Prior to the conference tournaments, I tried to predict NCAA tournament seeding, using both the final coaches poll and the RPI rankings. Where applicable, I also took into account certain head-to-head results that didn’t seem to be properly affected in the coaches poll.
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Pre-Conference Tournaments
1. McDonough (Iowa) 27-1 (L to Delgado)
2. Sanders (MN) 23-2 (2 Ls to McDonough)
3. Waters (Mizzou) 23-2 (2 Ls to Sanders)
4. Bedelyon (Kent St.) 28-3 (L to Sanders, 2 Ls to Waters)
5. Delgado (IL) 27-5 (L to Bedelyon, Sanders, Mele, McDonough)
6. Perrelli (Cornell) 26-5 (L to Sanders, Waters, Delgado, 2 Ls to Bedelyon)
7. Megaludis (PSU) 21-5 (L to Sanders, Olanowski, McDonough, 2 Ls to Perelli)
8. Mango (Stanford 23-5 (1 match @125, Ls to Carter, Schopp, Futrell, Keith, Zehner @ 133)
9. Mele (NW) 26-4 (L to Delgado, Megaludis, McDonough)
10. Patterson (OU) 25-5 (L to Waters, McDonough, Martinez, 2 Ls to Delgado)
11. Snyder (UVA) 20-3 (2 Ws over Bonnano, L to Opfer, Megaludis, Sanders)
12. Bonanno (Hofstra)26-6 (L to Bedelyon, 3 Ls to Perelli, 2 Ls to Snyder)
Conference Tournament Results
McDonough beat Sanders in Big 10 Final
Waters beat Patterson in Big 12 Championship
Delgado beat Mele (2x)
Bedelyon lost in MAC final
Megaludis lost to Mele
Mango won Pac 12
Perelli won EIWA
Snyder won ACC
Bonanno won CAAs
NCAA Seeding Predictions
1. McDonough (IA)
2. Sanders (MN)
3. Waters (Mizzou)
4. Bedelyon (KSU)
5. Delgado (IL)
6. Perrelli (Cor)
7. Mango (Stan).
8. Mele (NW)
9. Patterson (OU)
10. Megaludis (PSU)
11. Snyder (UVA)
12. Bonanno (Hof)
Seeding stays pretty much the same. Only question is whether to penalize Bedelyon for losing in the MAC Final. I think his head-to-head wins over Delgado and Perrelli keep him from dropping.
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Pre-Conference Tournaments
1. Oliver (Okie St.) 22-1 (L to Ramos)
2. L. Stieber (Ohio St.) 24-2 (L to Oliver, Dardanes)
3. Ramos (Iowa) 26-2 (L to Carter, Stieber)
4. Futrell (IL) 24-5 (L to Oliver, Soto, 3 Ls to Ramos)
5. Carter (VA Tech) 28-3 (L to Ramos, Colon, Stieber)
6. Colon (UNI) 23-2 (L to Futrell, T. Clark)
7. C. Dardanes (MN) 21-7 (L to Thorn, Giaimo, Thome, Futrell, Oliver, 2 Ls to Ramos)
8. Schopp (Edin) 33-4 (L to Stieber, T. Clark, Carter, Mack)
9. Quiroga (PU) 17-4 (L to Futrell, Dardanes, 2Ls to Stieber)
10. McCormick (Mizzou) 13-4 (L to Mango, Oliver, Dardanes, Stevens)
11. Keller (OU) 20-7 (L to T. Clark, Mango, Carter, Futrell, Oliver, 2 Ls to McCormick)
12. Keith (Harvard) 27-7 (L to Ortenzio, Stieber, Schopp, Mango, Colon, Keller, Beckman)
Conference Tournament Results
Oliver won Big 12s
Stieber beat Ramos in Big 10 Final
Futrell beat Dardanes lost to Ramos
Dardanes lost to Quiroga (2x)
Quiroga lost to Stevens
Keith lost in EIWA semis
Carter won ACC
Schopp won EWL
Colon won West Regional
McCormick beat Keller
Ortenzio won EIWAs
NCAA Seeding Predictions
1. Oliver (Ok St)
2. Stieber (Ohio St)
3. Ramos (IA)
4. Futrell (IL)
5. Colon (UNI)
6. Carter (VT)
7. Schopp (Edin)
8. Quiroga (PU)
9. Dardanes (MN)
10. McCormick (Mizzou)
11. Keller (OU)
12. Ortenzio (Penn)
Again, not a ton of shakeup. Dardanes moves below Quiroga and Keith drops out entirely with Ortenzio taking his place.
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Pre-Conference Tournaments
1. Russell (Mich) 25-1 (L to Stieber)
2. Novachkov (Cal Poly) 26-2 (L to Mangrum, Russell)
3. Maple (OU) 26-1 (L to Goettl)
4. H. Stieber (Ohio St.) 22-3 (L to Henderson, Mangrum, Sueflohn)
5. Marion (Iowa) 25-2 (L to Maple, Stieber)
6. Mangrum (Oregon St.) 31-3 (L to Marion, 2 Ls to Novachkov)
7. Nelson (UVA) 23-2 (L to Cimato, Mangrum)
8. N. Dardanes (MN) 17-6 (L to Nevinger, Lange, Little, Stieber, 2 Ls to Marion)
9. Sueflohn (NE) 20-7 (L to Henderson, Jensen, Mangrum, Russell, Marion, Dardanes, Stieber)
10. Little (NC St.) 32-9 (L to Henderson, Kessler, Nelson, Jorge, Hough, Ownbey, Goodwin, Depalma, Mangrum)
11. Kemmerer (Penn) 21-3 (L to Neibert, Goettl, Vaith)
12. Kindig (Okie St.) 14-7(L to Dardanes, Maple, Mangrum, Marion, Hoffer, Little, Stieber)
Conference Tournament Results
Russell beat Marion
Marion beat Stieber
Dardanes lost to Russell and Stieber
Sueflohn lost to Stieber
Novachkov lost to Mangrum in the PAC12 final.
