Some part of me is more impressed with guys who lose first round and come back for 3rd than those who win it all. Getting dropped to the backside early is brutal and easy for someone to mail it in for the year.
Wrestling 2023 NCAA Tournament Live Thread: Session III
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Some part of me is more impressed with guys who lose first round and come back for 3rd than those who win it all. Getting dropped to the backside early is brutal and easy for someone to mail it in for the year.
I try to be strictly objective at all times. Good policy to have! And the bully of the team was obviously a figure of speech.
I got good news for you Iowa fans. You guys can skip the sprinkles next year in Carver. Sprinkles are for winners.
You’re backpedaling quicker than Dean Heil with a one point lead.
Haven't posted in a long time. I check in and read quite often however. I find that you learn a lot more from listening than speaking. Lol. Anyway, something about this Haines kid that I love, and it's not that it's that he's really fuggin good. He's not as dynamic as the Nolfs, Nickals, Taylors. He doesn't punish his opponents quite like a Zain. Doesn't throw caution to the wind quite like a Cenzo. Can't put my finger on it. Maybe it's the way he finishes his double, straight the f up. Lmao. Maybe it's the heart that you can see in his wrestling. Until I figure it out, glad that young man is a Lion....
I was just reading their forum, mood is very dark. Lot of fans are ready to move on from John Smith.
You're cold as ice....
Any way to grab mat assignments for our guys from the quarters? I missed most of it working and wanted to catch up.
Oh wow. Here's a blast from the past! Great stuff like always. What ilove most about him is his will to win. Like not taking no for answer, the kid refuses to lose. That and I love how loose the kid is out there. Like being on the mat is his absolute joy in life.
For as much time as they spend watching wrestling, you’d think maybe one time they would finally catch on.
How do we make sure this happens. Unexpectedly in a work emergency and couldn’t have Byers.
I was hoping to avoid the trial and error. I couldn't find old mat assignments on track.
I love the smell of corn beef and cabbage in the morning! It smells like victory!
For those want to synch Byers with the Haines video I just posted. Pull up the session 3 audio from the Lionvision on demand area. The timestamp for Haines match is 1:58:10.
Nailed it..."loose". Levi was down 6-1 and you'd have never known it. Continued to do his thing. Just a pleasure to watch.
1 RBY has 4 McGee in the semifinals. RBY beat him 6-2 in the Dec 2021 dual at ASU. McGee was 4th last year and 6th the year before. He has two losses on the season; 6-1 and 7-5 to Arujau.
6 Bartlett wrestles 2 Alirez. They’ve never wrestled. Alirez is unbeaten on the season and lost in the blood round last year.
12 SVN wrestles 1 Yianni. Yianni is going for his 4th title this year. Yianni has only two losses in his career; one as a freshman to Eierman and one this year to Gomez, his first match of the year.
2 Haines wrestles 3 Robb. Haines beat Robb in SV at B1Gs. That was Robb’s only loss on the year. Robb was 4th last year.
1 Starocci wrestles 4 Foca. Carter beat him 3-2 in Dec 2021 and 10-3 in Feb 2020. Foca has one loss on the season; 3-2 to Lewis. He was a NQ last year but DNP.
3 Brooks wrestles 2 Hidlay. Brooks is 2-0 against Hidlay, beating him in SV in last year’s semifinals and 3-2 the finals the year before that. Hidlay has one loss on the season; by fall to 1 Keckeisen.
3 Kerkvliet wrestles 2 Hendrickson. They’ve never wrestled. Hendrickson has one loss on the season; 12-5 to 1 Parris. He came into NCAAs undefeated last year, but went 2-2, losing in R16.
As for 9 Dean, he has the 11 seed Jaxon Smith in the blood round. They’ve never wrestled and I posted previously about this matchup. Smith is a RSFR and was 3rd at Big Tens.
6 Bartlett wrestles 2 Alirez. They’ve never wrestled. Alirez is unbeaten on the season and lost in the blood round last year.
12 SVN wrestles 1 Yianni. Yianni is going for his 4th title this year. Yianni has only two losses in his career; one as a freshman to Eierman and one this year to Gomez, his first match of the year.
2 Haines wrestles 3 Robb. Haines beat Robb in SV at B1Gs. That was Robb’s only loss on the year. Robb was 4th last year.
1 Starocci wrestles 4 Foca. Carter beat him 3-2 in Dec 2021 and 10-3 in Feb 2020. Foca has one loss on the season; 3-2 to Lewis. He was a NQ last year but DNP.
3 Brooks wrestles 2 Hidlay. Brooks is 2-0 against Hidlay, beating him in SV in last year’s semifinals and 3-2 the finals the year before that. Hidlay has one loss on the season; by fall to 1 Keckeisen.
3 Kerkvliet wrestles 2 Hendrickson. They’ve never wrestled. Hendrickson has one loss on the season; 12-5 to 1 Parris. He came into NCAAs undefeated last year, but went 2-2, losing in R16.
As for 9 Dean, he has the 11 seed Jaxon Smith in the blood round. They’ve never wrestled and I posted previously about this matchup. Smith is a RSFR and was 3rd at Big Tens.
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That really was a slick counter by Andonian to put Levi on his back. He is definitely a dangerous wrestler. Kudos for Levi fighting off the pin. His strength has been mentioned before! On a side note, for those who are insisting Lei was pinned, the camera angle doesn't afford any of us the luxury of that opinion : ) That was quite the club by Andonian at 6:17, but Levi was almost immediately in on his legs and got the takedown. The way Andonian gassed reminded me a lot of what David Taylor said once, that working through a potential pinning sequence is exhausting for "both" wrestlers.
Hidlay got pinned be Keck. Sorry if I made it confusing to read. I changed “he” to “Hidlay”.
What's worse: I read the 7pm post just I left to start dinner have have something or other. I hurried back at 6:58 and tried to find the wrestling on ESPN+. I got a white screen with a faded message about starting at 8pm. It was kind of a bait and switch.
New thread posted for tonight's session.
Thread '2023 NCAA Tournament Live Thread: Session IV -- National Semis!' https://pennstate.forums.rivals.com...live-thread-session-iv-national-semis.332607/
Thread '2023 NCAA Tournament Live Thread: Session IV -- National Semis!' https://pennstate.forums.rivals.com...live-thread-session-iv-national-semis.332607/
I thought he looked a little gimpy for the last half of the match (and I’m not a worry wart). Wouldn’t be surprised if he had a wrap on
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