I'm trying to give Dance a whole bunch more credit than you are. Last year Joey beat #1 by 1, #2 by 2, #3 by 2, #6 by 2 and Fall, #10 by 4, #15 by 2, 3, and 6, #25 by 7 and Fall, among others, and not one match was won by a riding time point. Hand-picking 2 matches from the NC, one against the 6-seed, the other against a red-hot Youtsey (and current #6) to make an "almost always" case doesn't give this wrestler his due.
I said in my original post that there certainly is no shame in losing to Dance. Said in multiple other posts that he is a real threat to make the championship or consi finals in March. We simply have a difference of opinion regarding Dance's offensive skill set, and BS tactics / "style", from the Neutral Position - Neutral is the most "fundamental" portion of "Folkstyle" wrestling that actually correlates identically to historic rules of "real wrestling" (e.g., International / Olympic Rules Wrestling). Simply absurd that the NCAA allows, and frankly encourages, wrestlers like Dance to blatantly make a mockery of the most fundamental of historic wrestling rules during the all important 1st Period, which btw is not the longest period by "coincidence" (it is the longest because it is the most fundamentally important in regards to its straight line connection to real wrestling on a historic basis - again, International Rules which governed the sport long, long, long before the bastardizations and distortions of "Folkstyle" ever existed that allow, and therefore promote, the intentional violation of "fundamental" and "sacred" rules.). A wrestler is not permitted to STALL (e.g., exclusively play defense and only look to counter while generating ZERO of their offense) to negate their opponents advantage in neutral in a blatant attempt to shorten the match to the mat the "mat periods" (including pulling this bullshat in OT which again, the Neutral Position is the longest for a reason and the reason is not "coincidence" - it is because the ability to generate offense from the Neutral position is the MOST FUNDAMENTAL AND IMPORTANT of "true wrestling" skills especially between two relatively well-matched opponents.
The NCAA's "tie break" rules encourage wrestlers who are good riders, but relatively weak Neutral wrestlers against top technical wrestlers, to STALL and waste away the all-important 1st Period in a blatant attempt to shorten the match (illegal in "real wrestling", Freestyle, and Dance would have been rung up for stalling multiple times and "put on the clock" to shot or else...) in a blatant attempt to have the match come down to vagaries associated with "riding" for the sake of riding even if you aren't attempting to score? In short, the NCAA's tie-break rules, refusal to call CLEAR STALLING in Neutral and their absurd fascination with "riding for the sake of riding even when you aren't trying to score" as a legitimate "wrestling skill / technique" (it absolutely is not!) are both bizzare and destroying the sport via boredom (who wants to watch that bull$hit? It is not what "true wrestling is all about and involves zero "moves" aimed at SCORING!). Again, the NCAA's tie-break rules are absurd - if a match ends in a tie, the wrestlers should be put on their feet for an unlimited SV period including intentional stalling by either wrestler. Prior stall warnings should be wiped clean, but the NCAA should establish the "shot clock" in Neutral (which would include an unlimited SV OT Period)....if a wrestler is not "wrestling" and attempting to generate his own offense despite the other wrestler repeatedly attempting attacks, the offending wrestler should be warned and put on the "shot clock". If they don't attempt their own attack on the clock, they get dinged a point - e.g., this would end the unlimited SV OT Period. It is absurd to let "riding time" advatage determine a match especially when a wrestler is stalling in Neutral to get there! A wrestler should be forced to actually "win" the match via some form of scoring that has resulted from his technical wrestling skill - allowing a wrestler to win using the tactics Dance used on Sunday is not promoting "true wrestling" or "recognized" true wrestling skill.
But yes, we clearly have a difference of opinion regarding Dance's technical wrestling skills in Neutral against TOP TECHNICIANS - his Neutral offense against elite competition sucks, to put it bluntly, and he therefore has to attempt to negate the Neutral periods against elite competition by blatantly stalling and attempting to eliminate his Neutral weakness and shorten the match WHICH IS AGAINST THE RULES OF WRESTLING REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE NCAA IMBECILES CALL IT OR NOT.