Now that allocations are out, the following has been updated for the current year. Good luck.
Description
The B1G Championships functions as a qualifier tournament for Nationals. The B1G will automatically qualify a certain number of wrestlers per weight class, based on their placing at the B1G Championships. The auto-qualifiers (AQs) will number as follows: 10 @ 125 and 165, 9 @ 149, 8 @ 141, 157 and 184, 7 @ 133, 174 and 285 and 6@ 197. In addition, there is a need to determine an extra place finish beyond the AQ at each weight to identify the wrestler that falls one place short of being an AQ, per one of the criteria needed to attain “Bronze Standard” for eligibility to obtain an “at-large” berth to Nationals. Long-story-short, all weight classes but the five 9 AQ weights will have traditional placements out to eighth place. Those five weights will have placement all the way out to 10th.
What You Need To Do
For each of the 10 PSU wrestlers competing at the B1G Championships, predict his:
(1) Place Finish, per the placing categories listed below for each weight class; and
(2) Total Number of Bonus Points (to the nearest half-point) scored during the tournament EXCLUDING matches wrestled to determine 9th place through 14th place.
All predictions must be posted in this thread by 11:00 AM Eastern on Saturday, March 3rd.
Placing Categories, By Weight Class
125: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, or “DNP”
133: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, or “DNP”
141: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, or “DNP”
149: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, or “DNP”
157: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, or “DNP”
165: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, or “DNP”
174: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th or “DNP”
184: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, or “DNP”
197: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, or “DNP”
285: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, or “DNP”
Scoring
For each PSU wrestler, you will be awarded “Placement Points” based on your prediction for where the wrestler places in the tournament. You will also be awarded “Bonus Points” based on your predicted number of bonus points scored by the wrestler (excluding extra matches wrestled for 9th-14th place). The scoring structure for Placement Points and Bonus Points are listed below.
Placement Points
30 points for predicting a wrestler's place finish exactly (includes the “DNP” category)
25 points for a prediction being off by 1 place
20 points for a prediction being off by 2 places
15 points for a prediction being off by 3 places
10 points for a prediction being off by 4 places
0 points for a prediction being off by 5 or more places
Note: A "DNP" finish is considered 1 place away from 8th at all weights but those where there are 9 AQ’s, and one place away from 10th at 133 and 174.
Bonus Points
4 points awarded for predicting a wrestler's bonus point total exactly (to the nearest half-point)
3 points awarded for a prediction that is off by 0.5 points
2 points awarded for a prediction that is off by 1.0 points
1 points awarded for a prediction that is off by 1.5 points
0 points awarded for a prediction that is off by 2.0 or more points
Note: Major Decision = 1.0 bonus points; Tech Fall = 1.5 bonus points; Fall, Medical Forfeit, Injury Default, and Disqualification = 2.0 bonus points.
The maximum attainable score under this system is 340 points. Tiebreaker criteria are (1) most placement points, (2) most “30-point” placement predictions, (3) most “25-point” placement predictions, (4) most “20-point” placement predictions, (5) most “15-point” placement predictions, (6) most “10 point” placement predictions, and (7) most FOS posts.
Example Predictions/Outcomes/Scoring
Example 1. I predict Keener to finish 5th and score 1.5 bonus points. Keener actually places 1st and scores 2.0 bonus points. I receive 10 Placement Points (1st – 5th = -4 = 10 pts) and 3 Bonus Points (2.0 – 1.5 = 0.5 = 3 pts) for a total of 13 points for my 133-lb weight class prediction.
Example 2. I predict Kuhn to finish 9th and score 2.0 bonus points. Kuhn actually places 4th and scores 4.0 bonus points. I receive 0 Placement Points (4th – 9th = -5 = 0 pts) and 0 Bonus Points (4.0 – 2.0 = 2.0 = 0 pts) for a total of 0 points for my 133-lb weight class prediction.
Example 3. I predict Joseph to finish “DNP” and score 0.0 bonus points. Joseph actually finishes 10th and scores 1.0 bonus points. I receive 20 Placement Points (10th – DNP = 2 = 20 pts) and 2 Bonus Points (1.0 – 0.0 = 1.0 = 2 pts) for a total of 22 points for my 165-lb weight class prediction.
Example 4. I predict Nickal to place 1st and score 4 bonus points. Nickal actually wins, and scores 4 bonus points. I receive 30 Placement Points (1st -1 = 0 = 30 pts) and 2 Bonus Point (4.0-4.0 = 0 = 4 pt) for a total of 34 points for my 184-lb weight class prediction.
I will post a link to B1G pre-seeds when they are announced and actual seeds and brackets when they become available.
Again, all predictions must be posted in this thread by 11:00 AM Eastern on Saturday, March 3th.
Although these scores will be compiled with the Dual Season and Nationals scores to crown an overall season champion, all are welcome to join this particular event to be crowned B1G champion. Good luck!
