Ohio State Wrestling (2015/2017/2018 B1G Champs, 2015 National Champs, 2019 National Runners-up)

[MPhillips]

125 - 29th seed, McCrone. Gets Ramos (PUR) first rd. Loses he gets either Poulin or Surtin.
133 - 16th seed, Bouzakis. Gets Brown (MD) first rd. A win gets him Fix(OKST).
141 - 1st seed, Mendez. Gets the winner of Carter (GW) or Miller (MD).
149 - 14th seed, D'Emilio. Gets Zargo (WIS) first rd. A win probably gets him Arrington (NCST).
157 - Pigtail match, Wilcox. Gets Stampoulos (BUFF) first rd. A win gets him Haines(PSU).
174 - 6th seed, Welch. Gets Wasak (NAVY)first rd.
184 - 18th seed, Rogotzke. Gets Heller (PITT) first rd.
197 - 23rd seed, Geog. Gets Allred (NEB) first rd.
285 - 9th seed, Feldman. Gets Kluever (HOF) first rd.

 

[bigdog3300]

What would you all consider a 'victory' for OSU - top 10?

 

[RB07OSU]

What would you all consider a 'victory' for OSU - top 10?

If you're using our last showing as a measuring stick, then I would say yes.
But that's the worst overall performance I've seen us have this year, so fingers crossed we're wrestling better. If we're around our peak, I could see maybe as high as #5.

 

[SEREbuckeye]

Good day to be a Buckeye!

 

[bigdog3300]

Ryder with the pin

 

[Bestbuck36]

Damn. Bouzakis just lost to Fix 4-5. Was a good match at least for my unexperienced eyes

 

[RB07OSU]

Ryder with the pin

Go figure right? Feldman got a fall as well and Mendez a TF. Pretty decent start all things considered. McCrone lost narrowly 4-3 to Ramos, Bouzakis beat a quality opponent 8-5, D'Emilio with a convincing 7-2 win, Wilcox won his pigtail and got slaughtered by Haines of course, Welsh wins, Ryder with the fall, Geog goes down as expected, and Feldman with the pin.

Next round in championships very likely will be a bloodbath though unless we pull some upsets. Bouzakis over #1 Fix, D'Emilio with the #3 seed, and Ryder against the #2 seed...three likely more outs, though I could see any of those guys somehow winning. But that's a product of the B1G Tourney results, now you just gotta accept it and go win.

 

[RB07OSU]

Mendez with a fall! Looks like a man possessed right now.

 

[Bestbuck36]

Mendez got the fall and they were damn close to being out of bounds. Even if they reset them though, pretty sure Mendez was getting the TF up 9-0, 2+minutes of riding time already booked.

 

[Bestbuck36]

Mendez with a fall! Looks like a man possessed right now.

Dude tried to avoid that last takedown and had zero chance.

 

[Bestbuck36]

D'Emilio got whipped 1-8 by Arrington. Ouch

 

[Bestbuck36]

If I knew more than the basics I'd give a much better play by play for those not able to watch but that's not my lane for sure.

 

[SEREbuckeye]

Macrone had a big upset today, knocking off Sutton. Wilcox had a nice win in the second session and Mendez had a No. 1 night.

 

[bigdog3300]

Props to Bouzakis and Ryder, they pushed Fix and Salazar to their limits.
Mendez, Welsh, and Feldman moving on in the champs
Feldman gets Kerk, so...yeah.
Welsh gets Ruth from Illinois. Welsh is 0-2 this year against Ruth but they were 2-1 and 4-1 SV, so absolutely one that Welsh can take.
Mendez gets the #9 from Nebraska, Brock Hardy...Mendez is 1-0 against Hardy with an 11-3 MD earlier in the year.

An aside but looking forward to next year when some of the 6th year guys are gone and hopefully don't turn into 7th year guys. Could next year be the year again...?

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

Watching yesterday... was pretty amazing how many 6th and 7th year wrestlers... couple were 25 years old...
Don't know what rock I've been under but when did a takedown go for 3?