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  1. I am not saying his seed is wrong based on their seeding criteria. I am just saying it doesn't appear right to me. I find it interesting that quality losses are not considered. IMO the quality of your losses are more telling than Win%, RPI, Qualifying event placement, or even Quality wins. Example, Vito is 13-2 while Ragusin is 21-2. But Ragusin's losses are to Van Dee & Shawver while Vito's are both to Crookham. In my book that clearly puts Vito ahead of Ragusin. Then when you consider Shawver has 5 losses (3 of which are to guys outside of the top 15), while Vito has a better Win% & much better losses - Vito > Shawver. With Orine at 15-2 it is probably less apparent. His losses are to Fix & Bouzakis, but Vito should get a slight edge here with both to Crookham. And Win% is less than 2% different. Again based on the criteria you posted, his seed may be correct but I just don't agree with it. But I admit that past results prior to this year are playing into my thought process as well.
  2. Starocci is a major wildcard this year. Clearly he is the cream of the weight class but the extent of the injury is unknown to most of us. And Lewis is way to good to beat if Starocci is not close to 100%. If this injury prevents him from becoming a 4-timer it is a perfect example of why there are so few of them. Even if you have the supreme talent to get it done, it doesn't ensure you won't avoid this type of scenario.
  3. But in Vito's case his only 2 losses are to undefeated & 2nd seeded Ryan Crookham. Yet he is seeded behind Orine, Shawver & Ragusin who all have 2 or more losses as well & to lower ranked guys. I understand him being ranked behind Fix & Crookham but not the other three. Carr's 4 seed makes sense given O'Toole & Mesenbrink are undefeated & he lost to Ramirez.
  4. There is always going to be several perspectives. But the way I see it Rooks took advantage of the opportunity that the Teske seeding technicality offered him. While Boarman simply failed to take care of business & may pay a steep price because of it.
  5. For some reason I can't edit the initial post, but... HWT - Nick Willham 7th
  6. Special Shout to Mendez! Winning the 141 Title by beating Woods & Bartlett on the way. His interview was sweet. It's clear he has bigger aspirations in mind. Here is a run down of all the Indiana native's that placed (please let me know if I missed anyone). 133 - C. Rooks 7th 141 - Mendez 1st, Lemley 4th 149 - G Rooks 7th 157 - Lee 5th 174 - Baumann 8th 197 - Allred 3rd HWT - Davison 3rd Brayton Lee could have been in the finals. He lost to Will Lewan in SV in the semifinals, but he had a TD all but secured in the final seconds of regulation. If he would have just covered Lewan's hips he would have gotten the 3. But he had Lewan almost on his back & went for that instead. Lewan was then able to scoot his hips out & square up. Hindsight is 20-20. Good luck to all these guys at Nationals.
  7. This is a interesting topic to me. I am talking sports in general here not just wrestling, but when I was a kid my parents spent very little for me to participate in local leagues & next to nothing for me to be a part of school teams. But back then kids travel sports didn't much exist. Plus kids specializing in one sport year round wasn't really a thing either. Neither was the sport specialized training centers/clubs for kids. It was a very different landscape back then. But by the time my kids were growing up (who are adults now), the specialization was first appearing, at least to my knowledge. Everything my kids got into, it got extremely competitive & expensive at an early age with travel teams & training. And one of the things I noticed was all the people trying to exploit kids sports for profit. Now I'm not saying everyone running kids tournaments &/or training facilities is guilty of this, but there are those out there that are guilty of it. In one particular instance, I witnessed a husband & wife who got involved as volunteers running tournaments when their child was playing. They quickly discovered that they could make money doing it. After their child was grown & no longer playing they continued to run tournaments for extra money. After about a decade, both had quit their jobs & were running tournaments as a business. Once my kids were grown & done playing sports, I became an official & worked a lot for them. They would hold meetings in the off-season for the officials trying to ensure they had a large set of officials for the tournaments they were running every weekend 8 months out of the year. They always preached about how it was all about the kids, but their actions got more & more driven by the dollar with every passing year. I eventually stopped working for them. I'm not certain what my point is exactly, except that as parents just remember what is most important.
  8. Thanks Maligned! I appreciate the insight. I can't say that I have ever seen any controversy over this, but I've never watched much Freestyle until the last 4-5 years.
  9. Thanks! Do you know the rule on injury time in Freestyle?
  10. For the Individual Tournament? But they do need to bring back the Team Tournament Series, then...
  11. Ok, thanks! Does it appear that something is wrong with Lee after Gomez takes the injury time? And what is the rule on injury time in Freestyle? Gomez basically scores at will with ease. And Lee suddenly seems to have no defense.
  12. At about the 5:30 mark with Nick up 10-4, Gomez gets the push out. The official signals 1 & you can see it comfirmed by one of the judges. But the score goes to 10-6. Does anyone know why Gomez was awarded 2 there instead of 1?
  13. My take is purely from the eye-test. Mendez & Davison both have excellent chances. I also believe Allred, Lee & Rooks all have a punchers chance. Allred & Rooks are both guys who are so close they can taste it. With Lee it is just a matter of where is he in his comeback. Is he truly ready for the fight that is the NCAA tournament? I would like to include Washington in with the 3 guys above but as has been stated, it looks like something is off. The rest of the guys are all making a statement by just being included. Anything they can do once there is pure gravy. Major surprise if any of them found their way to top 8.
  14. What happened? Did he get caught in a leg-lace or gut-wrench & get rolled repeatedly? Or was it a slow methodical take-over of the match?
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