Disappointing day yesterday, but hope all that are left can shake it off and get some wins! Have to love Caleb Smith tearing through the backside. GBR!
NCAA Wrestling Championship: Day 3
- Thread starter Badger Pete
- Start date
| SESSION | DATE | TIME (CT) | SITE | NETWORK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Session 5 | Saturday, March 23 | 10:00 a.m. | T-Mobile Center | ESPNU/ ESPN+ |
| Mat 1 | Saturday, March 23 | 10:00 a.m. | T-Mobile Center | ESPN+ |
| Mat 2 | Saturday, March 23 | 10:00 a.m. | T-Mobile Center | ESPN+ |
| Mat 3 | Saturday, March 23 | 10:00 a.m. | T-Mobile Center | ESPN+ |
| Mat 4 | Saturday, March 23 | 10:00 a.m. | T-Mobile Center | ESPN+ |
| MATCAST | Saturday, March 23 | 10:00 a.m. | T-Mobile Center | ESPN+ |
| SESSION | DATE | TIME (CT) | SITE | NETWORK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Session 6 | Saturday, March 23 | 6:00 p.m. | T-Mobile Center | ESPN/ ESPN+ |
Smith loses again in sudden victory, but battled all tournament. Lovett looked disinterested in getting beat pretty bad.
Proud of that young man. Great things ahead.
Tough ass work in the bottom bracket. Excellently done Brock!
The NCAA website is virtually impossible to find team standings. FloWrestling shows NU at T6 with 60.5 points. Only the finals remain.
Great article on Peyton Robb's comeback from almost dying: https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/39711387/peyton-robb-nebraska-flesh-eating-bacteria
Pretty good overall. Those are all really good programs. Nebraska will never rank above the top 5. Maybe occasionally, but they are really in the 5-10 range which is really good considering how talent rich the other teams are and we are not
They should be where Michigan is IMO. They beat them 25-7 in the duel and they also beat Arizona State by a substantial amount too
It isn't an exact science, but Nebraska has better wrestlers so they should win more then the team with worse wrestlers
Dual results dont often translate to Tourney results. and vice versa. the scoring is completely different. I agree that their potential this season gave me hope for a top3-5 finish. However, The team really did wrestle well. there were just a few breaks, a few calls, few opportunities that were missed and thats all it takes to fall down the score board. There are alot of bright spots to cheer about this year and in the future. i can guarantee you that the wrestlers themselves will re live some of these matches this weekend in their minds for many months to come.
Tournament scoring favors teams with a couple wrestlers capable of getting to and winning the finals over, teams like Nebraska, with good to very good wrestlers throughout the 10 weight classes. Nebraska was hurt badly by Ridge Lovett's poor showing which detracted more than better than expected showings by Caleb Smith (6th) and Brock Hardy (3rd). Not getting points from top 8 finishes at 184 and 197 hurt too.
here is how it shook out
one could say that NC state had a worse weekend as they were predicted to end up #2
one could say that NC state had a worse weekend as they were predicted to end up #2
| Team Scores | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penn State | 172.5 |
| 2 | Cornell | 72.5 |
| 3 | Michigan | 71.0 |
| 4 | Iowa State | 68.5 |
| 5 | Iowa | 67.0 |
| 6 | Arizona State | 64.5 |
| 7 | Virginia Tech | 64.0 |
| 8 | Ohio State | 62.0 |
| 9 | Nebraska | 60.5 |
| 10 | Oklahoma State | 56.0 |
| 11 | Missouri | 49.5 |
| 11 | NC State | 49.5 |
| 13 | South Dakota State | 48.5 |
| 14 | Northern Iowa | 39.5 |
| 15 | Lehigh | 36.5 |
Agree. Ridge, Silas, and Lenny, had great seasons, and will be back. This tourny was not there best wrestling.
We finished 3rd in the B10 tourney ahead of Iowa. Look at the points from 2nd through 10th and it is just a couple of matches here and there.
On the other hand, was this Penn State team arguably the best of all time?
Showed that the team is close to the top. Had some better results within conference for sure. At nationals some guys underperformed for whatever reason. Some did better for sure.
Penn state, not sure if all time elite team but the points say so. Note notification an expert to make that level of review
My predictions for NU qualifiers from the Day 1 thread are below. We had a couple wrestlers outperform, but Lovett, Pinto, and Allred not placing as high as their potential probably cost us a top 4 place. Actual results are in ().
125 Smith does not place (6th)
133 Van Dee gets 5th place and earns AA (DNP)
141 Hardy gets 7th place and earns AA (3rd)
149 Lovett gets 1st place and is National Champion (6th)
157 Robb gets 8th place and earns AA (7th)
165 Taylor does not place (but a darkhorse to earn AA) (8th)
184 Pinto gets 3rd place and earns AA (DNP)
197 Allred gets 4th place and earns AA (DNP)
285 Polar Bear does not place (DNP)
So, Huskers earn 6 AA with 1 as national champ. Thinking that carries us into a top 5 place. Hardy, Robb, and Taylor likely determine if top 5 or top 10 as a team. (So we ended up with 5 AA. Unfortunately not enough with a higher place. Hardy, Robb, and Taylor did their job. Lovett winning his semi match, and then Pinto and Allred placing would have given us quite a few more points.)
125 Smith does not place (6th)
133 Van Dee gets 5th place and earns AA (DNP)
141 Hardy gets 7th place and earns AA (3rd)
149 Lovett gets 1st place and is National Champion (6th)
157 Robb gets 8th place and earns AA (7th)
165 Taylor does not place (but a darkhorse to earn AA) (8th)
184 Pinto gets 3rd place and earns AA (DNP)
197 Allred gets 4th place and earns AA (DNP)
285 Polar Bear does not place (DNP)
So, Huskers earn 6 AA with 1 as national champ. Thinking that carries us into a top 5 place. Hardy, Robb, and Taylor likely determine if top 5 or top 10 as a team. (So we ended up with 5 AA. Unfortunately not enough with a higher place. Hardy, Robb, and Taylor did their job. Lovett winning his semi match, and then Pinto and Allred placing would have given us quite a few more points.)
@PvilleHuskerTim: Like I said when you prediction was first made, we would have been 2nd or 3rd. Still, a great season and great building blocks for next year. Great job with predictions and glad there is still interest in the sport among us posters!
Thanks!
It has been YEARS since I coached wrestling. Just how far ahead is PSU compared to everyone else? Like, do they just win every year now?
I feel like Lehigh is a bit lower than usual?
PSU is way, way, way above everyone else. It is not even close. Earlier this year they had 9 of 10 weight classes with top 10 wrestlers — and the one who wasn’t top 10 was rated 11th. Most of them were top 5 with multiple weights having the top rated wrestler.
Sanderson has already won 11 titles at PSU, is that right? My god.
NCAA wrestling is one sport that the transfer portal is more about moving to another school because of coaching and the wrestling room, rather than not starting. Many of the transfers occur 4th and 5th year.
Cael not only has the most dominate freshman class every year, he also picks up stud transfers. Max Dean and Bernie Truax are examples.
Cael not only has the most dominate freshman class every year, he also picks up stud transfers. Max Dean and Bernie Truax are examples.
I’m impressed when kids win a title, despite not being in the best room day after day. i.e. Andrew Alirez from N Colorado and Parker Keckeisen from Northern Iowa.
2nd most in the country behind Penn State with 8.
