Originally Posted by TomWright25

The operative word is "if", but I think that's predicated on his staying healthy. I'm not quite sure how he lost to Hanke. But otherwise he was overwhelming last year.

Both injuries have been peck tears, correct? If so, doesn't bode well for him at heavy, he needs that connection to be healthy to muscle the bigger guys around.

Pretty close to what we predicted!

I tried to quantify the top 50 a little. First a disclaimer--these numbers obviously don't factor in the guys that were 51-100 many of whom will be AA's and significantly figure into the team championship. So, these figures aren't the best predictor of the team championship--but they do indicate something!

I assigned points in reverse of the ranking number (i.e. 1st gets 50 points, 2nd gets 49. . .50th gets 1). Based on that these are the point totals and the number of guys ranked in top 50 for whom I consider the top 7 teams:

PSU--191 (6)
OSU--156 (4)--all 4 in top 20; I've been worried about OSU, esp. if Gelogaev stays healthy
Iowa--130 (5)
Minn--128 (5)
Cornell--91 (2)
tOSU--87 (4)
Ill--36 (3)

All these teams have tough veterans or young guys not in the top 50 who could greatly impact the team scoring. So, this is only one kind of an indicator and far from an overall NCAA tournament prediction. Also, a #10 who wins an NCAA title earns as many points as a #1 who also wins a title (assuming similar bonus points).

You could make the argument for McD to be #2 in my opinion