NCAA day 2 (Fri) updates

[Cthelites]

I think they can hold top 4, but Cornell might pass them at #3.

Cornell just tied us

 

[pcbuck]

Buckeyes clinch a team trophy.
Not bad after finishing 4th in the BiG 10 Championships.

 

[Cthelites]

Buckeyes clinch a team trophy.
Not bad after finishing 4th in the BiG 10 Championships.

For sure?

 

[I enjoy wrestling]

Buckeyes clinch a team trophy.
Not bad after finishing 4th in the BiG 10 Championships.

Can't finish below 4th I think. That's what commentators said.

 

[pcbuck]

For sure?

That’s what they said on ESPNU. Looking into it further looks like the announcers were wrong.

Buckeyes lead Missouri by 9 going into the Finals Round.

 

[bucksman]

Ohio State up 9 on Mizzou, 13 on Michigan for 4th

 

[TCSoup]

Does everyone move up one weight? Playing around with this (I know, before the weekend is even up!)

125- Gonzalez
133- Bouzakis
141- Mendez
149- D'Emilio
157- Sasso
165- Gallagher
174- Kharchla
184- Shumate
197- Hoffman
285- Feldman

Sasso and Hoffman will have an Olympic redshirt available to them; Mendez, with two wins tomorrow would also qualify (maybe Fix is hurt, who knows). Returning 3 AAs, plus two formers in Kharchla and Hoffman, getting Bouzakis in the lineup another year developed. It's not a championship team, but it competes for top four I think. Then again, this is the optimistic take. Maybe Hoffman transfers? Maybe the lower weights can't bump up and someone misses out on a starting spot. Will be interesting to see.

Hepner will be in there somewhere

 

[jujutsuguy219]

Romero tOSU advances to 3rd/4th match via MFF. tOSU is now in 3rd place.

Fire Tom Ryan!

 

[Hokie99]

Hepner will be in there somewhere

Agree Hepner will be in there. Is there any chance at all Bouz can get down to 125?

 

[Cthelites]

That’s what they said on ESPNU. Looking into it further looks like the announcers were wrong.

Buckeyes lead Missouri by 9 going into the Finals Round.

Does smith major clinch a trophy

 

[bdhof]

Cornell just tied us

And the Bucks just went ahead by 2. I think it'll come down to the Yianni Sasso match, advantage Cornell.

 

[Cthelites]

And the Bucks just went ahead by 2. I think it'll come down to the Yianni Sasso match, advantage Cornell.

Well we need to win these last two matches then right? Don’t think sass can beat yanni but who knows what can happen the way Spencer went down!

 

[MitSulHer]

This dude is a warrior.
Two of those TB are over AA's.
I think Mendez lost to Latona in the dual at Covelli but i could be wrong.

 

[MitSulHer]

Why did they pull Mendez RS? kid has been wrestling his nuts off!

I think Mendez said he spoke with Ryan and said he was ready. He didnt want to redshirt or wait.

 

[Cthelites]

I think Mendez said he spoke with Ryan and said he was ready. He didnt want to redshirt or wait.

It was a bash on the dude that ridiculed mendez when he lost earlier in the tourney. I was too lazy to go back and quote it.

 

[pcbuck]

Does smith major clinch a trophy

Not quite yet. OSU would have to lose out , Missouri win out with a tech and a major to beat the Bucks.
Each school has 3 matches left.

 

[pcbuck]

Missouri just lost the 5th place match at HVY.
Buckeyes just clinched at least a tie for 4th.

 

[bdhof]

Romero wins - takes 3rd.

 

[Wrestlingfan21]

What a match for Romero, happy to see him go out like that!

 

[Cthelites]

Romero for 3rd wow!

 

[Hokie99]

Only fitting Kaleb gets a huge win in his last ever match in a Buckeye singlet. One of my favorite Buckeyes I’ve had the pleasure to watch!

 

[OaSgUr2013]

Man, the duo of Smith and Romero is going to be hard to replace. The consistency they brought and the way they represented buckeye nation was second to none. Seniors like them give this program such a good name. It’s been an honor rooting for them each the last few years, quality wrestlers and quality human beings.

 

[I enjoy wrestling]

Good luck to Romero in his future endeavors. He gave everything

 

[Yankeefan33]

Man, the duo of Smith and Romero is going to be hard to replace. The consistency they brought and the way they represented buckeye nation was second to none. Seniors like them give this program such a good name. It’s been an honor rooting for them each the last few years, quality wrestlers and quality human beings.

I've long lamented that guys like Smith and Romero just kind of get forgotten. Two-time AA's at a big program are plentiful, but it's those types of guys that are so important to a culture and a program. Romero especially being an Ohio kid, D3 high school, not that far from Columbus. Extremally important for Ohio State that they were able to develop and support him and achieving a 3rd place finish as a senior is a great end.

 

[GWF]

Didn’t Romero get better each year? I wonder how he developed in a room that can’t develop wrestlers

 

[MitSulHer]

Didn’t Romero get better each year? I wonder how he developed in a room that can’t develop wrestlers

And Ethan Smith, and D'emilio.