Maple beat Kindig in Big 12 championship
Kemmerer lost in EIWA semis
Nelson beat Little in ACC Final
NCAA Seeding Predictions
1. Russell (Mich)
2. Maple (OU)
3. Marion (IA)
4. Mangrum (Oreg. St.)
5. Novachkov (Cal Poly)
6. Stieber (OSU)
7. Nelson (UVA)
8. Dardanes (MN)
9. Sueflohn (NEB)
10. Little (NC St)
11. Kemmerer (Penn)
12. Kindig (Ok St)
We already saw Mangrum’s win over Novachkov affect last week’s Intermat rankings. Stieber is obviously going to drop below Marion after Montell’s head-to-head win at Big 10s. Just not sure how far. No change for seeds 7-12 from the earlier rankings.
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Pre-Conference Tournaments
1. Molinaro (PSU) 25-0
2. Parks (Okie St.) 28-0
3. VonOhlen (Air Force) 33-2 (L to Grajales, Parks)
4. Vinson (Bing.) 30-4 (L to Molinaro, Santos, VonOhlen, Parks)
5. Miller (Kent St.) 25-3 (L to Lopouchanski, Osterman, Bradley)
6. Mason (Rutgers) 19-2(L to Jantzen, Sako)
7. Grajales (Mich) 15-5 (L to Walsh, Nauman, Terrazas, Molinaro, Bradley)
8. Nauman (Pitt) 24-5 (L to Tessari, Miller, Molinaro, 2Ls to Habat)
9. Habat (Edin) 33-5 (L to Walsh, Miller, Grajales, 2 Ls to Nauman)
10. Ness (MN) 18-7 (L to Eifert, Tessari, Grajales, 2Ls to Molinaro and Parks)
11. Jantzen (Harvard) 7-2 (L to Von Ohlen, Villalonga)
12. Lopouchanski (PU) 15-3 (L to Vinson, Terrazas, Ness)
Conference Tournament Results
Molinaro beat Ness in Big 10 Final
Parks won Big 12s
VonOhlen won West Regional
Vinson won CAAs
Miller won MACs
Ness beat Grajales
Lopouchanski lost to Walsh, Tessari
Grajales beat Walsh
Mason and Jantzen INJ DEF out of EIWAs
Nauman beat Habat in EWL final
NCAA Seeding Predictions
1. Molinaro (PSU)
2. Parks (Ok St.)
3. Von Ohlen (AF)
4. Vinson (Bing)
5. Miller (KSU)
6. Nauman (Pitt)
7. Ness (MN)
8. Grajales (Mich)
9. Habat (Edin)
10. Mason (Rut)
11. Jantzen (Harv)
12. Bradley (Mizzou)
I’m interested to see how much the seeding committee drops Mason after he injury defaulted out of EIWAs. According to a poster on themat.com, he was down 4-0 at the time of the injury (tweaked his knee). I may have dropped him too far. Jantzen medical defaulted in the semis. He’s battled injuries all year. I’m assuming once he had won an NCAA berth (EIWA was allocated 6 qualifiers at 149) he pulled out of the tournament. Bradley finished 2nd at Big 12s and slides into the 12 seed after Lopouchanski was upset twice at Big 10s.
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Pre-Conference Tournaments
1. Dake (Cornell) 26-0
2. Welch (NW) 21-0
3. Sanjaa (Amer) 18-2 (L to Welch, Lear)
4. Fleming (Clarion) 23-2 (L to Hickman, Sanjaa)
5. Alton (PSU) 20-4 (L to Deitchler, Fleming, Dake, Welch)
6. Hickman (Bloom) 27-4 (L to Alton, Dake, Tasser, Fleming)
7. W. Peppelman (Harvard) 23-2 (L to Lister, Kolodzik)
8. Green (Neb) 27-5 (L to Regan, Shuster, Hepburn, Alton, Bonin)
9. Lister (Bing) 23-5 (L to Dake, Ivanov, White, Sanjaa, Hickman)
10. Monk (NDSU)29-7 (L to Deitchler, Dake, Fleming, Kolodzik, Bonin, 2 Ls to Green)
11. Jones (Mich St.) 19-6 (L to Larson, Pena, Lister, Alton, Welch, Green)
12. Lester (OU) 19-8 (L to Turner, Monk, Welch, Barnhisel, Lister, Peppelman, Moreno, Sanjaa)
Conference Tournament Results
DSJ beat Welch (in Big 10 Final), Alton and Green
Welch beat Jones
Alton beat Jones
Jones beat Green
Dake beat Peppelman in EIWA Final
Peppelman beat Sanjaa in EIWA semis
Lister won CAAs
Lester lost in Big 12 championship
Peppelman beat Sanjaa in EIWA semis
Fleming beat Hickman in EWL Final
Monk beat Bonin in West Regional Final
NCAA Seeding Predictions
1. Dake (Cor)
2. St. John (IA)
3. Fleming (Clar)
4. Welch (NW)
5. Peppelman (Harv)
6. Sanjaa (Amer)
7. Alton (PSU)
8. Hickman (Bloom)
9. Lister (Bing)
10. Monk (NDSU)
11. Jones (MSU)
12. Green (NEB)
No idea what they’re going to do with St. John. I’m assuming the seeding committee will take into account the fact that he was clearly still recovering from his injury when he lost to Demas and Pena earlier in the season. I think he gets either the 2 or 3 seed. Lester’s loss to Houdashelt (Mizzou) in the Big 12 Final drops him out of the seeded wrestlers.
