With Tomasello coming back and Lee coming off red shirt, this weight is insanely stacked.
1 SR Nathan Tomasello Ohio State
2 SO Nick Suriano Rutgers
3 JR Ethan Lizak Minnesota
4 SO Nick Piccininni OK State
5 SR Darian Cruz Lehigh
6 FR Taylor LaMont Utah Valley
7 JR Sean Russell Edinboro
8 JR Sean Fausz NC State
9 FR Louie Hayes Virginia
10 SR Luke Welch Purdue
11 FR Drew Mattin Michigan
12 SO Jay Schwarm UNI
13 JR Ryan Millhof Arizona State
14 JR Jake Gromacki Clarion
15 JR Ronnie Bresser Oregon State
16 FR Sebastian Rivera Northwestern
I think there is a group slightly above the rest, who have an extremely realistic chance to be a NCAA Champion:
Tomasello
Suriano
Piccininni
Cruz
Lizak
Lee
However, the tier right below them aren't pushovers
Bresser
Rivera
Mattin
Where does Lee get ranked? I can't see how he can be ranked higher than 6, given his current resume at the collegiate level (right now). With this weight class, there will be some crazy match ups in the round of 16 and even better ones in the quarters.
Possible round of 16 matchups (With Lee as the 6th Seed)
Tomasello vs Gromacki
Russell vs Fausz
Cruz vs Millhof
Welchvs Lizak
Piccininni vs Mattin
Lee vs Bresser
LaMont vs Hayes
Suriano vs Schwarm
Possible Quarter Matchups
Tomasello vs Russell
Cruz vs Lizak
Piccininni vs Lee
LaMont vs Suriano
TLDR:
Whoever ends up below a 2 seed, will most likely face a hammer in the quarters.
1 SR Nathan Tomasello Ohio State
2 SO Nick Suriano Rutgers
3 JR Ethan Lizak Minnesota
4 SO Nick Piccininni OK State
5 SR Darian Cruz Lehigh
6 FR Taylor LaMont Utah Valley
7 JR Sean Russell Edinboro
8 JR Sean Fausz NC State
9 FR Louie Hayes Virginia
10 SR Luke Welch Purdue
11 FR Drew Mattin Michigan
12 SO Jay Schwarm UNI
13 JR Ryan Millhof Arizona State
14 JR Jake Gromacki Clarion
15 JR Ronnie Bresser Oregon State
16 FR Sebastian Rivera Northwestern
I think there is a group slightly above the rest, who have an extremely realistic chance to be a NCAA Champion:
Tomasello
Suriano
Piccininni
Cruz
Lizak
Lee
However, the tier right below them aren't pushovers
Bresser
Rivera
Mattin
Where does Lee get ranked? I can't see how he can be ranked higher than 6, given his current resume at the collegiate level (right now). With this weight class, there will be some crazy match ups in the round of 16 and even better ones in the quarters.
Possible round of 16 matchups (With Lee as the 6th Seed)
Tomasello vs Gromacki
Russell vs Fausz
Cruz vs Millhof
Welchvs Lizak
Piccininni vs Mattin
Lee vs Bresser
LaMont vs Hayes
Suriano vs Schwarm
Possible Quarter Matchups
Tomasello vs Russell
Cruz vs Lizak
Piccininni vs Lee
LaMont vs Suriano
TLDR:
Whoever ends up below a 2 seed, will most likely face a hammer in the quarters.
- As a 6th seed, your path to a championship could be something like [round of 32 opponent], Bresser, Piccininni, Tomasello/Suriano.
- As a 5th seed, your path to a championship could be something like [round of 32 opponent], Welch, Cruz, Tomasello/Suriano, Tomasello/Suriano
- As a 4th seed, your path to a championship could be something like [round of 32 opponent], Millhof, Lizak, Tomasello/Suriano, Tomasello/Suriano
- As a 3rd seed, your path to a championship could be something like [round of 32 opponent], Mattin, Lee, Tomasello/Suriano, Tomasello/Suriano
- As a 2nd seed, your path to a championship could be something like [round of 32 opponent], Schwarm, LaMont, Piccininni, Tomasello/Suriano.
- As a 1 seed, your path to a championship could be something like [round of 32 opponent], Gromacki, Russell, Cruz, Tomasello/Suriano