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2025 NCAA Interactive Bracket
- Thread starter LutherAce
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Based on no research and gut instinct, here's what I got on my first time through.
Team:
PSU 186
OkSt 87.5
Iowa 78.5
Ohio St 74.5
Nebraska 70
Champs:
125 Lilledahl (Cruz 0-2)
133 Byrd (Ayala 2nd)
141 Mendez
149 SVN (Parco 5th)
157 Kasak (Teemer 7th)
165 Mesenbrink (Caliendo 2nd)
174 Haines (PK r12)
184 Keckeisen (Arnold 8th)
197 Ferrari (Buchanan 3rd)
285 Gable (Kueter r12)
Feels like a really solid tournament for the Hawks based on Big Tens. 6 AAs, 2 r12, 2 finalists.
Team:
PSU 186
OkSt 87.5
Iowa 78.5
Ohio St 74.5
Nebraska 70
Champs:
125 Lilledahl (Cruz 0-2)
133 Byrd (Ayala 2nd)
141 Mendez
149 SVN (Parco 5th)
157 Kasak (Teemer 7th)
165 Mesenbrink (Caliendo 2nd)
174 Haines (PK r12)
184 Keckeisen (Arnold 8th)
197 Ferrari (Buchanan 3rd)
285 Gable (Kueter r12)
Feels like a really solid tournament for the Hawks based on Big Tens. 6 AAs, 2 r12, 2 finalists.
Crazy! Nothing like that has every happened before!
If you're interested in why, I thought Byrd controlled Ayala start to finish and Mendez should have beaten Bartlett. All he had to do was finish a deep single leg.
Frankly, I also have a hard time predicting a hawk to win in the finals based on the last near decade.
Reasons I gave the pissed off face is:
1. We finish 3rd
2. We are that close 🤏 to being in 5th place
3. Pedo U winning by 100 points, really???
Just disappointing. Need to turn it around quick, starting next year and hopefully we do
they did it last year...but i think some of the champs listed have looked mortal at times this year. Could be an exciting tournament.
After PSU, it just gets messy with the team scores. I could easily see Iowa 4th with few adjustments.
I struggled with Kueter, and I tried to get PK to AA but had him falling to Kharchla. Teemer's health is such a wildcard too.
Team:
PSU 189
Iowa 87.5
Ok St 84
Nebraska 81
Northern Iowa 64
Ohio State 61
Champs:
125 Ramos (Cruz 0-2)
133 Byrd (Ayala 2nd)
141 Mendez
149 SVN (Parco 4th)
157 Kasak (Teemer 8th)
165 Mesenbrink (Caliendo 2nd)
174 O'Toole (PK r12)
184 Keckeisen (Arnold 7th)
197 Ferrari (Buchanan 3rd)
285 Gable (Kueter 8th)
I struggled with Kueter, and I tried to get PK to AA but had him falling to Kharchla. Teemer's health is such a wildcard too.
Team:
PSU 189
Iowa 87.5
Ok St 84
Nebraska 81
Northern Iowa 64
Ohio State 61
Champs:
125 Ramos (Cruz 0-2)
133 Byrd (Ayala 2nd)
141 Mendez
149 SVN (Parco 4th)
157 Kasak (Teemer 8th)
165 Mesenbrink (Caliendo 2nd)
174 O'Toole (PK r12)
184 Keckeisen (Arnold 7th)
197 Ferrari (Buchanan 3rd)
285 Gable (Kueter 8th)
Crazy thing is I have Starocci losing, Bartlett not making the finals, and Barr not placing (due to injury, but still). If Barr is healthy, I think they could legit break 200.
Reasons for optimism:
Overall, I like the draws, especially on the backside. I think Teemer, PK, Arnold, and Kueter all have legit shots to place. I had PK making the quarters then losing to Norman in the r12 (I think that's a bad style match up) and Kueter losing to Trumble. In the r12, I have Teemer over Chumbley and Arnold over Heller.
Looking at most likely r12 matchups:
Teemer: Hipolito, Cannon, Fish, Chumbley, Hill
PK: Pinto, Kharchla, Norman
Arnold: Smith, Heller, Rogotzke, Kane
Kueter: Trumble, Pitzer, Runyon, Nevills
None of those are that scary!
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The two #11 seeds on the Iowa team are in "must win" situations in their match against the #6s.
And I feel their seeds are 100% justified.
It will be nearly impossible to AA if they don't. They are both just too short at their weights.
Hope I'm wrong.
And I feel their seeds are 100% justified.
It will be nearly impossible to AA if they don't. They are both just too short at their weights.
Hope I'm wrong.
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I think this is more true for PK than Arnold. Arnold's wrestle back path if he loses R2 is very doable (barring big upsets obviously). He'd be looking at Jaxon Smith or Reece Heller in the r12. No big names on the way there either. Not a lock obviously, but he would be strongly favored until the r12.
PK could run into Matty Singleton, Braunagel, or Devos before hitting Kharchla/Pinto in the r12. Even that is not totally outrageous. If he loses r1 to Incontrera, he still looks okay tbh. That would put him in Wask's r12 match, who he soundly defeated this year.
Somewhat agree.
The difference is PK attempts an offense against decent wrestlers.
GA hand fights and ends up in ot matches.
We've learned from recent history that "keeping it close" hasn't worked very well for Hawk wrestlers.
In those ot scenarios, being severely undersized is a huge disadvantage.
He just seems afraid to generate shots.
Even that ot win vs Rogotke was a result of a bad shot by his opponent.
Maybe his approach changes?
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