but seems like Silas is in March form already. He does have a nice path to 3rd place match. Lets see if he can change the narrative. He had been wrestling really good the last 6 weeks or so.
197 - Cam McDanel (1-1) got teched by Josh Barr of Penn State in the quarterfinals. Will wrestle Gabe Solars of Indiana next. Young and very talented guy who's best years are ahead of him. Would like to see him string together a win or two.
285 - Harley Andrews (1-1) vs Luke Luffman of Ilinois in the consis. Got a pin in the 1st round of consis. Nice to get bonus points here. Would like to see the upset vs Luffman, hopefully get an at-large for NCAAs.
Lots of bonus points picked up by almost every wrestler today. That's the key to taking home team hardware. Not that we'll unseat Penn State but unseating Iowa for 2nd is very doable.
