I see he is pre-season ranked 3rd. Who is better? PRetty sure he beat last years NC during the season pretty bad before his injury.
So who is better the Suriano?
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Plz just have Suriano and Tomasello on opposite brackets. He's the only one this year that Suriano might lose to imo.
He was the national champ at 125 two years ago for The Ohio State U. Was 3rd at 133 last year.
I would assume Nato and last years champ, Cruz from Lehigh. 3 sounds correct, actually. It would be sort of BS to not rank the guy who won the title ahead to start the season.
His competition will be NATO-Ohio state
Lizak- Minnesota
Cruz- Lehigh
Piccininni- ok st
Mueller -UVA
The only one you can say has an edge at this point is Nato because of accomplishments.
He beat Cruz in December of 2016 by the score of 7-0. He is ranked behind the last two national champs, which is reasonable to start the season. That may change during the season depending upon results as NS would probably be favored in every match.
Pretty good assessment, OC. The Suriano/Cruz match happened on December 4, very early in the season, and Darian won the NC. Most pre-season rankings are going to give the edge to the NC, despite the early season loss. And, yes, Nick's win was never in doubt, even without the NF4. I think if they had met later in the season, the score would have been even higher, as all of the scoring took place in the second period, and Nick went defensive in the 3rd. As a freshman, wrestling in front of your first Bryce Jordan crowd, I think you take the 7-0 and walk away, just as he did.
I agree with you and should've said Nato was only one that is comparable at this point. The other guys I listed will be in the mix
For AAmericans.
Some extra motivation against Picc considering it was the match that essentially ended his season. Gunna be like a dog on a bone.
I would guess you will see him only make 125 a few times during the regular season. Ohio State has been known to put back ups in for duals, last year Kyle Snyder wrestled 9 matches before the BIG10 tournament. I don't think you will see Nato wrestle Friday and Sunday matches this season and him given whole weekends off from making weight.
I think the plan is for Lewis to go 157.
For this reason, Suriano will beat Nato. If the weight cut is taxing, it'll go against the wrestler. I feel his (Nato) weight cut will slow him down in matches.
Thanks, wasn't sure. Well than we can expect Lewis to meet up in the Semi's against Nolf, or Kemerer of Iowa. Berger of Nebraska also pretty good at 157.
Pagano is ranked #14 at 174 for RU FYI. Flo is coming out with one ranking a day up to Heavy. My guess is Gravina will be around #5 or #6 at 184 to start tomorrow.
I'll take a stab at top 7.
Nickal
Martin
Abounader
Zavatsky
Parker
Ellingwood
Gravina
Interesting ! I haven't read that. Makes Ashnault's path to another Big10 title a lot easier.
Yes and as previously mentioned the kid from Princeton is moving up as well. Still a deep weight class at 141 and Dean Heil hasn't lost in the NCAA tournament in quite a long time.
Thanks, good to know about Kolodzik, a talented wrestler. I was talking about the Big 10 Tourny wrestlers, but no biggie, all wrestling conversation is good.
I thought I read a couple of guys were wrestling off at 141 and 149 for Ohio State. Winner goes one place, loser goes the other.
That could be the case(although I have a feeling the coaching staff will "convince" the wrestlers what weight to go without a wrestle off). If they do wrestle off, McKenna would be favored and he wants to go 141 so I expect to see him at 41, Hayes at 149.
Hayes is no slouch... Top 10 p4p recruit. Either way they both will be in the lineup.. just winner gets the choice.