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Pre-Conference Tournaments
1. Taylor (PSU) 23-0
2. Asper (MD) 23-0
3. Onufer (WYO) 28-1 (L to Kokesh)
4. Sorenson (ISU) 25-1 (L to Jordan)
5. Abdurakhmonov (Clarion) 27-4 (L to Hatchett, Wonton, Jordan, Sorenson)
6. Evans (Iowa) 23-5 (L to Sorenson, Abdurakhmonov, Garcia, Taylor, Yohn)
7. Kokesh (NEB) 25-4 (L to Onufer, Burak, Evans, Taylor)
8. Burak (N. Colorado) 20-3 (L to Gillespie, Kokesh, Onufer)
9. Jordan (WISC) 22-8 (L to Gillespie, Booth, Burak, Harger, Sorenson, 2 Ls to Evans)
10. Polz (IL) 18-3 (L to Hatchett, Jordan, Evans)
11. Yates (VA Tech) 20-5 (L to Blevins, Taylor, Asper, Sorenson, Evans)
12. Hatchett (LEH) 14-3 (L to Abdurakhmanov, Taylor, Yates)
Conference Tournament Results
Taylor beat Evans in Big 10 Final
Abdurakhmonov won EWL Final
Evans beat Kokesh
Jordan lost to Polz and Cheza
Kokesh beat Polz
Sorenson lost to Toal (Mizzou) in Championship.
Yates beat Asper in ACC Championship
Onufer beat Burak in West Regional Final
Hatchett won EIWA Final
NCAA Seeding Predictions
1. Taylor (PSU)
2. Onufer (WYO)
3. Abdurakhmanov (Clar)
4. Asper (MD)
5. Sorenson (ISU)
6. Evans (IA)
7. Kokesh (NEB)
8. Yates (VA Tech)
9. Burak (UNC)
10. Polz (IL)
11. Hatchett (LEH)
12. C. Yohn (MN)
Not sure how far Asper and Sorenson are going to drop on account of their losses. Asper’s loss was to a seeded wrestler, Sorenson’s was not. However, with Sorenson owning a head-to-head win over Evans, I think Sorenson still gets seeded ahead of him. Jordan falls out of the top 12 entirely after his 2 early losses in the Big 10s. Cody Yohn jumps in as the 12th seed after finishing 5th at Big 10s and having Ws over Evans and Yates (Mich) on the season.
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Pre-Conference Tournaments
1. Amuchastegui (Stan) 18-0
2. Ruth (PSU) 23-0
3. Perry (Okie St.) 24-0
4. Spangler (ISU) 8-2 (L to Edwards, Rynish)
5. Lofthouse (Iowa) 21-6 (L to Wright, Spangler, Munster, Perry, Ruth, Storley)
6. Storley (MN) 21-5 (L to Julson, Spangler, Brown, Lofthouse, Perry)
7. DesRoches (Cal Poly) 23-2 (L to Amuchastegui, Henderson)
8. Blanton (IL) 21-5 (L to Perry, Jacobs, 3 Ls to Lofthouse)
9. Zeerip (Mich) 19-4 (L to DesRoches, Storley, Heflin, Ruth)
10. Heflin (Ohio St.) 21-5 (L to DesRoches, Storley, Ruth, Koehn, McNeil)
11. Sheptock (MD) 22-4 (L to Zannetti, Ruth, Blanton, Cannon)
12. Edwards (ODU) 19-3 (L to Zannetti, Heflin, Tompkins)
Conference Tournament Results
Amuchastegui beat DesRoches in the Pac12 Final
Ruth beat Storley in Big 10 Final
Perry won Big 12 Final
Storley beat Lofthouse
Lofthouse beat Blanton, Munster
Heflin beat Zeerip
Blanton beat Zeerip, Heflin
Munster beat Heflin
Spangler lost to Henderson (Mizzou) and then injury defaulted out of 3rd place match (sounds like he’s done)
Edwards won CAAs
Sheptock won ACC
NCAA Seeding Predictions
1. Amuchastegui (Stan)
2. Ruth (PSU)
3. Perry (Ok St.)
4. Storley (MN)
5. DesRoches (Cal Poly)
6. Lofthouse (Iowa)
7. Blanton (IL)
8. Sheptock (MD)
9. Munster (NW)
10. Heflin (OSU)
11. Edwards (ODU)
12. Zeerip (Mich)
It sounds like Spangler suffered another concussion in the Big 12 semis. Feel so bad for this kid. With him being unable to wrestle, everyone basically moves up a spot. I’ve got DesRoches jumping Ethen, but I wouldn’t be shocked if their seeds flip-flop. Sheptock may jump Blanton, but for now I’ve got Blanton as the 7 seed. I’m assuming the committee will take into account Heflin’s head-to-head win over Edwards to keep Heflin at the 10 seed despite his loss to Munster at Big 10s.
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Pre-Conference Tournaments
1. LeBlanc (WYO) 27-1 (L to Perry)
2. Hamlin (LEH) 25-1 (L to Bosak)
3. Wright (PSU) 22-2 (L to Steinhaus, Hamlin)
4. Bennett (CMU) 28-3 (L to Loder, 2 Ls to Hamlin)
5. Bosak (Cornell) 26-3 (L to LeBlanc, Wright, Clymer)
6. Steinhaus (MN) 23-4 (L to Bosak, Bennett, Perry, Rebertus)
7. Ihnen (NEB) 21-4 (L to Wright, Steinhaus, 2 Ls to LeBlanc)
8. Loder (UNI) 30-3 (L to Bennett, LeBlanc, Ihnen)
9. Magrum (Ohio St.) 17-4 (L to Rebertus, Swartz, LeBlanc, Ihnen)
10. Swartz (Boise St.) 16-4 (L to LeBlanc, Bosak, Ihnen, Magrum)
11. Trotman (App. St.) 31-4 (L to LeBlanc, Steinhaus, Bosak, Schmidtke)
12. Clymer (Hofstra) 26-6 (L to Bosak, Magrum, Rebertus, Neely, Steinhaus, Tasser)
Conference Tournament Results
LeBlanc beat Loder in Western Regional Final.
