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Also quite skewed. Listen, I'm a massive fan of all three programs, but you cannot compare wrestling recruiting classes to basketball and football.
How many kids are truly D1 caliber wrestlers vs. basketball players vs. football players
and there are 300+ D1 basketball schools, 120+ D1 football schools to compete against.
Lipari to 125 as tweeted by Pagano?...then retweeted by Lupari?..second hand info. So much for the Aragona, Lipari debate I guess.
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Pretty sure they were joking around after Kosko(RU reporter) asked Lipari if he was bumping up to 149(if Aragona will be the 141). Lipari said "not bumping up". I really doubt Lipari can make 125
Yep..jokes on me..that's what I get for listening to my son without thinking...
Flowrestling is reporting that Nick S will not be participating in the World Team Trials this weekend (unfortunately- would have loved to see him there). The other big news is that Nolf will be participating at 74 kgs which is a heavier weight than he participated in when he lost to US team member James Green a few weeks ago. Nolf's absence from the 70kg division takes away a difficult competitor from Ashnault's attempt at making the US World Team at 70kg.
Interesting...I’d be surprised if he can make it. He wrestled some matches at 145 in high school!
https://www.flowrestling.org/rankin...ngs/31613-buckeyes-lead-2019-recruiting-hauls
Fantastic article showing that you need the elite and highly ranked recruits (87% of AAs in 2019), but even only ~50% of those pan out...from the link:
Hypothetically, a #5 class can certainly be usurped by a #20 if #5 has one guy flame out and #20 has a, say, Joey Lavallee or Drew Foster who were both unranked but who made NCAA finals. Or how about Taylor Venz - #96 that AA’d as a Frosh.
The attrition rate (and by attrition I mean ‘guys who quit or who never come close to expectation’) is so high that it really brings up the questions 1) why? and 2) as a college recruiter, how do you avoid it?
Let’s look at the 2013 and 2014 Big Board and take the Top 25 from each year. That’s 50 wrestlers total. You know how many never earned a single AA? 24. Nearly 50% of the best wrestlers those two years never placed. 13 (26%) never finished their career.
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2019 NCAA Finalists by SR Big Board Rank
125: 2017 #2-Spencer Lee over 2016 #11-Jack Mueller
125 Big Board All Americans - 7 of 8 (Rayvon Foley)
133: 2016 #2-Nick Suriano over 2017 #1-Daton Fix
133 Big Board All Americans - 7 of 8 (John Erneste)
141: 2017 #3-Yianni over 2014 #13-Joey McKenna
141 Big Board All Americans - 7 of 8 (Kyle Shoop)
149: 2013 #12-Anthony Ashnault over 2014 #8-Micah Jordan
149 Big Board All Americans - 7 of 8 (Mitch Finesilver)
157: 2014 #4-Jason Nolf over 2014 #17-Tyler Berger
157 Big Board All Americans - 7 of 8 (Alec Pantaleo)
165: 2017 #19-Mehki Lewis over 2015 #3-Vincenzo Joseph
165 Big Board All Americans - 8 of 8
174: 2015 #1-Zahid Valencia over 2016 #1-Mark Hall
174 Big Board All Americans - 8 of 8
184: Unranked Drew Foster over 2016 #74-Max Dean
125 Big Board All Americans - 6 of 8 (Foster, Emery Parker)
197: 2014 #6-Bo Nickal over 2015 #44-Kollin Moore
197 Big Board All Americans - 6 of 8 (Preston Weigel, Ben Honis)
285: Unranked Anthony Cassar over 2014 #30-Derek White
285 Big Board All Americans - 6 of 7 (Cassar (+ Amarveer Dhesi of Canada))
Finalist Big Board Rank - Last Five Years
Top 10 - (48)
Top 20 - (13)
21 to 50 - (17)
Bottom 50 - (13)
Unranked - (9) Drew Foster, Anthony Cassar, Ronny Perry, Mike Macchiavello, Jared Haught, Lavion Mayes, Joey Lavallee, Brett Pfarr, Tyler Wilps
Fantastic article showing that you need the elite and highly ranked recruits (87% of AAs in 2019), but even only ~50% of those pan out...from the link:
Hypothetically, a #5 class can certainly be usurped by a #20 if #5 has one guy flame out and #20 has a, say, Joey Lavallee or Drew Foster who were both unranked but who made NCAA finals. Or how about Taylor Venz - #96 that AA’d as a Frosh.
The attrition rate (and by attrition I mean ‘guys who quit or who never come close to expectation’) is so high that it really brings up the questions 1) why? and 2) as a college recruiter, how do you avoid it?
Let’s look at the 2013 and 2014 Big Board and take the Top 25 from each year. That’s 50 wrestlers total. You know how many never earned a single AA? 24. Nearly 50% of the best wrestlers those two years never placed. 13 (26%) never finished their career.
