It's been an epic day of wrestling! Now my heart rate can go back to normal.
Wrestling 2023 NCAA Tournament Live Thread
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It's been an epic day of wrestling! Now my heart rate can go back to normal.
Favored in 3 of the finals with the other 2 toss ups? RBY, Starocci, and AB are definitely favored. Kerk has to be the underdog against Parris but their matches are razor thin. Levi is the favorite in my eyes but I’m a homer. I would think O’Connor would be the betting favorite but it has to be close after the performance Levi has had
PSU is at 116.5, Iowa maxes out at 125.5 so obviously it'll be sealed tomorrow morning .... only heartbreaking thing about tonight is I really believed Shayne had it.
5 in the Finals! We have a pretty good track record when that's the case!
All the talk about how the Brooks match was called re: Stalling - how about the Starocci v Foca match???
Foca literally did nothing but Stall the entire match in both Neutral and bottom. Starocci road him for something like 3 minutes.... Final Score 6-0 (2 takedowns, an escape and RT ADV Point) - Foca never takes a shot the entire match despite being down the entire match - backpedaled and went to edge entire time they wrestled in Neutral - laid on his belly and did absolutely NOTHING when on bottom..... but somehow the Ref only managed to see one Stall call "a warning" that costs no points when Foca should have been DQ'ed for stalling twice over!
Ridiculous that Foca was effectively encouraged to continue stalling by the Ref via the way the match was called and the Ref refusing to call stalling on Foca despite the fact that this is literally the ONLY THING Foca did the entire match!
Foca literally did nothing but Stall the entire match in both Neutral and bottom. Starocci road him for something like 3 minutes.... Final Score 6-0 (2 takedowns, an escape and RT ADV Point) - Foca never takes a shot the entire match despite being down the entire match - backpedaled and went to edge entire time they wrestled in Neutral - laid on his belly and did absolutely NOTHING when on bottom..... but somehow the Ref only managed to see one Stall call "a warning" that costs no points when Foca should have been DQ'ed for stalling twice over!
Ridiculous that Foca was effectively encouraged to continue stalling by the Ref via the way the match was called and the Ref refusing to call stalling on Foca despite the fact that this is literally the ONLY THING Foca did the entire match!
I’m so dam proud of these kids, Boom!!!!
All this talk about Spencer GOAT from Iowa folks and he’s going to wind up with combined lower placing than a few of
This was one of the most enjoyable days of following wrestling I can remember. I’m pretty sure tomorrow will be right up there as well. Thanks everyone for hanging out and cheering on our boys. Makes watching even better!
Hey stop riding on Spencer, he over came 2 acl and went to the semi's ,he just didn't have the gas for crueling tournament and had a epic carreer.
Oh I can definitely remember when for me, but I don’t think the moderators would permit me posting any details here.
Heard she was looking for PSUPaul after she bent up her glasses.
Correct. Iowa will be out of potential points before I'm on my second Bloody Mary tomorrow
One trick pony , Ramos wouldn’t beat Gilman, Spence don’t like folkstyle anyways or tough wrestling
By my math, 34 finalists in last 7 tournaments
I’m still not sure what you didn’t like about Foca’s wrestling. Could you explain it with a little more detail?
Shayne did have it and since he only has one direction…..forward….he didn’t. 1:00 of Yianni coming after you is a problem, I’ve been watching him since Jr High.
If you don’t know what a national champion looks like from afar…::take a peek at Van Ness. He grew up a bunch in the last three weeks. Regardless of what happens tomorrow, he will be on top of the podium before he leaves PSU.
Yeah if Iowa pins in every match tomorrow and we lose every match tomorrow they will win..it’s over
Right now it’s just about each of our guys doing their best to reach the farthest spot they can
Oklahoma State behind Purdue in the team standings! 27 to 25. Worst showing from Okie State in awhile I would think. Not good last year either but they had a finalist
It ain’t bragging if you can back it up. So . . . . when you lose . . . . well … let’s just say that he had a great career. Not in the GOAT conversation!
Yes. Woods pins in finals is +6. Each of the Iowa 5 in Consolation Semifinals get 3rd (2 wins) by pin is (4 placement + 1 advancement + 4 bonus = 9 total points).
10AM Tulsa time starts the medal rounds. PSU will have it clinched by the 149 rounds
This is the type of content I come here for. Well done, lol
For a kid who didn’t have a real RS season, and looks pretty rough at times, he has a massive amount of raw potential.
WTF, some saying Kerk stalled for the win. LMAO after the first takedown he dominated.
I think if any wrestler is as quick as RBY, it might be Vito, going to be a good final.
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I remember Meredith making exactly the same mistake with less than a minute left in the NCAA finals a few years ago. I wish SVN had watched that match a few times before today.
Great day of wrestling. Proud of every single competitor on this team.
A day like today has to be the best recruiting tool one could ever ask for. What blue chip recruit watches what PSU does year in and year out and doesn’t want to be a part of it? I bet Barr, Sealey, Ryder, Kasak, Gibson, Davis, and the Mirasola twins are pretty excited right now knowing the environment they are coming into
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So I was buying TShirts half way thru the session at the BOK center and about 8 guys wearing Iowa gear were saying something to the the vender inside the center selling t shirts. They were arguing with a bunch of people at once including fans and staff. I’m not sure what was said to get this mob so irate but a kid like 20 years old selling T shirts said so how did your boy Spencer do? and then someone in the Iowa group punched the kid in the face. The group took off and within minutes cops and security were there. Because of this group. Within minutes, all food and drink concessions were stopped. I realize 99% of hawk eye fans are just passionate good people. But this group pissed off about the Spencer Lee outcome we’re just idiots.
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What a night, what a day!!!!!
Two biggest upsets I’ve ever seen were both against Spencer Lee
Two biggest upsets I’ve ever seen were both against Spencer Lee
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Yup. I’m good with it.
I mean….we actually saw a guy losing by two get hit for stalling today. Lol. Give me forward press any day.
