MATCH DAY - #3 Iowa State
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That was questionable timing on the escape. Really surprised that call stood and Mickey wins on riding time.
Heller drops decision but he sure is fun to watch.
The hellers have been an unbelievable addition to this team. This team is extremely physically tough.
Ugh…f’ing sucks to lose on 4th criteria or whatever it was. Pitzer was 8 seconds from winning the whole thing. 😡
Very anticlimactic. Thought we had it. He dominated. And just last 10 seconds got taken down. Damn.
Did he make a strategic mistake? (Fairly New to wrestling)
In the limited amount of matches I have watched have not seen a ending like that.
(Did he keep trying to do something rather than just trying to prevent something?)
Underweight freshman against a top ranked senior did great. He'll learn and get better for it.
It’s a tough way to lose, but even from a loss, Pitt comes out of this looking great.
Would have liked to see Pitzer burn a stall call there. He’ll learn. He hasn’t been in too many close matches.
Yep no shame in losing to the number 3 team in the country with 6 minutes left in the last match. So close to pulling off a huge win.
The team looked great as a whole. Even the losses weren’t bad losses. Both Hellers hung tight against top 5 ranked opponents. Keslar looked solid and had an exciting takedown in his match. I missed Badgetts match due to my 4 year old wanting something at the concessions so I can’t speak on that one.
I just want to echo this sentiment, despite the 1-3 record this weekend the Hellers have been an absolute joy to watch all year. Really glad they chose Pitt.
Do you redshirt Pitzer now? Can he handle the grind of underweight heavy in the NCAAs? He wrestled back to back this weekend and went 1-1, but did well at Midlands.
This comes down to the individual versus team aspect.
From the individual perspective, yes he should redshirt. He's really good right now and could be an All-American. He's unbelievable on the mat, but he's not elite on his feet right now. If he wrestles the postseason, I'd be surprised if anyone goes on the mat with him if they don't have to. Make it a freestyle match and you've got a chance.
So yes, take the redshirt, try to add some weight, and give him time to improve on his feet.
From the team perspective, don't redshirt him and look for Pitt's best NCAA performance in decades. It's not a given by any means, but if Cole, Nino, and Micky wrestle to their rankings (or better) and Dayton can get on the podium, they're a top-10 team.
Northwestern finished sixth at NCAAs last year with four All-Americans. The Wildcats had 10 national qualifiers - which, as I've mentioned before isn't completely unrealistic for Pitt to do if Pitzer wrestles the postseason. Camacho is hanging around the No. 33 ranking. Cheez is unranked but there's still hope that he can catch fire like he did last year, and Luca just upset the No. 8 guy in the country.
Everyone would have to wrestle really well at the same time for this to happen, but it's not impossible.
Of course, it's also possible that Cole and Micky get burned by their close matches Dayton can't get the takedowns he needs to be dominant and Nino ends up as the only AA.
Tough decision for the Pitt staff.
That was high level wrestling at its best!! Penn state vs. Iowa was like watching paint dry for most of the matches. There wasn’t one match that wasn’t very entertaining last night, H2P!!!
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