An athlete who competed at one school and went on to coach at another school can wrestle an athlete at the school where he was coaching, but teammates cannot wrestle against each other. Adding to his list of accomplishments are his three NCAA titles, his outstanding wrestling honors in the 2016 NCAA tournament and the fact that he's the only wrestler of this generation to have won an Olympic, NCAA and World title in the same year.Â, A captain and leader for the Ohio State Buckeyes during his college wrestling career, Synder earned a Today’s Top-10 Award from the NCAA in 2018 for his athletic accomplishments, community service and academic achievements. #TBT #D1wrestlehttps://t.co/Xf5GiYqF9A, In order to place a few more limits on this dream matchup exercise, we also set additional criteria, starting with the idea that no two wrestlers from the same collegiate team could be matched up together. As of now, Michigan will bring the conference trophy back to Ann Arbor, as they sit atop the Big Ten at 13-1 while Illinois trails behind at 14-4. -- The North Hall wrestling was forced to forfeit points at the state traditional tournament last week. Lee has suggested previously that he's chasing Olympics dreams but has yet to announce if he will be taking an Olympic redshirt year this year to prepare for the 2020 Trials. But who better to wrestle the master than the student? Penn State star Bo Nickal won two of his NCAA titles at 184 before bumping up to 197 for his senior finale. Kemerer is the favorite, but Labriola, Massa, Starocci, and maybe even Romero are capable of giving him a hard fought match. Regardless, watching him wrestle Koll, McIlravy or Carr would be a blast. Roshalt wouldn't be a bad matchup for Cox, but given Cox's Olympic and international accolades, he might struggle.Â, Cox is tough to beat and even in a dream matchup, so Rosholt is facing an uphill battle to take down the champ.Â, Kyle Snyder cemented his name in the history books when he became the youngest American to ever win a gold medal in the Olympics for wrestling. A three-time national champion and four-time All-American for the University of Missouri, Cox earned a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympic Games and Rio and most recently won his second World Title in Kazakhstan. Lot of sports today. The Cyclone champion won the 1971 World Championships at 68kg before winning the Olympics the following year. The Big Ten Wrestling Championships start Saturday, March 6th at 9 AM God’s Time, 10 AM Eastern. They downed #10 Minnesota last week, 22-14, riding home with six … Let’s say it’s RBY. Eierman/Lee HAS TO happen. The only other three time champion to win at least one of three national tournaments at 197 or a comparable weight is Jake Rosholt, an Oklahoma State grappler who finished on top of the podium at once at 184 pounds and twice at 197 pounds. World Championship experience also factored in to this debate. EVART - Following a 2019-20 season that saw a great deal of growth and improvement, Evart's wrestling teams look to take the next step toward glory this time around. Here's how scoring works in college wrestling, including video breakdowns of tech falls, major decisions, disqualifications and more. So, I’ll pick 141. This does not take into account bonus points, which will favor Iowa, and obviously some guys are going to wrestle above their seed, which will favor Penn State. Semifinals will start at 6:30 PM. The moment has become iconic in recent wrestling history and representative of Nickal's dominance on the collegiate level.Â, Nickal has an extensive NCAA resume of success, but Sanderson's is perfect. Big Ten Basketball Recaps, Big Ten Tournament Bracket Projections: March 4. I hinted at it above, but I think the best match at 174 happens in the semis, as I think Kemerer rolls Labriola, and probably Starocci, too. We look at the Big Ten’s NCAA Tournament bracketology on March 6. 184 is no joke!]