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Big Ten Wrestling Pre-Seeds Announced

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Big Ten Announces Tournament Pre-Seeds

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- University of Iowa sophomores Spencer Lee, Austin DeSanto, and Alex Marinelli each earned the No. 2 seed at their respective weight classes when the Big Ten Conference announced its tournament pre-seeds Monday afternoon. The 2019 Big Ten Championships begin Saturday at Williams Arena in Minneapolis.

Marinelli is 20-0 this season with nine falls. He is ranked No. 2 in the NCAA Division I Coaches Poll at 165 pounds.

Lee and DeSanto both own 16-2 records. Lee is ranked No. 3 in the Coaches Poll at 125 pounds, and DeSanto is ranked No. 3 at 133 pounds.

All 10 Hawkeyes earned a pre-seed. Pat Lugo (149) and Jacob Warner (197) are seeded third at their respective weight classes. Kaleb Young (157) and Cash Wilcke (184) are both seeded fifth. Max Murin is seventh at 141. Sam Stoll is eighth at 285, and Mitch Bowman is 10th at 174.

The complete tournament brackets will be released Friday afternoon following the Big Ten Conference coaches meeting. For more information on the 2019 Big Ten Wrestling Championships visit bigten.org.

Iowa Pre-Seeds | 2019 Big Ten Championships

125 #2 Spencer Lee
133 #2 Austin DeSanto
141 #7 Max Murin
149 #3 Pat Lugo
157 #5 Kaleb Young
165 #2 Alex Marinelli
174 #10 Mitch Bowman
184 #5 Cash Wilcke
197 #3 Jacob Warner
285 #8 Sam Stoll

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Big Ten Wrestling Pre-Seeds Announced
Penn State paces conference with four top-seeded wrestlers

ROSEMONT, Ill. - The Big Ten Conference announced the preliminary seeds for the 2019 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, which are set for March 9-10 at Minnesota. Seven schools boast at least one top-seeded wrestler, with Penn State leading the way with four No. 1 seeds.

Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State will bring a seeded wrestler in each of the 10 weight classes, while Nebraska and Northwestern boast a seeded grappler in nine classes.

The pre-seeds, as voted on by the conference’s coaches, rank the top eight wrestlers in three weight classes, along with all 14 starters in seven weight classes due to the Big Ten receiving nine or more NCAA Championships qualifier allocations in those classes.

Penn State boasts four top-seeded wrestlers, with 157-pounder Jason Nolf, 165-pounder Vincenzo Joseph, 174-pounder Mark Hall and 197-pounder Bo Nickal. The Fighting Illini's Michael Carr (141), the Wolverines’ Stevan Micic (133), the Gophers’ Gable Steveson (285), the Wildcats’ Sebastian Rivera (125), the Buckeyes’ Myles Martin (184) and the Scarlet Knights' Anthony Ashnault (149) round out the group of top-ranked grapplers.

This year’s field contains a combined 10 Big Ten individual championships (eight wrestlers) and eight NCAA individual championships (five wrestlers).

For more information on the 2019 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, visit the Big Ten Championships Central page HERE. The complete list of Big Ten Championships pre-seeds can be found below.

125 lbs.
  1. Sebastian Rivera, NU
  2. Spencer Lee, IOWA
  3. Sean Russell, MINN
  4. RayVon Foley, MSU
  5. Travis Piotrowski, ILL
  6. Drew Mattin, MICH
  7. Zeke Moisey, NEB
  8. Malik Heinselman, OSU
  9. Devin Schroder, PUR
  10. Elijah Oliver, IND
  11. Brandon Cray, MD
  12. Devin Schnupp, PSU
  13. Shane Metzler, RU
  14. Ethan Rotondo, WIS

