As I find myself doing what I do at the end of every season, I have tried to rationalize all that occurred. Some randoms thoughts and observations.
Daton Fix:
-Overall, an incredible career.
-The only 5x conference champ
-4x NCAA finalist and 5x semi-finalist
-overall winning % just under 95% putting him 13th all-time in OSU history
-outside of the NCAA tournament, a career record of 102-1
Parker Keckeisen:
-One of the more dominant wrestlers I recall recently. Would be my vote for Hodge
-Won every match by bonus except 3
-Now has a career record of 105-5
-Hoping Plott can eliminate the gap, but Parker is favored to be the next 5x conference champ
Late season fade:
-It has been talked about a lot the last several seasons
-Most of this season the team wrestled strong, especially winning close matches
-Heard a comment from John Smith right before the tournament or during the first day saying something like "my guys know how to win close matches"
-Through February 10th (dual record of 13-0), OSU starters had a record of 44-19 (69.8%) in matches with a final score of 3 points or less or settled in SV/OT with a point differential >3
-Beginning with the 2nd ou dual (so it also includes Iowa dual, Big 12s, and NCAAs), the starters record in these matches dropped to 18-24 (42.9%)
-If you remove Fix and Olejnik from the late season stats, the close match W/L drops to 10-21 (32.2%)
-Hopefully, that is just a demonstration of inexperience and the results improve for the 8 returning starters and/or their replacements
Late season fade Part Deux? (NCAA placement v seeding):
-125-two wins below seed
-133-one win below
-141-three below
-149-one above
-157-placed at seed
-165-two wins above
-174-at seed
-184-one above
-197-at seed
-285-one below
-Considering seeding is a result of overall season results, this is a mixed bag. We went into this tournament with higher seeds at most weights due to overall improvements seen throughout the year. Except for Jamison, everyone wrestled reasonably close to their seeds. Spratley was two below but that was an incredibly crazy bracket with only a few cupcakes of the 33 entrants. Olejnik was two above but that only got him slightly above his seed. Before anybody replies, I know that the difference between 5th and 7th is a win in conso semis so technically one win. If he wins conso semis and then loses is the 5th place match, placing 6th, that is still one win above seed. So, from my perspective 5th is two wins above 7th seed.
Daton Fix:
-Overall, an incredible career.
-The only 5x conference champ
-4x NCAA finalist and 5x semi-finalist
-overall winning % just under 95% putting him 13th all-time in OSU history
-outside of the NCAA tournament, a career record of 102-1
Parker Keckeisen:
-One of the more dominant wrestlers I recall recently. Would be my vote for Hodge
-Won every match by bonus except 3
-Now has a career record of 105-5
-Hoping Plott can eliminate the gap, but Parker is favored to be the next 5x conference champ
Late season fade:
-It has been talked about a lot the last several seasons
-Most of this season the team wrestled strong, especially winning close matches
-Heard a comment from John Smith right before the tournament or during the first day saying something like "my guys know how to win close matches"
-Through February 10th (dual record of 13-0), OSU starters had a record of 44-19 (69.8%) in matches with a final score of 3 points or less or settled in SV/OT with a point differential >3
-Beginning with the 2nd ou dual (so it also includes Iowa dual, Big 12s, and NCAAs), the starters record in these matches dropped to 18-24 (42.9%)
-If you remove Fix and Olejnik from the late season stats, the close match W/L drops to 10-21 (32.2%)
-Hopefully, that is just a demonstration of inexperience and the results improve for the 8 returning starters and/or their replacements
Late season fade Part Deux? (NCAA placement v seeding):
-125-two wins below seed
-133-one win below
-141-three below
-149-one above
-157-placed at seed
-165-two wins above
-174-at seed
-184-one above
-197-at seed
-285-one below
-Considering seeding is a result of overall season results, this is a mixed bag. We went into this tournament with higher seeds at most weights due to overall improvements seen throughout the year. Except for Jamison, everyone wrestled reasonably close to their seeds. Spratley was two below but that was an incredibly crazy bracket with only a few cupcakes of the 33 entrants. Olejnik was two above but that only got him slightly above his seed. Before anybody replies, I know that the difference between 5th and 7th is a win in conso semis so technically one win. If he wins conso semis and then loses is the 5th place match, placing 6th, that is still one win above seed. So, from my perspective 5th is two wins above 7th seed.