Hamlin beat Bosak in EIWA Final
Steinhaus beat Gambrall, Ihnen
Wright lost to Ihnen
Bennett won MACs
Gambrall beat Magrum, lost to Dallago
Swartz won Pac 12s
Clymer won CAAs
Trotman won SOCON
NCAA Seeding Predictions
1. LeBlanc (WYO)
2. Hamlin (LEH)
3. Bennett (CMU)
4. Bosak (Cor)
5. Steinhaus (MN)
6. Ihnen (NEB)
7. Wright (PSU)
8. Loder (UNI)
9. Swartz (BSU)
10. Trotman (App. St.)
11. Gambrall (IA)
12. Clymer (Hof)
I may have dropped Wright too far here, but I don’t see how he’s not seeded behind Ihnen, especially after losing to him head-to-head this past weekend. Gambrall’s loss to Dallago really hurt him seeding-wise. He may not end up being seeded. His limited resume this season at 184 is going to be tough to assess.
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Pre-Conference Tournaments
1. Simaz (Cornell) 22-1 (DEF to Malo?)
2. Honeycutt (Edin) 34-0
3. Powless (Indiana) 30-3 (L to Honeycutt, Haynes, Yohn)
4. Wilps (Pitt) 27-3 (L to Powless, 2 Ls to Honeycutt)
5. Boley (MD) 28-1 (L to Byron Tate)
6. Haynes (Mizzou) 22-5 (L to Kissel, Meeks, Witt, Honeycutt, Byers)
7. S. Yohn (MN) 21-4 (L to Simaz, Gonzalez, 2 Ls to Haynes)
8. Rosholt (Okie St.) 19-3 (L to Byers, Haynes, Yohn)
9. Hernandez (WYO) 33-5 (L to McPeek, Wilps, Powless, Rosholt, Byers)
10. Burak (Penn) 16-3 (L to Kennedy, Honeycutt, Simaz)
11. Kennedy (LEH) 17-4 (L to Burak, Boley, 2 Ls to Wilps)
12. McIntosh (PSU) 15-6 (L to Yohn, Boley, Schiller, Powless, Simaz, Wilps)
Conference Tournament Results
Simaz beat Burak in EIWA Final
Wilps beat Honeycutt in EWL Final
Yohn lost to Kissel
Yohn beat McIntosh, Campolattano
Gonzalez beat Powless in Big 10 Final
Boley won ACC
Byers beat Haynes in Big 12 Final
Hernandez won West Regional
Kennedy lost to Burak
NCAA Seeding Predictions
1. Simaz (Cor)
2. Wilps (Pitt)
3. Honeycutt (Edin)
4. Boley (MD)
5. Powless (Ind)
6. Byers (Ok St.)
7. Haynes (Mizzou)
8. Hernandez (WYO)
9. Burak (Penn)
10. Gonzalez (IL)
11. Yohn (MN)
12. Kennedy (LEH)
With some of the big boys getting upset this weekend (Honeycutt, Powless, and Yohn) and Byers being Oklahoma St.’s rep at Big 12s, this weight was a real mess to try and predict. I’m guessing on Byers – Rosholt was the starter at the time of the final coaches poll. Byers now has significant wins over Haynes (3x) and Hernandez. His losses are to Yohn, Rosholt and Hernandez. I’m also not sure how far Yohn is going to drop. That was a bad loss in the Big 10 quarters to Kissel, but he did come back to finish 3rd. Historically the seeding committee places a ton of weight on winning your conference tournament. That’s why I have Gonzalez going from unseeded to #10. I feel pretty good about 1-4, after that I’m not sure.
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Pre-Conference Tournaments
1. Flores (Amer) 13-0
2. Rey (LEH) 20-1 (L to Cooper)
3. Nelson (MN) 24-2 (L to Sturgeon, Gelogaev)
4. Jack (Oregon St.) 32-1 (L to Nelson)
5. Wade (PSU) 22-3 (L to Nelson, Rey, Jack)
6. Johnson (Ohio) 28-5 (L to Marone, Gelogaev, Jack, Wade, Hanke)
7. Lane (NEB) 22-5 (L to Barlow, Disney, Chalfant, Wade, Nelson)
8. Myers (MD) 20-5 (L to Colling, Sturgeon, Flores, McCorkle, Helgerson)
9. Cooper (ASU) 23-9 (L to Schroeder, Capone, Hanke, Gelogaev, Jack, Colling, Gelogaev, 2 Ls to Lane)
10. Gibson (ISU) 23-8 (L to Gelogaev, Nelson, Telford, Mellon, James, Cooper, Gelogaev, Jack)
11. Apland (Mich) 19-7 (L to Johnson, Thomusseit, Capone, Barlow, Nelson, Wade, Mellon)
12. Telford (Iowa) 22-6 (L to Gelogaev, Lane, McMullan, Thompson, Jack, Nelson)
Conference Tournament Results
Flores beat Rey in EIWA Final
Nelson beat Telford in Big 10 Final
Telford beat Apland, Wade
Wade beat McMullan
Johnson won MAC
McMullan beat Lane
Chalfant beat Lane
Jack beat Cooper in the PAC12 final.
Gibson won Big 12s
Myers won ACC
NCAA Seeding Predictions
1. Flores (Amer)
2. Nelson (MN)
3. Rey (Leh)
4. Jack (Oreg. St.)
5. Johnson (Ohio)
6. Myers (MD)
7. Telford (IA)
8. Wade (PSU)
9. Gibson (ISU)
10. Cooper (ASU)
11. McMullan (NW)
12. Lane (NEB)
I think Nelson jumps Rey to get the 2 seed. Wade is going to drop – I think Telford gets the nod ahead of him due to the head-to-head win at Big 10s. Lane’s seed is going to be interesting. He had a terrible Big 10 tournament, but owns Ws over Telford and Cooper (2x). I think he’s still going to be seeded, but barely. Apland also had a terrible Big 10 tournaments – he drops out entirely with McMullan taking his spot.
