JohnnyThompsonnum1 102 Report post Posted March 12, 2014 Don't worry, JT#1's final NCAA predictions are coming. I'm doing them a little different than I have in year's past so they might not come until Monday, but they'll be here. In the mean time, looking over the bracket, we have got to do some 1st round upset predictions. 125 Dominic Parasi of Appalachian State over #14 Eddie Klimara of Oklahoma State - Parasi made a name for himself knocking off two seeded wrestlers last year and I think he'll begin this tournament much like the did that one. Earl Hall of Iowa State over #13 Evan Silver of Stanford - In all sense of reality this ought to be a very close match, but I think Hall pulls it out by a point. 133 Rossi Bruno of Michigan over #15 Mark Grey of Cornell - They've met once this season and it was Grey winning a tight 3-2 match. I say Bruno wins this time around. 141 Josh Dziewa of Iowa over #13 Stephen Dutton of Michigan - Same scenario as Grey and Bruno Mike Nevinger of Cornell over #7 Zach Horan of Central Michigan - Nevinger is a tournament wrestler, having 2 AA's already to his resume he's proven that not only can he wrestle well at the NCAA's, he will. Horan won't be the only seeded wrestler Nevinger knocks off at this tournament. 149 None 157 Josh Kreimier of Air Force over #1 James Green of Nebraska - oh No I didn't! Oh NO I DID NOT! Oh, yes, I did :) Green has had a history of having a rough first day at the NCAA's and he got mighty unlucky drawing Kreimier in the first round. Here me out, if it wasn't for an injury plagued season, Kreimier would be ranked in the top 8 right now and he'd have a top 8 seed himself. He's a dangerous wrestler who can be lethal on top and who wrestles a very similar style to Jedd Moore, which always seemed to shut down Green's offense. The last time they met, Kreimier held Green to an 8-5 decision. Call me crazy if you want, but I'm not completely throwing this out of left field. Kreimier has the tools to unseed Green here adn I say he does it. 165 Zach Toal of Missouri over #7 Pierce Harger of Northwestern - considering that Toal won their meeting 4-2 earlier this season, I don't know how much of an upset outside of "on paper" this really is. 174 None 184 None 197 Both unseeded but interesting to note that I'm picking Mario Gonzalez of Illinois over Blake Rosholt of Oklahoma State for those who may want to know. HWT None Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jstock 125 Report post Posted March 12, 2014 Ian Miller will make finals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perry 1,429 Report post Posted March 12, 2014 Upset of the tournament: Nick Sulzer over David Taylor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rameses 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2014 133 first round - Gustafson VT over Quiroga Purdue Both have big gas tanks and Gustfason is getting hot at the right time. Quiroga burst onto the scene as a true frosh in 2010 when he upset Nicholson ODU, made the semis and placed 6th at 125, finishing with a 28-15 record on the year. Gustafson is a junkyard dog who will go the whole 7 minutes. If he can pull it off, he'll likely see Soto from UTC who he majored at the Natl duals last month. Rameses Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cangemi 228 Report post Posted March 12, 2014 125 Silver over martinez Germainie over Taylor Peters to Semis 133 Beckman vs Mango -can go mango 141 Nevinger over horan 149 Richardson over Houdashelt Minnotti over dardanes 157 Reabulto to quarters Ian Miller NCAA Champ 165 palacio over Sulzer 184 Lofthouse to finals vs ruth 197 Gadsen over all of them they seeded in front of him wellington over Heflin Frank C Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gambatte 49 Report post Posted March 12, 2014 141 Undrakhbayar Kishignyam (Citadel) over Zain Retherford (PSU) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PreLives 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2014 141 Undrakhbayar Kishignyam (Citadel) over Zain Retherford (PSU) Bright over either of them... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PreLives 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2014 141 Undrakhbayar Kishignyam (Citadel) over Zain Retherford (PSU) Bright over either of them... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NJwrestlingguy 106 Report post Posted March 13, 2014 Dellefave beats #1 seed Colon at 133 1st round. Lost to him 1-0 during season. Beats him Thursday! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OKnowwhut 59 Report post Posted March 13, 2014 141 Undrakhbayar Kishignyam (Citadel) over Zain Retherford (PSU) Bright over either of them... Zain is gonna' be busy in a hurry. I like his odds ...yet it does give me pause to think. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSims 1 Report post Posted March 13, 2014 JT, I hope you are right about Nevinger, but his health may prevent him from doing well. If he is healthy I think JT, your analysis is right, if it's not he may be two and out. Although, if he were healthy all year I think he would have been seeded. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lowrider 8 Report post Posted March 13, 2014 125: Nathan Kraisser over #4 Josh Martinez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lurshy92 28 Report post Posted March 13, 2014 dutton over carter Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fletcher 1,109 Report post Posted March 13, 2014 Upset of the tournament: Nick Sulzer over David Taylor. Is it really an upset when Taylor's winning percentage in the finals is 33%? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rossel3 77 Report post Posted March 13, 2014 #2 Ruth over #1 Sheptock (yeah, I know... HUGE upset) #2 Steiber over #1 Port #3 Ramos over #2 Schopp then over #1 Colon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mothman197 0 Report post Posted March 13, 2014 #12 Durso over #5 Mecate, #4 Carter and #1 Port. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snapspinscore 44 Report post Posted March 13, 2014 125- Nicky Roberts over Dylan Peters Evan Silver over Josh Martinez 133- I think this is pretty much chalk 141- Lazor over Dardanes Nevinger over Horan and then Preston Johnston over Henderson Durso over Carter 149- English over Cottrell Sako over Dardanes Sako over Kindig 157- Ian Miller Champ Scheidel over Pena 165- Toal over Harger Mock over Sulzer 174- ?? 184- Abounader over Lofthouse Consi qts 197- Richard Perry to the finals Rutt over Cox 285- Tasser over McClure Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
