2018 NCAA Wrestling Championships Review by Kirk Nelson

[TomM]

2018 NCAA Wrestling Championships Review by Kirk Nelson
https://www.wiwrestling.com/2018-ncaa-wrestling-championships-review-by-kirk-nelson/

[Jimmy]

Excellent write up Kirk, I could of saved a lot of money and just stayed home and read your write up.

[Wisconsin Wrestling Fan]

Comparing my projections to results, I selected 3 of the top 4 teams. Penn State and Ohio State were a no-brainer, but I did select Iowa in the Top 4.  

Top 4 Teams
Projection - 1. Ohio State 2. Penn State 3. Missouri 4. Iowa
      Result - 1. Penn State 2. Ohio State 3. Iowa 4. Michigan, North Carolina State (Tie)

I selected 15 of 20 finalists correctly, including 6 champs and 5 2nds in correct placement. 2 weights I had reversed (Martinez/Joseph) and (Hall/Valencia).

NCAA Championships Weight by Weight Breakdown

125
Top 3 Picks
Projection - 1. Nathan Tomasello - Ohio State 2. Darian Cruz - Lehigh 3. Spencer Lee - Iowa
    Result - 1. Spencer Lee - Iowa 2. Nick Suriano - Rutgers 3. Nathan Tomasello - Ohio State

133
Projection 1. Seth Gross - South Dakota State 2. Steven Micic - Michigan 3. Luke Pletcher - Ohio State
    Result - 1. Seth Gross - South Dakota State 2. Steven Micic - Michigan 3. Tariq Wilson NC State

141
Projection - 1. Yianni Daikomihalis - Cornell 2. Bryce Meredith - Wyoming 3. Jaydin Eierman - Missouri
      Result - 1. Yianni Daikomihalis - Cornell 2. Bryce Meredith - Wyoming 3. Joey McKenna Ohio State

149
Projection - 1. Zain Retherford - Penn State 2. Brandon Sorenson - Iowa 3. Grant Leeth - Missouri
       Result - 1. Zain Retherford - Penn State 2. Ronnie Perry – Lock Haven 3. Matt Kolodzik Princeton

157
Projection -1. Jason Nolf - Penn State 2. Hayden Hidlay - NC State 3. Josh Shields - Arizona State
      Result -1. Jason Nolf - Penn State 2. Hayden Hidlay - NC State 3. Mitch Berger Nebraska

165
Projection - 1. Isaiah Martinez - Illinois 2. Vincenzo Joseph - Penn State 3. David McFadden - VA Tech
      Result - 1. Vincenzo Joseph - Penn State 2. Isaiah Martinez - Illinois 3. Evan Wick - Wisconsin

174
Projection - 1. Mark Hall - Penn State 2. Zahid Valencia - Arizona State 3. Daniel Lewis - Missouri
       Result - 1. Zahid Valencia - Arizona State 2. Mark Hall - Penn State 3. Myles Amine - Michigan

184
Projection - 1. Bo Nickal - Penn State 2. Myles Martin - Ohio State 3. Ryan Preisch – Lehigh
      Result - 1. Bo Nickal - Penn State 2. Myles Martin - Ohio State 3. Emory Parker - Illinois

197
Top 3 Picks
Projection - 1. Kollin Moore - Ohio State 2. Ben Darmstadt - Cornell 3. Jared Haught - Virginia Tech
     Result - 1. Michael Macchiavello - NC State 2. Jared Haught - Virginia Tech 3. Kyle Conel – Kent State

285  
Top 3 picks
Projection - 1. Kyle Snyder - Ohio State 2. Adam Coon - Michigan 3. Nick Nevills - Penn State
      Result - 1. Kyle Snyder - Ohio State 2. Adam Coon - Michigan 3. Amar Dhesi – Oregon State

[Wisconsin Wrestling Fan]

 Yianni Diakomihalis won the National Title with a torn ACL..

http://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1521849657610&twSessionId=cnbsjyoqirrfgec&postId=641237132

[bigG]

I was very impressed with Dhesa at HWT. I thought Coon would just throttle him. Tuff dude.