. Manville was the defending State Champ at 106 and the number 2 seed. Hope not. Nick Cina kicked off the golden era of NIC-9/NIC-10 wrestling with his 1993 state title for Belvidere at 125 pounds. At 197, Eric Schultz is looking like the 1 and Cameron Caffey is a very capable 4 seed who was runner-up at B1Gs and lost by a single point to Aaron Brooks. He'll compete for his second Olympic berth this April at the Trials in State College. Ragusin has looked good all year, but definitely was punching above his weight at 133. Ricky Bonomo and Greg Johnson each won three titles at 118 pounds before the weight class was removed, Barry Davis won two titles at 118 and one at 126, Mike Caruso won three titles at 123 pounds, and Gray Simons won three titles at 115 pounds. [HWAHSQB makes a good argument for 174 and, as we noted above, 197 presents a similar level of parity with the added variable of Amine having moved up a weight late in the season. For now though, let's play out an ideal matchup with Abas in this spot. Abas graduated with a 144-4 record, with undefeated records in his junior and senior seasons and earned a spot on the NCAA 75th Anniversary Wrestling Team in 2005. His year at 174 pounds makes him a candidate for this dream matchup, but he faces stiff competition in this weight. Burroughs took bronze at the 2019 World Championships last week, and if we can win gold next year in Tokyo, he will tie Oklahoma State great John Smith as the only American to win six World titles. The good news is his replacement is also considered one of the greatest in the sport, having won a gold medal of his own in 1984, so this one goes to Banach.Â, One more option at this weight is two-time NCAA champion, Hodge winner, Olympian and current MMA star Ben Askren. 125 or HWT is an okay answer because every chance to watch Lee and the Son of Steve are worthwhile uses of your time, but the drama is low. However, Rethford wrestled 65kg, equivalent to 143 pounds at the World Championships last week, so if these two athletes were both wrestling in their peak, this could be a perfectly even matchup at around 65kg.Â. Taylor's world title separates him from Dieringer and Williams and though he doesn't have Williams' Olympic experience yet, Taylor's career is far from over.Â, Every year, the best collegiate wrestler in America earns the honor of lifting the most dominant wrestler trophy named after Dan Hodge. We are going to have to see something new from him. Wouldn't it be a treat to watch these guys wrestle collegiately again? Ain’t nobody beating Steveson. Winner gets Lee. Especially if their big guns can each make a deep run to the semifinals or beyond. Marinelli could see Cameron Amine at 165, and Michael Kemerer will likely see Logan Massa at 174, and those are probably my favorite 4-seeds. Jazz stars selected last in NBA All-Star draft. Low scoring, but lots of hand fighting and working for position. He also wrestled as a member of the 2004 Olympic team at 74kg.Â, To skip over those two athletes for a two-time national champion goes against the pattern followed in the other weight classes, but here's the justification for David Taylor as the ideal matchup for Mark Schultz.Â, Taylor is a two-time champion, two-time Hodge trophy winner and 2018 World Champion. Who's the next best wrestler in history at this weight? Is it one of the great freestyle matches from this summer like Daton Fix vs. Thomas Gilman or Yianni Diakomihalis vs. Zain Retherford? If he runs into Parris or Gable in the quarters, he’ll have to do more work in the consolations rounds. First, we started out by identifying who we would like to see take on the four-time NCAA champions. College Basketball is available to bet on starting late October and run through until the end of the March Madness Tournament Finals in early April, the season really starts to heat up as the College Football ends and highlights key days of each week to feature college hoops. It’s almost here. Atinat: Okay, let me start by saying that I think every 1-seed is the best wrestler in the conference from what we’ve seen. Today Abas is the head coach of the Fresno High School wrestling program where he coaches youth athletes who could continue to add to California's wrestling history.Â, Bulldog Wrestling legend Stephen Abas officially inducted into National Wrestling Hall of Fame!🗞 https://t.co/SkFb1Ana1d#GoDogs #BulldogBornBulldogBred pic.twitter.com/BnIdtdsGaU, Wrestling against Abas in this dream matchup is none other than two-time 125-pound NCAA champion Spencer Lee. Tonight’s action-packed show will take place right after Friday Night SmackDown at 10 PM EST … 106 … Dieringer, who graduated in won three titles, a Hodge Trophy and posted two undefeated seasons during his career with the Cowboys. Williams is the only other three-time NCAA champion at this weight, and he has two Pan American golds to his name. Kind of: 141. Bo, have fun.