PSU vs Edinboro

[GreatWhiteNorth]

19 minutes ago, lu_alum said:

It's more than those four parameters. There are six parameters AND you must actually wrestle two bouts at the qualifying tourney.

Quoted jdalu75 from the Lehigh forum.  He does a nice job of summarizing the NCAA Pre-Championships Manual:

Wrestlers failing to win the pre-allocated spots at the conference tournaments have a shot at the at-large berths. There are at least four for each weight class and there have been as many as seven. This is messy. After the conference tournaments the NCAA updates winning percentages and the CP and RPI rankings. Wrestlers need to meet two or more of the following in order just to be considered for an at-large:

● .700 Win %
● Top 33 RPI
● Top 33 CR
● .700 winning percentage against all competition 
● One win against a wrestler receiving an earned position (pre-allocated) 
● Qualifying event placement one below number of pre-allocated spots

New this year: they also have to wrestle at least two bouts in the conference tournament.

All the wrestlers in a weight class who pass that test are then ranked against each other, using these criteria:

● Head-to-head competition — 25%
● Quality wins — 20%
● Qualifying event placement — 15%
● Results against common opponents — 10%
● RPI — 10%
● Coaches rankings — 10%
● Win percentage — 10%

Thanks for the post. Well done, impressive.

And at the end of the day (or in this case the end of the B1G tournament), it's hard to imagine a scenario where Starocci doesn't qualify...

Except the definition of "must wrestle two bouts", and if that differs in any way from Injury Defaulting two bouts.

Edited February 26 by GreatWhiteNorth

[CHROMEBIRD]

3 hours ago, lightweight said:

I think mostly that was just PR-speak, and that winning an NCAA title would be pretty special to him.

 

But a big thumbs up on the 'kicking himself' line...

He was probably talking out of his ass in the heat of the moment, but his limited schedule lends some truth to the idea that he's a little bored with college wrestling

[lightweight]

19 hours ago, CHROMEBIRD said:

He was probably talking out of his ass in the heat of the moment, but his limited schedule lends some truth to the idea that he's a little bored with college wrestling

Yes, when you're kind of coasting to victories that probably makes it less interesting. 

Now, having to change your style to accommodate an injury, that probably grabs your attention...