They announced the At-Large Bids today and Andonian, Crook and Smith picked up bids.
Hokies one of only seven schools to get all ten wrestlers in.
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Here's every team that qualified all 10 for NCAAs pic.twitter.com/L6HIG9RfTEβ Jon Kozak (@KozakJon) March 13, 2024
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That's some good company.
LET'S GO
Hokies!
Spelled NC Stall wrong, but congrats to the Wrestling team! Here's to hoping for 5+ AA titles this year.
I am hopeful of a 3rd-5th place finish, with a waaaaaay longshot at 2nd.
Guys have got to be more aggressive early in KC
Smh NC Stall...
Not Iowa or Iowa state aren't they usually top 10?
They are #2 and #4 in team rankings. Looks like Iowa struggled at their conference championship with four guys in 5th place which means they needed at large bids. Not sure how many they got in overall.
Iowa St won the Big XII and has nine qualified for the NCAAs
So all 3 Iowa schools are represented in top 12 wow.
As a matter of principle, guess is should shout out ...
Cyclones!
As well as Let's go ...
I have no hate for Iowa St.
They are my other team here.
NCAA Selection Show is about to start...updates forthcoming
125: Cooper Flynn 11 seed opens vs #22 Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga), #1 is Penn State's Braeden Davis. Camacho of NC State is the 7 Seed
133: Sam Latona 12 seed opens with Ethan Oakley (App St). #1 is Daton Fix of OK State. Orine of NC State is the 3 seed
141: Tom Crook is the 20 seed vs Jordan Titus of (WVU). #1 is Jesse Mendez of Ohio State. Ryan Jack of NC State is #4
149: Caleb Henson is the 4 seed opening vs Alek Martin of SDSU. #1 is Ridge Lovett of Nebraska. Jackson Arrington of NC State is the #3 Seed.
157: Bryce Andonian is the 12 seed, opening vs UPenn's Lucas Revano. #1 is Levi Haines of Penn State. NC State's Ed Scott is the #4 seed.
165: Connor Brady 18 seed vs Brevin Cassella of Binghampton. #1 is Keegan O'Toole of Missouri. NC State's Derek Fields is the 23 seed.
174: Mekhi Lewis is the #1 Seed. He will wrestle the play-in winner between ASU's Cael Valencia and Purdue's Brody Baumann. NC State's Alex Faison is the 29 seed.
184: Thomas Stewart Jr is the 7 seed, opening with Maximus Hale of UPenn. Parker Keckeisen of Northern Iowa is the #1. NC State's Dylan Fishback is the 10 seed.
197: Andy Smith is the 26 seed, wrestling #7 Zach Glazier of Iowa. Aaron Brooks of Penn State. NC State's Trent Hidlay is the 2 seed
285: Hunter Catka is also the 26 seed vs Taye Ghadiali of Campbell. Penn State's Greg Kerklivet is the 1 seed. NC State's Owen Trephan is the 8 seed.
Mekhi is the #1 seed, but they gave Starocci the.... #9 seed. That is some major BS and simply unfair to Mekhi to have to face him in the quarterfinals.
I also disagree with Arrington being seeded above Henson. No way should that questionable takedown in OT have caused him to drop. His overall body or work was much stronger.
Agree. Absolute nonsense!
It almost seems like a mistake or some criteria I am not aware of.
Carter Starocci has won the last 3 national championships, and had won 63 straight matches until having to MEDICALLY forfeit 2 matches in order to qualify. I could understand Mekhi getting the 1 seed, but no way in the world should Starocci have dropped any lower than the 2 seed.
EDIT: This article goes into the selection criteria. Basically the 2 MFF by Starocci counted as actual losses and because they were to the 2 lowest ranked wrestlers in the conference it really impacted his seed. I would guess we see that matrix calculation change next year
Maybe starocci thinks it's totally unfair that he has to face Mekhi in the quarterfinals?
Mekhi will be fresher than Starocci
Awesome we got 10 wrestlers in and a 1 seed to boot in Mekhi Lewis. Let's Go!
HOKIES!!!