At large bids
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Nick Lee is a auto qualifier at both 141 and 149. How did he manage that? 
Nick Lee is a auto qualifier at both 141 and 149. How did he manage that?
Slush Fund. How else?
Now if we could get RBY at 125 & 133 we'd be all set : )Nick Lee is a auto qualifier at both 141 and 149. How did he manage that?
minnesota leads the way with 4 at large bids, followed by rutgers and wyoming with 3 each.
iowa's kaleb young gets an at large to match nebraska as the only teams with 10 qualifiers. iowa state, lehigh, oklahoma state, and virginia tech each have 9.
seems to be difficult to get at large bids without auto qualifiers as only maryland (2) and duke (1) did that this year.
iowa's kaleb young gets an at large to match nebraska as the only teams with 10 qualifiers. iowa state, lehigh, oklahoma state, and virginia tech each have 9.
seems to be difficult to get at large bids without auto qualifiers as only maryland (2) and duke (1) did that this year.
Nevills was unlikely to get selected. Having no wins over wrestlers in the field, combined with no RPI, means he's down 30% in every single comparison before anything else is considered.
If Seth dropped out of the coaches ranking (entirely possible given he has no quality wins, but I'm not sure how probable), he did not meet criteria to be considered for an at-large. To be considered for at-large you must meet 2 or the following 6 criteria:
Top 33 RPI - not enough matches to qualify
Top 33 Coaches ranking - ?
.700 winning pct vs. D1 - NO (9-4)
.700 winning pct at weight - YES
One win vs AQ at weight - NO
One place out of AQ at placement tourney - NO
So Seth meets only one out of the two required without a top 33 coach's ranking.
Even with a top 33 CR, Seth was up against it considering that 40% of the criteria that would be used to compare him against other candidates he gets a zero (conference placement, RPI, wins vs. AQ). Considering that his winning pct was around equal or less than all four guys who got an at-large (Sullivan, Ihry, Knighton-Ward, Bagoly) and his common opponents was around equal to all except Knighton-Ward, and no H-T-Hs against any of those guys, you are left with the coaches ranking for Seth to gain any ground on candidates who have RPI, conference placement or an AQ win. Coaches ranking only counts as 15% of the criteria used to measure guys against each other.
Seth needed to get finish the B1G tourney which likely would have gotten him qualified for RPI and probably an AQ win there. Also, a win over Traub in the dual would have helped immensely. He didn't and his non-selection is justified according to criteria.
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