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Pre-Conference Tournaments
1. McDonough (Iowa) 27-1 (L to Delgado)
2. Sanders (MN) 23-2 (2 Ls to McDonough)
3. Waters (Mizzou) 23-2 (2 Ls to Sanders)
4. Bedelyon (Kent St.) 28-3 (L to Sanders, 2 Ls to Waters)
5. Delgado (IL) 27-5 (L to Bedelyon, Sanders, Mele, McDonough)
6. Perrelli (Cornell) 26-5 (L to Sanders, Waters, Delgado, 2 Ls to Bedelyon)
7. Megaludis (PSU) 21-5 (L to Sanders, Olanowski, McDonough, 2 Ls to Perelli)
8. Mango (Stanford 23-5 (1 match @125, Ls to Carter, Schopp, Futrell, Keith, Zehner @ 133)
9. Mele (NW) 26-4 (L to Delgado, Megaludis, McDonough)
10. Patterson (OU) 25-5 (L to Waters, McDonough, Martinez, 2 Ls to Delgado)
11. Snyder (UVA) 20-3 (2 Ws over Bonnano, L to Opfer, Megaludis, Sanders)
12. Bonanno (Hofstra)26-6 (L to Bedelyon, 3 Ls to Perelli, 2 Ls to Snyder)
Conference Tournament Results
McDonough beat Sanders in Big 10 Final
Waters beat Patterson in Big 12 Championship
Delgado beat Mele (2x)
Bedelyon lost in MAC final
Megaludis lost to Mele
Mango won Pac 12
Perelli won EIWA
Snyder won ACC
Bonanno won CAAs
NCAA Seeding Predictions
1. McDonough (IA)
2. Sanders (MN)
3. Waters (Mizzou)
4. Bedelyon (KSU)
5. Delgado (IL)
6. Perrelli (Cor)
7. Mango (Stan).
8. Mele (NW)
9. Patterson (OU)
10. Megaludis (PSU)
11. Snyder (UVA)
12. Bonanno (Hof)
Seeding stays pretty much the same. Only question is whether to penalize Bedelyon for losing in the MAC Final. I think his head-to-head wins over Delgado and Perrelli keep him from dropping.
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Pre-Conference Tournaments
1. Oliver (Okie St.) 22-1 (L to Ramos)
2. L. Stieber (Ohio St.) 24-2 (L to Oliver, Dardanes)
3. Ramos (Iowa) 26-2 (L to Carter, Stieber)
4. Futrell (IL) 24-5 (L to Oliver, Soto, 3 Ls to Ramos)
5. Carter (VA Tech) 28-3 (L to Ramos, Colon, Stieber)
6. Colon (UNI) 23-2 (L to Futrell, T. Clark)
7. C. Dardanes (MN) 21-7 (L to Thorn, Giaimo, Thome, Futrell, Oliver, 2 Ls to Ramos)
8. Schopp (Edin) 33-4 (L to Stieber, T. Clark, Carter, Mack)
9. Quiroga (PU) 17-4 (L to Futrell, Dardanes, 2Ls to Stieber)
10. McCormick (Mizzou) 13-4 (L to Mango, Oliver, Dardanes, Stevens)
11. Keller (OU) 20-7 (L to T. Clark, Mango, Carter, Futrell, Oliver, 2 Ls to McCormick)
12. Keith (Harvard) 27-7 (L to Ortenzio, Stieber, Schopp, Mango, Colon, Keller, Beckman)
Conference Tournament Results
Oliver won Big 12s
Stieber beat Ramos in Big 10 Final
Futrell beat Dardanes lost to Ramos
Dardanes lost to Quiroga (2x)
Quiroga lost to Stevens
Keith lost in EIWA semis
Carter won ACC
Schopp won EWL
Colon won West Regional
McCormick beat Keller
Ortenzio won EIWAs
NCAA Seeding Predictions
1. Oliver (Ok St)
2. Stieber (Ohio St)
3. Ramos (IA)
4. Futrell (IL)
5. Colon (UNI)
6. Carter (VT)
7. Schopp (Edin)
8. Quiroga (PU)
9. Dardanes (MN)
10. McCormick (Mizzou)
11. Keller (OU)
12. Ortenzio (Penn)
Again, not a ton of shakeup. Dardanes moves below Quiroga and Keith drops out entirely with Ortenzio taking his place.
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Pre-Conference Tournaments
1. Russell (Mich) 25-1 (L to Stieber)
2. Novachkov (Cal Poly) 26-2 (L to Mangrum, Russell)
3. Maple (OU) 26-1 (L to Goettl)
4. H. Stieber (Ohio St.) 22-3 (L to Henderson, Mangrum, Sueflohn)
5. Marion (Iowa) 25-2 (L to Maple, Stieber)
6. Mangrum (Oregon St.) 31-3 (L to Marion, 2 Ls to Novachkov)
7. Nelson (UVA) 23-2 (L to Cimato, Mangrum)
8. N. Dardanes (MN) 17-6 (L to Nevinger, Lange, Little, Stieber, 2 Ls to Marion)
9. Sueflohn (NE) 20-7 (L to Henderson, Jensen, Mangrum, Russell, Marion, Dardanes, Stieber)
10. Little (NC St.) 32-9 (L to Henderson, Kessler, Nelson, Jorge, Hough, Ownbey, Goodwin, Depalma, Mangrum)
11. Kemmerer (Penn) 21-3 (L to Neibert, Goettl, Vaith)
12. Kindig (Okie St.) 14-7(L to Dardanes, Maple, Mangrum, Marion, Hoffer, Little, Stieber)
Conference Tournament Results
Russell beat Marion
Marion beat Stieber
Dardanes lost to Russell and Stieber
Sueflohn lost to Stieber
Novachkov lost to Mangrum in the PAC12 final.
