Iowa seeds
Ayala 3
Teske 15
Woods 3
Rathjen 13
Franek 10
Caliendo 6
Kennedy 12
Glazier 7
Hill 25
Ayala 3
Teske 15
Woods 3
Rathjen 13
Franek 10
Caliendo 6
Kennedy 12
Glazier 7
Hill 25
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Through 157, I like Real and Drake to make the semis. I feel more confident in Drake making the finals. Rathjen's draw seems very difficult and Teske's a 15 seed so it is what it is. Franek should have been a higher seed, but Keller at the 7 isn't the worst IMO. He'd then likely have Teemer in the quarters.
Kennedy vs Canigliaro doesn't seem too scary and he may get good fortune in the quarters depending on Griffith's health. Could well make the semis if Griffith isn't 100%. Then likely looking at Starocci or Mekhi.
If you showed me these in November I would only be disappointed with Woods and Franek. Everyone else is at or exceeds my pre season thoughts.
Caliendo would have Ramirez likely to make semis, which is also best-case scenario I think. Overall, I like our draws.
They really put it to Mekhi.
Going to be a very tough road to get a trophy this year
Yeah, prefer Ramirez over Carr.
he got the worst draw in the entire tourney. That side has three champs in it. He likely goes to consis after quarters and has to fight like hell to get 3rd from the #1 slot. Talk about the kiss of death.
Yeah. Good for him that he’s look the best he has for a few years now. I think the All Star meet happened before his weight was really managed, so not sure if Carter can do that to the same degree. We’ll see.
Woods drawing the guy round 1 who beat him in the r12 3 years ago isn’t ideal lol.
Not ideal at all. And a guy who beat Alirez twice previously. The bright side is that the guy hasn't beaten anyone good all year in 2023-24, but has lost to 3 guys Real beat this year.
They must have put a ton of weight into conference tourney placement. Franek at the 10 is my only beef, but he should have been around a 7 so it is better than the 8 or 9 for him. With the Hawks results this year at B10 it is pretty tough to complain about any seeds. CS at the 9 is shafting Lewis just like when ML was the 8 and Alex was the one so too bad!
Honestly, Iowa got some funky seeds but they're in good positions in the bracket.
love kennedy and caliendo’s draws.
mostly love woods, ayala
like glazier
as expected on franek, hill
rough draw for rathjen, teske
mostly love woods, ayala
like glazier
as expected on franek, hill
rough draw for rathjen, teske
What a joke, Starfish 9 seed. Lol
Drake got a great seed, Caveman isn't making to the semis.
I really like Franek’s draw. If he gets Teemer in the quarters, that’s a very winnable match. Teemer lost to Chittum (9-5) and Robb (6-4) this year and Franek beat Chittum and Robb twice.
How the heck did he get #2 seed? Just because won conference?
It is going to be a dogfight for 2nd and 3rd. I think about 8 teams are going to be razor thin margins away from each other.
Assuming chalk and no bonus is a waste of time to me. It’s not even close to a good projection. Not saying Iowa is going to for sure get top 3 but I would be shocked if we finished 9th.
This place will be a real joy if we finish 9th.
Hamiti got screwed at #5 big time. They gave Mess a dream draw.
It definitely feels like they are very heavily weighting conference championship placement.
It’s probably an attempt to curb the MFFs.
It’s probably an attempt to curb the MFFs.
Love to see Lewis knock off Starfish.
Ramirez was over seeded due to a very early season win over Carr, without getting penalized at all for the Olejnik loss. As a result, Hamiti ended up with Carr as the 4 seed and hitting each other in the quarters.
It should absolutely be O’Toole 1, Mess 2, Carr 3, Hamiti 4 and Ramirez 5.
But less than 10 points from placing 3rd and bringing home a trophy
Has he wrestled anyone of note this year? ACC doesn’t appear to have much @ 174 outside of him, but perhaps I’m overlooking someone.
This is an interesting comparison. Something is off with seeding equation this year. Will make some of these matchups a bit crazy.
I wouldn’t say he got screwed. 165 is just flat out tough. It appears it came down to H2H, Carr beat Hamiti and Ramirez beat Carr. Had Carr beat Ramirez, you could’ve made a case for Carr #3, and Hamiti/Ramirez at 4/5.
Depends on his ability to perform with current injury.
There in lies the risk of wrestling in the Cliff Keen in early December.
In Wrestlestat Carr went 8-2 in Quality matches with 3 bonus wins, Hamiti 6-2 w/ 3 bonus victories, Ramirez 2-2.
There needs to be equal emphasis between strength of schedule (wrestling top 16 wrestlers) and conference tournament results.
I’d also get rid of coaches rank
There needs to be some modification/simplification of the RPI calculation.
Rocky Elam’s 12 seed at 197 is a joke, because he was 1 match short of having a RPI.
Same with Michigan 11th. No way.
Pyles made an interesting point in FRL today that Damion Hahn is the only coach on the seeding committee, the rest being conference administrator types. Argued it needs more experts and fewer bureaucrats, and the coaches complaining should step up and volunteer for the committee.
I'm not sure that more biased coaches would help, but maybe enough would balance each other out by committee. Not sure who else could bring the necessary knowledge to make the common sense decisions when the algorithm leads to absurd results, though. And I don't think the seeds are much different this year than most. There are always some head scratchers, but most of it seems pretty accurate/fair.
I'm not sure that more biased coaches would help, but maybe enough would balance each other out by committee. Not sure who else could bring the necessary knowledge to make the common sense decisions when the algorithm leads to absurd results, though. And I don't think the seeds are much different this year than most. There are always some head scratchers, but most of it seems pretty accurate/fair.
Remember when we thought Alex got hosed on his draw for a #1. Yeah Mekhi beats that by a mile ha
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