purdue02 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 In lieu of us getting 10 qualifiers from the state of Indiana for NCAA’s, I was curious... If we made our best college roster based on current wrestlers who GRADATED (no Gable) from an Indiana high school would it be the following: 125 - Hildebrandt 133 - Micic 141 - Lee 149 - Red 157 - McCormick 165 - Hughes 174 - Lydy 184 - Harvey 197 - L. Davison 285 - Parris note that some guys I sucked down a bit or bumped up some to try to get our best guys in. I went ahead and used 9 of the 10 qualifiers but couldn’t use everybody because 4 of them are at 174 currently. what would our best lineup be right now?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) At 149, I'd take a full-sized Brayton Lee over an overweight Red. He was 26-7 this year wrestling unattached for Minnesota and just beat two WrestleStat Top 30 guys (including the Cal Baptist guy who was the D2 national champ last year) while winning the National Collegiate Open. I'd leave McCormick up at 165 where he belongs over a sucked down Hughes. McCormick is rolling right now. Finding a 157 would be the challenge. You could be right that it would maybe have to be someone who sucked down (maybe Brad Laughlin with his 18-10 record backing up McCormick), but Kasper McIntosh had a winning record wrestling unattached for Minnesota and Mason Gaines and Brett Johnson were NAIA national qualifiers. At 184, our best option might be Thomas Penola, who looked tough in open tournaments for Purdue this year (16-7). Edited March 14, 2019 by maligned Kookie953 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 By the way...no seniors in your proposed lineup or the other options I mentioned. I'd peg that team as a top 10, possibly top 5, duals team next year and expect them to get at least four 2020 AA's with a chance of as many as seven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navy80 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 How would our all Indiana team do against top 5 teams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackgopher Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 6 hours ago, maligned said: Finding a 157 would be the challenge. You could be right that it would maybe have to be someone who sucked down (maybe Brad Laughlin with his 18-10 record backing up McCormick), but Kasper McIntosh had a winning record wrestling unattached for Minnesota and Mason Gaines and Brett Johnson were NAIA national qualifiers. Steven "Bam" Lawrence (of Grand View, via Portage) wrestled at NAIA as well and placed 5th, so he is probably in before Brett Johnson or Mason Gaines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 (edited) 6 minutes ago, trackgopher said: Steven "Bam" Lawrence (of Grand View, via Portage) wrestled at NAIA as well and placed 5th, so he is probably in before Brett Johnson or Mason Gaines. Good catch! I was going off of an outdated version of the SWINfan master list of Indiana collegiate wrestlers that he's since updated. Bam would be a really nice possibility at 157 for this lineup. NAIA/D2/D3 All-Americans tend to wrestle at a D1 starter level based on open tournament results. Edited March 14, 2019 by maligned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayruss Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 That would be a top 10 team, easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaiderColfax Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 How that lineup sits we have 8 D1 qualifiers. Could someone keep track of points at the NCAAs to see what they would score?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomesteadWrestling Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 How about Todrank at 157? I know he is listed as 141/149 for Buffalo but he did score 2 on Nolf and instantly went viral. He may not win any matches but at least it would be entertaining. bergwrestler, 1prouddad and backtothemat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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