I will try to make this as simple as possible.
In a 16 man bracket:
First Round: (Round of 16)
If you win in the first round you will get 2 advancement points. You can also get bonus points, they are 1 point for a major decision, 1.5 for a tech. fall and 2 points for a fall, disqualification, injury default, or forfeit. If you had a bye in the first round you get no points at that time. If you get beat in this round you are out of the tournament. The total points possible from this round is 4 points.
Second Round:(Round of 8)
If you win in the second round you will get 2 advancement points. If you had a bye in the first round you will also get and additional 2 advancement points. If you lost in the second round you get no advancement points from the first round bye. You can also get bonus points, they are 1 point for a major decision, 1.5 for a tech. fall and 2 points for a fall, disqualification, injury default, or forfeit. At this time you will receive 3 placement points because everyone that wins in this round are guaranteed to place not lower than 6th place. 6th place gets 3 placement points. The total points possible from is round if you did have a bye in the first round is 9 points. The total points possible in this round if you did not have a bye in the first round is 7.
3rd round in the championship half of the bracket:
In this round of the championship bracket you can score 2 advancement points. You can also get bonus points, they are 1 point for a major decision, 1.5 for a tech. fall and 2 points for a fall, disqualification, injury default, or forfeit. You will also get 9 more placement points at this time (you get the 9 placement points because you are now guaranteed to place no lower than 2nd place, 2nd place earns you 12 team points. You already got 3 of those 12 points in the round before this one.) The total points possible in this round is 13 points.
3rd round in the consolation half of the bracket:
In this round of the consolation bracket if you get beat you are out of the tournament. If you win you get 1 advancement point. You can also get bonus points, they are 1 point for a major decision, 1.5 for a tech. fall and 2 points for a fall, disqualification, injury default, or forfeit. You would also get 3 placement points because if you win at this point you are guaranteed at least 6th place. 6th place is worth 6 team points. The total points possible in this round is 6 points.
4th round is the consolation semifinals:
In this round of the consolations if you get beat you will wrestle for 5th and 6th place in the final round. If you win in this round you get 1 advancement point. You can also get bonus points, they are 1 point for a major decision, 1.5 for a tech. fall and 2 points for a fall, disqualification, injury default, or forfeit. You will also get 4 placement points because you will now place no lower than 4th. 4th place earns 7 team points (you already received 3 of those points in another round). The total points possible in this round is 7 points.
Final round:
If you are wrestling for the championship and win you can earn bonus points, they are 1 point for a major decision, 1.5 for a tech. fall and 2 points for a fall, disqualification, injury default, or forfeit. If you win you would also get 4 placement points (because 1st place is worth 16 points and you have already received 12 of those points). The total team points possible in this round is 6 points.
If you are wrestling for 3rd place and win you can earn earn bonus points, they are 1 point for a major decision, 1.5 for a tech. fall and 2 points for a fall, disqualification, injury default, or forfeit. You can also earn 2 placement points for 3rd place. 3rd place is worth 9 team points but you have already been awarded 7 of those in other rounds. The total team points possible in this round is 4 points.
If you are wrestling for 3rd place and win you can earn earn bonus points, they are 1 point for a major decision, 1.5 for a tech. fall and 2 points for a fall, disqualification, injury default, or forfeit. You can also earn 2 placement points for 5th place. 5th place is worth 5 team points. You have already been awarded 3 of those points before this round. The total team points possible in this round is 4 points.
Simple right?