Best guess:
I think Murin is likely looking at 4/5 the way things are shaking out. Above Gomez and Yahya. Behind Yianni, Sasso, Parco and maybe Henson?
Dean is 1-3 against top 10 competition.
True. For sure behind Sasso, Yianni, Parco (just won Pac 12 tourney) and Henson (won ACC tonight and has beaten Sasso). He could fall behind Thomas too. Also Mauller and Paniro Johnson are coming up for the Big 12 title. Whoever wins that could be ahead of him. Johnson has the H2H against him. I say 6 at the highest.
I'm fine with this all things considered. Deans seed is less important than his match up more than anyone on our team. He can beat anyone as we've seen.
There’s not completely impossible path to a Van Ness-Murin second round match which would be totally hilarious.
Yeah, 1-16 at 97 are pretty damn close to one another on the right day.
In the bracket pool, 197 is where you make your money.
Who do you think gets seeded higher then Levi? Austin, Josh H, and Franek? Franek lost to Robb this year so hoping that moves Levi above him.
Yup. Franek also beat Zerban though. I think Levi could absolutely be the 2. Nowhere from 2-4 would surprise me. He’s probably the seed I’m least sure of next to SVN and Facundo.
“Hey let’s look at Earl’s IM rankings” was the extent of it but yes hahSo you put some thought into this.
That’s crazy.
Crap - he’s going to have to deal with Hidlay and his bs in the semis. Hope we get the same ref had today
There are better experts than me on this subject within this site. The “human element” is the coaches ranking which AB will be #1. RPI is some crazy formula but without 15 matches he don’t get any points for that.
My understanding is that there is wiggle room beyond the formula.
I think he’s a lock for top 3.
I hope you’re right. I believe I read somewhere that you could move up or down up to 2 spots beyond formula and if that’s the case maybe AB does get the 1.
If he wrestles 2 more matches this year then none of this is even a question. He has 13 total matches and that comes with consequences. All that being said..I don’t think AB cares if he was seeded 26th. He’s the class of the weight
They are 1-1 against each other with Keck with the most recent win and why Keck is #2 in coaches rank
Wednesday evening around 8pm eastern.
Improper seeding affects the field neat more than the top guy. And it has a weirder effect on the backside. On no planet should AB be anything other than the 1 seed. Making him the 3 would punish the now #2 who loses his better opportunity to reach the finals.