Maple beat Kindig in Big 12 championship
Kemmerer lost in EIWA semis
Nelson beat Little in ACC Final
NCAA Seeding Predictions
1. Russell (Mich)
2. Maple (OU)
3. Marion (IA)
4. Mangrum (Oreg. St.)
5. Novachkov (Cal Poly)
6. Stieber (OSU)
7. Nelson (UVA)
8. Dardanes (MN)
9. Sueflohn (NEB)
10. Little (NC St)
11. Kemmerer (Penn)
12. Kindig (Ok St)
We already saw Mangrum’s win over Novachkov affect last week’s Intermat rankings. Stieber is obviously going to drop below Marion after Montell’s head-to-head win at Big 10s. Just not sure how far. No change for seeds 7-12 from the earlier rankings.
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Pre-Conference Tournaments
1. Molinaro (PSU) 25-0
2. Parks (Okie St.) 28-0
3. VonOhlen (Air Force) 33-2 (L to Grajales, Parks)
4. Vinson (Bing.) 30-4 (L to Molinaro, Santos, VonOhlen, Parks)
5. Miller (Kent St.) 25-3 (L to Lopouchanski, Osterman, Bradley)
6. Mason (Rutgers) 19-2(L to Jantzen, Sako)
7. Grajales (Mich) 15-5 (L to Walsh, Nauman, Terrazas, Molinaro, Bradley)
8. Nauman (Pitt) 24-5 (L to Tessari, Miller, Molinaro, 2Ls to Habat)
9. Habat (Edin) 33-5 (L to Walsh, Miller, Grajales, 2 Ls to Nauman)
10. Ness (MN) 18-7 (L to Eifert, Tessari, Grajales, 2Ls to Molinaro and Parks)
11. Jantzen (Harvard) 7-2 (L to Von Ohlen, Villalonga)
12. Lopouchanski (PU) 15-3 (L to Vinson, Terrazas, Ness)
Conference Tournament Results
Molinaro beat Ness in Big 10 Final
Parks won Big 12s
VonOhlen won West Regional
Vinson won CAAs
Miller won MACs
Ness beat Grajales
Lopouchanski lost to Walsh, Tessari
Grajales beat Walsh
Mason and Jantzen INJ DEF out of EIWAs
Nauman beat Habat in EWL final
NCAA Seeding Predictions
1. Molinaro (PSU)
2. Parks (Ok St.)
3. Von Ohlen (AF)
4. Vinson (Bing)
5. Miller (KSU)
6. Nauman (Pitt)
7. Ness (MN)
8. Grajales (Mich)
9. Habat (Edin)
10. Mason (Rut)
11. Jantzen (Harv)
12. Bradley (Mizzou)
I’m interested to see how much the seeding committee drops Mason after he injury defaulted out of EIWAs. According to a poster on themat.com, he was down 4-0 at the time of the injury (tweaked his knee). I may have dropped him too far. Jantzen medical defaulted in the semis. He’s battled injuries all year. I’m assuming once he had won an NCAA berth (EIWA was allocated 6 qualifiers at 149) he pulled out of the tournament. Bradley finished 2nd at Big 12s and slides into the 12 seed after Lopouchanski was upset twice at Big 10s.
157
Pre-Conference Tournaments
1. Dake (Cornell) 26-0
2. Welch (NW) 21-0
3. Sanjaa (Amer) 18-2 (L to Welch, Lear)
4. Fleming (Clarion) 23-2 (L to Hickman, Sanjaa)
5. Alton (PSU) 20-4 (L to Deitchler, Fleming, Dake, Welch)
6. Hickman (Bloom) 27-4 (L to Alton, Dake, Tasser, Fleming)
7. W. Peppelman (Harvard) 23-2 (L to Lister, Kolodzik)
8. Green (Neb) 27-5 (L to Regan, Shuster, Hepburn, Alton, Bonin)
9. Lister (Bing) 23-5 (L to Dake, Ivanov, White, Sanjaa, Hickman)
10. Monk (NDSU)29-7 (L to Deitchler, Dake, Fleming, Kolodzik, Bonin, 2 Ls to Green)
11. Jones (Mich St.) 19-6 (L to Larson, Pena, Lister, Alton, Welch, Green)
12. Lester (OU) 19-8 (L to Turner, Monk, Welch, Barnhisel, Lister, Peppelman, Moreno, Sanjaa)
Conference Tournament Results
DSJ beat Welch (in Big 10 Final), Alton and Green
Welch beat Jones
Alton beat Jones
Jones beat Green
Dake beat Peppelman in EIWA Final
Peppelman beat Sanjaa in EIWA semis
Lister won CAAs
Lester lost in Big 12 championship
Peppelman beat Sanjaa in EIWA semis
Fleming beat Hickman in EWL Final
Monk beat Bonin in West Regional Final
NCAA Seeding Predictions
1. Dake (Cor)
2. St. John (IA)
3. Fleming (Clar)
4. Welch (NW)
5. Peppelman (Harv)
6. Sanjaa (Amer)
7. Alton (PSU)
8. Hickman (Bloom)
9. Lister (Bing)
10. Monk (NDSU)
11. Jones (MSU)
12. Green (NEB)
No idea what they’re going to do with St. John. I’m assuming the seeding committee will take into account the fact that he was clearly still recovering from his injury when he lost to Demas and Pena earlier in the season. I think he gets either the 2 or 3 seed. Lester’s loss to Houdashelt (Mizzou) in the Big 12 Final drops him out of the seeded wrestlers.
