***Big 12 Championship (Sat.-Sun.; Tulsa)***

[stuclone]

Good luck with Steveson first round!!!

He's gotta get past the 32 seed to get to Steveson first..

 

[enisthemenace]

That one was a headscratcher.

He's 10-15.

2 wins over NCAA qualifiers: Knighton-Ward, Surber

13 losses to NCAA qualifiers: Schuyler, Elam, Traxler, Kerkvliet, Fernandes, Nevills, Hendrickson (2), Metz, Heindselman (2), Wolfgram, Surber

Guy wrestled a lot of tough matches, huh? Sheesh.

 

[JM4CY]

Guy wrestled a lot of tough matches, huh? Sheesh.

Someone got screwed

 

[CyCloneRastlinG]

NCAA Qualifiers by school:

Northwestern	10
NC State	10
Iowa	10
Wisconsin	9
Penn St.	9
Penn	9
Oklahoma	9
Missouri	9
Minnesota	9
Michigan	9
Iowa St.	9
Cornell	9
Virginia Tech	8
Virginia	8
UNI	8
Oregon St.	8
Oklahoma St.	8
Ohio St.	8
Nebraska	8
Rutgers	7
Purdue	7
Lehigh	7
Arizona St.	7
Princeton	6
Pittsburgh	6
North Carolina	6
Campbell	6
Stanford	5
North Dakota St.	5
Michigan St.	5
Lock Haven	5
Cal Poly	5
App State	5
Wyoming	4
West Virginia	4
South Dakota St.	4
Illinois	4
Chattanooga	4
Central Mich.	4
Binghamton	4
Army West Point	4
Utah Valley	3
Northern Colo.	3
NIU	3
Navy	3
Maryland	3
Columbia	3
Cleveland St.	3
Buffalo	3
The Citadel	2
Rider	2
Ohio	2
Kent St.	2
Indiana	2
Duke	2
Drexel	2
Air Force	2
Hofstra	1
Harvard	1
Gardner-Webb	1
Franklin & Marshall	1
Edinboro	1
CSU Bakersfield	1
Clarion	1
Bucknell	1
Bloomsburg	1

Trending up:
Northwestern (10), Wisconsin (9), Penn (9), Oregon St (8), Michigan St (5)
Trending Down:
North Carolina (6), Wyoming, SDSU, Illinois (4), Indiana (2)

 

[CyCloneRastlinG]

Biggest name left out: Travis Wittlake?

 

[matclone]

It looks like Storr did not make it either, and he was the only one on the Michigan squad who didn't get a bid.

 

[enisthemenace]

Biggest name left out: Travis Wittlake?

From The Wrestling Nomad yesterday:


EDIT: 9-7 this year, and lost 6 of his last 8.

 

[enisthemenace]

It looks like Storr did not make it either, and he was the only one on the Michigan squad who didn't get a bid.

Was he injured this year? 10-8 record with some real suspect losses.

 

[CyCloneRastlinG]

From The Wrestling Nomad yesterday:

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. The App state kid has some terrible losses. Wonder if wittlake is just cutting too much weight

 

[stuclone]

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. The App state kid has some terrible losses. Wonder if wittlake is just cutting too much weight

He could barely move with a heavily taped up knee at Big 12s. He's been injured most of the year, wouldn't shock me if he's been wrestling without an ACL.

 

[jkbuff98]

That was almost a year ago, and there's been radio silence for the last 6-7 months.

If there was a lot of progress and positive momentum, I'd think that's the sort of thing they'd be shouting from the rooftops. Just gives me a bad feeling.

Agree , nothing since October, but at least he’s staying active in the sport

 

[enisthemenace]

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. The App state kid has some terrible losses. Wonder if wittlake is just cutting too much weight

Could be. I think recency is a big eye opener. Lost 6 of his last 8, and closed the season on a 5 match losing streak.

 

[CyCloneRastlinG]

He could barely move with a heavily taped up knee at Big 12s. He's been injured most of the year, wouldn't shock me if he's been wrestling without an ACL.

Yeah that could be. Wonder why he didn’t just try for a medical redshirt

 

[matclone]

Was he injured this year? 10-8 record with some real suspect losses.

I don't know for sure but I think he was likely injured for a time as he missed a number of duals. But he was there for the Big10s and finished 8th.

 

[enisthemenace]

I don't know for sure but I think he was likely injured for a time as he missed a number of duals. But he was there for the Big10s and finished 8th.

Looks like he got hurt at the CKLV in early December and didn’t come back until early February.

 

[CyCloneRastlinG]

Went and found the match of Wittlake and the Bull. He lost 3-2 in a 1 takedown match and looked perfectly fine. That was less than a month ago so he must have just got hurt

 

[enisthemenace]

Went and found the match of Wittlake and the Bull. He lost 3-2 in a 1 takedown match and looked perfectly fine. That was less than a month ago so he must have just got hurt

Lost to Zach Hartman, Luke Weber and Tanner Cook after Marinelli, and it doesn’t look like he scored a single offensive point in either of those matches. Got shut out by Hartman and Weber, while losing to Cook 9-4.

His best win was Weber in early February.

 

[CyCloneRastlinG]

At the coaches press conference Zeke Jones talked about the Pac12 growing their wrestling conference. I wouldn't be surprised if some combination of Northern Colorado, Utah Valley, AF, and Wyoming at some point move over to the pac12. Hopefully big12 is working hard to keep some of those programs in the conference and not lose them

 

[theshadow]

At the coaches press conference Zeke Jones talked about the Pac12 growing their wrestling conference. I wouldn't be surprised if some combination of Northern Colorado, Utah Valley, AF, and Wyoming at some point move over to the pac12. Hopefully big12 is working hard to keep some of those programs in the conference and not lose them

Big 12 should get Little Rock, in exchange for Utah Valley and Cal Baptist.

That'd leave the Big 12 with 12 teams, and bump the Pac-12 from 6 to 7.

 

[BCClone]

Big 12 should get Little Rock, in exchange for Utah Valley and Cal Baptist.

That'd leave the Big 12 with 12 teams, and bump the Pac-12 from 6 to 7.

Any of the new schools have wrestling?