SetonHallPirate

I'm assuming you're referring to after shrinkage...because a 32-foot diameter mat with a five-foot protection area would be a 42x42 mat before shrinkage.

If we had a standard mat size, it would likely be the 32-foot diameter (42x42 mat) used at Nationals and most big tournaments. I've actually wondered, out loud (on the former BirdApp) whether it might be a good idea to go down to a 28-foot diameter, but a minimum seven-foot protection area, in the next rules cycle (although this would have to probably be phased in over several years).

Give me a little bit, and I'll have the breakdown at http://wrestlingbypirate.wordpress.com

The first point may be the biggest news of the bunch! I wish I knew. Would make my life much easier.

I’ve never done that. Red Blades has a better explanation of what I’ve done, although I’m not sure how quickly I’ll get things done today, as life gets in the way.

No, no, no, and no. Theoretically Morgan State is, but they don't have a conference. They are eligible for at-large bids, but won't get any. The rest are still in their transition period. Bellarmine clears it this year, and will be eligible for SoCon's in 2024-25. Queens will be eligible in 2026-27.

Along with a presumptive POSITIVE flu diagnosis...he sounds awful in that interview. Hope Brian, along with the rest of the team, feels better soon.

All times Eastern, with local times in parenthesis. *-indicates event is believed to be eligible for a one-pound weight allowance. Tuesday, February 20: Sacred Heart at LIU, 6:00 PM Wednesday, February 21: Bloomsburg at Rutgers, 7:00 PM Thursday, February 22: Presbyterian at The Citadel, 6:00 PM Cleveland State at Kent State, 7:00 PM Rider at Pittsburgh, 7:00 PM Friday, February 23: *Rider at Cleveland State, 2:00 PM *Queens at Davidson, 5:00 PM Central Michigan at Cleveland State, 6:30 PM Harvard at Brown, 7:00 PM *Presbyterian at Davidson, 7:00 PM Chattanooga at Indiana, 7:00 PM Drexel at Maryland, 7:00 PM Virginia Tech at NC State, 7:00 PM Duke at North Carolina, 7:00 PM Morgan State at Penn, 7:00 PM *Virginia at Pittsburgh, 7:00 PM Bucknell at Princeton, 7:00 PM SIU Edwardsville at Northern Illinois, 8:00 PM (7:00 PM) Missouri at Northern Iowa, 8:00 PM (7:00 PM) Saturday, February 24: California Baptist at Utah Valley, 1:00 PM (11:00 AM) *Franklin & Marshall, Maryland at F&M Scramble, 2:00 PM *Sacred Heart at Brown, 3:00 PM *Hofstra at Drexel, 4:00 PM Campbell at VMI, 5:00 PM Buffalo at Ohio, 7:00 PM Lehigh at Arizona State, 9:00 PM (7:00 PM) Sunday, February 25: Davidson at Wildcat Open, hosted by Davidson, 10:00 AM George Mason, Indiana at Patriot Last Chance Open, 10:00 AM Queens, Utah Valley at National Collegiate Open, Smyrna, DE, 10:00 AM American at Columbia, 12:00 PM Chattanooga at Bellarmine, 1:00 PM Binghamton at Cornell, 1:00 PM Little Rock at Lindenwood, 1:00 PM Gardner-Webb at Appalachian State, 2:00 PM Michigan at Central Michigan, 2:00 PM Wisconsin at Northern Iowa, 2:00 PM (1:00 PM) Edinboro at Penn State, 2:00 PM *Nebraska at Arizona State, 3:00 PM (1:00 PM) Missouri at Iowa State, 3:00 PM (2:00 PM) Iowa at Oklahoma State, 3:00 PM (2:00 PM) North Dakota State at South Dakota State, 3:00 PM (2:00 PM) American at Army West Point, 5:00 PM

Marcus Coleman. Kevin Dresser would’ve been extremely interested to know that he had a former national champion for Oklahoma State on his roster, while he was also simultaneously the head coach at North Carolina!

Update: The Last Chance Open at Iowa State has been scrubbed.

Keep in mind there are six of them this year, under various names...(the Cowboy Shootout at Wyoming, the Last Chance Open at Iowa State, the F&M Scramble at Franklin & Marshall, the National Collegiate Open in Smyrna, Delaware, the Patriot Last Chance Open at George Mason, and the Wildcat Open at Davidson)

