Weakest Midlands ever???

[MSU158]

I am sure the weather didn't help, but can anybody remember a Midlands with such thin brackets? I went through the brackets and posted the following info over on themat:

DI AA's per weight at Midlands:



125: 1-Thomas Gilman

133: 3-Clark, Hall and Beckman

141: Arguably the deepest weight-5-Mecate, Jack, Ashnault, Long(albeit several years ago and he is no longer wrestling for a DI team) and Durso.

149: One of only 2 weights with a returning DI NCAA Champ(unless you count Taylor)-4-Sorenson, Tsirtsis, Richardson and Clagon.

157: 0-Maybe that is why Martinez isn't wrestling? Has Midlands ever had a weight class with no DI AA's?

165: 1-Perrotti

174: 1-Walters

184: Thanks to Taylor this may be the strongest weight. 4-Taylor, Dechow, Dudley and Zillmer. Riley Lefever(looks like he dropped out) deserves recognition as a 2X, undefeated DIII Champ.

197: 1-Burak

285: 1-Gwiazdowski



I know there are talented R12 type guys like Lambert, Abidin, Sueflohn, Pack, Gantt, Weatherman, Wilson, Brooks, Studebaker, Wellington and Cabell. Still, this sure looks like the thinnest Midlands I can remember................

 

[Actiondouble]

The weather kept a few teams out at the last minute. Illinois tweeted they were ready for the Midlands yesterday and then didn't show up today.

 

[SPOONER]

Before the weather issues hit the number of ranked wrestlers was pretty impressive. Right there with the Southern Scuffle. I don't know the ins and outs of who didn't make it but it was scheduled to be a very tough tourney.

Again, I don't know who wasn't able to make it but it seems to be that even at "full feed" the tourney was much less competitive a few years ago.