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2019 NCAA Finalists by SR Big Board Rank
125: 2017 #2-Spencer Lee over 2016 #11-Jack Mueller
125 Big Board All Americans - 7 of 8 (Rayvon Foley)
133: 2016 #2-Nick Suriano over 2017 #1-Daton Fix
133 Big Board All Americans - 7 of 8 (John Erneste)
141: 2017 #3-Yianni over 2014 #13-Joey McKenna
141 Big Board All Americans - 7 of 8 (Kyle Shoop)
149: 2013 #12-Anthony Ashnault over 2014 #8-Micah Jordan
149 Big Board All Americans - 7 of 8 (Mitch Finesilver)
157: 2014 #4-Jason Nolf over 2014 #17-Tyler Berger
157 Big Board All Americans - 7 of 8 (Alec Pantaleo)
165: 2017 #19-Mehki Lewis over 2015 #3-Vincenzo Joseph
165 Big Board All Americans - 8 of 8
174: 2015 #1-Zahid Valencia over 2016 #1-Mark Hall
174 Big Board All Americans - 8 of 8
184: Unranked Drew Foster over 2016 #74-Max Dean
125 Big Board All Americans - 6 of 8 (Foster, Emery Parker)
197: 2014 #6-Bo Nickal over 2015 #44-Kollin Moore
197 Big Board All Americans - 6 of 8 (Preston Weigel, Ben Honis)
285: Unranked Anthony Cassar over 2014 #30-Derek White
285 Big Board All Americans - 6 of 7 (Cassar (+ Amarveer Dhesi of Canada))
Finalist Big Board Rank - Last Five Years
Top 10 - (48)
Top 20 - (13)
21 to 50 - (17)
Bottom 50 - (13)
Unranked - (9) Drew Foster, Anthony Cassar, Ronny Perry, Mike Macchiavello, Jared Haught, Lavion Mayes, Joey Lavallee, Brett Pfarr, Tyler Wilps
Here’s a good read on Donny P & why he decided to stay at RU.
https://www.nj.com/rutgers/2019/05/...-felt-like-i-couldnt-leave-at-this-point.html
https://www.nj.com/rutgers/2019/05/...-felt-like-i-couldnt-leave-at-this-point.html
He is such a class guy with a great family and and a credit to this university. When you attend practice and see what he contributes you understand his impact
Donny you are appreciated by us all.Great article covering why he stayed.
Lets keep this ride going to higher levels.
Donny is the epitome of a Class Act. In a perfect world, rumors or not, I would love for him to become the head coach, and Goody take over a large administrative position.
2019 - 2020 B1G wrestling opponents announced
Home: Purdue, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland and Northwestern
Away: Penn State, Michigan, Ohio State and Michigan State
https://scarletknights.com/news/2019/5/16/wrestling-announces-2019-20-big-ten-opponents.aspx
All favorable match ups at home offset by the top dogs on the road.
Home: Purdue, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland and Northwestern
Away: Penn State, Michigan, Ohio State and Michigan State
https://scarletknights.com/news/2019/5/16/wrestling-announces-2019-20-big-ten-opponents.aspx
All favorable match ups at home offset by the top dogs on the road.
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The positive is that these are winnable matches. The downside is they don't really draw as much interest.
I think we will have plenty of interest this year at home especially coming off the momentum of 2 NCAA champions and a top 10 finish. At the end of the day, people want to see their team win, especially against conference opponents. I think we are still ways away from people taking winning against teams like UMD, Illinois & Indiana for granted especially since without AA we really don't have many bonus machines which is where the matches get completely out of hand quickly.
I agree with @Jersey Boys. People want to see the better teams. NJ wrestling fans are well educated on the sport, they know who the better programs are. You can see it by our attendance. Maryland doesn't draw like a Michigan or Oklahoma St.. They could careless if we win or lose as long as we're competitive, they want to see us wrestle the best.
Not to nit-pick, but I will...Lol. Donny won 3 NJ state titles, so did Glen
Exactly the home schedule we want in order to continue positive momentum.
Maybe it’s about time we become a program that comes out for US and not the opponent. We’re close
Maybe it’s about time we become a program that comes out for US and not the opponent. We’re close
On paper I'm thinking RU will go 6-3 in the B1G next year. We will sweep the home matches and beat Sparty. Lose to PSU, OSU and Michigan.
Definitely possible, Nebraska will be very tuff(glad to have them at home). Would be great to go 6-3!!
We don't wrestle Nebraska next season. You may be confusing them with Northwestern.
Thanks, that's what I get for looking too quickly at the graphics and just seeing an N!!!
You are correct sir. 2 national championships ;)
Looks like Lightner and Turley registered for Junior Freestyle WTT.
Lightners 1st opponent is Owen T from Blair,
Turley's is P. Keckeisen
Lightners 1st opponent is Owen T from Blair,
Turley's is P. Keckeisen
Deluca on deck mat #4 in senior mens greco
Deluca advances to QTR's
Deluca advances to QTR's
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