Â, J'Den Cox spent his college career solidifying himself as one of the best 197 pounders in NCAA history, and he's only continued to add to his impressive resume since his graduation in 2017. We’ve seen Steveson-Parris enough to know what we’ll get. Keep it here for all the reaction, analysis, news and more after a thrilling six-game series. Good on BTN for picking up nearly the whole damn thing. In the NCAA championship finals that year, Schultz, representing the University of Oklahoma, took down Iowa's Banach in a dramatic 16-8 victory to end the Hawkeye's undefeated NCAA tournament streak. How is Michigan State still alive? Wrestling for Iowa State, Gable picked up two NCAA titles in his three years in the varsity lineup before going on to win an Olympic gold in the 1972 Munich Games. But I think the biggest “upset” will come from a different PSU grappler, with Beau Bartlett taking down Minnesota’s Michael Blockhus in the 11-6 matchup at 149. © 2021 NCAA | Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Relive Bo Nickal's dramatic title run capped by his clinching pin, College Wrestling: Best Rivalries | High Five, Relive Iowa's Spencer Lee defending his 125 pound title, The Zain Train wins it a third consecutive year, Two other athletes, however, have won three NCAA titles with one or more of those coming at. The Iowa State Cyclone never lost a single match in his NCAA career and he went on to win a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. HWAHSQB: My can’t miss round one matchup is a fairly easy choice for me personally, but there is a lot to choose from in 125 and 184 especially. Yes I think DeSanto could beat RBY, but not from what we’ve seen. Congratulations, everyone. Two other athletes, however, have won three NCAA titles with one or more of those coming at 165 pounds or a comparable weight including Oklahoma State's Alex Dieringer and Iowa's Joe Williams. This was based on the pre-seeds. If I’m picking one, it is 174 simply because they wrestle before 197. But when Seneca Valley coach Kevin Wildrick held out numerous starters, including two-time PIAA champion Alejandro Herrera-Rondon, Waynesburg’s job became a … Given that, we added another twist to the dream matchup picks. But this really feels like the release date got moved up on a big budget movie where the ending is pre-ordained. He is not just a slab of meat laying on other slabs of meat. He'll wrestle for a spot on the 2020 Olympic team in April and look for the opportunity to defend his gold medal in Tokyo.Â, GOLDEN GUY: Kyle Snyder wins gold at the 2016 Rio OlympicsÂ, Snyder is one of the greats, but which other great will take him on? A surprising number of NCAA heavyweight champions have gone on to wrestle in the Olympics, compete in MMA or play in the NFL, but none of them won three college titles and an Olympic gold medal. Here's a close look at Kyle Dake's college wrestling career, including all four of his NCAA titles won at four different weights. It is based in Rosemont, Illinois.For over eight decades this conference consisted of ten universities, and presently has 14 member and two affiliate institutions. Or perhaps your ultimate wrestling matchup is actually one that never occurred but would have if two of the world's best athletes were competing at the same time? If we have the opportunity to go back and create a dream match-up, let's put these two four-time NCAA champs together. Â, Stieber recently announced his retirement from competition after an impressive career that included his four Big Ten titles, four NCAA titles, an NCAA team title, a Dan Hodge Trophy, and a 2016 World Championship. Churella qualified for the Olympics but did not have the chance to compete because of the U.S. boycott in 1980. If the pre-seeds hold, both first round losers will get byes in the consolation bracket and then next face...likely whoever won the opposite match. Williams wrestled for the University of Iowa from 1994-1998, earned four All-American honors, picked up an Outstanding wrestler honors, and posted one undefeated season during his senior year. That's a tough question. Leroy Kemp and Jim Zalesky are three-time champs at this weight. Kind of…: HWAHSQB’s logic is compelling, but Kemerer (92% career win pct; 65% bonus rate) is just better than Schultz (77% and 27% respectively). During Smith's time, this weight was 158 pounds, but if we're having fun with hypothetical matches, let's make him drop one pound. Read about it at https://t.co/RDwi9L0QdC pic.twitter.com/blD6JSCccs, Mark Schultz and Ed Banach also each won three titles during their college careers, both taking two of those three titles at 177 pounds. Stieber and Dake shared the NCAA podium in 2012 and 2013 when Stieber won the 