133 lbs.
  1. Stevan Micic, MICH
  2. Austin DeSanto, IOWA
  3. Nick Suriano, RU
  4. Roman Bravo-Young, PSU
  5. Luke Pletcher, OSU
  6. Ethan Lizak, MINN
  7. Ben Thornton, PUR
  8. Dylan Duncan, ILL
  9. Anthony Tutolo, MSU
  10. Colin Valdiviez, NU
  11. Jens Lantz, WIS
  12. Paul Konrath, IND
  13. Jevon Parrish, NEB
  14. Orion Anderson, MD

141 lbs.
  1. Michael Carr, ILL
  2. Nick Lee, PSU
  3. Joey McKenna, OSU
  4. Tristan Moran, WIS
  5. Kanen Storr, MICH
  6. Mitch McKee, MINN
  7. Max Murin, IOWA
  8. Chad Red, NEB
  9. Pete Lipari, RU
  10. Nate Limmex, PUR
  11. Kyle Luigs, IND
  12. Austin Eicher, MSU
  13. Danny Bertoni, MD
  14. Alec McKenna, NU

149 lbs.
  1. Anthony Ashnault, RU
  2. Micah Jordan, OSU
  3. Pat Lugo, IOWA
  4. Thomas Thorn, MINN
  5. Cole Martin, WIS
  6. Brady Berge, PSU
  7. Shayne Oster, NU
  8. Malik Amine, MICH

157 lbs.
  1. Jason Nolf, PSU
  2. Tyler Berger, NEB
  3. Ryan Deakin, NU
  4. Alec Pantaleo, MICH
  5. Kaleb Young, IOWA
  6. Steve Bleise, MINN
  7. Ke-Shawn Hayes, OSU
  8. Eric Barone, ILL
  9. Griffin Parriott, PUR
  10. John Van Brill, RU
  11. Jake Danishek, IND
  12. Jake Tucker, MSU
  13. Garrett Model, WIS
  14. Adam Whitesell, MD

165 lbs.
  1. Vincenzo Joseph, PSU
  2. Alex Marinelli, IOWA
  3. Evan Wick, WIS
  4. Isaiah White, NEB
  5. Logan Massa, MICH
  6. Te’Shawn Campbell, OSU
  7. Bryce Martin, IND
  8. Carson Brolsma, MINN
  9. Joseph Gunther, ILL
  10. Tyler Morland, NU
  11. Phillip Spadafora, MD
  12. Stephan Glasgow, RU
  13. Austin Hiles, MSU
  14. Cole Wysocki, PUR

174 lbs.
  1. Mark Hall, PSU
  2. Myles Amine, MICH
  3. Dylan Lydy, PUR
  4. Mikey Labriola, NEB
  5. Devin Skatzka, MINN
  6. Ethan Smith, OSU
  7. Ryan Christensen, WIS
  8. Drew Hughes, MSU
  9. Joe Grello, RU
  10. Mitch Bowman, IOWA
  11. Carver James, ILL
  12. Jake Covaciu, IND
  13. Josh Ugalde, MD
  14. Braxton Cody, NU

184 lbs.
  1. Myles Martin, OSU
  2. Shakur Rasheed, PSU
  3. Tyler Venz, NEB
  4. Emery Parker, ILL
  5. Cash Wilcke, IOWA
  6. Mason Reinhardt, WIS
  7. Jelani Embree, MICH
  8. Max Lyon, PUR
  9. Nick Gravina, RU
  10. Cameron Caffey, MSU
  11. Norman Conley, IND
  12. Brandon Krone, MINN
  13. Kyle Jasenski, MD
  14. Brendan Devine, NU

197 lbs.
  1. Bo Nickal, PSU
  2. Kollin Moore, OSU
  3. Jacob Warner, IOWA
  4. Christian Brunner, PUR
  5. Eric Schultz, NEB
  6. Jackson Striggow, MICH
  7. Dylan Anderson, MINN
  8. Brad Wilton, MSU

285 lbs.
  1. Gable Steveson, MINN
  2. Anthony Cassar, PSU
  3. Mason Parris, MICH
  4. Trent Hillger, WIS
  5. Chase Singletary, OSU
  6. Conan Jennings, NU
  7. David Jensen, NEB
  8. Sam Stoll, IOWA
 
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I dont really see any surprises on the Iowa end... could make an argument for #1 at 65 but I have no issue with the order. There were some question marks at 84 based on H2Hs of 2-5 but again, I have no issue with the order. They seem to error on what you have accomplished in your career to date.

