Iowa has a big lead in the team scores, with 121.5 points after the Semis. They have 4 wrestlers in the finals, including the WPIAL’s Spencer Lee and Michael Kemerer. They have 5 other wrestlers still alive in the consolations.
PSU right now is in 4th place, with 93.5 points. They have 5 wrestlers in the finals. Roman Bravo-Young beat Austin De Santo 3-2 in a key match. Freshman Aaron Brooks has won three one-sided matches. But, PSU only has one other wrestler alive. They went 0-2 at 149, 157 and Hwt. and 1-2 at 125. The only head to head matchup against Iowa is at 174. Very unlikely they can catch, or even come close to Iowa. Also, likely they only will qualify 7 for the NCAAs; possibly as low as 6.
Nebraska is 2nd now and tOSU is third, but they have only 1 and 3 wrestlers in the finals. PSU should pass both unless they get wiped out in the finals. That is very unlikely with Lee and Joseph both #1 in their weight classes and Bravo-Young and Brooks both looking very good.
Latrobe’s Luke Pletcher is alive at 141 and will face Lee. National #1 Seth Gross of Wisconsin lost to #4 Sebastian Rivera of Northwestern at 133, where the Big Ten has the top four ranked wrestlers.
The big story though is that the matches weren’t televised on the Big Ten Network, which only will show the finals. Twitter is swarming with complaints. The same is true of the ACC which is showing talk show repeats and not the early grounds of the ACC tourney tomorrow but is showing the finals. Apparently, Flo Wrestling made a deal with both conferences to get the live broadcast rights. I would expect AD’s offices in both conferences to be bombarded with angry phone calls and letters next week.
PSU right now is in 4th place, with 93.5 points. They have 5 wrestlers in the finals. Roman Bravo-Young beat Austin De Santo 3-2 in a key match. Freshman Aaron Brooks has won three one-sided matches. But, PSU only has one other wrestler alive. They went 0-2 at 149, 157 and Hwt. and 1-2 at 125. The only head to head matchup against Iowa is at 174. Very unlikely they can catch, or even come close to Iowa. Also, likely they only will qualify 7 for the NCAAs; possibly as low as 6.
Nebraska is 2nd now and tOSU is third, but they have only 1 and 3 wrestlers in the finals. PSU should pass both unless they get wiped out in the finals. That is very unlikely with Lee and Joseph both #1 in their weight classes and Bravo-Young and Brooks both looking very good.
Latrobe’s Luke Pletcher is alive at 141 and will face Lee. National #1 Seth Gross of Wisconsin lost to #4 Sebastian Rivera of Northwestern at 133, where the Big Ten has the top four ranked wrestlers.
The big story though is that the matches weren’t televised on the Big Ten Network, which only will show the finals. Twitter is swarming with complaints. The same is true of the ACC which is showing talk show repeats and not the early grounds of the ACC tourney tomorrow but is showing the finals. Apparently, Flo Wrestling made a deal with both conferences to get the live broadcast rights. I would expect AD’s offices in both conferences to be bombarded with angry phone calls and letters next week.