133-pound weight class and Dake picked up titles at 157 and 165. He could also continue to wrestle through the college season and work to qualify and earn gold like Kyle Snyder did in 2016. Enjoy watching Steveson set the pace before worrying about if Kerkvliet will beat it. Or do you imagine something from recent college history such as Bo Nickal vs. Myles Martin in 2018 or Kyle Dake vs. David Taylor in 2013? TALKING WITH TAYLOR: Learn more about the mindset of David Taylor during his career as a Nittany Lion, Picking ten dream matchups at each of the modern weight classes is a nearly impossible challenge given the enormous amount of talent that has passed through the NCAA tournament in the last eight decades. He’ll get Parris in the quarterfinals, presumably, and I don’t think he can win that, so then it’s a matter of can Cass get through Parris (no), and can Kerkvliet beat the loser in the 3rd place match? Illinois wins a Top 5 showdown, Iowa leaves a smoking crater where the Huskers once were, Terps fall off the bubble? In the meantime, appreciate the present. The Big Ten Wrestling Championships start Saturday, March 6th at 9 AM God’s Time, 10 AM Eastern. Schultz has three different one-point victories on the season and it’s going to catch up with him in the semis. Lyon/Jordan winner probably loses to Weiler—though much more upset potential here—and drops down to consolation bracket against Brands/Braunagel loser. Wrestling for the Nittany Lions from 2014-2018, Retherford won three NCAA titles at 149 pounds, earned two Hodge trophies for his performances and helped lead his team to four team titles at the national tournament. Earlier this summer, Retherford also took down Cornell's two-time NCAA champion Yianni Diakomihalis at a Final X wrestle-off in Wilke-Barre, Penn., to earn a spot on his second senior world team. Note that some of the criteria listed here may not be applied in all dream matchups because sometimes the personality mix or history between schools was too good to pass up.Â, THE GREAT EIGHT: Relive eight of the best NCAA wrestling matches in history, But now that we've at least laid down the criteria, these are the twenty wrestlers we would love to see again in a 7-minute folkstyle dual:Â, (We'd love to hear who you'd feature in your dream wrestling matchups and why. Another option for a dream matchup at this weight could be Oklahoma State head coach John Smith, who won two NCAA titles and two Olympic gold medals at 62kg as well as four World Titles. Let's take a quick trip down memory lane to start this mailbag. I expect him to take 3rd at the B1G this year, and his path depends on his seed. Here's the history of the Dan Hodge Trophy, named after one of the all-time greats and given annually to the top college wrestler every year since 1985. Though Taylor was stopped in the NCAA finals his junior year by four-time champion Kyle Dake, Taylor did finish his career on top as a senior NCAA champion. Hall County School System released a statement about an ineligible wrestler that cost the team points. Braunagel-Brands III should be fun. You’ve all earned it. The Nebraskan has looked tough at times and Medley is undersized bumping up to 133 from 125 just last month. He's also accumulated two Junior World Championship gold medals and a cadet world championship medal. Braunagel won them both 3-2 and 3-1 in SV. HWAHSQB: So, my thought process is to look at weight classes with the smallest gap between the 1 and 4-5 seeds. . Bruce Baumgartner won a title and two golds. In terms of upset special, as a UW fan, I am really lamenting Eric Barnett getting the 6-seed at 125 with PSU’s Robert Howard waiting, but I think Barnett will win a tight one. There's almost half a dozen other three-time lightweight NCAA champs that could be interesting in this dream matchup, but Abas is the only wrestler to win three NCAA titles ever at 125 pounds, the modern weight. Askren would be fun to watch against Hodge, but unfortunately, his college wrestling resume can't compete with that of Banach.Â, You can't top undefeated Cael Sanderson. He finished his final two seasons undefeated, won the Hodge Trophy and helped guide Penn State to four team titles under the direction of head coach Cael Sanderson. The state wrestling tournament is approaching 100 years, at least under the direction of … Semifinals will start at 6:30 PM. Head coach Ben Bryant said he and his wrestlers have their sights set on winning the district and the league this season. During the post-season bubble Western Conference Finals, Jokic averaged 21.8 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 5.0 assists. -- The Chestatee girls wrestling team captured the state's first-ever team traditional title.