Question

[BIG10MANIAC]

Did all the early tournament byes hurt the Hawks? How many did we have? 3 or 4? Lots of Penn State guys didn't have byes and scored bonus points. Could the Hawks have won this thing if we didn't have so many first round byes?

 

[shobart]

Did all the early tournament byes hurt the Hawks? How many did we have? 3 or 4? Lots of Penn State guys didn't have byes and scored bonus points. Could the Hawks have won this thing if we didn't have so many first round byes?

I wonder about that myself as well. I also am curious on how close it would have been had Meyer wrestled to seed and Brody managed to place in the top 6.

 

[Vallholl]

I wonder about that myself as well. I also am curious on how close it would have been had Meyer wrestled to seed and Brody managed to place in the top 6.

Iowa was down 10-0 on the first day to psu if that helps you understand the hole they were in ( i.e. It hurt but didn't decide the outcome).

 

[LaxHawk174]

A healthy Stoll would've been good for about 9 more team points, and a 3rd place finish. Had Meyer even gotten to the 3rd place match, and Brody managed to place top 6 or 7 then it might've been a close call. You look at Gilman vs Megaludis too, that was a key factor. But at the end of the day Penn state got the job done and we didn't.

 

[shobart]

A healthy Stoll would've been good for about 9 more team points, and a 3rd place finish. Had Meyer even gotten to the 3rd place match, and Brody managed to place top 6 or 7 then it might've been a close call. You look at Gilman vs Megaludis too, that was a key factor. But at the end of the day Penn state got the job done and we didn't.

Good point as I overlooked Stoll, and thanks Val for that feedback on first day score. Yes, I give credit to PSU as they simply got it done. We also had some guys out wrestle their seed so overall, I thought we wrestled pretty well. Meyer was a bit disappointing, but I hope he can put it together at Nationals.