Big 10 Pre Seeds

[Wisconsin Wrestling Fan]

https://bigten.org/news/2022/2/28/general-big-ten-wrestling-pre-seeds-announced.aspx

125 3rd Barnett
133 11th Burwick
141 8th Zargo
149 2nd Gomez
157 7th Model
165 3rd Hamiti
174 11th McNally
184 12th Weiler
197 8th Amos
285 7th Hillger

[Wisconsin Wrestling Fan]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 28, 2022
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Big Ten Wrestling Pre-Seeds Announced
Penn State paces conference teams with four top-seeded wrestlers

ROSEMONT, Ill. - The Big Ten Conference announced the preliminary seeds for the 2022 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, which are set for March 5-6 at Nebraska. Six schools boast at least one top-seeded wrestler, with Penn State leading the way with four No. 1 seeds. The pre-seeds, as voted on by the conference's coaches, rank 14 starters in all 10 weight classes. 

The Nittany Lions boast four top-seeded wrestlers, with 133-pounder Roman Bravo-Young, 141-pounder Nick Lee, 174-pounder Carter Starocci and 184-pounder Aaron Brooks. Michigan's Nick Suriano (125), Minnesota's Gable Steveson (285), Nebraska's Eric Schultz (197), Northwestern's Ryan Deakin (157), along with Ohio State's Sammy Sasso (149) and Carson Kharchla (165) round out the group of top-ranked grapplers.
This year's field contains a combined 18 Big Ten individual championships (12 wrestlers) and six NCAA individual championships (six wrestlers).
For more information on the 2022 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, visit the Big Ten Championships Central page HERE. The complete list of Big Ten Championships pre-seeds can be found below.


125 lbs.
1.   Nick Suriano (MICH)
2.   Drew Hildebrandt (PSU)
3.   Eric Barnett (WIS)
4.   Malik Heinselman (OSU)
5.   Devin Schroder (PUR)
6.   Drake Ayala (IOWA)
7.   Michael DeAugustino (NU)
8.   Patrick McKee (MINN)
9.   Dylan Shawver (RU)
10.   Justin Cardani (ILL)
11.   Tristan Lujan (MSU)
12.   Jacob Moran (IND)
13.   Jeremiah Reno (NEB)
14.   Zach Spence (MD)

133 lbs.
1.   Roman Bravo-Young (PSU)
2.   Austin DeSanto (IOWA)
3.   Lucas Byrd (ILL)
4.   RayVon Foley (MSU)
5.   Dylan Ragusin (MICH)
6.   Brock Hudkins (IND)
7.   Chris Cannon (NU)
8.   Joe Olivieri (RU)
9.   Matt Ramos (PUR)
10.   Dominick Serrano (NEB)
11.   Kyle Burwick (WIS)
12.   Jake Gliva (MINN)
13.   King Sandoval (MD)
14.   Dylan Koontz (OSU)

141 lbs.
1.   Nick Lee (PSU)
2.   Jaydin Eierman (IOWA)
3.   Sebastian Rivera (RU)
4.   Chad Red (NEB)
5.   Jakob Bergeland (MINN)
6.   Stevan Micic (MICH)
7.   Dylan D'Emilio (OSU)
8.   Joseph Zargo (WIS)
9.   Dylan Duncan (ILL)
10.   Frankie Tel Shahar (NU)
11.   Parker Filius (PUR)
12.   Matt Santos (MSU)
13.   Cayden Rooks (IND)
14.   Danny Bertoni (MD)

149 lbs.
1.   Sammy Sasso (OSU)
2.   Austin Gomez (WIS)
3.   Ridge Lovett (NEB)
4.   Max Murin (IOWA)
5.   Yahya Thomas (NU)
6.   Mike Van Brill (RU)
7.   Beau Bartlett (PSU)
8.   Christian Kanzler (ILL)
9.   Graham Rooks (IND)
10.   Michael Bockhus (MINN)
11.   Kanen Storr (MICH)
12.   Michael North (MD)
13.   Payton Omania (MSU)
14.   Alec White (PUR)

157 lbs.
1.   Ryan Deakin (NU)
2.   Kaleb Young (IOWA)
3.   Will Lewan (MICH)
4.   Kendall Coleman (PUR)
5.   Peyton Robb (NEB)
6.   Chase Saldate (MSU)
7.   Garrett Model (WIS)
8.   Robert Kanniard (RU)
9.   Bryce Hepner (OSU)
10.   Brady Berge (PSU)
11.   Derek Gilcher (IND)
12.   Joe Roberts (ILL)
13.   Lucas Cordio (MD)
14.   Sebas Swiggum (MINN)