-- The Daytona 500 finally finished. Who comes to mind? The Tigers moved up one spot in the rankings after defeating Central Michigan and Wyoming on Friday in Columbia. The Big Ten is incredibly strong at this weight, with three of the top five in the Intermat poll, and four of the top five in the National Wrestling Coaches Association coaches ranking. Wrestling for the University of Oklahoma, Schultz won titles during his sophomore, junior and senior seasons before representing the United States at the 1984 Olympics and winning a gold medal. Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert of the NBA-leading Utah Jazz were the last two players selected in the draft for Sunday's All-Star Game, and their availability led to an odd sequence … Rob discusses his father's legacy and coaching advice prior to the meet. That session will go through quarterfinals, and end around 1 PM. Koll won his titles at 134 pounds,145 pounds and 147 pounds, so he never reached Retherford's 149. We might feature your response in a future article. Plus, we already put Schultz in at 165 pounds. You decide.Â, The list of NCAA greats who have competed at 149 pounds or at a comparable weight is long, but we have to start with one of the most recent multiple-time champs. We break down the tourney, weight by weight. Tony Cassioppi is a really good wrestler. Cox is one-of-a-kind at this weight, as he's the only 197 pounder to claim all three titles at this weight. And his chance of ever winning a B1G or NCAA title is probably negligible. But we decided to take on that challenge anyway.Â. Aaron Brooks is obviously very good, but who he faces is a total crapshoot, and I could see a semifinal upset happening. The man never lost a single match in his college career and won four titles. But, as mentioned previously, if we're playing this fair, Dieringer  can't wrestle Smith because they're both from Oklahoma State. Let us know at at NCAASupport@turner.com. Ohio State's Kyle Snyder celebrates after winning gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Learn more about the mindset of David Taylor during his career as a Nittany Lion, Relive eight of the best NCAA wrestling matches in history, The college wrestling head coaches who had the best NCAA wrestling careers, David Taylor posts undefeated senior season record and wins Most Dominant wrestler honors, Kyle Snyder wins gold at the 2016 Rio OlympicsÂ, These are all of the wrestlers who made the NCAA 75th anniversary team. The Big Ten shortened its 2020 season to eight games because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and six games were played at the same location as the previous year. Every seed has some projected value, then, and put ‘em together for the scores below. Wrestling internationally at 86kg, Taylor has a lot of history left to write and watching him wrestling Schultz would be a wrestling fan's dream. Missouri is a perfect 5-0 in duals and has won each of its matchups … ), This could be recency bias, but given that Stephen Abas is the only three-time 125-pound champion and Spencer Lee is chasing that same title this year, it's hard not to think of this as the ideal 125-pound dream match.Â, Abas solidified himself in Fresno State's history books when he became the first wrestler in program history to win three NCAA titles and a silver medal in the 2004 Olympics. He's also a member of the NCAA 75th Anniversary Wrestling Team, and now the only DII wrestler on this dream matchups list.Â, HISTORY BOOKS: These are all of the wrestlers who made the NCAA 75th anniversary team, Enter your information to receive emails about offers, promotions from NCAA.com and our partners. If we think of that finals match as a hypothetical wrestle-off for the opportunity to compete against Hodge in our hypothetical dream matchup, the win would go to Schultz. #NCAAWrestling pic.twitter.com/xQkHKP2biL, Oklahoma State's Eric Guerrero and North Carolina's TJ Jaworsky also both won three NCAA titles with at least of those coming at 133 pounds or 134. 