jdalu75

I think that's the reasoning behind the rule change. If it isn't, it oughta be.

Stanich is a true freshman and the staff hasn't decided whether he'll defer or not. If he defers he's limited to five dates. Hines had a minor leg injury; he may be back tonight vs OKS. Right now McGonagle is a 133-pounder and Crookham wrestled against Penn State.

McGonagle is in his fifth year at Lehigh, counting the non-counting Covid year. He has one more year of eligibility, if he wants it. So he could graduate and call it a career, or he could graduate and transfer as a grad student. Or, if some of the other pieces shuffle (149 remains a mystery, Malyke Hines has problems holding 141), he could return to 141 where he spent his first three seasons and Hines could bump up to 149. Or maybe, since he and Crookham have injury histories, it will take two of them to get through the season. I'm remembering how Lehigh had two good 285s a few years back, Doug Vollaro and Max Wessell, who were rarely healthy at the same time but managed to cover the weight for several years. It's a mystery.

It's up to the powers that be. That's not us.

It was in the Report of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee Meeting, April 12-13, 2022. Injury default. Matches that are declared injury default with no wrestling occurring will not be considered for championship selections and seeding.

The conductor says "These windows need cleaning."

My apologies if this has already been covered someplace else, but I haven't seen it. The NCAA has recently modified the at-large process of qualifying for the NCAA tournament. In addition to needing at least two of the existing six criteria to be considered for an at-large berth, wrestlers must participate in at least two matches at their conference tournaments. The NCAA has already cracked down on the "arranged" injury defaults by requiring that real wrestling take place; now a wrestler must do that twice in the qualifiers in order to be eligible for at-large consideration. The existing six criteria remain unchanged; wrestlers need at least two: ● .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 I've been thinking about whether this makes it easier or harder to grab an at-large position. Maybe Seton Hall Pirate will weigh in with his opinion. If injured wrestlers who have earned pre-allocated spots don't enter their conference tournaments, those spots will be freed up and so there will be more at-large positions available. But there will be more healthy wrestlers competing for the at-large spots, so it may balance out.

Fix maybe. Ivy schools don't allow grad students to compete. Jake Logan is in his fifth year out of high school and is working on a Master's at Lehigh, but Vito is seven years out of high school and is still working on his Bachelor's. I hope Lehigh uses this as a selling point in recruiting; lots of their wrestlers leave with two degrees after five years.

Or maybe Crookham gets 1st this year and then is the favorite next year ....

Since the new 3-pt TD makes it so much easier to accumulate points, and so much less likely to see more falls, how about this -- Eliminate the major decision; Keep the tech fall at 15 match points, but award just four team points. Think maybe we'll see fewer catch-and-release bouts?