Gilbert tournament Saturday
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So this makeshift tournament wrestling mostly our own teammates will count towards the number of matches.
it is for our benefit, but expect a few more starters From other schools that need Allocation help & some more backups
South Dakota State has a wrestler or two on the fringe, so this may help gain an allocation.
North Dakota State has a wrestler or two on the fringe. Since they will be here Sunday, they might bring a few for Saturday?
Okie State will be in Iowa City Sunday night, they would benefit by sending Joe Smith to Ames on Saturday. If he went 3-0 at the tourney and lost to Kemmerer Sunday night, he'd still gain an allocation. Without going to the tourney, his only chance would be to beat Kemm.
I assume Carr is staying back so he can have an easier match or two to get back in shape and prep for big 12's. Otherwise, he doesn't benefit.
From my calcs, Degen is 9-4, so wrestling against Mizzou and NDSt would get him to 15. This would qualify him for RPI and he is already high enough in coaches rank which would gain him an allocation. I assume Degen is staying back to preserve and improve upon his winning percentage and have some easier matches? If he went to Mizzou and beat Mauller, it would improve his NCAA seed. Probably a tough decision.
I believe Colbray and Coleman each need 5 more matches before Big12's to be eligible for RPI. Colbray could qualify for an allocation if he doesn't wrestle at all since he has a .700 win% and ranked high enough. However, if he wrestles, he will have to go at least 3-1 to maintain his win%. 5 more matches and he'd qualify for RPI. However, right now he projects around a 30 RPI and I don't see that improving with the remaining competition. Going to Mizzou and losing to Flynn would have been detrimental to his allocation. Best bet for allocation is to wrestle tournament and ND State and go 5-0! Otherwise, he could just wrestle (and win) a couple matches at the tournament and not wrestle against ND State, which would preserve his winning%.
Coleman's only chance to qualify is to get his 5 more matches through tourney and ND State. He is currently ranked 25 and RPI projected at mid-20's. Hopefully, he wins the rest of his matches and the competiton doesn't lower his RPI or coaches rank!
The conference really needs Smith to gain an allocation. Ok State really screwed up last year. Hope they learned from it.
It would really suck if Colbray and Smith had to steal spots.
It would really suck if Colbray and Smith had to steal spots.
Where do you go to find the listing who's going to be going? I've tried googling but it only shows the sign up.
Trackwrestling. Teams. Only shows number of wrestlers not names yet
Track has new listing
Wisconsin has 1
Ohio State has 2
Little Rock has 1
Missouri has 3
Minnesota has 5
UNI has 1??
Air Force has 1??
then U of Dubuque, Iowa State Club
Wisconsin has 1
Ohio State has 2
Little Rock has 1
Missouri has 3
Minnesota has 5
UNI has 1??
Air Force has 1??
then U of Dubuque, Iowa State Club
Makes sense. Why would Smith wrestle him and potentially lose his position seeding wise.
I think Smith is 6-3 on D1 matches. Assuming a loss at Iowa to Kemerer, he is 6-4. He would need 3 wins to be above 70%. Will be interesting if they wrestle him Sunday against Iowa
Link doesn’t seem to be working. What are they calling this tournament and any idea on start time.