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SESSION 4- NCAA WRESTLING THREAD: 8pm ESPN, ESPN 3, Semi's :

It was over when Ashnault escaped in the 2nd. He got the point, and Kolodzik knew he had to take bottom in the third to have a chance to tie with his own escape. He took the chance to try to escape against the best wrestler on top and it just didn't work out for him. Ashnault worked the top like a master, getting them out whenever Kolodzik was close to an escape.
 
Honestly those refs need to explain that call. They just robbed that kid of an incredible upset and the opportunity to wrestle for the national championship.
 
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Honestly those refs need to explain that call. They just robbed that kid of an incredible upset and the opportunity to wrestle for the national championship.

These kids get the mic in their face as soon as they step off the mat. Someone put a mic in that refs face as soon as he steps off the mat and make him explain the call
 
Great wins by bith guys, congrats!

Announcer said our only national champ was in fencing. Not true, Elliot Quow won the NCAA 200 meters back in the 80s

We also won the National Ultimate Frissbee Championship vs Princeton played behind The Barn where the first College Football Game was played.
Dr. I, Irv Kalb was the Superstar.
 
How did Mekhi Lewis get the 8th seed? Terrible seeding there that him and the bull wrestled in quarters
 
I figured the basement was the safest place in case I broke something the wife wouldn't have noticed. Plus my dogs were just watching me pace around hands on head wondering WTF was I doing.
@koleszar Case in point that you can't watch sports with a dog around. Ha!
 
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Wow,Myles Martin loses to Cornell's Max Dean, a 5 seed.

That hurts RU in the team score, Cornell can pass us by tomorrow morning .
 
McFadden wins we're in 11th. Damn the upsets we didn't need to happen all happened.
 
Bo is a beast and obviously would have obiously won either way...but was that even close to a pin there? Just had to rewind it to check and there's no way both shoulders were down there...dude calling a pin just to call call a pin
 
Thoughts:

-Holy shit we have two guys in the finals tomorrow
-Myles Martin losing to someone not named Bo Nickal is pretty astounding. Biggest upset of the tourney.
-Feel for Hidlay, he deserved better.
-Cassar beating Steveson was sweet. So happy to not have to hear about '4x NCAA champ/lock at HWT' talk
-Marinelli is in freefall. Guy is on top of the world at B1G and now is wrestling for 7th/8th. Almost assures Cenzo's 3rd title (yet not B1G title, strangely).
-Good on Lewis. Kid is on fire.
-HOW ABOUT JACK MUELLER!?!? That was a performance for the ages.
-Holy shit we have two guys in the finals tomorrow.
 
Knowing that Drew Foster was going to beat Ness, all that I told those close who don't follow wrestling was that he will be in the finals but won't win (Martin).

I'm now saying that UNI can have its first national champ since 2000.
 
The interviews with Matt Millen were pretty good, he had been staying for months at Newark Beth Israel hospital. Waiting for a heart , then getting the heart transplant, and then staying afterwards for months, altogether he was there almost 6 months, in a bed at Newark Beth Israel. He was wearing a mask today to help prevent infections, but his enthusiasm was very impressive, especially since he was always a football player who had never formally wrestled.
I also noticed very little w Billy Baldwin, lol. I guess he will get his 'screen' time tomorrow night
 
There are three ways to score points for your team. Placement points, advancement points, and bonus points.

Placement Points
  • 1st place: 16 points
  • 2nd place: 12 points
  • 3rd place: 10 points
  • 4th place: 9 points
  • 5th place: 7 points
  • 6th place: 6 points
  • 7th place: 4 points
  • 8th place: 3 points
Pretty straightforward. You place first, you get 16 points. You place 9th, you get nothing.

Advancement Points
  • Each advancement in championship bracket: 1 point
  • Each advancement in consolation bracket: 0.5 point
This is also pretty straightforward. A wrestler is awarded one point for each match that he wins in the championship bracket, and half a point for wins in the consolation bracket.

For example, Nolan Boyd wins three matches in the championship bracket before losing to Gabe Dean in the quarterfinals. Nolan is then bumped down to the consolation semi-finals where he wins two matches to capture third place. Nolan would be awarded 4 advancement points (3+0.5+0.5) and 10 placement points for a total of 14 team points.

Bonus Points
  • Each fall, forfeit, default, disqualification: 2 points
  • Each tech fall (w/ near fall points): 1.5 points
  • Each tech fall (w/o near fall points): 1 point
  • Each major decision: 1 point
Bonus points are where championships are won. Penn State has won most of their 5 titles in the last 6 years on bonus points. Defeating your opponents handily, especially in the early rounds, is crucial to your team’s success.

To expound on what exactly the different ways to score bonus points are…


Fall: When a wrestler is able to get both of his opponent’s shoulder blades on the mat and hold them there for one second. This immediately ends the match and the winner is declared.

Default/Forfeit/Disqualification: When a match is called for any reason. The opponent is injured and cannot continue, a wrestler missed weigh-in and did not make his weight cut, an illegal or unsportsmanlike penalty is ruled.

Tech Fall: A tech fall occurs when a wrestler defeats his opponent by 15 points or more. Once the 15 point mark is achieved, the match is ended. In tournament scoring, a wrestler receives an additional half point when he is able to secure near fall points on his opponent. Near fall points are when a wrestler is able to get his opponent to his back, but unable to get both shoulder blades to the mat to secure the pin.

Major Decision: Major decisions are when a wrestler defeats his opponent by 8 or more points.

Consolation Brackets
Naturally we want our wrestlers to wrestle five matches, win them all, and have multiple individual champions every year. In reality, consolation brackets play a major role in deciding which team is going home with hardware.


When a wrestler loses in the championship round, they get an opportunity to rally and wrestle for third-seventh place in the consolations. The more you wrestle, the more opportunity you get to score bonus points, advancement points, and placement points for your teams.
 
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