Big 12 Tournament: 197 & 285

[JAY45]

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RANK	WRESTLER	SCHOOL	CLASS
4	Rocky Elam	Missouri	Sophomore
7	Yonger Bastida	Iowa State	Junior
9	Tanner Sloan	South Dakota State	Junior
11	Owen Pentz	North Dakota State	Sophomore
18	Luke Surber	Oklahoma State	Sophomore

We saw Luke Surber beat the #1 guy in the Conference. It was no fluke. Then he turned around and got whooped by Sloan. Bastida could be the best sleeper pick for NC. That being said, it feels like, outside of Fix, no one is more determined or committed than Surber. What he might lack in talent he more than makes up for in grit. Like multiple other weights, things will have to go right/well to make the Finals. Just a year ago, this guy was making noise at 285. A Big 12 Title IS within the range of outcomes.

RANK	WRESTLER	SCHOOL	CLASS
6	Wyatt Hendrickson	Air Force	Junior
8	Sam Schuyler	Iowa State	Senior
9	Zach Elam	Missouri	Senior
13	Tyrell Gordon	Northern Iowa	Junior
14	AJ Nevills	South Dakota State	Senior
20	Konner Doucet	Oklahoma State	Sophomore

This weight mirrors 125 in that you have the top guy and everyone else. Doucet has quietly had a solid if not unspectacular season. He didn’t get the opportunity to square off with Schuyler. Feels like a weight were OSU has little to lose and everything to gain. If he finishes above any of the guys ranked ahead of him, it’s a good outcome. Go getcha some, KD!!

 

[Old Number Nine]

197; 6 allocations
285; 8 allocations

 

[OSUMatFan]

Interesting that some wrestlers rated below the top group seem to have some wins over listed wrestlers and will mess some things up. We have to wrestle better than our seeds.

 

[Old Number Nine]

All of our wrestlers have to do to make it to the NCAA (except Witcraft) is wrestle to seed. Witcraft must "mess some things up" or, as Smith said, "Steal a spot".