165
Pre-Conference Tournaments
1. Taylor (PSU) 23-0
2. Asper (MD) 23-0
3. Onufer (WYO) 28-1 (L to Kokesh)
4. Sorenson (ISU) 25-1 (L to Jordan)
5. Abdurakhmonov (Clarion) 27-4 (L to Hatchett, Wonton, Jordan, Sorenson)
6. Evans (Iowa) 23-5 (L to Sorenson, Abdurakhmonov, Garcia, Taylor, Yohn)
7. Kokesh (NEB) 25-4 (L to Onufer, Burak, Evans, Taylor)
8. Burak (N. Colorado) 20-3 (L to Gillespie, Kokesh, Onufer)
9. Jordan (WISC) 22-8 (L to Gillespie, Booth, Burak, Harger, Sorenson, 2 Ls to Evans)
10. Polz (IL) 18-3 (L to Hatchett, Jordan, Evans)
11. Yates (VA Tech) 20-5 (L to Blevins, Taylor, Asper, Sorenson, Evans)
12. Hatchett (LEH) 14-3 (L to Abdurakhmanov, Taylor, Yates)
Conference Tournament Results
Taylor beat Evans in Big 10 Final
Abdurakhmonov won EWL Final
Evans beat Kokesh
Jordan lost to Polz and Cheza
Kokesh beat Polz
Sorenson lost to Toal (Mizzou) in Championship.
Yates beat Asper in ACC Championship
Onufer beat Burak in West Regional Final
Hatchett won EIWA Final
NCAA Seeding Predictions
1. Taylor (PSU)
2. Onufer (WYO)
3. Abdurakhmanov (Clar)
4. Asper (MD)
5. Sorenson (ISU)
6. Evans (IA)
7. Kokesh (NEB)
8. Yates (VA Tech)
9. Burak (UNC)
10. Polz (IL)
11. Hatchett (LEH)
12. C. Yohn (MN)
Not sure how far Asper and Sorenson are going to drop on account of their losses. Asper’s loss was to a seeded wrestler, Sorenson’s was not. However, with Sorenson owning a head-to-head win over Evans, I think Sorenson still gets seeded ahead of him. Jordan falls out of the top 12 entirely after his 2 early losses in the Big 10s. Cody Yohn jumps in as the 12th seed after finishing 5th at Big 10s and having Ws over Evans and Yates (Mich) on the season.
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Pre-Conference Tournaments
1. Amuchastegui (Stan) 18-0
2. Ruth (PSU) 23-0
3. Perry (Okie St.) 24-0
4. Spangler (ISU) 8-2 (L to Edwards, Rynish)
5. Lofthouse (Iowa) 21-6 (L to Wright, Spangler, Munster, Perry, Ruth, Storley)
6. Storley (MN) 21-5 (L to Julson, Spangler, Brown, Lofthouse, Perry)
7. DesRoches (Cal Poly) 23-2 (L to Amuchastegui, Henderson)
8. Blanton (IL) 21-5 (L to Perry, Jacobs, 3 Ls to Lofthouse)
9. Zeerip (Mich) 19-4 (L to DesRoches, Storley, Heflin, Ruth)
10. Heflin (Ohio St.) 21-5 (L to DesRoches, Storley, Ruth, Koehn, McNeil)
11. Sheptock (MD) 22-4 (L to Zannetti, Ruth, Blanton, Cannon)
12. Edwards (ODU) 19-3 (L to Zannetti, Heflin, Tompkins)
Conference Tournament Results
Amuchastegui beat DesRoches in the Pac12 Final
Ruth beat Storley in Big 10 Final
Perry won Big 12 Final
Storley beat Lofthouse
Lofthouse beat Blanton, Munster
Heflin beat Zeerip
Blanton beat Zeerip, Heflin
Munster beat Heflin
Spangler lost to Henderson (Mizzou) and then injury defaulted out of 3rd place match (sounds like he’s done)
Edwards won CAAs
Sheptock won ACC
NCAA Seeding Predictions
1. Amuchastegui (Stan)
2. Ruth (PSU)
3. Perry (Ok St.)
4. Storley (MN)
5. DesRoches (Cal Poly)
6. Lofthouse (Iowa)
7. Blanton (IL)
8. Sheptock (MD)
9. Munster (NW)
10. Heflin (OSU)
11. Edwards (ODU)
12. Zeerip (Mich)
It sounds like Spangler suffered another concussion in the Big 12 semis. Feel so bad for this kid. With him being unable to wrestle, everyone basically moves up a spot. I’ve got DesRoches jumping Ethen, but I wouldn’t be shocked if their seeds flip-flop. Sheptock may jump Blanton, but for now I’ve got Blanton as the 7 seed. I’m assuming the committee will take into account Heflin’s head-to-head win over Edwards to keep Heflin at the 10 seed despite his loss to Munster at Big 10s.
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Pre-Conference Tournaments
1. LeBlanc (WYO) 27-1 (L to Perry)
2. Hamlin (LEH) 25-1 (L to Bosak)
3. Wright (PSU) 22-2 (L to Steinhaus, Hamlin)
4. Bennett (CMU) 28-3 (L to Loder, 2 Ls to Hamlin)
5. Bosak (Cornell) 26-3 (L to LeBlanc, Wright, Clymer)
6. Steinhaus (MN) 23-4 (L to Bosak, Bennett, Perry, Rebertus)
7. Ihnen (NEB) 21-4 (L to Wright, Steinhaus, 2 Ls to LeBlanc)
8. Loder (UNI) 30-3 (L to Bennett, LeBlanc, Ihnen)
9. Magrum (Ohio St.) 17-4 (L to Rebertus, Swartz, LeBlanc, Ihnen)
10. Swartz (Boise St.) 16-4 (L to LeBlanc, Bosak, Ihnen, Magrum)
11. Trotman (App. St.) 31-4 (L to LeBlanc, Steinhaus, Bosak, Schmidtke)
12. Clymer (Hofstra) 26-6 (L to Bosak, Magrum, Rebertus, Neely, Steinhaus, Tasser)
Conference Tournament Results
LeBlanc beat Loder in Western Regional Final.
