What are our chances of winning the ACC tournament? I assume the NCS will win it but I really don't know.
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Same applies to dual meets.When it comes to Tournament wrestling, its not always the best wrestler who wins but rather which wrestler wrestles best that day (or weekend)...so you never really know.
Sounds like Tuesday.Does anyone know when brackets will be released?
Not to mention who injury defaults once they get the autobid.When it comes to Tournament wrestling, its not always the best wrestler who wins but rather which wrestler wrestles best that day (or weekend)...so you never really know.
Thanks for the content! I subscribed back in the beginning of the seasonCan't wait for wrestling this weekend! I do a full breakdown in my latest video. Pitt has a chance to win the team title. 1 seeds have to come through and need some help from 125 and 174 and 285 to pull it out. Good luck! Let's watch some wrestling!!
Thanks as always for the breakdown. I’m with you, I see 6 qualifiers, hoping we get at least 1 more to squeak through. I know with just six it does seem a little bit like a disappointment, I was hoping for potentially 8. I’m curious though, how many qualifiers have we had the last few year? Would 6 be slightly higher, about average, or even slightly lower than what we’ve recently been seeing?The brackets are now out:
https://theacc.com/documents/2023/2/28/2023_ACC_Wrestling_Brackets_2_27.pdf
And here's the breakdown for Pitt:
Weight (NCAA Bids Allocated): ACC Seed/Pitt Wrestler
125 (2): No. 4 Colton Camacho
133 (3): No. 1 Micky Phillippi
141 (4): No. 1 Cole Matthews
149 (3): No. 4 Tyler Badgett
157 (3): No. 4 Dazjon Casto
165 (3): No. 1 Holden Heller
174 (3): No. 3 Luca Augustine
184 (5): No. 5 Reece Heller
197 (4): No. 1 Nino Bonaccorsi
285 (3): No. 4 Jake Slinger
So, if they all wrestled to seed, qualifiers would be Micky, Cole, Holden, Luca, Reece and Nino. I'd be disappointed with that but I'm not sure who else I'd pick to qualify.
Only getting two qualifiers at 125 is really tough for Camacho. It means he needs to beat Trombley to get to Tulsa. He lost 11-8 to Trombley in the dual when he was trying to get bonus points for the team, so it's not impossible, but still difficult.
Badgett might have to beat Verkleeren to advance. That doesn't seem too far-fetched. Verkleeren beat him 5-3 in the dual, scoring the only takedowns.
Cheez could qualify by beating two guys he owns wins over - Keating and O'Connor - but that seems really unlikely given what we've seen this season. He's 2-3 against Keating, including a win this year, but it's really hard to see him replicating last year's NCAA win over O'Connor, who clearly wants a rematch, as evidenced by his actions in the dual. A loss to O'Connor likely means he'll need to beat Scott or Andonian, which I don't see happening.
Slinger might have the best chance of a surprise appearance in Tulsa. He's 0-3 against UNC's Whitman, who he faces first, but all three were close matches. He's 1-2 against top-seeded Jonah Niesenbaum with three close matches. If Slinger scores a single takedown against each of those guys, he could be headed to the NCAA tournament.
Great question. Going back to 2012, Pitt has averaged six NCAA qualifiers per season with a high of eight in 2013 and 2014. The low points were 2017 and 2018, seasons when Pitt had just four qualifiers.Thanks as always for the breakdown. I’m with you, I see 6 qualifiers, hoping we get at least 1 more to squeak through. I know with just six it does seem a little bit like a disappointment, I was hoping for potentially 8. I’m curious though, how many qualifiers have we had the last few year? Would 6 be slightly higher, about average, or even slightly lower than what we’ve recently been seeing?