Bracket Analysis

[AFHawk86]

Looking thru the brackets I had a couple of interesting observations. There are 5 undefeated wrestlers entering the B1G tourney and none are in the same weight class: Dardanes, Striebler, Martinez, Jordan, and Kokesh. Who has the biggest chance of taking their first loss of the season?

Second thing that stood out is 4 of the #1 seeds are freshmen. I already mentioned two of them. Sorensen and Snyder are the other two. Will the pressure be too much or will the young guns triumph?

Stay tuned...
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[WildTurk]

I can see Dardanes going down. I love me some Sorensen but I think it will be tough for him to finish to seed

 

[akaoni]

On the whole I think Iowa was set up nicely, the one negative I see is Sorenson getting Short round 1. At best he'll probably win a close one with no bonus, at worst it may be a bit of a dangerous match with their history.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Sooo.......national championship?

 

[9Hawks]

I think all undefeated will enter NCAA's undefeated, but if I had to make a list of most likely to lose:

1. Dardanes - Deep weight class
2. Jordan - More than likely to returning AA and cousin, Isaac in the finals. A lot to handle.
3. Kokesh - One of the best matches at NCAA's last year (check the link). Storley might have enough to get him. If not I don't like Brown/Evans chances.
4. Martinez - The other frosh here. Think Green gets by Ness, and keeps finals match low scoring.
5. Stieber - Give Dardanes lots of credit, but he already missed his chance at Logan.

I'm highly doubt all #1 seed freshmen will wrestle to seed. Probably be a little surprised if more than 2 did. When was the last time the Big Ten had 4 freshmen take first place?

Most likely #1 seed fresh to wrestle to seed:
1. Martinez
2. Jordan
3. Snyder
4. Sorensen


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNENM-JMGHY

 

[2000hawk]

Sorensen goes McDounough and gets it done. Hope he gets another shot at Houdeshelt as well. BS just needs to pull the trigger early and often.
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[Vallholl]

I thought this was going to break down who needs to do what to make nationals w/o a WC.

I looked at Mike Kelly (and correct me if I am wrong).

157 has 8 qualifiers.
IF Mike beats Mascola and loses to Ness, he has to beat the loser of Frey/Perrotti to finish 8th.
If Mike loses to Mascola, then he has to beat the winner of Frey/Perrotti (who then will lose to IMar) to finish 8th
If Mike beats Mascola and Ness, he's in.

 

[wasdt21]

correct on all counts

 

[BadOfficial]

Originally posted by akaoni:

On the whole I think Iowa was set up nicely, the one negative I see is Sorenson getting Short round 1. At best he'll probably win a close one with no bonus, at worst it may be a bit of a dangerous match with their history.

I was surprised by this matchup.

 

[grappler6]

Spoiler alert: I am in the Storley v Kokesh video