And then there were five.
All hail the five All-Americans from the bottom half of the bracket.
#23 Tanner Jordan, South Dakota State 125 (7th Place Match)
#26 Vance Vombaur, Minnesota 141 (7th Place Match)
#20 Hunter Garvin, Stanford 165 (Top 6)
#18 Benjamin Pasiuk, Army 174 (7th Place Match)
#25 David Key, Navy 184 (7th Place Match)
That is a pretty fair haul.
In the four prior years of 33 seeds there were 1 (2019), 6 (2021), 1 (2022), and 2 (2023 AAs from the bottom half.
Leader in the Clubhouse
@Hwt1 charges into the lead.
I am thinking we found Hunter Garvin's dad. With 12.5 points (and counting?) Garvin is the clear leader. Congrats to your son, it looks he will be top 6 at NCAA's form the #20 seed, and earn you a much more important title.
Only @PortaJohn can catch Hwt1 at this point. Though PJ was completely hosed by quite possibly the smartest brick every thrown:
If there is justice in this world, our hero, Ben Pasiuk, will pinfall Edmond Ruth in the 7th place match (sorry @ILLINIWrestlingBlog but we need there to be nice things in the world), gaining an extra 3.5 points,
And Hunter Garvin will stop scoring points,
And then maybe, just maybe, PJ can win on a tiebreaker. But, I forget what the tiebreakers are, and they are all the way on page 1, so that will have to wait.
The 17's were looking so strong, like every coach ever taught you, you have to keep scoring.