165 lbs.
1.   Carson Kharchla (OSU)
2.   Alex Marinelli (IOWA)
3.   Dean Hamiti (WIS)
4.   Cameron Amine (MICH)
5.   Caleb Fish (MSU)
6.   Dan Braunagel (ILL)
7.   Hayden Lohrey (PUR)
8.   Clayton Wilson (NEB)
9.   Cael Carlson (MINN)
10.   Creighton Edsell (PSU)
11.   David Ferrante (NU)
12.   Andrew Clark (RU)
13.   Kasper McIntosh (IND)
14.   Gaven Bell (MD)

174 lbs.
1.   Carter Starocci (PSU)
2.   Logan Massa (MICH)
3.   Mikey Labriola (NEB)
4.   Michael Kemerer (IOWA)
5.   Ethan Smith (OSU)
6.   Bailee O'Reilly (MINN)
7.   Gerrit Nijenhuis (PUR)
8.   Troy Fisher (NU)
9.   Dominic Solic (MD)
10.   DJ Shannon (ILL)
11.   Andrew McNally (WIS)
12.   Nick South (IND)
13.   Connor O'Neill (RUT)
14.   Nate Jimenez (MSU)

184 lbs.
1.   Aaron Brooks (PSU)
2.   Myles Amine (MICH)
3.   Kaleb Romero (OSU)
4.   Taylor Venz (NEB)
5.   Abe Assad (IOWA)
6.   Layne Malczewski (MSU)
7.   John Pozanski (RU)
8.   Kyle Cochran (MD)
9.   DJ Washington (IND)
10.   Isaiah Salazar (MINN)
11.   Christopher Weiler (WIS)
12.   Zach Braunagel (ILL)
13.   Max Lyon (PUR)
14.   Jack Jessen (NU)

197 lbs.
1.   Eric Schultz (NEB)
2.   Max Dean (PSU)
3.   Cameron Caffey (MSU)
4.   Jacob Warner (IOWA)
5.   Patrick Bucki (MICH)
6.   Thomas Penola (PUR)
7.   Greg Bulsak (RU)
8.   Braxton Amos (WIS)
9.   Gavin Hoffman (OSU)
10.   Andrew Davison (NU)
11.   Jaron Smith (MD)
12.   Michial Foy (MINN)
13.   Nick Willham (IND)
14.   Matt Wroblewski (ILL)

285 lbs.
1.   Gable Steveson (MINN)
2.   Tony Cassioppi (IOWA)
3.   Greg Kerkvliet (PSU)
4.   Mason Parris (MICH)
5.   Lucas Davison (NU)
6.   Christian Lance (NEB)
7.   Trent Hillger (WIS)
8.   Tate Orndorff (OSU)
9.   Luke Luffman (ILL)
10.   Jacob Bullock (IND)
11.   Michael Woulfe (PUR)
12.   Boone McDermott (RU)
13.   Brad Wilton (MSU)
14.   Zach Schrader (MD)

[Wisconsin Wrestling Fan]

Minnesota's Brayton Lee is not listed at 157. If he is indeed out, there is probably 1 less Big Ten allocation at that weight.

[vsmf2010]

If the seeds hold that is a tough draw for Garrett and lots of interesting potential matchups.

Barnett vs Ayala quarterfinal - Barnett vs Hildebrandt semi
Zargo vs Duncan rematch in the first round
Gomez vs Bartlett quarterfinal (have not wrestled) - Gomez vs Lovett rematch in semis - Gomez vs Sasso, Murin or Thomas in the final (how only wrestled Thomas)
Hamiti vs Marinelli rematch in semis - Hamiti vs Kharchla final
Weiler vs Malczewski in the first round (have not wrestled)
Amos path to final would be Hoffman in the first round (have not wrestled) - rematch with Schultz in the quarters and a rematch with Warner or wrestle Brucki in the semis

[vsmf2010]

Minnesota's Brayton Lee is not listed at 157. If he is indeed out, there is probably 1 less Big Ten allocation at that weight.

He is definitely out for the year and he was not included in the RPI or coaches poll that was included with the the NCAA allocations so he would not have been allocated a qualifying spot.

Each qualifying tournament was awarded pre-allocations to the national tournament based on regular season performance by conference wrestlers through February 20. The pre-allocations are determined using a sliding scale of a .700 winning percentage, top 30 coaches' rank and top 30 ratings percentage index (RPI) with a maximum of 29 pre-allocations per weight class.

