2008 Big Ten Wrestling Tournament: Predictions/Results/Brackets (Big 10) College Wrestling

**JensenS** · 02-24-2008, 07:33 PM

Its been a wild and crazy regular season, and with the duals just about all finished, I figured its time to get this thread going.

Big Ten Championship Brackets

The Big Ten Conference Wrestling Championships will be held in three sessions. Competition will progress through the draws for each weight division as follows:

First session (Saturday, March 8th - 11 a.m.) – competition through quarterfinals and the consolation first round.

Second session (Saturday, March 8th - 6 p.m.) – competition through the championship semifinals and competition up to, but not including, the consolation semifinals.

Third session (Sunday, March 9th - Noon) – Consolation semifinals will be on three mats followed by seventh place matches on three mats. Championship, third, and fifth place matches in each weight division will be on three mats and will start at approximately 2 p.m.

**Between Session 1 and 2 on Saturday, March 8th, Williams Arena will be cleared and cleaned.
** Doors will open to the general public one-hour prior to the start of competition for each session.

Television Times:
Sunday, 3/9 - LIVE - 3:00 pm BTN

Tournament Audio

Rev Audio: J Robinson (Minnesota)

Rev Audio: Tom Brands (Iowa)

Rev Audio: Manny Rivera (Minnesota)

Rev Audio: Kellen Russell (Michigan)

Rev Audio: Brent Metcalf (Iowa)

Rev Audio: Dustin Schlatter (Minnesota)

Rev Audio: Eric Tannenbaum (Michigan)

Rev Audio: Mark Perry (Iowa)

Rev Audio: Gabe Dretsch (Minnesota)

Rev Audio: Steve Luke (Michigan)

Rev Audio: Mike Tamillow (N'western)

goferphan · 02-24-2008, 07:42 PM

125 Ness, Escobedo, Falck
133 Gomez, Kennedy, Slaton...Reiter finishes fourth.
141 Ruschell, Russell, Rivera...everyone has at least 5 losses.
149 Metcalf, Schlatter, Jenkins
157 Vallimont, Poeta, C.P....meat grinder, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 in the nation are here.
165 Tannenbaum, Perry, Saf...
174 Luke, Borschel, Dretsch...
184 Todd, Pucillo, Kish...one last valiant run by Kish.
197 Davis, Tamillow, Herbst
Hwt Bergman, Fox, Massey...the top four or five heavies are making this a more competitive weight then I thought prior to the season beginning. Definite talent here.

DowngoesFrazier · 02-24-2008, 07:50 PM

You can add Scott to the front of the list at 141. He only has 3 losses, one against the #2 ranked 149 lber, and has a head to head win against Russell.

Don't worry about this talk about a wrestle-off with Strayer. In the end, Scott will be the man.

Zapp Brannigan · 02-24-2008, 07:54 PM

And Jimmy Kennedy just beat Slaton 8-4 today.

goferphan · 02-24-2008, 07:57 PM

I know, I know...in the end its a crap shoot anyway...its really about getting as many guys through as you can. Taking home some hardware is a nice icing on the cake and a nice help for NCAA seedings.

I could be wrong on 50% of these if my past history repeats itself.

Gold · 02-24-2008, 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by goferphan

125 Ness, Escobedo, Falck
133 Gomez, Slaton, Reiter
141 Ruschell, Russell, Rivera...everyone has at least 5 losses.
149 Metcalf, Schlatter, Jenkins
157 Vallimont, Poeta, C.P....meat grinder, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 in the nation are here.
165 Tannenbaum, Perry, Saf...
174 Luke, Borschel, Dretsch...
184 Todd, Pucillo, Kish...one last valiant run by Kish.
197 Davis, Tamillow, Herbst
Hwt Bergman, Fox, Massey...the top four or five heavies are making this a more competitive weight then I thought prior to the season beginning. Definite talent here.

141: Jaggers has beaten all 3 of those guys and is on quite a tear lately
149: Palmer has beaten two of those guys... this weight should be just as much of a meat grinder as 157
165: will injury effect Perry's seeding? could he be in same half as tannenbaum?

goferphan · 02-24-2008, 08:00 PM

Kennedy is a BAD BOY when he comes to wrestle. You are right, I am recanting and putting him in there and taking Reiter out of top three.

I think Reiter puts himself in a positon still at NCAA's though to AA...he may not seed well but he is a gamer and I can see him doing some damage in wrestle-backs and getting back to a seventh or fifth place bout.

If he is really back then there is no one at the weight with more experience than him and he could get to the semi's. From there, who knows. I don't remember too many people giving Matt Valenti much chance when he won his first of two NCAA's.

DowngoesFrazier · 02-24-2008, 08:00 PM

I think Jaggers is a little like Caldwell. If he's on his game for the right three days in March, I wouldn't be surprised to see him at the top of the podium.

goferphan · 02-24-2008, 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by Gold

141: Jaggers has beaten all 3 of those guys and is on quite a tear lately
149: Palmer has beaten two of those guys... this weight should be just as much of a meat grinder as 157
165: will injury effect Perry's seeding? could he be in same half as tannenbaum?

I hope not. Perry has earned the top seed, I would concede that with no issues.

goferphan · 02-24-2008, 08:03 PM

Where are the Iowa fans to rip me for leaving out Fields, Keddy and LeClare?