Happy B1G Wrestling week! We start off the festivities with the highly anticipated tournament pre-seeds today. As expected, hands will be wrung, pearls will be clutched, and we will all reach the conclusion that the guys and gals in charge have no idea what they’re doing. Fortunately for us, Cael’s approach is that you wrestle the guy in front of you and the results will take care of themselves.
The B1G threw us a twist this year and parted with the old “coaches vote” system in favor of a “Wrestlestat”
based algorithm. As you would expect, it’s not as transparent as we’d like. Even Cael admitted that the coaches “haven’t seen the scoring yet.” However, as the title implies, these pre-seeds aren’t set in stone. The coaches will meet on Friday and may challenge a seed position as long as their wrestler is with 15 points on the 100 point scale.
The B1G Seed Algorithm
Head to Head vs. the Field (25 points)
Common opponents Record (25 points)
Conference Dual Record (20 points)
Quality Matches (10 points)
RPI (10 points)
Conference allocation (5 points)
The Questions
This little break down adds up to 100 total points and it is used, like the NCAA algorithm, to run a round robin tournament of each wrestler against the rest in the field. How are the 25 points allocated in the head to head comparison? Does the better wrestler get all 25 points or are the points split like 25-0, 15-10, 12.5-12.5? The NCAA has published this information for their similar seeding system but the B1G hasn’t. At least not yet. So, as stated above, if you’re within 15 points you can challenge the seed which raises another question. Who adjudicates the challenge? Do they resort to a show of hands by the coaches or, like a challenge to a call on the mat, does the seed committee make the ruling to overturn their numbers?
Before you grab your pitchforks, remember the primary goal is to qualify for NCAAs so I’m listing the automatic qualifier spots for each weight. 2nd, if you’re not happy about Levi’s seed, it’s probably going to be challenged, but so may Marcus’ 1 seed. I’d happily keep both seeds where they are instead of flipping both.
That’s the forward, now on to what you came her for, we can argue the outcome later. I’m going to list by opening match to save time on creating a pretty bracket. We’ll provide a link to brackets later.
125 lbs – 9 automatic qualifiers
1 Luke Lilledahl, PSU v. bye
8 Dean Peterson (Iowa) v. 9 Diego Sotelo (Mich)
4 Jacob Moran (Ind) v. 13 Ashton Jackson (Pur)
5 Jore Volk (Minn) v. 12 Nick Corday (MSU)
2 Spencer Moore (Ill) v. bye
7 Nicolar River (Wis) v. 10 Dedrick Navarro (NU)
3 Nic Bouzakis (OSU) v. 14 Abram Cline (Md)
6 Ayden Smith (RU) v. 11 Kael Lauridsen (Neb)
133 lbs – 8 automatic qualifiers
1 Marcus Blaze (PSU) v. bye
8 Braxton Brown (Md) v. 9 Dylan Shawver (RU)
4 Zan Fugitt (Wis) v. 13 Gauge Botero (Mich)
5 Drake Ayala (Iowa) v. 12 Blaine Frazier (Ind)
2 Lucas Byrd (Ill) v. byd
7 Sean Spidle (NU) v. 10 Blake Boarman (Md)
