Thor Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 This was pretty fun to break down brackets to get guys in the right seeds. Got to a point where I loved every pick but Colton Hawks, but I still like it. Weight Wrestler Seed 125 Matt Ramos 4 133 Vito Arujau 6 141 Wyatt Henson 12 149 Austin Gomez 6 157 Levi Haines 1 165 David Carr 4 174 Carter Starrocci 9 Wildcard 184 Colton Hawks 11 197 Silas Allred 10 285 Greg Kerkvliet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 18 minutes ago, Thor said: This was pretty fun to break down brackets to get guys in the right seeds. Got to a point where I loved every pick but Colton Hawks, but I still like it. Weight Wrestler Seed 125 Matt Ramos 4 133 Vito Arujau 6 141 Wyatt Henson 12 149 Austin Gomez 6 157 Levi Haines 1 165 David Carr 4 174 Carter Starrocci 9 Wildcard 184 Colton Hawks 11 197 Silas Allred 10 285 Greg Kerkvliet 1 I agree that it's tricky...there are 1 or 2 at every weight that jump out as "value" picks, but it's tough to make the puzzle pieces fit. Fun stuff! Thor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 @Ahap88 and others: I've updated the original post and rules to include 3 tiebreakers we will use if needed. (But there's no additional info you need to provide in your entry.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancer19 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 (edited) 125- Camacho 7 133- Arujau 6 141- Lemley 8 149- Henson 4 157-Andonian 12 165- Cerniglia 11 174- Starocci 9 WC 184- Keckeisen 1 197- Brooks 1 285- Hendrickson 3 Edited March 20 by Lancer19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachJones Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 125- Noto (12) 133- Arujau (6) Wild Card 141- Lemley (8) 149- Gomez (6) 157- Andonian (12) 165- Carr (4) 174- Starocci (9) 184- Keckeisen (1) 197- Brooks (1) 285- Hendrickson (3) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell1993 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 125: Patrick McKee (9) 133: Vito Arujau (6) 141: Real Woods (3) 149: Caleb Rathjen (13) 157: Meyer Shapiro (3) 165: Dean Hamiti (5) 174: Carter Starocci (9) (Wildcard) 184: Jaden Bullock (12) 197: Aaron Brooks (1) 285: Greg Kerkvliet (1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 A lot of people picking Starocci as their wildcard, myself included. He definitely has the most potential to go from a low seed to champ just because of how the seeding committee messed this bracket up. But there is also a good chance he's too injured to wrestle, loses to Mehki Lewis, and just defaults out due to injury. Very boom or bust here, but hope he's healthy enough to make a run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueRegionFan Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 47 minutes ago, Thor said: A lot of people picking Starocci as their wildcard, myself included. He definitely has the most potential to go from a low seed to champ just because of how the seeding committee messed this bracket up. But there is also a good chance he's too injured to wrestle, loses to Mehki Lewis, and just defaults out due to injury. Very boom or bust here, but hope he's healthy enough to make a run. Yep, that's why I didn't pick him as my wild card. It would have better that you kept this comment to yourself until after the tournament started.......LOL Ahap88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunDevils Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 125 - Noto (12) 133 - Vito (6) 141 - Lemley (8) 149 - Gomez (6) 157 - Lee (11) 165 - Carr (4) 174 - Starroci (9) - Wildcard 184 - Plott (3) 197 - Brooks (1) 285 - Kerkvliet (1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyb Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 4 hours ago, Thor said: A lot of people picking Starocci as their wildcard, myself included. He definitely has the most potential to go from a low seed to champ just because of how the seeding committee messed this bracket up. But there is also a good chance he's too injured to wrestle, loses to Mehki Lewis, and just defaults out due to injury. Very boom or bust here, but hope he's healthy enough to make a run. That man was talking about transferring out of PSU because the coach kept him out of the Big 10s. He was sooooo pissed. He is gonna be on a mission!