🎟 2021 DII men's basketball championship bracket is set, Watch the DII women's basketball selection show, 🥅 See the women's ice hockey tourney field. Koll, Carr and McIlravy were the only two to wear the Red, White and Blue on the Olympic stage, and McIlravy and Carr were the only ones to medal. He's beaten the best in the world, and he'll look for an Olympic bid in 2020. The deciding criteria will be Olympic experience. Pat Smith is the only Oklahoma State wrestler to earn four NCAA titles and he's also the only one of the four four-timers to win all of his titles in the same weight class. Some of the best matchups are yet to come, however, as No. These two grapplers went head-to-head three times during Banach's junior year in 1982, splitting the contests 1-1. The two athletes have also been World and National team teammates throughout their careers, but they have never competed against one another on a NCAA or international stage.Â, Who wins Stieber vs. Dake at 141 pounds if these two athletes were in their prime at this weight at the same time? He lost at the NCAA finals his freshman year to eventual MMA star Bubba Jenkins before winning the title his sophomore year while also winning the Gorriaran Award for the most pins in the least amount of time. It’s going to be pretty chalky on the top half of each bracket. That session will go through quarterfinals, and end around 1 PM. All that to say, let's go with Burroughs in this dream matchup. Get. However, Dake's first title came at 141 pounds, the same weight class where Stieber won his last two titles five years after Dake left the weight class. I projected the scores thanks to this tournament scoring guide from BlackHeartGoldPants a whole ten years ago, which is helpful if you’re new to the sport or trying to project scores in this confusing-ass tournament. And in some cases, a gold medal and two national championships trumped three college titles. A Pennsylvania native, Lee won three high school state titles with Franklin Regional High School before losing to now-teammate Austin DeSanto his senior season. Could he beat Pat Smith if those two wrestlers were both in their prime at 157 pounds today?Â, Welcome to the Mark Schultz show. The Sooner star is a three-time champ and Olympic gold medalist, with one of this three titles coming at 167 pounds. The Big Ten Wrestling Championship Coverage on the Big Ten NetworkDetails: https://t.co/SMPFzEhXmhFull @B1GWrestling Championship Schedule (March 6-7) pic.twitter.com/GPbl40De3a. HWAHSQB: There’s a lot of different ways to go here. HWAHSQB: I don’t know, but I know what I don’t expect. Kind of: I’ll say the Max Lyon/Rocky Jordan 7 vs. 10 matchup at 184. Amazingly, moving down the list of all-time NCAA greats, there are quite a number of three-time NCAA champs. Two weight classes stand out to me in this regard; 174 and 197. Basically, first place is 3 points from advancements and 16 points from placement, so 19 points. To throw-in with HWAHSQB, these two first round matchups at 184 are huge, but what comes next is even more important. In addition to all of these accomplishments, Hodge earned a silver medal in the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. While it would be a joy to see someone who won the trophy bearing Hodge's name to compete against the idol, selecting an opponent for one of the greats at this weight is still difficult and doesn't yield that result.Â. McKee’s inconsistency, plus the unknown factor, equals a 13-4 upset in the first round. Michael Kemerer (Iowa) is a fantastic wrestler and pound for pound as good as many # 1s this year, but the 4 will either be Logan Massa, who has finished 3rd at NCAAs and been a B1G finalist previously or superstud freshman Carter Starocci from Penn State, who are very strong 4 seeds. We have successfully managed to navigate the cluster-filled Big Ten regular season schedule. He then transitioned into coaching and helped guide the Iowa Hawkeyes to 15 NCAA Division I titles to become the winningest coach in program history.Â, COACHES PAVE THE WAY: The college wrestling head coaches who had the best NCAA wrestling careers, Who better to wrestle Gable than one of his own athletes? Welcome to Wrestling Inc’s WWE 205 Live recap! So that leaves Kemp, Zalesky, Williams, Dieringer and Nolf as three-time champs to take on Smith. Then, we have to consider Jordan Burroughs. I guess he could make use of this free season and come back for a sixth-year in ‘23-’24, hoping Kerkvliet takes an Olympic redshirt, but Kerkvliet is the king-in-waiting. If Micic were wrestling, 133 would be on the list, but that’s not happening. Iowa high school state wrestling finals 2021: TV, live stream, championship matchups Returning area Class 3A state wrestling finalists roll to Saturday night again
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