Rutgers Wrestling sends seven..ALL JERSEY KIDS,to NCAAs

[BlockR]

this is the level football must get to,when the dominate players in your program are from New Jersey,home grown.

D1CW‏@D1CW 3h3 hours ago
Rutgers 7 NCAA qualifiers are all homegrown Jersey products. They are the only top 25 team with all of their qualifiers homegrown.

 

[RUtix4me]

Awesome! Congrats to the guys.

 

[koleszar]

Gross just missed the cut for an at large. Kid he beat twice went instead.

 

[demauroj]

Gross just missed the cut for an at large. Kid he beat twice went instead.

Yeah.... he had a hell of a tournment. Unfortunately his season wide body of work was just not enough despite beating the kid from North Western 2 times.

 

[RUTrack94]

Yeah.... he had a hell of a tournment. Unfortunately his season wide body of work was just not enough despite beating the kid from North Western 2 times.

Yeah ... He's been Hopkinsed.

 

[Ole Cabbagehead]

Yeah ... He's been Hopkinsed.

Not really. Read the NCAA criteria for an at-large bid. Its all right there in black and white. Unlike lacrosse, there are very specific parameters for wrestling selection criteria.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Not really. Read the NCAA criteria for an at-large bid. Its all right there in black and white. Unlike lacrosse, there are very specific parameters for wrestling selection criteria.

Still bullshit. The NW kid should be staying home.

 

[Ole Cabbagehead]

Still bullshit. The NW kid should be staying home.

I can see why you would feel that way, but its not bullshit. Gross was not eligible for an at-large bid. Even if the committee wanted to award it to him over Jennings (NW), they could not have. The selection criteria are express. You must be Bronze Standard (meet 2 of 5 criteria) to be eligible for at-large.

Jennings earned Bronze Standard by beating Jensen (AQ) in the Big Ten tournament, and by being ranked in the Top 33 in the coaches' poll.

Gross only met one bronze standard criteria, namely finishing one place outside of AQ at the conference tourney. So he is not Bronze Standard, and therefore ineligible:

.700 Win Percentage NO 14-12 record
Top 33 RPI NO Unranked
Top 33 Coaches NO Unranked
1 win against an AQ wrestler NO Snyder, L-TF, Snyder L-TF, Jensen L-PIN, Nevills L-PIN
1 spot below AQ at Big Tens YES 6th Place finish


If Gross hit Bronze and got denied in favor of Jennings, that would be a Hopkins-like situation.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

I can see why you would feel that way, but its not bullshit. Gross was not eligible for an at-large bid. Even if the committee wanted to award it to him over Jennings (NW), they could not have. The selection criteria are express. You must be Bronze Standard (meet 2 of 5 criteria) to be eligible for at-large.

Jennings earned Bronze Standard by beating Jensen (AQ) in the Big Ten tournament, and by being ranked in the Top 33 in the coaches' poll.

Gross only met one bronze standard criteria, namely finishing one place outside of AQ at the conference tourney. So he is not Bronze Standard, and therefore ineligible:

.700 Win Percentage NO 14-12 record
Top 33 RPI NO Unranked
Top 33 Coaches NO Unranked
1 win against an AQ wrestler NO Snyder, L-TF, Snyder L-TF, Jensen L-PIN, Nevills L-PIN
1 spot below AQ at Big Tens YES 6th Place finish


If Gross hit Bronze and got denied in favor of Jennings, that would be a Hopkins-like situation.

I'm well aware of the standards. Thanks.

 

[madchuck]

Football should be able to get to this level.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

Good Luck to the 7!

 

[WhichReligionIsRight]

Wow - that is amazing!

 

[Ole Cabbagehead]

I'm well aware of the standards. Thanks.

I was just trying to help and to provide background information for those who may be interested. If you understand the criteria, then how can you say selecting Jennings was bullshit?

 

[cicero grimes]

Gross had a chance on Sunday. Needed to win one of two matches. I really hope AA can finish on top.