The one gripe I would have is we need to penalize wrestlers who aren't competing in Big Ten duals. Rasheed wrestled in three duals. Maybe there needs to be a rule that if you dont reach four Big Ten duals, then you get greater than a six seed. Idk.
 
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PSU, 1 or 2 seed at 7 of 10 weights. Wouldn't be one bit surprised to see them in 7 of 10 finals.
 
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I would have flipped Rasheed and Wilcke.

Tough break for Stoll, seemingly not getting credit for a dominant win over Jennings.

Thorn at #4? That was the biggest surprise to me . . . but then again, I wrote him off by the holidays and haven't noted what he's done since.

Berge was one guy who got penalized for not being in the lineup much. Looking foward to seeing how he matches up vs. Lugo.

Carr-Moran the most interesting 1 vs. 4 matchup. Though keep an eye on Joseph-White, which always makes me nervous.
 
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slushhead said:
I would have flipped Rasheed and Wilcke.

Tough break for Stoll, seemingly not getting credit for a dominant win over Jennings.

Thorn at #4? That was the biggest surprise to me . . . but then again, I wrote him off by the holidays and haven't noted what he's done since.

Berge was one guy who got penalized for not being in the lineup much. Looking foward to seeing how he matches up vs. Lugo.

Carr-Moran the most interesting 1 vs. 4 matchup. Though keep an eye on Joseph-White, which always makes me nervous.
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Jennings had to have gotten a lot of credit for his two wins over Parris to have Jensen and Stoll behind him. Jennings lost to both.
 
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I vehemently disagree with Rasheed as a two seed.
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You strenuously object, counselor?

Seriously though, I can see the objection, but I do wonder a bit about whether it's a 2-seed objection or a 1-seed objection, particularly given that he is at the end of the day undefeated this year, and 5 of his 6 losses last year (wrestling up a weight) were to AA's. (I know, I know, last year should theoretically be irrelevant, but we are dealing with human beings here after all.) And if a one-seed objection, it may not be that material.
 
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Neo_Hawk said:
Under. A lot of strangeness for our top 3 guys. Not sure what to expect from SL, Bull has to beat a guy 3 times in a row and AD has to beat a guy who will be wrestling with a chip on his shoulder who a lot of people are underestimating. Tough road to hoe for all 3.
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Agree. I am most bullish on Bull and Spencer, least on ADS.
 
These rankings are absolutely idiotic. How does Marinelli not get the one seed for this year? Wilke at five despite having one loss and behind two guys with two losses? Stoll finished with less losses than the 4,5, and 6, but wrestled less so I guess I’d be ok with it, if they showed that same judgment in the other weights.
 
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Jennings had to have gotten a lot of credit for his two wins over Parris to have Jensen and Stoll behind him. Jennings lost to both.
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And that's an interesting one to analyze. In both losses, Jennings got hurt -- was able to continue vs. Jensen after passing out, and injury defaulted to Stoll. I wonder if he somehow got partial credit in those losses for being hurt (which I would disagree with).

The 2 wins vs. Parris are less meaningful to me than the 2 losses (1 each) to Jensen and Stoll. Looking at body of work, the 2 wins are more out of character than the 2 losses. It would seem easy to chalk up the wins vs. Parris to a veteran guy who cuts to 285 simply outlasting an underweight true freshman whose gas tank was the ultimate decider of both matches.

On top of all that, Jennings lost to Singletary at CKLV, plus the guy from Stanford and Goodhart from Drexel. Those argue for "body of work" counting against him, though the loss to Singletary does not support my argument about how he was able to beat Parris. In that case, I'd speculate Singeltary just does a better job of managing his tank during a match.
 