Hamlin beat Bosak in EIWA Final
Steinhaus beat Gambrall, Ihnen
Wright lost to Ihnen
Bennett won MACs
Gambrall beat Magrum, lost to Dallago
Swartz won Pac 12s
Clymer won CAAs
Trotman won SOCON
NCAA Seeding Predictions
1. LeBlanc (WYO)
2. Hamlin (LEH)
3. Bennett (CMU)
4. Bosak (Cor)
5. Steinhaus (MN)
6. Ihnen (NEB)
7. Wright (PSU)
8. Loder (UNI)
9. Swartz (BSU)
10. Trotman (App. St.)
11. Gambrall (IA)
12. Clymer (Hof)
I may have dropped Wright too far here, but I don’t see how he’s not seeded behind Ihnen, especially after losing to him head-to-head this past weekend. Gambrall’s loss to Dallago really hurt him seeding-wise. He may not end up being seeded. His limited resume this season at 184 is going to be tough to assess.
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Pre-Conference Tournaments
1. Simaz (Cornell) 22-1 (DEF to Malo?)
2. Honeycutt (Edin) 34-0
3. Powless (Indiana) 30-3 (L to Honeycutt, Haynes, Yohn)
4. Wilps (Pitt) 27-3 (L to Powless, 2 Ls to Honeycutt)
5. Boley (MD) 28-1 (L to Byron Tate)
6. Haynes (Mizzou) 22-5 (L to Kissel, Meeks, Witt, Honeycutt, Byers)
7. S. Yohn (MN) 21-4 (L to Simaz, Gonzalez, 2 Ls to Haynes)
8. Rosholt (Okie St.) 19-3 (L to Byers, Haynes, Yohn)
9. Hernandez (WYO) 33-5 (L to McPeek, Wilps, Powless, Rosholt, Byers)
10. Burak (Penn) 16-3 (L to Kennedy, Honeycutt, Simaz)
11. Kennedy (LEH) 17-4 (L to Burak, Boley, 2 Ls to Wilps)
12. McIntosh (PSU) 15-6 (L to Yohn, Boley, Schiller, Powless, Simaz, Wilps)
Conference Tournament Results
Simaz beat Burak in EIWA Final
Wilps beat Honeycutt in EWL Final
Yohn lost to Kissel
Yohn beat McIntosh, Campolattano
Gonzalez beat Powless in Big 10 Final
Boley won ACC
Byers beat Haynes in Big 12 Final
Hernandez won West Regional
Kennedy lost to Burak
NCAA Seeding Predictions
1. Simaz (Cor)
2. Wilps (Pitt)
3. Honeycutt (Edin)
4. Boley (MD)
5. Powless (Ind)
6. Byers (Ok St.)
7. Haynes (Mizzou)
8. Hernandez (WYO)
9. Burak (Penn)
10. Gonzalez (IL)
11. Yohn (MN)
12. Kennedy (LEH)
With some of the big boys getting upset this weekend (Honeycutt, Powless, and Yohn) and Byers being Oklahoma St.’s rep at Big 12s, this weight was a real mess to try and predict. I’m guessing on Byers – Rosholt was the starter at the time of the final coaches poll. Byers now has significant wins over Haynes (3x) and Hernandez. His losses are to Yohn, Rosholt and Hernandez. I’m also not sure how far Yohn is going to drop. That was a bad loss in the Big 10 quarters to Kissel, but he did come back to finish 3rd. Historically the seeding committee places a ton of weight on winning your conference tournament. That’s why I have Gonzalez going from unseeded to #10. I feel pretty good about 1-4, after that I’m not sure.
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Pre-Conference Tournaments
1. Flores (Amer) 13-0
2. Rey (LEH) 20-1 (L to Cooper)
3. Nelson (MN) 24-2 (L to Sturgeon, Gelogaev)
4. Jack (Oregon St.) 32-1 (L to Nelson)
5. Wade (PSU) 22-3 (L to Nelson, Rey, Jack)
6. Johnson (Ohio) 28-5 (L to Marone, Gelogaev, Jack, Wade, Hanke)
7. Lane (NEB) 22-5 (L to Barlow, Disney, Chalfant, Wade, Nelson)
8. Myers (MD) 20-5 (L to Colling, Sturgeon, Flores, McCorkle, Helgerson)
9. Cooper (ASU) 23-9 (L to Schroeder, Capone, Hanke, Gelogaev, Jack, Colling, Gelogaev, 2 Ls to Lane)
10. Gibson (ISU) 23-8 (L to Gelogaev, Nelson, Telford, Mellon, James, Cooper, Gelogaev, Jack)
11. Apland (Mich) 19-7 (L to Johnson, Thomusseit, Capone, Barlow, Nelson, Wade, Mellon)
12. Telford (Iowa) 22-6 (L to Gelogaev, Lane, McMullan, Thompson, Jack, Nelson)
Conference Tournament Results
Flores beat Rey in EIWA Final
Nelson beat Telford in Big 10 Final
Telford beat Apland, Wade
Wade beat McMullan
Johnson won MAC
McMullan beat Lane
Chalfant beat Lane
Jack beat Cooper in the PAC12 final.
Gibson won Big 12s
Myers won ACC
NCAA Seeding Predictions
1. Flores (Amer)
2. Nelson (MN)
3. Rey (Leh)
4. Jack (Oreg. St.)
5. Johnson (Ohio)
6. Myers (MD)
7. Telford (IA)
8. Wade (PSU)
9. Gibson (ISU)
10. Cooper (ASU)
11. McMullan (NW)
12. Lane (NEB)
I think Nelson jumps Rey to get the 2 seed. Wade is going to drop – I think Telford gets the nod ahead of him due to the head-to-head win at Big 10s. Lane’s seed is going to be interesting. He had a terrible Big 10 tournament, but owns Ws over Telford and Cooper (2x). I think he’s still going to be seeded, but barely. Apland also had a terrible Big 10 tournaments – he drops out entirely with McMullan taking his spot.
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