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  1. maligned
    Wow...waited for those last-minute injury reports just before the buzzer. Nice.
  2. maligned
    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.
  3. maligned
    @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.)
  4. maligned
    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!
  5. maligned
    125 Ramos 4 133 Vito 6 WC 141 Lemley 8 149 Gomez 6 157 Blockhus 13 165 Carr 4 174 Starocci 9 184 Ayzerov 13 197 Brooks 1 285 Kerkvliet 1
  6. maligned
    Sounds good! A 3rd criteria could be "most guys who scored points."
  7. maligned
    Maybe he just meant "3-4" category. Carr is still a 4 as far as any media and brackets I can find.
  8. maligned
    I know most of you don't check out the college threads and might not have seen this. Come join us for a simple NCAA pick 'ems game:
  9. maligned
    Gotta be one of the first college signees ever from Indiana whose team didn't have a spot for him in the sectional lineup--and he's going to a D1 school. Nuts!! He's a beast. He deserves it.
  10. maligned
    @UncleJimmy mentioned maybe we could do this again this year. Let's do it! Rules: Pick a team of 10, one guy from each weight class, according to these rules: Two guys seeded 1 or 2 Two guys seeded 3 or 4 Two guys seeded 5, 6, or 7 Two guys seeded at least 8th Two guys seeded at least 11th Points for placement: 1: 25 2: 20 3: 16 4: 13 5: 11 6: 9 7: 7 8: 5 Wildcard Bonus: Designate ONE GUY as your Wildcard. If he outperforms his seed, you pick up 5 bonus points. (We'll extend to the Blood Round for this. If you pick a guy who's seeded at least 13 and he reaches at least the final 12, the Blood Round, you pick up the Wildcard Bonus). Tiebreakers: 1) Most champs, 2) Individual who most outperformed their seed (example: 8-seed getting 3rd outperformed their seed by 5), 3) Most individuals who scored points for us NOTE: If a bracket change affects picks you already posted, you may choose to either 1) stay locked in and earn points according to originally assigned seeds, or 2) make changes according to updated seeds. Please announce your intention if you make changes! Post your team to this thread with final edits by 11:55am Eastern Time on Thursday, March 21 (not 10:55 as in some years...12pm ET/11am CT start time this year). WHEN YOU POST YOUR TEAM, PLEASE POST WEIGHT, NAME, & SEED
  11. maligned
    In case you missed it on X or the college thread: Christian Mejia from Elkhart Memorial, Derek Blubaugh from Bloomington South, and Shawn Streck from Merrillville all picked up D2 national titles last night. Mejia had finished 5th twice before, was seeded only 3rd, and was in his final year of eligibility. Blubaugh had twice been national runner-up to his finals opponent, and had lost to him 5-0 two weeks ago, but finally got over the hump. Streck picked up his second consecutive title. Congrats, guys!!
  12. maligned
    Full replay of the finals posted on YouTube:
  13. maligned
    Christian Mejia!!! National champion! What a way to cap a career! Congratulations!
  14. maligned
    Indianapolis sits in 10th place partway through the consi semi's. Mejia (Elkhart Memorial grad), Blubaugh (Bloomington South), and Streck (Merrillville) all go for national titles at 8pm ET tonight, streaming for free here: https://www.ncaa.com/event/4443
  15. maligned
    As a Goshen guy, I'm sorry for not noticing that's how he accidentally had it. Ha!
  16. maligned
    And Derek Blubaugh! He heads to his 3rd straight National Championship match at 197 with a heart-stopping last-second takedown and victory. He's lost the final 6-0 and 1-0 the last two years to #1 Dalton Abney of C. Oklahoma. Very sadly, that's his only D2 loss this season (5-0) and his opponent in the finals. Derek's a beast. He's got a couple D1 wins to his credit this year to go with the 2-time runner-up credentials. Here's hoping he can finally get over the hump and get the upset!! And Shawn Streck follows suit and joins the Indiana procession into the finals. He continues a dominating tournament with a 13-4 win the semi's. He'll look to repeat as national champion tonight at 285. He'll go in as the favorite against his 4th-seeded opponent.
  17. maligned
    WOW! Christian Mejia! He comes in as the 3-seed, having lost only to the top two seeds during the year. Facing the 2-seed, who beat him 9-2 during the year, he hips into a high-c attempt and takes him to his back for the pin only a minute into the match!! He's been on the podium twice before, and now he gets his shot for a title tonight! He'll face the 4-seed, who took out the top seed, and who was the runner-up at this event last year.
  18. maligned
    In addition to Blubaugh, UIndy has another guy in the semi's and a third that's in the consis with an AA spot locked up. Those 3 AAs put Indianapolis in 9th place.
  19. maligned
    Sadly, all 5 of these guys got knocked out in the evening session tonight. Wabash has James Day in the semifinals at 125. They are in 17th place.
  20. maligned
    Mejia, Blubaugh, and Streck all advance to the semifinals at 11am tomorrow morning. All 3 are officially All-Americans. Congratulations!
  21. maligned
    Burge and Cervantes won in the first session. Langeman, Herrera, and Layman are alive in the consolations. Wabash has 3 in the Round of 16, 2 alive in the consolations, and 1 eliminated. Langeman is Trine's only participant. Wrestling continues at 7pm Eastern on the NCAA.com website by going to the "Live Video" list (not available on demand, sadly)
  22. maligned
    The national title contenders Mejia, Blubaugh, and Streck all won easily in the first session today. Sadly, Jose Diaz was in a pigtail and already went 0-2. Indianapolis has two alive (including Blubaugh) in the Round of 16 and two alive in the consolations. Wrestling resumes at 6pm Eastern and is free to view on the NCAA.com website by going to the "Live Video" list (not viewable on demand, though, sadly)
  23. maligned
    ...and honestly you could even just use that "who placed higher last year?" as a stand-in for head-to-head if there's no current-year head-to-head. Then you wouldn't need to even change the rest. It would just have to be super-restricted to only the scenario where at least one was AA and they wrestled in the same bracket as each other the prior year.
  24. maligned
    This is 100% the issue. The seeding assumes there will be enough matches wrestled for the criteria to play itself out correctly. But often there aren't enough matches and the seeding ends up looking mechanical instead of intuitive--because we all know the past years' results. The seeding is determined by putting each guy's results against each other guy's results and seeing who wins the most head-to-head criteria "battles." If I were in charge, I would take some points away from a few criteria and include about 20% for a new element: if they were in the same weight as each other in the previous year and if at least one was AA, who placed higher? That simple piece of knowledge is what makes human rankings seem more intuitive than the seeds.
  25. maligned
    The criteria is biased against guys like Vito with limited matches wrestled also: Head-to-head competition — 25 percent Quality wins — 20 percent Coaches Ranking — 15 percent Results against common opponents — 10 percent RPI — 10 percent Qualifying event placement — 10 percent Win % — 10 percent If you put him up against Orine and Shawver, for example, Vito loses quality wins (20 percent), Win% (10 percent), Qualifying event placement (10 percent). He wins Coaches rank (15) and possibly RPI (10). There are no head-to-heads and common opponents are most likely a wash because Vito didn't face many guys. There are a couple nuances with how these things get applied, but you see how it's an uphill battle for a guy with the two negatives of 1) limited matches wrestled and 2) a loss or two on his record.
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