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2025 Big Ten Tournament thread

Maybe. Cruz hasn’t qualified and will have to win a mini-tourney for the 9th and final allocation. Maybe he’d get an at-large if not?
He's currently 18th in the coaches poll and 21st in RPI (could drop to 25th if others get to 15 matches). But his Win % is only a little above .500, nowhere near the .700 threshold.

If he needs an at-large, he'll be at the mercy of whatever other 125s are in that same bucket.
 
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Terrible officiating job in the other semi. Two officials and neither could see Peterson's knee in PD for multiple seconds. The trail official's most important job should be to prevent injuries if the lead can't see that side.
 
I kind of thought that’s how that match would go, I just didn’t have the balls to call it publicly.

Luke has trouble on bottom and guys that don’t shoot. I knew he’d have a bunch of counter offense here
To the point that Ramos got a little iffy with shooting lol
 
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141 SF - Beau Bartlett VS Vance Vombaur (MN)

Period 1:
Let's go Beau! Circling & hand fighting. Vombaur looks a little longer than Beau. Beau presses forward a bit, but then they're back to center. Vombaur shoots & gets a leg. Beau counters, but Vombaur finishes for the TD, 3-0. Beau gets to his feet. Vombaur brings him back to a quadpod & then back to the mat. Beau gets back up, but Vombaur trips him back again. Beau is looking for a reversal now, but it's blown dead for some reason I know not. Beau is still down. Vombaur has 37-sec RT. Beau gets to his feet, but Vombaur trips him back to the mat. Beau gets up again & gets the escape, 3-1. Vombaur has 52-sec RT. Circling in the center. Vombaur shoots, but Beau sprawls back & they break, 25-sec left. Beau pushes forward. Vombaur shoots. Beau sprawls out of it. Circling for the last few seconds of the period. 3-1 Vombaur, +52-sec RT.

Period 2:
Vombaur takes down. Beau gets Vombaur bellied out, then Vombaur works back to his feet & gets the escape, 4-1. Vombaur pressing forward now. Beau with some fakes. Hand fighting, tying up & circling, 1-min left. Beau shoots & gets a leg. He elevates it, but Vombaur is fighting hard & is long. Beau tries a dump, but Vombaur hits the splits & it's a stalemate, neutral restart. Vombaur shoots & gets to a leg. Beau sprawls back. Vombaur keeps working, but Beau fights him off until the period ends. 4-1 Vombaur

Period 3:
Beau takes down. He gets to his feet, but Vombaur takes him back down. Beau gets back to his feet, but can't get hand control & Vombaur goes over 1-min RT. Out of bounds & restart. Beau is still down. Vombaur is tough. Beau gets to his feet, but Vombaur trips him back down. Beau gets to a quadpod, then rolls, but Vombaur stays with him. Beau gets to his feet & gets the escape, 4-2. Beau shoots & gets a leg. Vombaur sprawls & it's a stalemate, 54-sec left. Beau presses forward & shoots, but no luck. Beau is looking for an opening, but Vombaur is solid. Beau shoots, but Vombaur fights him off. Vombaur fights everything off as time expires. Vombaur adds a RT point, 5-2. That's really unfortunate, because Hardy beat Mendez in the other semi. Wow! Bartlett might wrestle Mendez for 3rd! Anyone pick?

Vance Vombaur DEC Beau Bartlett 5-2
 
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