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Not super confident at 133. I'd like to see a big bounceback win from Davis, but it's going to be the toughest match, imo.

Wonder if Shayne's dad reads the Rutgers board. Lol. https://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/threads/shayne-van-ness.288053/

There are several good matches.. Looking forward to watching this.

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Personally, I don't understand the big hype around Bassett. He's a good HS wrestler and I don't blame him for enjoying his moment in the sun while everyone is trying to obtain his commitment. But let's be real about things too. I remember about 6 - 7 years ago, everyone was on pins and needles waiting to see where a certain highly sought after PA wrestler would go, and it didn't turn out to be Penn State. He did become a decent college level competitor, but didn't do anything that was considered earth shaking. And on top of that, his participation didn't do anything to significantly boost the status of his selected college program.

So if Penn State lands Bassett, fine. But if we don't, I seriously don't think our overall program is going to be diminished in any way. Our coaching staff seems to do a better job than anyone else of getting the best out of the guys who do end up in blue and white.

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To be more serious: I completely agree with the 2nd paragraph, but have some bones to pick with the 1at.

Spencer was a 3x NCAA champ. They don't grow on trees, even if it does seem so at PSU.

If Lee didn't boost Iowa, that's on Brands, Morningstar, and Bobby Telford ... from the University of Iowa. And that's irrelevant to Cael's recruiting.

Also, Bassett has wrestled a national-level schedule his entire HS career with 4 total regular decisions and no losses. Plus his international success.

Put aside the manufactured hype, and he's still among the very best prospects of the last decade. That doesn't automatically mean college success, but it does merit attention.

Or to put it a different way: Johnny Sebastian tried to manufacture hype too, and got a lot less attention. For a reason -- he wasn't remotely as good.

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I agree with the projected shutout, but 38-0.

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KnightWhoSaysNit said:

Can you imagine Franklin or Tomlin being like that -- kicking butt for not having their heads in the right place and then propping them up when they actually do what they are told?

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Yes I can.

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EARLY RUTGERS DUAL MEET PREDICTIONS.

NOTES: all rankings are from Master Rankings last week, common opponents and head to head records are from Wrestlestat, other info is from the Scarlet Knights roster information, Flo and Intermat. CO means common opponents. HTH- means Head to Head matches.

125: #10 Luke Lilledahl, CO 2-1, vs #8 Dean Peterson, RSJR, Barnegat NJ, CO 5-0, 2X NCAA qualifier, 108-8 IN HS, 2x NJ state champ, 54-22 career college record.
WS PREDICTION- LL Dec Peterson 6-3.

133: #5 Braden Davis, CO 12-2, vs #10 Dylan Shawver, 6th year RSSR, Lorain Ohio, CO 10-4, 2x NCAA qualifier, 2024 NCAA AA, 79-29 career record.
WS PREDICTION- Davis Dec Shawver 6-5.

141: #2 Beau Bartlett, CO 25-0, HTH 1-0 with a 12-1 MD, vs #12 Joey Olivieri, SR, East Hanover New Jersey, 2022 NCAA qualifier, 3x New Jersey state champ, career College record 53-22.
WS PREDICTION- BB Dec Olivieri 6-4.

149:#2 Shane Van Ness, CO 2-0, HTH 1-0 with a 19-4 TF vs #32 Andrew Clark, RSSR, CO 1-1, Collingswood NJ 2023 NCAA qualifier, 2020 NJ state champ.
WS PREDICTION- Van Ness MD Clark 11-3.

157: #2 Tyler Kasak, no COs vs #32 Conner Harer, FR, Montgomery PA 3x PA state champ, 188-5 in HS, # 24 overall recruit in HS, 11-5 career college record.
WS PREDICTION- Kasak Dec Harer 9-3.

165-: #1 Mitchell Messenbrink, CO 10-0 HTH 3-0 with 2TFs and 1 fall, vs #25 Andrew White, SR South Plainfield New Jersey, 2023 NCAA qualifier, 35-33 career record.
WS PREDICTION- MM MD White 12-2.

174: #2 Levi Haines, CO 4-0, vs #20 Turley Jackson, 6th yr RSSR graduate student, Chester Virginia, 2021 AA, college career record 63-41. Jackson did not wrestle the previous Rutgers match but I could not find any information if Jackson was injured or not.
WS PREDICTION- Haines vs Jackson- no prediction.

184- #2 Carter Starocci, CO 6-1, vs #18 Cartagena Walsh, RSFR, CO 2-2, Ocean Township NJ,, 28-11 career college record.
WS PREDICTION- Starocci Dec Walsh 7-3.

197: #4 Josh Barr, No COs, vs #15 John Poznanski, RSSR, Colonia NJ, 3x NCAA qualifier, 2021 AA,164 wins in HS, 2020 NJ state champ, 59-22 college career record.
WS PREDICTION- Barr Dec Poznanski 5-4.

HWT-: #2 Greg Kerkvliet, CO 46-1, HTH 1-0 9-0 MD, vs #9 Yarislau Slavikouski, CO 22-7, SR Graduate student, Belarus, 2024 NCAA AA, 97-26 college career record, formally wrestled for Harvard.
WS PREDICTION- Kerkvliet Dec Slavikouski 6-3.

Rutgers has 7 RSSR or 6TH YR SRs, 1 RSJR, and 2 RSFR.

TEAM SCORE- PSU 32-0.

Master Rankings updates on Wednesday.

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amblernit said:

it will be very telling if he does well there.

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He's going to have to get separation from SEC cornerbacks, who probably are better as a group than Big 10 cornerbacks, and we all know that he almost never got sepration from them. Ole Miss under Kiffin has had really good, NFL caliber receivers, so there's a chance that he'll find some room if he plays because the cornerbacks will be covering better receivers more intently.

Other than his td against WVU, how many times did he catch a pass and run a long distance? He basically was a possession receiver for PSU, and when he did catch a pass there was a cornerback draped all over him. Like I said, I'm hopeful that we can get a comparable or better receiver in the portal in April, and we may already have gotten one or two.

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