Tournament Thread: NCAA Wrestling Championships Session 6, Saturday 8pm, FINALS W SURIANO V LEE !

The excitement is now building towards 8pm , for one of the most important moments in time for Rutgers Athletics !!. At approximately 8pm, Nick Suriano attempts to become Rutger's first National Champion in Wrestling. I am not sure what other individual Rutgers athletes can claim an individual championship. This moment for RU Wrestling fans , is of Epic Importance ! A win won't only give Rutgers it's first NCAA champion, but will probably guarantee a top 10 finish for Rutgers ! This, after finishing 11th in the Big10s, and being ranked approx 18 by most of the ranking services.

Let the finger biting begin !!

Finals Order (these are FloWrestling rankings, not the NCAA seeds)

125: #1 Nick Suriano (Rutgers) vs #3 Spencer Lee (Iowa)

133: #1 Seth Gross (South Dakota State) vs #2 Stevan Micic (Michigan)

141: #1 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) vs #3 Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell)

149: #1 Zain Retherford (Penn State) vs #15 Ronnie Perry (Lock Haven)

157: #1 Jason Nolf (Penn State) vs #2 Hayden Hidlay (NC State)

165: #1 Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) vs #2 Vincenzo Joseph (Penn State)

174: #1 Zahid Valencia (Arizona State) vs #2 Mark Hall (Penn State)

184: #1 Bo Nickal (Penn State) vs #2 Myles Martin (Ohio State)

197: #3 Jared Haught (Virginia Tech) vs #4 Michael Macchiavello (NC State)

285: #1 Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) vs #2 Adam Coon (Michigan)

 

We’ve got some individual fencing titles.

Should get one in track and field in May (hammer) as well!!!

 

Current Standings:

01 Ohio St 130.5
02 Penn St 124.5
03 Iowa 97.0
04 Michigan 80.0
05 North Carolina St 76.0
06 Missouri 61.5
07 Virginia Tech 47.5
08 Nebraska 47.0
09 Cornell 44.0
10 RUTGERS 42.5
11 South Dakota St 42.0
12 Arizona St 39.0
13 Illinois 37.5
13 Oklahoma St 37.5
15 Lehigh 36.5
16 Lock Haven 35.0
17 Minnesota 27.5
17 Wisconsin 27.5
17 Wyoming 27.5
20 North Carolina 27.0

 

So it looks like we want it to go this way to not be overtaken by South Dakota State or Arizona State, to leapfrog Cornell, and want tOSU to win the championship (no disrespect meant to you, PSUPOWER--you're a good dude). Retherford at 149 seems to be the only lock, the rest are up for grabs. Does this look about right to you wrestling guys?

Finals Order (these are FloWrestling rankings, not the NCAA seeds)
125: #1 Nick Suriano (Rutgers) vs #3 Spencer Lee (Iowa)

133: #1 Seth Gross (South Dakota State) vs #2 Stevan Micic (Michigan)

141: #1 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) vs #3 Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell)

149: #1 Zain Retherford (Penn State) vs #15 Ronnie Perry (Lock Haven)

157: #1 Jason Nolf (Penn State) vs #2 Hayden Hidlay (NC State)

165: #1 Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) vs #2 Vincenzo Joseph (Penn State)

174: #1 Zahid Valencia (Arizona State) vs #2 Mark Hall (Penn State) If Suriano wins his match we want Arizona State. If he loses, then we want PSU.

184: #1 Bo Nickal (Penn State) vs #2 Myles Martin (Ohio State)

197: #3 Jared Haught (Virginia Tech) vs #4 Michael Macchiavello (NC State)

285: #1 Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) vs #2 Adam Coon (Michigan)

 

Thanks in advance for your help...
I'm trying to figure out how osu can realistically beat psu.
Only championship bouts tonight? 4 team points for winning tonight + pin is 2 extra points and tech +1.5 and major +1?
Not including much bonus points but I'm guessing if OSU could stay within 1 of the PSU individual wins tonight, OSU has a good chance at team title.?

 

http://www.nj.com/sports/index.ssf/...eads_xx_nj_all-americ.html#incart_river_index

 

If IMAR pins VJ, i think Ill could jump us.

I actually am rooting for PSU.
Sorry, a big fan of great wrestlers and coaches.

 

Darian Cruz's says he let Suriano 'slow him down', lol
I remember Cruz being called for stalling and Cruz going backwards the whole match, not Suriano.

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/lehigh/index.ssf/2018/03/lehighs_cruz_takes_semifinal_l.html

 

If Imar pins his guy and Suriano wins, I think we retain a lead over Illinois. Of course if Suriano pins his guy or wins by tech, I think it doesn't matter what Imar does. Not sure about the scoring at this juncture, so perhaps someone can fill that in for us.

 

Agreed, the major thing is a Nick WIN, don't really care about anything else, I think 1st place gets 4 points and a possible 2 more for Fall, 1.5 more for TF and 1 more for major

 

What a joke of an excuse. In 6 matches Cruz averaged just 3 pts. per match. So I guess the entire field slowed him down. That translates to Cruz wasn't very offensive this entire tournament.

 

Elliot Quow NCAA 200 meter champ mid 80s

 

30 minutes away from the biggest individual match in RU Wrestling history ! I'm nervous, I'm sure most of us are nervous. Can you imagine how the coaches feel? How Suriano's parents feel? How Nick himself feels ? Wow. I used to throw up before high school football games, lol, I can't imagine what these guys wrestling tonight go through.

Just do what you do, Nick !!

 

Sure in hindsight you could have done a lot of things but you didn’t. Also had things to say about Lizak. Tough to be so slowed down that you get called for stalling.

 

I am getting nervous that there is 5 minutes left in this Women's basketball game and I will miss the match...

 

They will just delay the start of the 125 match. Put on your ESPN App just in case, lol

 

When did WBB start playing full court?

 

Of course
in WBB
#11 Crieghton is beating #6 Iowa 66-61 with 2:30 left

 

Pre match talk
http://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=3304542

ESPN App

 

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

 

OMG end this game

 

UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

 

This women's basketball game is brutal to watch. They've run 5 secs. off the clock in the past 10 mins. End this miserable game already. How many fvcking timeouts does each team get 20?

Pull a friggin Heidi Bowl on this crap already.

 

FVCK espn

 

.3 seconds taking 10 minutes. No more TO for iowa

 

OMFG

 

I'm losing my mind with this game.

 

THeres literally 100 people at this game

 

NOBODY CARES!!!

 

Pull the plug already!

 

The longest 20 seconds

 

They could hold this game in a grammar school gym and still have plenty of room for fans. While 19,000 people and the entire wrestling viewing audience waits for this crap to end? Only at ESPiN

 

No one cares

 

Here we gooooo !! Gut wrench time !!!

 

Let’s go Nick

 

O sh*t my gut just tightened up from the butterflies. My dogs will be heading for the hills soon as they hear me scream.

 

Let's go NICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

That's great they just said RU ready. They all love us.