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Big 10 Wrestling Tournament Thread, 10am/SUNDAY Noon , BTN + :

In the hole:

Mat 1
149
7th Place Match
Eleazar Deluca, RS Sr 12-11 (Rutgers) vs Steve Bleise, RS Jr 17-7 (Minnesota)

Mat 3
157
7th Place Match
Jake Short, RS Sr 15-11 (Minnesota) vs John Van Brill, RS Jr 20-11 (Rutgers)

later , Lewis will face Wick, Iowa for 3rd
Lewis' last-second thriller over Iowa's No. 2/2/3 (Intermat/Flo/TOM) Alex Marinelli marked the highest ranked individual victory for a Scarlet Knight this season.
Refresh my memory, did JVB beat Short in the dual last month?
 
They may be about peaked. I don't see a lot of wins left without some upsets. Did about as good as could be expected. Not their worst team but far from their best this year.
Well there's one upset with Venz.
 
I hate when we have two guys going at the same time and it's about to happen again with Van Brill and Deluca.
 
during the match in the 3rd, the announcer said Lewis whispered something to Marinelli after AM last TD....

Also, midway through the match, announcers were pining for the massa vs marinelli rematch.

Well they got threir rematch,but it is for 5th place
 
Now Deluca to his back. WTF is going on here. Now he's pinned.

I don't care how you spin it these guys are not wrestling well. These are 7/8th placed matches and they both weren't overpowered to this extent during the regular season. Van Brill lost 4-3 to his guy and Deluca beat his guy. Others are stepping up their game, RU for the most part hasn't.
 
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I know we're without Ash and lost a lot of points with Suriano having to be pulled for the last 2 matches but we REALLY need to learn how to wrestling better in tournaments, no? Am I mistaken? Hopefully Goody uses this to propel us to a better showing at nationals??!!! :pray:
 
DeLuca and JVB both pinned. What’s up with the coaching. The coaches recruited, coached, and motivate these kids. This is embarrassing. Is it recruiting, coaching, or keeping the kids under control? The only other team that wrestled below expectations is Iowa. Need Del to avoid typical Del match where he sleeps the first period and rallys to try a comeback. Mike VanBrill needs one for his confidence.
 
Great now Gravina up on Mat 2 and Van Brill is still wrestling.
 
DeLuca and JVB both pinned. What’s up with the coaching. The coaches recruited, coached, and motivate these kids. This is embarrassing. Is it recruiting, coaching, or keeping the kids under control? The only other team that wrestled below expectations is Iowa. Need Del to avoid typical Del match where he sleeps the first period and rallys to try a comeback. Mike VanBrill needs one for his confidence.

"embarrassing"? I mean it's a PROBLEM, how poorly we tend to do in tournaments, I agree, but would hardly call it "embarrassing."
 
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Yeah, because pins never happen. I heard 2 pins in short time during Van Bill match alone. Come on, RU fans...stop the nonsense.

SMH.

Go RU!
Diane

3 PINS IF YOU ADD GRAVINA PIN DURING VAN BRILL
 
No. 5 Scott DelVecchio will have a rematch with No. 4 Jason Renteria (Nebraska) in the 133-pound fifth-place match.
 
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You mean Nebraska’s #4 kid is wrestling for #5 or #6...kinda like Massa & Marinelli, the big rematch. Looks like they underachieved, too. Wait, isn’t it just RU that does... :chairshot:[eyeroll]

Go RU!
Diane

Sincerely LOVE the passion of our fans...just hope you all are financially supporting SKWC in any way you can (every dollar helps) to help get the best wrestlers to wrestle against our kids...like PSU & Iowa & OSU do.
 
Looks like Pritzlaff and Brands got into it in the tunnel after Lewis match. It is know that Pritzlaff does not like Brands. Can’t blame him. WNG can you get the details and tell us what happened.
 
Nato wins 11-7.

Janzer and Mackenzie tied at 0 in first

edit- 1-1 in 3rd.
 
Ha. Pretty much everyone dislikes Brands (except Iowa fans), especially when Brands’ kid loses a match.

Go RU!
Diane
 
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lost 3-2...didnt look like he shot the whole match
I thought he was really going to try and push the action at the end there but he really didn't. He already had the stall warning against Renteria. Once he got the escape he had over 1:30 min. to push the action but didn't. Not one good shot.
 
Forfeit win for Lewis. Was waiting for this one, at least Lewis took third good job by him. On to the Massa vs. Marinelli rematch.
 
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IMHO, Marinelli isn’t that great once he gets taken out of this tripod stand.

GO RU!
Diane
 
It was great watching Moore best Rasheed. Nice choice Carl having him wrestle instead of Cassar who beat Moore in dual meet. Poetic justice.
I too enjoyed that outcome. Also the fact that Rasheed scored 0 bonus points like they all thought he would do.
 
It was great watching Moore best Rasheed. Nice choice Carl having him wrestle instead of Cassar who beat Moore in dual meet. Poetic justice.

Have to disagree with you here. If the criteria is winner of the wrestle off gets the spot then have to stick to your word. Otherwise all credibility is lost. I feel terrible for Cassar but understand the decision. Man, Rasheed looked undersized against Moore.
 
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