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Wrestling 2023 NCAA Tournament Live Thread

Ski said:
That smell to me still reminds me of passing the paper mill in Roaring Springs on the way to Clover Creek during trout season. Good memories of fishing and my late father.
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Clover and Cove creeks are nice to fish. I also have pretty great memories fishing there.
 
diggerpup said:
Eh .... Just re-start the MATCAST view from ESPN+ and drag/drop the curser a few times...
It'll become obvious who is on what mats.

Levi was on Mat 4 I know for sure, and I think the 1- seeds were all on Mat 5.

EDIT - most of the PSU matches are linked in this thread on earlier pages.
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I was hoping to avoid the trial and error. I couldn't find old mat assignments on track.
 
johnstownsteel said:
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.
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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.
 
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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.
 
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kadeeu said:
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.
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Might be my favorite Byers call ever
 
Clay asked me to post in his behalf. Unfortunately I'm on the road and am limited to listening to Byers.

And don't forget: 7 for 7 or GTFO.

Time: 8 pm ET
Watch: ESPN
Live stream: All mats available with ESPN+ subscription, Watch ESPNU Feed ESPN.com with provider login
Listen: Jeff Byers via LionVision
Live Brackets: TrackWrestling
Twitter: @PennStateWREST

SEMIFINAL PENN STATE MATCHES
125: N/A
133: (1) Roman Bravo-Young vs. (4) Michael McGee (ASU)
141: (6) Beau Bartlett vs. (2) Andrez Alirez (UNCO)
149: (12) Shayne Van Ness vs. (1) Yianni Diakomihalis (CORN)
157: (2) Levi Haines vs. (3) Peyton Robb (NEB)
165: N/A
174: (1) Carter Starocci vs. (4) Chris Foca (CORN)
184: (3) Aaron Brooks vs. (2) Trent Hidlay (NCST)
197: N/A
285: (3) Greg Kerkvliet vs. (2) Wyatt Hendrickson (AF)

CONSOLATION ROUND 1 PENN STATE MATCHES
197: (9) Max Dean vs. (11) Jaxon Smith (UMD)
 
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mcpat said:
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. He 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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Good stuff. Minor correction, Aaron didn't get pinned by Keck.
 
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.
 
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Random4598375 said:
You're right. Godamnit.
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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.
 
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There are a handful of guys who do really good commentary for wrestling, so I don’t want to say Rock is the best, but I will say that he’s one of the best!
 
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Here are the number of potential scoring wrestlers still on the board for each team not yet mathematically eliminated from contention for 1st place (listed in order of current point standing):

QTY​
TEAM​
POINTS​
MAX POTENTIAL​
8​
Penn State
78​
202.5​
6​
Iowa
48​
151.5​
6​
Cornell
45.5​
149​
5​
Nebraska
44​
123.5​
5​
Michigan
39​
127.5​
6​
Missouri
34​
142​
7​
Ohio State
31​
163​
4​
North Carolina State
29​
102.5​
5​
Iowa State
28​
121​
4​
Arizona State
27​
96​
6​
Virginia Tech
21​
133.5​
4​
South Dakota State
20​
93.5​
4​
Minnesota
18​
96​
 
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nitlion6 said:
Max is finally going to wrestle a kid in the blood round that he is better than. Max should go 2 - 0 tonight and be positioned to finish 3rd to 6th. I am really hoping Max beats Diakomihalis for 3rd!
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He's got Beard or Truax in the second match if he beats Smith. No easy task.
 
Curious how others are going to watch. ESPN split screen, ESPN+ Matcast or ESPN+ pick your mat?
 
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Does anyone else here the constant drone of a chatterbox chick in the background? I might have to skip the Ironhead PBP if they don't shut her the hell up.
 
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