2019 NCAAs -- Session 3 Thread

[Tom McAndrew]

Again, I'm setting this up early.

Please use this thread to discuss PSU matches, matches of other wrestlers/teams, etc. If replying to another post, please use the Quote function.

Time:
11 am EDT

TV:
ESPNU

Video Streaming:
All 8 mats will be streamed on ESPN3. You can access the stream, which begins at 11 am EDT, at this link:

http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule/?channel=3e99c57a-516c-385d-9c22-2e40aebc7129&type=upcoming

Audio Streaming:
Byers' radio PBP will be streamed for free. The pre-tournament show starts at 10:40 am EDT, at:

https://gopsusports.com/watch/?Live=253&type=Live

Mat Assignments:
Myself and others will post them as we learn of them. You can get them from multiple sources. FloArena has them, and TrackWrestling's Dashboard is another good source. Penn State Wrestling's twitter (@pennstateWREST) often posts mat assignments as well.

Team Score:
that can be followed on Track, or on FloArena. IMHO, the best place to follow the team race is on the Penn State Wrestling Club's web site (https://pennstatewrestlingclub.org).

Plans for the tournament: I had previously indicated that I'd have to leave early in during Session 3. That was mostly mistake, as I thought it ran from noon - 3. I should be around for all of Session 3, or until nearly the end. I also expect to be able to provide PBP for Session 4. I'll not be around to provide PBP for Session 5. Lastly, while I'll create a Session 6 Thread, and post in it, by tradition I don't provide PBP during the finals.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

PSU matches in Session 3

133: RBY vs. Charles Tucker (Cornell) in consolations
141: Nick Lee vs. Max Murin (Iowa) in the quarterfinals
149: Berge vs. Tejon Anthony (George Mason) in consolations
157: Nolf vs. Christian Pagdilao (Arizona State) in the quarterfinals
165: Joseph vs. Isaiah White (Nebraska) in the quarterfinals
174: Hall vs Taylor Lujan (Northern Iowa) in the quarterfinals
184: Rasheed vs. Andrew McNally (Kent State) in consolations
197: Bo vs. Nathan Traxler (Stanford) in the quarterfinals
285: Cassar vs. Trent Hillger (Wisconsin) in the quarterfinals

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Team Race Score, After Session 2

PSU - 31.5
Ohio St - 25
Iowa - 24
Minny - 19.5
Okla St - 19.5
Mizzou - 18
Northern Iowa - 15.5
Michigan - 15
Nebraska - 14.5
VT - 14.5
Oregon St - 12
Lehigh - 11
Cornell - 10.5
Iowa St - 1-.5
Lock Haven - 10
NC St - 10
UNC - 9.5
Arizona St - 9
Rutgers - 9
Duke - 8.5
Princeton - 8.5
NW - 8
Army - 7
Wisky - 7
etc.

 

[Treelion66]

Our guys look good to have a successful Session 3!

 

[Tom McAndrew]

I can't explain the difference between the team score that the PSWC web site is showing, and what the NCAA tweeted out

 

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[AgSurfer]

Dhesi scored an 18-1TF against Haines in Rnd 2 and gets Steveson in the quarters. That's going to be an interesting match.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

I'm stealing these from InterMat, at THIS LINK


Quarterfinal matchups
125:
No. 1 Sebastian Rivera (Northwestern) vs. No. 8 Vito Arujau (Cornell)
No. 4 Ronnie Bresser (Oregon State) vs. No. 5 Jack Mueller (Virginia)
No. 3 Spencer Lee (Iowa) vs. No. 6 Sean Russell (Minnesota)
No. 2 Nick Piccininni (Oklahoma State) vs. No. 7 Patrick Glory (Princeton)

133:
No. 1 Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) vs. No. 8 John Erneste (Missouri)
No. 4 Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) vs. No. 5 Luke Pletcher (Ohio State)
No. 3 Nick Suriano (Rutgers) vs. No. 6 Ethan Lizak (Minnesota)
No. 2 Stevan Micic (Michigan) vs. No. 7 Austin DeSanto (Iowa)

141:
No. 1 Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) vs. No. 9 Dom Demas (Oklahoma)
No. 5 Jaydin Eierman (Missouri) vs. No. 13 Kyle Shoop (Lock Haven)
No. 3 Nick Lee (Penn State) vs. No. 22 Max Murin (Iowa)
No. 2 Joey McKenna (Ohio State) vs. No. 7 Mitch McKee (Minnesota)

149:
No. 1 Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers) vs. No. 8 Jarrett Degen (Iowa State)
No. 4 Brock Mauller (Missouri) vs. No. 5 Matthew Kolodzik (Princeton
No. 3 Mitch Finesilver (Duke) vs. No. 6 Austin O'Connor (North Carolina)
No. 2 Micah Jordan (Ohio State) vs. No. 10 Pat Lugo (Iowa)

