Both done. Rd of 12 finishers Phipps(Bucknell) and Teske are done. So looks like 8 of top 12 are back.
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I believe they mentioned during the broadcast his brother is also at LR. If so, that is another reason he might stay put.
Neither are back. They were both recruiting class of 2017. LOL.
Teske is the only other senior of any significance, though.
I would rather see Cochran on the Cassar plan to move up to 285 in the event Kerk doesn't use his final year.
He would do very well at that weight class, better than at 197.
Perhaps the guy who said "I can get you an interview with Tom, but you have to enter the portal first."
Y'know, the guy whose wife can't be trusted with glasses.
I like davis at 133 , not seeing it with Nagao 3 pts at nationals ,um like Bailey if he can hold 133 looks hammerish with better coaching long strong and quick.
I thought about that when Dean was in his last year, but before we were sure Brooks was going up, but didn't realize MB still had another year next year. Interesting. He looked fantastic this year all the way up until the point he didn't late at nationals. A bit odd to be honest,
Because he beat Slavikouski?
He faced 3 other NQs this year and went 1-2 against them: lost 20-6 to Beard, lost 13-6 to Cardenas, beat 31-seed Kinsey 17-3.
Last year he went 2-2 vs. guys who ever qualified for nationals: beat Hopkins 10-5, lost to Mitchell 5-2, lost to Koser 12-0, pinned Crawford. None have ever placed.
Perhaps Cochran can make the 197 podium, but his body of work suggests he isn't a lock for it.
I wouldn't be surprised if the coaches bring in someone to compete for the position, and I'm perfectly happy if they don't or he wins the job. We'll be OK either way.
Is there some kid at like Cal Baptist that shoots 70 shots a match and shakes everyone's hand after he is done wrestling available anywhere this year for 197?
That’s pretty much the Michael Beard story - starts leaking oil late in matches and late in the season
Lilledahl is a different level than Davis, which is a scary thing to say about a kid who was seeded #1 at nationals in his true freshman year.
It's kind of ridiculous that Penn State just broke the scoring record and they have 2 of the 3 best recruiting classes Cael has had at Penn State coming in the next two years.
Yes, his brother, Bilal transferred over to Little Rock from Campbell when Nasir committed.
Something tells me Cael doesn't think that way. He's a coach and wants to help guys improve. What's the fun in having ten guys who are favored to win it all lol
I think Cochran is interesting because you wonder what rolling with the guys that he rolls with has done to his potential. As you have said is results don't add up to him being an AA but you wonder if he is making jumps in the room.
On top of being pretty clearly done with classes, Starocci intends to drop to 74kg (163lbs) for Olympic trials. On the slight chance he even comes back, going to 184 doesn't align with his freestyle goals.
According to "our" JB, Keckeisen prefers the camaraderie of wrestling but not competing. A bit surprising.
Davis. Without a doubt. After Luke redshirts, it would be a total toss-up.
Lilledahl is already beating guys that Davis lost to like Volk. Davis has made massive jumps but Lilledahl is the number 1 overall recruit for a reason. Kid is special. I truly think he would have won NCAA’s this year and that’s without a season in the PSU room
I seem to recall a few guys top dogs in their weight classes, including Zain Retherford, taking redshirts for their team.
I know who has beaten who. You may think that you could have just substituted Lilledahl for Davis and he would have achieved a greater result, but you're not convincing me of that.
The NCAA tournament is tough, both physically and mentally. Davis could very easily have been the champ at that weight. If Davis wrestles Jore Volk 5 more times, he beats him at least 4/5.
I guess we aren’t convincing each other and that’s fine. Lilledahl has been in physically and mentally tough tournaments before like worlds and it’s never gotten to him. I just see Lilledahl beating every top kid put in front him and once he gets in the room I expect him to make a similar jump to what Davis did. The difference is that he was better than Davis before he got in the room. With the room bump I expect him to be at a different level. If Davis is beating him it’s not a bad problem though. Just means we have a guy who should win it all
