This is bad. Even for you, this is bad. Because the below is true.
Having a bunch of R12-24 types pays huge dividends at a good in season tourney that still doesn’t include many of the top teams or competitors. Duals, too. It pays very few dividends in the NCAAs.
I notice you didn’t answer my question. The entire point is ALL of the top teams behind PSU are extremely similar. Maybe 2 guys cemented into the top 5 and a few possible low AA’s, meaning usually 5-6 guys scoring most of their points.
ISU-Carr and Bastida, with Feldcamp, Frost and Swiderski as possible AA’s along with Chittum as big potential wild card.
NCState- Hidlay with Orine and/or Camacho. Neither Orine or Camacho are cemented top 5, but, between them, 1 guy should. After that only Jack and Scott are solid AA contenders.
Nebraska- Robb and Lovett. After them they have Allred, Pinto, Hardy and Smith. 125 is such a crap shoot of straight up parity this year that I could see any of the top 12 in the Finals or going 2-2, so Smith falls into the wildcard category.
tOSU-Mendez and Kharchla. Bouzakis, Feldman, Gallagher and D’Emilio are all fringe AA types.
Cornell- Really only Arujau, but he is about as big of a lock to the Finals as it gets. After him you have Ramirez and Ungar as solid contenders but in weights they could easily finish top3 or R16. You then have a huge Wildcard in Shapiro and Cardenas has a solid Chance to AA. Foca is the likely “6th guy” for them, but he had a terrible weekend.
Michigan-I have been saying it from the beginning, MI has been overrated because they have a bunch of 5th-8th times, with really no top 5 locks. That doesn’t score the points at NCAA’s to put them ahead of the rest. Still, I would say 2 out of Davison, Griffith and Amine should finish top 5, but very likely closer to 5th than 1st. After that you have Lewan and Cannon as solid AA’s, with DeAugustio and possibly Gomez as wildcards.
OkState- Fix and Olejnik. Olejnik has looked to have seriously jumped levels at OkState. Still, 165 is brutal. After that, they are waaaaay too thin. Plott is their only other guy with solid AA potential.
Now let’s add in Missouri and Iowa:
Missouri- O’Toole and R. Elam. Probably the most reliable top 2 of any team. However, after them it drops down to nearly all unprovens. I would say Mauller has the best chance to AA after them and then you have Z. Elam, Surtin and Mocco as Fringe types.
Now finally Iowa- Woods and Franek. They don’t wrestle flashy but both are nearly impossible to score on and wrestle very well on the mat. I would say they are nearly the top locks that Missouri has. After that, you have Caliendo, Ayala and Kennedy(if he can get fit by March). But, you have ENORMOUS wild card potential in Arnold, Ferrari and Keuter. Depending on Kennedy’s health I still think they can sit Arnold this year and if they add Ferrari and Keuter, they have more than enough to beat the teams I listed above. If they add all 3, I don’t see how you have them behind any of them…