Sorry for the late posting...had it done, but it got lost in the shuffle of looking for scores over the weekend! All times Eastern, with local times in parenthesis. Monday, February 12: Rutgers at Penn State, 7:00 PM Thursday, February 15: Appalachian State at Presbyterian, 1:00 PM Appalachian State at Davidson, 7:00 PM Friday, February 16: Clarion at Rider, 12:00 PM Harvard at Columbia, 3:00 PM LIU at Drexel, 6:00 PM The Citadel at Gardner-Webb, 6:00 PM Central Michigan at Kent State, 7:00 PM Cleveland State at Lock Haven, 7:00 PM Indiana at Michigan, 7:00 PM Ohio State at Michigan State, 7:00 PM Franklin & Marshall at Millersville, 7:00 PM Cornell at NC State, 7:00 PM Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh, 7:00 PM Illinois at Purdue, 7:00 PM Maryland at Rutgers, 7:00 PM *Davidson at VMI, 7:00 PM Army West Point at Navy, 7:30 PM Missouri at North Dakota State, 8:00 PM (7:00 PM) Binghamton at Northwestern, 8:00 PM (7:00 PM) North Carolina at Virginia, 8:30 PM Cal Poly at California Baptist, 9:00 PM (6:00 PM) Wisconsin at Minnesota, 9:00 PM (8:00 PM) Saturday, February 17: Penn at Princeton, 12:00 PM *Cleveland State at Bloomsburg, 1:00 PM Brown at Bucknell, 2:00 PM Chattanooga at Campbell, 2:00 PM Stanford at Arizona State, 3:00 PM (1:00 PM) *Hofstra vs. CSU Bakersfield at California Baptist, 6:00 PM (3:00 PM) *Franklin & Marshall at Drexel, 6:00 PM *Lock Haven at Edinboro, 7:00 PM Princeton at Lehigh, 7:00 PM SIU Edwardsville at Ohio, 7:00 PM *CSU Bakersfield at California Baptist, 7:30 PM (4:30 PM) *Hofstra at California Baptist, 9:00 PM (6:00 PM) Sunday, February 18: Bellarmine at Appalachian State, 11:30 AM Utah Valley, Wyoming at Cowboy Shootout, hosted by Wyoming, 12:00 PM (10:00 AM) Queens at American, 1:00 PM *Brown at Columbia, 1:00 PM Lindenwood at George Mason, 1:00 PM Indiana at Northwestern, 1:00 PM (12:00 PM) Cornell at Appalachian State, 1:30 PM Central Michigan at Clarion, 2:00 PM NC State at Duke, 2:00 PM VMI at Gardner-Webb, 2:00 PM Wisconsin at Iowa, 2:00 PM (1:00 PM) *Campbell at Presbyterian, 2:00 PM Glenville State at West Virginia, 2:00 PM Lindenwood at American, 3:00 PM Illinois at Northwestern, 3:00 PM (2:00 PM) Oklahoma at Oklahoma State, 3:00 PM (2:00 PM) Missouri at South Dakota State, 3:00 PM (2:00 PM) Northern Colorado at Air Force, 4:00 PM (2:00 PM) Nebraska at Penn State, 4:00 PM *Oregon State at Stanford, 5:00 PM (2:00 PM)

All times Eastern, with local times in parenthesis. *-indicates event is believed to be eligible for a one-pound weight allowance. Thursday, February 8: Clarion at Buffalo, 7:00 PM Friday, February 9: LIU at VMI, 1:00 PM LIU vs. Bellarmine at VMI, 3:00 PM Bellarmine at VMI, 5:00 PM Binghamton at Hofstra, 6:00 PM The Citadel at Campbell, 7:00 PM Presbyterian at Chattanooga, 7:00 PM Edinboro at Cleveland State, 7:00 PM Davidson at Gardner-Webb, 7:00 PM Ohio at Kent State, 7:00 PM Bucknell at Lehigh, 7:00 PM Virginia at NC State, 7:00 PM Michigan at Nebraska, 7:00 PM (6:00 PM) Pittsburgh at North Carolina, 7:00 PM Duke at Virginia Tech, 7:00 PM Cornell at Princeton, 7:30 PM Minnesota at Illinois, 8:00 PM (7:00 PM) Lock Haven at Northern Illinois, 8:00 PM (7:00 PM) Purdue at Northwestern, 8:00 PM (7:00 PM) South Dakota State at Oklahoma, 8:00 PM (7:00 PM) Utah Valley at Air Force, 9:00 PM (7:00 PM) Northern Iowa at California Baptist, 9:00 PM (6:00 PM) Penn State at Iowa, 9:00 PM (8:00 PM) Arizona State at Cal Poly, 10:00 PM (7:00 PM) Saturday, February 10: *Franklin & Marshall at Messiah Open, hosted by Messiah, 9:00 AM *Bloomsburg at Edinboro, 1:00 PM *Binghamton at Princeton, 1:00 PM *George Mason at Virginia Tech, 3:00 PM Drexel at Brown, 7:00 PM *South Dakota State at Oklahoma State, 7:00 PM (6:00 PM) *Cornell at Penn, 7:00 PM *Utah Valley at Northern Colorado, 8:00 PM (6:00 PM) Oregon State at Wyoming, 8:00 PM (6:00 PM) Sunday, February 11 CSU Bakersfield vs. SIU Edwardsville at Little Rock, 11:30 AM (10:30 AM) Indiana at Ohio State, 12:00 PM Minnesota at Purdue, 12:00 PM Campbell at Bellarmine, 1:00 PM CSU Bakersfield at Little Rock, 1:00 PM (12:00 PM) Michigan State at Maryland, 1:00 PM Illinois at Wisconsin, 1:00 PM (12:00 PM) Buffalo at Central Michigan, 2:00 PM Appalachian State at Chattanooga, 2:00 PM Northern Iowa at Iowa State, 2:00 PM (1:00 PM) Queens at Morgan State, 2:00 PM Gardner-Webb at Presbyterian, 2:00 PM Cal Poly at Stanford, 2:00 PM (11:00 AM) Davidson at The Citadel, 2:00 PM SIU Edwardsville at Little Rock, 2:30 PM (1:30 PM) American at Air Force, 3:00 PM (1:00 PM) Sacred Heart at Morgan State, 4:00 PM