157:
No. 1 Jason Nolf (Penn State) vs. No. 9 Christian Pagdilao (Arizona State)
No. 4 Alec Pantaleo (Michigan) vs. No. 5 Hayden Hidlay (North Carolina State)
No. 3 Ryan Deakin (Northwestern) vs. No. 6 Kaleb Young (Iowa)
No. 2 Tyler Berger (Nebraska) vs. No. 7 Larry Early (Old Dominion)

165:
No. 1 Alex Marinelli (Iowa) vs. No. 8 Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech)
No. 4 Evan Wick (Wisconsin) vs. No. 5 Chance Marsteller (Lock Haven)
No. 3 Josh Shields (Arizona State) vs. No. 11 Bryce Steiert (Northern Iowa)
No. 2 Vincenzo Joseph (Penn State) vs. No. 7 Isaiah White (Nebraska)

174:
No. 1 Mark Hall (Penn State) vs. No. 8 Taylor Lujan (Northern Iowa)
No. 4 Myles Amine (Michigan) vs. No. 5 Jordan Kutler (Lehigh)
No. 3 Zahid Valencia (Arizona State) vs. No. 22 Ben Harvey (Army West Point)
No. 2 Daniel Lewis (Missouri) vs. No. 10 Mikey Labriola (Nebraska)

184:
No. 1 Myles Martin (Ohio State) vs. No. 8 Ryan Preisch (Lehigh)
No. 5 Max Dean (Cornell) vs. No. 13 Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh)
No. 3 Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) vs. No. 6 Drew Foster (Northern Iowa)
No. 10 Sam Colbray (Iowa State) vs. No. 15 Chip Ness (North Carolina)

197:
No. 1 Bo Nickal (Penn State) vs. No. 8 Nathan Traxler (Stanford)
No. 4 Patrick Brucki (Princeton) vs. No. 21 Tom Lane (Cal Poly)
No. 3 Preston Weigel (Oklahoma State) vs. No. 11 Christian Brunner (Purdue)
No. 2 Kollin Moore (Ohio State) vs. No. 10 Tom Sleigh (Virginia Tech)

285:
No. 1 Derek White (Oklahoma State) vs. No. 9 Matt Stencel (Central Michigan)
No. 4 Jordan Wood (Lehigh) vs. No. 28 Sam Stoll (Iowa)
No. 3 Gable Steveson (Minnesota) vs. No. 6 Amar Dhesi (Oregon State)
No. 2 Anthony Cassar (Penn State) vs. No. 7 Trent Hillger (Wisconsin)

 

[Grove Lion]

I can't explain the difference between the team score that the PSWC web site is showing, and what the NCAA tweeted out

View embedded media

PSWC fixed it... 32.5.

 

[Sportfan2017]

Session 3 observations:

PSU: Is favored in all 9 matchups. Let us hope that turns out to be true...….with Bonus

tOSU: Is favored in 9 of 10 matchups. Fleetwood is favored over Malik.....but he is tough. Let us hope that 9 is NOT so true.

Iowa: Is favored in 6 or 7 matches.....depending on whether you think Micic is anywhere close to 100%. I think not. Iowa favored in 7 matches. If you think Stoll is not the betting favorite.....you need a timeout in the Stall bin. Let's hope it is less.

Okie State: favored in 7 or 8 of their matches.....depending on your take on Lydy/Geer. Lets keep the bonus to a minimum.

 

[Sportfan2017]

Dhesi scored an 18-1TF against Haines in Rnd 2 and gets Steveson in the quarters. That's going to be an interesting match.

Dehsi has gotten better as the year went on......just like last year. 3 of the 4 best heavyweights in the land ( and some would argue....THE 3 best ) are on the same side of the bracket. Your Stoll welcome

 

[PSUbluTX]

I always want more domination for PSU, but I'm thrilled with where we're at so far. Still on track to easily win the tourney and even threaten the team scoring record.

Props to Iowa, who is doing better than I expected. OKST has tripped up a bit. Looks to me like tOSU has the inside lane to 2nd place now, with Iowa and OKST fighting for 3rd (my revised bracket has them tied in the end). After seeing how Matt Stencel manhandled Demetrius Thomas, I think he's a formidable opponent for Derek White. Won't be surprised by either one wining that one.

Goofing around with the interactive brackets, it looks to me like the matches below are the possible/probable paths RBY and Berge will have to navigate to AA. Tough road for both, but not impossible.

RBY may need to get past:
1. (9) Chaz Tucker (CORN)
2. (15) Ben Thornton (PUR)
3. (5) Luke Pletcher (OHST)

Berge may need to get past:
1. (22) Henry Pholmeyer (SDSU)
2. (20) Tommy Thorn (MINN)
3. (10) Pat Lugo (IOWA)

To secure 3rd place, I suspect Shak will have to get past this group:
1. (17) Andrew McNally (KENT)
2. (26) Dakota Geer (OKST)
3. (13) Nino Bonaccorsi (PITT)
4. (8) Ryan Preisch (LEH)
5. (10) Samuel Colbray (ISU)
6. (4) Emery Parker (ILL)

 

[bigs22]

Iowa: Is favored in 6 or 7 matches.....depending on whether you think Micic is anywhere close to 100%. I think not. Iowa favored in 7 matches. If you think Stoll is not the betting favorite.....you need a timeout in the Stall bin. Let's hope it is less.

