Here are how they are picking the teams. Of course some will decline the invite, but there are a lot of teams that will have to decline before RU gets a crack.


OKLAHOMA CITY (April 2, 2025) – The National Duals Invitational, a groundbreaking $1 million collegiate wrestling event sponsored byPaycom, has announced the qualification process for the inaugural 16-team bracket. Featuring top programs from across the country, this high-stakes tournament will bring together elite competition and unprecedented prize money to the BOK Center in Tulsa this fall.
Automatic entry will be awarded to the top 12 teams in the final 2025 NCAA Division I standings: Penn State, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio State, Cornell, NC State, Northern Iowa, Illinois, Virginia Tech and Michigan. To secure their spots, these 12 teams must complete their participation agreements by April 15. Final teams will be listed on the website as they are confirmed.
“While we know this is not an accurate representation of dual team rankings, we believe it will ensure that the event features some of the best competition in the country,” said Matt Surber, Tournament Director. “I’m excited to see additional participation as we grow the sport of wrestling.”
The remaining spots will be filled through a random drawing on April 24 from teams that finished 13-24 in the NCAA standings. The teams competing for these final spots are Purdue, Missouri, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, Little Rock, Arizona State, Stanford, West Virginia, Navy, Wyoming, South Dakota State, Indiana, Maryland and Oregon State.
The premier 16-team event will feature a total purse of more than $1 million. The top eight teams will earn payouts, with the winning squad walking away with $200,000. The second- and third-place teams will earn $150,000, while fourth place earns $75,000. Fifth through eighth place payouts will be: $50,000, $40,000, $25,000, and $20,000, respectively. All participating teams will receive $20,000 for attending.
Thirty-four-time NCAA champion Oklahoma State will serve as the host school.
This event will be held at BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., on Nov. 15-16. Learn more at nationaldualsinvitational.com.

Basically my question is Pike now the reason our NIL is as bad as it is this year?

part of me thinks after the disaster of a season with Ace and Dylan that big time donors won't give to pike anymore (dead money etc...) but another part wonders even if we had another coach would it make any difference at all. After all Rutgers sports always struggled to raise money.

So would really be better off with another coach or will we still be bottom in BIG in NIL?

Goodbye Nebraska

Will morph into season thread as it get closer...

Rutgers grad ..who has a networth over one billion helping Nick Saban’s net worth with business venture selling cars…


The Man who will make Nick Saban a billionaire

As Jerry Tarkanian once famously said, "The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky, they're going to give Cleveland State another year of probation."

https://www.si.com/onsi/college/buz...ough-punishment-fordham-recruiting-violations

There’s not enough talent and there’s not enough money to turn things around in one year, unless our freshmen come in and set the world on fire which is unlikely, and we get impact transfers the level of Cam Spencer, which is also unlikely.

If it was so important for basketball to win, people should have given more to NIL, but since they didn’t, we play with the hand we’re dealt. The story of Rutgers Athletics. Meanwhile, UConn just landed one of the best guards in the portal, and will make a run for #1.

Pikiell turned things around once. He can do it again. We’re not firing a competent Coach with multiple years to go on his deal. He’s gradually fixing the lack of talent on the roster under adverse circumstances. (Ie not enough money). We are just going to have to be patient. This is a multiple year rebuild. The objective this year, is to simply build the foundation. Angelino Mark and Chris Nwuli are a start. There will be more to come.

Late last night I read on facebook or was it here that we might be trying to add a player in the portal who played in the Big Ten. I cannot find it now. Has anyone else read this and who were the possible players who it was thought we might be pursuing? Thank you in advance.

This is now the price for a good, not great SG. It goes up from here from now on.

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