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Seams like seeding is dominated by a few coaches who play the you scratch my back I'll scratch yours..wink..wink. There is some absolute walk thru brackets and theres no way to really explain guys missing meets and still getting better seeds.
 
There is normally not a lot of variation from pre seeds to what comes out in the bracket, but I don't see how some of these can stay with pre seeds.
 
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At least the seedings are pretty consistent in not punishing people for sitting out. Carr, Cenzo and especially Rasheed all could have been dinged but they weren’t.
 
I don't think there is a set criteria for the preseeds. I think the coaches all send in who they think should be seeded where and they tally up the points. If a guy is a 1 seed, he gets 14 points and a 2 seed gets 13 points etc.. They add up the seed points from each coach and the guy with the most points gets the 1 seed and the guy with the 2nd most points gets the 2 seed. etc. Then they have a final meeting and decide who gets moved.

They usually have a criteria for who can challenge and move up though. For example, you can only challenge the guy seeded directly ahead of you. So if the 3 seed beat the 1 seed, he cannot challenge for the 1 seed. He can only challenge for the 2 seed.

If you are more then say 6 points behind the guy ahead of you, you cannot challenge. So if VJ got 11- first seed votes and 3- second seed votes and Bull got 3 -1st seed votes and 11- 2nd seed votes then VJ has 193 points and Bull has 185 points and he cannot even challenge for the next spot up. I am not sure what the point amount is that stops a guy from challenging up, but that is the idea. Now if Bull and VJ each got 7- first seed votes and 7 -2nd seed votes or maybe VJ got 8 -1st seed votes and Bull got the other 6, then Bull can challenge for the 1 seed.
 
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fufighters said:
Seams like seeding is dominated by a few coaches who play the you scratch my back I'll scratch yours..wink..wink. There is some absolute walk thru brackets and theres no way to really explain guys missing meets and still getting better seeds.
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Examples? Which coaches and brackets?
 
fufighters said:
Seams like seeding is dominated by a few coaches who play the you scratch my back I'll scratch yours..wink..wink. There is some absolute walk thru brackets and theres no way to really explain guys missing meets and still getting better seeds.
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I was thinking this as well. And it seems the Brands probably don’t follow along on this, so at all times the Iowa guy gets downgraded.
 
slushhead said:
I would have flipped Rasheed and Wilcke.

Tough break for Stoll, seemingly not getting credit for a dominant win over Jennings.

Thorn at #4? That was the biggest surprise to me . . . but then again, I wrote him off by the holidays and haven't noted what he's done since.

Berge was one guy who got penalized for not being in the lineup much. Looking foward to seeing how he matches up vs. Lugo.

Carr-Moran the most interesting 1 vs. 4 matchup. Though keep an eye on Joseph-White, which always makes me nervous.
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If White ever steps forward to wrestle Joesph, Joesph will own him. As long as White wrestles Joesph in reverse, White pretty much concedes a low scoring match to Joseph.
 
fufighters said:
Seams like seeding is dominated by a few coaches who play the you scratch my back I'll scratch yours..wink..wink. There is some absolute walk thru brackets and theres no way to really explain guys missing meets and still getting better seeds.
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It is all a big conspiracy.
 
hawks150 said:
Huh? Please explain why you think a #6 seed is better than a #5 seed? I'm not seeing the logic and not trying to be smartaleck!
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If #6 overcomes seeds 11 and 3 then he has a better draw against seed number 2 than does #5 who has supposed eaiser earlier matches against #s 12 and 4 before facing tougher number 1 seed.

It isn't an always type of thing, but sometimes a 6 seed is better than a 4 or 5 seed.
 
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Huh? Please explain why you think a #6 seed is better than a #5 seed? I'm not seeing the logic and not trying to be smartaleck!
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I took it as they’d wrestle the 3 and then 2 to reach the finals vs the 4 and then 1. May be that case when the 1 is head and shoulders better than everyone (see 157). But in most cases you place top 6 you get a spot to nationals. Once you make it to the Semis you are top 6. So seems irrational to want to be a 6 to me as well.
 
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