I’ll take Micic and Wood. Micic blew him out last year after his first feel, even 90% I think he knows how to keep DeSanto from his offense and he has looked healthy enough to me. And I’m not buying the hype with Stoll. He is looking pretty good, but a woefully over seeded and undersized Parris and Jennings are much different than a solid guy like Wood. I think Stoll has a decent chance, but I think people are getting too excited based on an advantageous draw.

 

[mcruny42]

Link to updated brackets? They were all sold out last night

 

[Cletus11]

so for those at work that are going to secretly have Byers on at a low level, start is at 11AM, when do you project about when RBY will actually get on the mat (assuming he is the first PSU wrestler)?

 

[midniteride]

I’ll take Micic and Wood. Micic blew him out last year after his first feel, even 90% I think he knows how to keep DeSanto from his offense and he has looked healthy enough to me. And I’m not buying the hype with Stoll. He is looking pretty good, but a woefully over seeded and undersized Parris and Jennings are much different than a solid guy like Wood. I think Stoll has a decent chance, but I think people are getting too excited based on an advantageous draw.

I believe that Stoll's chances of winning almost any match depends on how the officials penalize the push out rule.

 

[Aardvark86]

Over/under on nits to semifnals 5.5
Over/under on hawks to semis 2.5

What say you?

 

[Aardvark86]

so for those at work that are going to secretly have Byers on at a low level, start is at 11AM, when do you project about when RBY will actually get on the mat (assuming he is the first PSU wrestler)?

He is in the hole per track, so 10-15?

 

[bigs22]

Over/under on nits to semifnals 5.5
Over/under on hawks to semis 2.5

What say you?

I’ll take the over for both. I would only pick two hawks, but I bet they pick up another between DeSanto, Young, and Stoll.

 

[Aardvark86]

Today is going to be like moving day at the masters

 

[nerfstate]

Link to updated brackets? They were all sold out last night

The guy who made this awesome spreadsheet is pretty on top of his game for updating.

 

[Cyclingmik]

We will not by close of business if tomorrow is relax and enjoy.

 

[bwifan]

So..... What does everyone have for a team score for PSU this morning...

 

[pish69]

How many matches do the consi guys wrestle this session if they win?

 

[nerfstate]

How many matches do the consi guys wrestle this session if they win?

It would have to be 2 (total) right? Bloodround is tonight.

 

[eddy line]

Mat assignments:

MAT 3 BOUT 351
141 Nick Lee (Penn State) vs Max Murin (Iowa)

MAT 6 BOUT 357
157 Jason Nolf (Penn State) vs Christian Pagdilao (Arizona State)

MAT 4 BOUT 364
165 Isaiah White (Nebraska) vs Vincenzo Joseph (Penn State)

MAT 6 BOUT 365
174 Mark Hall (Penn State) vs Taylor Lujan (Northern Iowa)

MAT 6 BOUT 373
197 Bo Nickal (Penn State) vs Nathan Traxler (Stanford)

MAT 4 BOUT 380
285 Trent Hillger (Wisconsin) vs Anthony Cassar (Penn State)

MAT 2 BOUT 390
133 Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) vs Charles Tucker (Cornell)
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BOUT 410
149 Tejon Anthony (George Mason) vs Brady Berge (Penn State)
-
BOUT 437
184 Shakur Rasheed (Penn State) vs Andrew McNally (Kent State)

 

[baccafarmer]

Over/under on nits to semifnals 5.5
Over/under on hawks to semis 2.5

What say you?

The Bull is gonna have his hands full with the VT kid!

 

[STAND with PRIDE]

Yep gotta win 2 this mornin!

 

[El-Jefe]

So..... What does everyone have for a team score for PSU this morning...

Positive Infinity.

 

[Aardvark86]

Positive Infinity.

Or as my young son used to say, the highest number, “infinity nine”.

 

[jack66]

The Hawkeyes had a nice 1st day, but IMO they will still finish behind the Buckeyes.

A month ago I felt that Okie St would take 2nd, but John Smith's late season weight cut plan pretty much scuttled their chances. Joe Joe replacing Rogers at 165 to make room for Geer never did seem like a good idea.

 

[fen103]

Favorite day of the wrestling year. Here's where we separated from the pack. We find out who is the pretenders who are the contenders. Can't wait for it to start!

 

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[4INSBU]

Is anyone worried about the Buckeyes? They could have 4 advance in consolations to the next session

 

[jschrantz]

Is anyone worried about the Buckeyes? They could have 4 advance in consolations to the next session

Let’s just win all our matches and we’ll be fine

 

[dsites52]

I feel dirty for saying it, but I’m rooting for a Suriano/DeSanto semi. Ew.