Nobody with a big knee brace wrestles the same as they do otherwise -- it's gotta be awkward. You favor that leg even if there's no pain or discomfort. I don't know if he'll have the same brace or something smaller for nationals, but he can't be 100% until that big sleeve comes off.
Need objective views on Nolf
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I've never gotten the "83%" joke that turns up on this forum, but I saw Nolf at 83%. 
Jordan has 5 losses this year (Shields, Kemerer, Pantaleo 2x, Hidlay). All good opponents but still 5. No way he gets seeded over Jason (or Hidlay).
Suspect he's also behind Lavallee, Kemerer, and possibly Shields.
All of this presumes he beats Pantaleo, which would be a first.
I didn't mean to imply Micah would be seeded ahead of Jason. I still don't think Jason get's the 1 with Hidlay's performance this year, though.
Good point. Plus, yesterday would’ve been the first time opponents were grabbing on that knee/leg with bad intent. Whatever has been going on in practice with friendlies, regardless of intensity, certainly couldn’t replicate the danger level of actual competition. No teammate wants to be the guy that reinjures Nolf. I think that may account for some of his tentativeness yesterday. First real test. He did seem to significantly turn up the intensity at the end of the 2nd match. Maybe that was him testing his limits knowing that would be his last match before NCAAs (as Cael said yesterday had already been decided).
Sorry, didn't mean to give the impression that was your thought.
I kinda lumped that in with a number of posts that overstated the B10 Tournament importance ... such as Jason finishing 6th at B10s. Probably leaned forward a little too.
Hidlay has to be the 1 seed, but I was surprised to see he had 2 close wins at the ACC tournament and he didn't even wrestle Monday
Yeah, beat Pitt's Taleb Rahmani 6-4 in SV. Unranked and 17-12 on year. Hidlay majored him a month ago at the dual.
Pitt, by the way, had 0 finalists in the ACC Tournament and finished #6 out of 6 teams.
I still think Nolf gets the #1 seed. Even at 80% I'd pick him over anyone in the field. Even injured he still dominated his opponents in the B1G tourney. And even though he MFF his domination of the weight class will make it easier for the committee to seed him #1.
On the other hand I don't think Suriano will get the #1 seed as he does not dominate his weight class in nearly the same fashion. Even though he was undefeated he doesn't have a lot of great wins and has not faced Lee or NaTo (his best win was a close victory over #9 Rivera). In fact I think many would pick NaTo or Lee over Suriano even healthy. His sole match at B1G was not in dominant fashion either. I think he gets the #3 or 4 seed with Cruz #1 and NaTo #2.
On the other hand I don't think Suriano will get the #1 seed as he does not dominate his weight class in nearly the same fashion. Even though he was undefeated he doesn't have a lot of great wins and has not faced Lee or NaTo (his best win was a close victory over #9 Rivera). In fact I think many would pick NaTo or Lee over Suriano even healthy. His sole match at B1G was not in dominant fashion either. I think he gets the #3 or 4 seed with Cruz #1 and NaTo #2.
I have to disagree with you there. I thought he was clearly 83.65%.I've never gotten the "83%" joke that turns up on this forum, but I saw Nolf at 83%.
The committee typically doesn't rely on impressionistic criteria like reputation and general dominance. There are plenty of examples but undefeated Mitchell Port got the #1 seed over Logan Stieber four years ago (who had one loss to Zain) when non one really thought. Injury default is treated the same as a loss, so I'd be surprised if Hidlay didn't get the #1 seed. Remember, Nolf didn't even get the 1 seed over Kemerer this past weekend, and Kemerer was situated the same as Hidlay will be in two weeks, relative to Nolf.
At 125, like Hidlay, Cruz's schedule had him shielded from the top ranked guys, but it was no tougher than Suriano's (I say without looking at RPI, which might suggest I'm wrong, but I imagine it's a wash). I think the fact that Suriano ducked matches at B1Gs probably works against him in a loose tiebreaker sense in the back of coaches minds, but recall that NaTo ducked him as well at the dual, and also sat out the first half the year. But Suriano also dominated Cruz h2h last year, so maybe that's also in the back of minds. I think 60% chance Suriano gets the 1 spot, 40% Cruz. They're 1/2 in either order.
Then 3/4 is easy, b/c NaTo, with one loss, just beat Lee, now with two losses. I still think (and I think this sentiment is shared by all relevant parties) that any of Lee, Suriano, or NaTo beats Cruz; so for them, the prize isn't the top seed, but whichever seed is on track to meet Cruz in the semis (if Cruz 1, then 4 optimal, if Cruz 2 then 3 optimal.). I think Suriano gets the 1 and has to go through Lee (4) and NaTo (3) in the finals.