3 Ben Davino (OSU) v. 14 Jager Eisch (Minn)
6 Jacob Van Dee (Neb) v. 11 Caleb Weiand (MSU)
141 lbs – 7 automatic qualifiers
1 Jesse Mendez (OSU) v. bye
8 Billy Dekraker (NU) v. 9 Henry Porter (Ind)
4 Nasir Bailey (Iowa) v. 13 Carson Exferd (Wisc)
5 Dylan Ragusin (Mich) v. 12 Danny Pucino (Ill)
2 Brock Hardy (Neb) v. bye
7 Braeden Davis (PSU) v. 10 Joseph Olivieri (RU)
3 Vance VamBaur (Minn) v. 14. Jaden Crumpler (MSU)
6 Greyson Clark (Pur) v. 11 Dario Lemus (Md)
149 lbs – 9 automatic qualifiers
1 Shayne Van Ness (PSU) v. bye
8 Ryder Block (Iowa) v. 9 Michael Gioffre (Ill)
4 Lachlan McNeil (Mich) v. 13 Clayton Jones (MSU)
5 Carter Young (Md) v. 12 Gavin Brown (Pur)
2 Ethan Stiles (OSU) v. bye
7 Andrew Clark (RU) v. 10 Drew Roberts (Minn)
3 Joseph Zargo (Wisc) v. 14 August Hibler (NU)
6 Chance Lamer (Neb) v. 11 Joey Buttler (Ind)
157 lbs – 8 automatic qualifiers
1 Antrell Taylor (Neb) v. bye
8 Luke Mechler (Wis) v. 9 Stoney Buell (Pur)
4 Anthony White (RU) v. 13 Mekhi Neal (Md)
5 Cameron Catrabone (Mich) v. 12 Darius Marines (MSU)
2 PJ Duke (PSU) v. bye
7 Brandon Cannon (OSU) v. 10 Victor Voinovich III (Iowa)
3 Kannon Webster (Ill) v. 14 Ty Wilson (NU)
165 lbs – 9 automatic qualifiers
1 Mitchell Mesenbrink (PSU) v. bye
8 Paddy Gallagher (OSU) v. 9 Tyler Lillard (Ind)
4 Andrew Sparks (Minn) v. 13 AJ Rodrigues (Md)
5 LJ Araujo (Neb) v. 12 Justin Gates (Mich)
2 Michael Caliendo (Iowa) v. bye
7 Andrew Barbosa (RU) v. 10 Cody Goebel (Wis)
3 Andrew Sparks (Minn) v. 14 Jack Conley (MSU)
6 Braeden Scoler (Ill) v. 11 Jacob Bostelman (NU)
174 lbs – 10 automatic qualifiers
1 Christopher Minto (Neb) v. bye
8 Brody Baumann (Pur) v. 9 Colin Kelly (Ill)
4 Colin Kelly (Ill) v. 13 Connor O’Neil (MSU)
5 Carson Kharchla (OSU) v. 12 Luke Condon (Wis)
2 Levi Haines (PSU) v. bye
7 Ethan Riddle (Minn) v. 10 Lenny Pinto (RU)
3 Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) v. 14 Seth Digby (MD)
184 lbs – 8 automatic qualifiers
1 Rocco Welsh (PSU) v. bye
8 Angelo Ferrari (Iowa) v. 9 Sam Goin (Ind)
4 Brock Mantanona (Mich) v. 13 Ryan Boucher (MSU)
5 Chris Moore (Ill) v. 12 Sepanta Ahanj-Elias (Md)
2 Max McEnelly (Minn) v. bye
7 Shane Cartagena-Walsh (RU) v. 10 James Rowley (Pur)
3 Silas Allred (Neb) v. 14 Cale Anderson (Wis)
6 Dylan Fishback (OSU) v. 11 JD Perez (NU)
197 lbs – 10 automatic qualifiers
1 Josh Barr (PSU) v. bye
8 Gabe Sollars (Ind) v. 9 Ben Vanadia (Pur)
4 Branson John (Md) v. 13 Gabe Arnold (Iowa)
5 Luke Geog (OSU) v. 12 Dylan Connell (Ill)
2 Camden McDanel (Neb) v. bye
7 Kael Wisler (MSU) v. 10 Hayden Walters (Mich)
3 Remy Cotton (RU) v. 14 Alex Smith (NU)
6 Wyatt Ingham (Wis) v. 11 Gavin Nelson (Minn)
285 lbs – 9 automatic qualifiers
1 Taye Ghadiali (Mich) v. bye
8 Hunter Catka (RU) v. 9 Josh Terrill (MSU)
4 Cole Mirasola (PSU) v. 13 Gabe Christenson (NU)
5 Braxton Amos (Wis) v. 12 Joey Schneck (Md)
2 AJ Ferrari (Neb) v. bye
7 Koy Hopke (Minn) v. 10 Ben Kueter (Iowa)
3 Nick Feldman (OSU) v. 14 Caleb Marzolino (Ind)
6 Luke Huffman (Ill) v. 11 Hayden Filipovich (Pur)