One thing I will say...Tim Johnson is a much better play-by-play guy than he is analyst, and the Big Ten Network is doing him a disservice by putting him in that role. Can they, say, put a rotating guy as analyst for the #2 broadcast team? Just a thought.

I was expecting to hear that AJ was holding out from Iowa for a larger NIL bag…

He never wrestled there, but he was definitely enrolled, and certainly transferred.

https://ivyleague.com/news/2023/12/18/general-ivy-league-to-launch-wrestling-tournament-starting-in-2025.aspx

Well, nobody at Cornell can compete at EIWA's starting next year...

All times Eastern, with local times in parenthesis. *-indicates event is believed to be eligible for a one-pound weight allowance. Thursday, February 1: The Citadel at Chattanooga, 5:00 PM Clarion at Lock Haven, 7:00 PM South Dakota at Wyoming, 8:00 PM (6:00 PM) Friday, February 2: Columbia at Cornell, 6:30 PM Ohio State at Penn State, 6:30 PM Appalachian State at Campbell, 7:00 PM Bellarmine at Davidson, 7:00 PM Pittsburgh at Duke, 7:00 PM Virginia Tech at Virginia, 7:00 PM *Lock Haven at Navy, 7:30 PM LIU at Franklin & Marshall, 8:00 PM Michigan State at Illinois, 8:00 PM (7:00 PM) West Virginia at Iowa State, 8:00 PM (7:00 PM) Maryland at Minnesota, 8:00 PM (7:00 PM) Arizona State at Oklahoma State, 8:00 PM (7:00 PM) North Dakota State at Utah Valley, 8:00 PM (6:00 PM) Northwestern at Wisconsin, 8:00 PM (7:00 PM) Iowa at Michigan, 8:30 PM North Carolina at NC State, 8:30 PM Saturday, February 3: Binghamton, Cleveland State, Edinboro, Hofstra at Edinboro Open, hosted by Edinboro, 9:00 AM Lindenwood at Missouri Valley Open, hosted by Missouri Valley, 10:00 AM (9:00 AM) Chattanooga at Gardner-Webb, 12:00 PM Princeton at Harvard, 12:00 PM Sacred Heart at Bloomsburg, 1:00 PM Penn at Brown, 1:00 PM Northern Illinois at Buffalo, 1:00 PM Cal Poly at Little Rock, 1:00 PM (12:00 PM) Rider at Drexel, 2:00 PM VMI at Presbyterian, 2:00 PM California Baptist at Air Force, 3:00 PM (1:00 PM) Kent State at Bloomsburg, 3:00 PM *Bucknell at Navy, 7:30 PM *South Dakota State at Utah Valley, 8:00 PM (6:00 PM) Sunday, February 4: *Bellarmine, SIU Edwardsville at Greyhound Open, hosted by Indianapolis, 10:00 AM *Drexel vs. Morgan State at American, 11:00 AM *Penn at Harvard, 12:00 PM Michigan State at Indiana, 12:00 PM *Drexel at American, 1:00 PM *Princeton at Brown, 1:00 PM *Bucknell at Columbia, 1:00 PM *Rider at George Mason, 1:00 PM Wisconsin at Purdue, 1:00 PM Ohio State at Rutgers, 1:00 PM *VMI at Appalachian State, 2:00 PM Lehigh at Army West Point, 2:00 PM *Gardner-Webb at Campbell, 2:00 PM Ohio at Central Michigan, 2:00 PM Northwestern at Minnesota, 2:00 PM (1:00 PM) Oklahoma State at Missouri, 2:00 PM (1:00 PM) Bellarmine at The Citadel, 2:00 PM *Morgan State at American, 3:00 PM Oregon State at Arizona State, 3:00 PM (1:00 PM) Illinois at Nebraska, 3:00 PM (2:00 PM) West Virginia at Northern Iowa, 3:00 PM (2:00 PM) North Dakota State at Wyoming, 3:00 PM (1:00 PM) CSU Bakersfield at Stanford, 7:00 PM (4:00 PM)

Yeah...that's Seton Hall Prep...a private school that used to be (but no longer is) affiliated with my alma mater.

Yes...

From what I’ve heard, no.

Because, ummmm, uhhhh…HEY, LOOK, A PUPPY!

The coaches' rankings were due last Friday.