Does Big10 seeding take into account all Big10 matches in their records? For example, does Big10 record for seeding purposes only apply to matches against Big10 tourney opponents, or are matches against back-ups counted in record for seeding? Are forfeits counted in the Big10 records? Some of the seeding for these weights could vary drastically depending on the criteria.
141 is a wide open weight, so seeding could be all over the place depending on criteria. For example:
BHGP has Gulibon #4 with a 4-2 Big10 record. BSD has Gulibon seeded #7. According to trackwrestling, Gulibon's record against Big10 opponents is actually 3-3 (or 4-3 if forfeit included). He lost to Gasca (MSA), Hall (Mich) and Jordan (OSU). His wins are against Jodeh (ILL), Fisher (Mich), and Van Hook (Ind). Is Fisher or Hall going to wrestle Big10 for Michigan? Is Van Hook or Cash going to wrestle Big10 for Indiana? Assuming Hall and Cash wrestle Big10s, that makes Gulibon 1-3 versus Big10 wrestlers in the tourney. Based on that record, it seems like he could drop as low as 11th seed instead of 4th as predicted by BGHP. I think the BSD prediction of #7 for Gulibon is probably more realistic.
If they seed primarily based upon Big10 record against opponents in the Big10 tourney and don't penalize wrestlers for having few matches, then you could potentially see Grothus as high as #6 seed, with Gulibon as low as #11. That would match them up first round.
There could be a lot of controversial seeding for Big10s this year given the lack of head-to-head matchups for so many wrestlers. Plus fewer NCAA allocations for Big10s this year make seeding more important.