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamGarcia Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 7 hours ago, Thor said: A lot of people picking Starocci as their wildcard, myself included. He definitely has the most potential to go from a low seed to champ just because of how the seeding committee messed this bracket up. But there is also a good chance he's too injured to wrestle, loses to Mehki Lewis, and just defaults out due to injury. Very boom or bust here, but hope he's healthy enough to make a run. It was early Christmas gift giving to others at 174 at B1G Championships from Starocci . Starocci is LOCK for his 4th Title and it’s extra motivation for him . “Seed me where you want” As Rick Flair said : “You gotta Beat the Man to be the Man” Starocci secretly said … vvvv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamGarcia Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Seeding the NCAA’s Given where Vito Arujau from Cornell is sitting, in the bottom bracket at 6th seed, who came up with that madness? I’m not sure the Seeding Committee is aware of it or not, but Vito is the returning NCAA Champion and the defending World Champion! Granted, he has two losses on the season. Both of them to a very talented wrestler from Lehigh who’s seeded 2nd which puts them together again in the quarters. Yes, I know the NCAA seeding committee has, to eliminate constant bitching and political infighting, established a set of hard fast criteria. And, maybe that’s what has Vito at 6th but, couldn’t there be one or two ‘we need to do something’ exceptions? Not for Vito, I’m not asking for Vito, he’ll do what he’s always done. But for Kai Orine from NC State who’s seeded 3rd and will run into Vito in the quarters. Is that fair to Kai? Why not put Vito 3rd and push Kai to 4th? That would give Kai a better shot at placing and in theory a match against Fix in the semi’s. But hitting Vito in the quarters, well, I wish him well. Of course, Kai might beat Vito, but there’s a stronger possibility that won’t happen. So, instead of penalizing Vito for only having 15 matches, is the Seeding Committee really teaching him a lesson? Ask Kai and just to play devil’s advocate here, Dylan Shawver from Rutgers has 5 loses and he’s seeded 4th, two slots ahead of Vito who has only lost to one person all year. Now to the ultimate, “what the hell is anyone thinking,” bobblehead move. Penn State’s Starocci is the 9th seed? Pardon me, but he’s a three-time NCAA Champion going for his fourth title and the committee seeds him 9th! No one has come close to touching him this year. Yea, I get it, he forfeited out of the Big Ten’s and they’re his two losses but really, you could hand out baseball bats to half the athletes in his weight class and he’d still win the tournament. But I guess the Seeding Committee is teaching him, and PSU a lesson. “We have rules.” Horse manure. He was saving himself at the Big 10’s for the NCAA’s because his knee wasn’t at 100%. No one shook hands with him and then walked off the mat with more points than he had. It was two whistle-whistles. Again, just like Vito, Carter doesn’t give a hoot where you put him, but I bet Mekhi Lewis does. He’s seeded 1st, and deserves a shot to be in the finals. Not now. So, who is the Seeding Committee teaching a lesson to here, Carter? Nope! Then in the semi’s, on paper at least, Carter has Shane Griffith. I bet the Michigan coaches are jumping for joy over that. Hypothetically speaking, what if Michigan was in the running, neck and neck for the team title with Penn State. Wouldn’t it be sneaky if Cael (which he’d never do so please no poison pen notes) knew that Carter could take out Shane, but if they met in the finals, that might be enough points for Michigan to win the team title. So, strategically he has Carter whistle-whistle out of the Big Ten’s, get 9th seed and take Shane out so the Nittany Lions would win the team title. Sounds plausible, certainly sneaky, and of course no coach would ever do that, right? Has the Seeding Committee thought of that, I doubt it. These people need to have a “however” for those moments when the black and white of their rules don’t make sense. And in the case of Vito and Carter, they’re not the ones that were taught a lesson. Mattyb and UncleJimmy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleJimmy Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 (edited) Wow. Bravo @TeamGarcia! Coherent thoughts presented thoughtfully and with NO MEMES! I knew you had