For each wrestler that reached the threshold in at least two of the three categories, his conference tournament was awarded a qualifying spot in that weight class.  Each conference was awarded a minimum of one automatic bid per weight class, which will go to the tournament champion, even if they did not have any wrestlers reach at least two of the three thresholds.  NCAA championship spots for each qualifying event will be awarded at conference tournaments based solely on place-finish.

[Wisconsin Wrestling Fan]

Minnesota's Brayton Lee is not listed at 157. If he is indeed out, there is probably 1 less Big Ten allocation at that weight.

He is definitely out for the year and he was not included in the RPI that was included with the the NCAA allocations so I assume there was not a allocated spot give for him.

So Big Ten 157 allocations should remain at 7?

[vsmf2010]

Minnesota's Brayton Lee is not listed at 157. If he is indeed out, there is probably 1 less Big Ten allocation at that weight.

He is definitely out for the year and he was not included in the RPI that was included with the the NCAA allocations so I assume there was not a allocated spot give for him.

So Big Ten 157 allocations should remain at 7?

I believe so.

The Big 10 allocations at 157 should be for the following:

Deakin
Young
Robb
Coleman
Lewan
Saldate
Model

Berge would certainly be expected to take one of those spots so 1 or more of those 7 will likely need a wild card to get in.

[dad 2 5]

Allotments / seed
125: 10 / 3
133: 10 / 11
141: 7 / 8
149: 7 / 2
157: 7 / 7
165: 7 / 3
174: 8 / 11
184: 12 / 12
197: 11 / 8
285: 10 / 7

I think Zargo wrestles up and I have hope for the other two. Let's see, Go Badgers!

[PAUL]

Trent Hilger, a multi-time All-American, is a 7-seed.   Only in the Big 10.....   Go Badgers!!

[dad 2 5]

Trent Hilger, a multi-time All-American, is a 7-seed.   Only in the Big 10.....   Go Badgers!!

I had the same thought! Let's go Trent!!

[TomM]

NCAA DI Wrestling Committee releases qualifying tournament allocations for 2022 championships | NCAA.com

https://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2022-02-24/ncaa-di-wrestling-committee-releases-qualifying-tournament-allocations-2022

[Handles II]

Based on Pre-Seeds and NCAA Allocations per Conf, the only Badgers that need to wrestle higher than their seed to qualify are McNally, Zargo, and Burwick (unless I missed someone). Everyone else needs to only finish at what the were seeded.  It's probably been awhile since the team sat in that position.

[vsmf2010]

Based on Pre-Seeds and NCAA Allocations per Conf, the only Badgers that need to wrestle higher than their seed to qualify are McNally, Zargo, and Burwick (unless I missed someone). Everyone else needs to only finish at what the were seeded.  It's probably been awhile since the team sat in that position.

A possibility of 10 qualifiers. I cannot recall the last Badger lineup where that was the case.

McNally and Burwick have qualified before so not a stretch to think they could wrestle above their seed in to a qualifying spot. Burwick has a 31 RPI and a 30 coaches rank and McNally has a 32 RPI and a 30 coaches rank so their shot at a wild card is very low and the lowest on the team. There is a full listing of the RPI and coaches rank below which would give a pretty good idea of each of their changes at a wild card.

I fully expect Zargo to wrestle into a qualifying spot but if he does not he is in good shape for a wild card. He has a 10 RPI and a 19 in the coaches poll. His improvement this season has been very impressive. Probably the most improved on the team and I love the trajectory of his matches and his season. His losses are to #2, #3 twice, #4, #7, #12, #18 and to #33 Tal-Shahar. I would be very surprised if he looses to Tal-Shahar again, he can absolutely beat Bergeland and I would not count him out against any of them.

Wrestler/RPI/Coaches Poll
Barnett/14/5
Burwick/31/30
Zargo/10/19
Gomez/4/5
Model/25/27
Hamiti/2/6
McNally/32/30
Weiler/23/30
Amos /26/21
Hilger/9/11

[MNbadger]

Brayton's arm was broken in the first minute of his match vs Ohio State.

Minnesota's Brayton Lee is not listed at 157. If he is indeed out, there is probably 1 less Big Ten allocation at that weight.

[Harris]

Brackets:

https://storage.googleapis.com/hawkeyesports-com/2022/03/fec12630-big-ten-brackets.pdf