it in you. Kudos. That’s not why you’re a HOF”r but it works! Were you hacked? Welcome to the college board. Edited March 21 by UncleJimmy TeamGarcia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigtoe19 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Hello, Thanks for putting this together! Good Luck to All. 125- #7- Camacho - NC St. 133- #6- Arujau- Cornell 141- #18- Matthews- Pitt 149- #8- Swiderski- Iowa St. 157- #1- Haines- Penn St. 165- #4- Carr- Iowa St. 174- #9- Starocci- Penn St. Wildcard 184- #1- Keckeisen- N. Iowa 197- #12- Elam- Missouri 285- #3- Hendrickson- Air Force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyquhp13 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 125- Ramos (4) 133- Ragusin (5) 141-woods (3) 149- Gomez (6) 157- Blockhus (13) 165- Amine (10) 174- Devos(2) 184- Wolf 98) 197- Brooks (1) 285- Heindselman (11) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 3 minutes ago, tyquhp13 said: 125- Ramos (4) 133- Ragusin (5) 141-woods (3) 149- Gomez (6) 157- Blockhus (13) 165- Amine (10) 174- Devos(2) 184- Wolf 98) 197- Brooks (1) 285- Heindselman (11) Don't forget to choose your wildcard. The guy you designate gets 5 bonus points if he outperforms his seed. As a 13, Blockhus gets it if he arrives at the blood round (Round of 12). But you have to designate the guy you're most confident in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven27 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 125-Matt Ramos 3-4 133-Vito Arujau 5-7 141-Sergio Lemley 8-10 149- Austin Gomez-5-7 157-Brayton Lee 11-up 165-David Carr 3-4 174-Carter Starocci 8-10 *Wildcard 184-Jaden Bullock 11-up 197-Aaron Brooks 1-2 285-Greg Kerkvliet 1-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X_R A T E D Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 125: Drake Ayala 3 133: Vito Arajau 6 141: Wyatt Henson 12 149: Austin Gomez 6 157: Jared Franek 10 165: David Carr 4 174: Carter Starrocci 9 (Wildcard) 184: Chris Foca 14 197: Aaron Brooks 1 285: Greg Kerkvilet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARich Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 125 (4) Ramos 133 (5) Ragusin 141 (8) Lemley 149 (6) Gomez 157 (11) Lee 165 (1) O'toole 174 (9) Starocci (Wildcard) 184 (11) Hawks 197 (1) Brooks 285 (3) Hendrickson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Spires Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 125 - #4 Matt Ramos 133 - #6 Vito Arujau *Wildcard 141 - #8 Sergio Lemley 149 - #4 Caleb Henson 157 - #11 Brayton Lee 165 - #5 Dean Hamiti 174 - #9 Starocci 184 - #18 Ryder Rogotzke 197 - #1 Aaron Brooks 285 - #1 Greg Kerkvliet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 2 minutes ago, Caleb Spires said: 125 - #4 Matt Ramos 133 - #6 Vito Arujau *Wildcard 141 - #8 Sergio Lemley 149 - #4 Caleb Henson 157 - #11 Brayton Lee 165 - #5 Dean Hamiti 174 - #9 Starocci 184 - #18 Ryder Rogotzke 197 - #1 Aaron Brooks 285 - #1 Greg Kerkvliet Wow...waited for those last-minute injury reports just before the buzzer. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Spires Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 9 minutes ago, maligned said: Wow...waited for those last-minute injury reports just before the buzzer. Nice. I’m actually just a procrastinator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrodyHardcastle Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 (edited) anyone join mineos league on wrestlestat?Had a 1,000 points to spend on guys based on their seeding. Lots of people entered so doubt I see a dollar but worth a shot! Edited March 21 by BrodyHardcastle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyquhp13 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 5 hours ago, maligned said: Don't forget to choose your wildcard. The guy you designate gets 5 bonus points if he outperforms his seed. As a 13, Blockhus gets it if he arrives at the blood round (Round of 12). But you have to designate the guy you're most confident in. stink! didn't log come back in time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcjcjc Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 125: Ramos (4) 133: Vito (6) 141: Sergio (8) 149: Gomez (6) 157: Andonian (12) 165: Carr (3) 174: Starocci (9) wc 184: Keckheisen (1) 197: Brooks (1) 285: Slavikouski (13) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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