bracketbuster

Thanks for all of the feedback! Like I said I am no pro so definitely take these for whatever my amateur opinion is. @ILLINIWrestlingBlog @ionel @SocraTease The conference records I have listed are what they are against the other conference opponents who I think will be the starters. So Mike Carr for example wrestled who I believe will be the Minnesota backup and Maryland backup. So I didn't "count" them in his record but I tried to give "credit" for him beating those opponents. Same thing with PSU records. Illinois Thoughts/Reasoning 125 the bottom 5 got weird to me and I definitely could be off. Lujan has a coaches ranking in the top 30 but lost to Steen (PSU). Lujan (MSU) beat Moran (IND) and then Moran beat Vespa (PSU) as Steen didn't wrestle so that is one where it doesn't technically appear on Steen's season record form but I would think it is fair to ding Steen for a "loss." Renteria's (ILL) win was against the MSU backup so I don't know how that factors into the equation? Will definitely be interesting. For Lucas Byrd, that was an interesting one because Mendez beat him but it was back at the MSU open in the very first weekend of the season. Mendez also has the #9 coaches rank and Byrd the #10 and Mendez only has the loss to RBY who Byrd didn't wrestle but there is definitely an argument for Byrd if seeding only goes off of dual meets in conference. 141 got all mixed up from 4-11 with results and that isn't the only weight class this happened. I can definitely see the argument a lot of different ways. Looking at this again I could definitely see Bergeland being lower than I have. Based on my "seeds" #4 Tal-Shahar: Wins: #5, #6, #9, #11 | Losses: #7 #5 Bergeland: Wins: #7, #11 | Losses: #4, #8 #6 Olivieri: Wins: #9, #10 Losses: #4 #7 Pucino: Wins: #4, #8 | Losses: #5 #8 Filius: Wins: #5, #9 | Losses: #7, #11 #9 D'Emilio: Wins: 2-1 #10 | Losses: #4, #6, #8 #10 Mattin: Wins: 1-2 vs. #9, #11 | Losses #6 #11 Zargo: Wins: #8 | Losses: #4, #5, #10

Note: I have no inside information on seedings so these are merely just my best guesses but figured they could be good discussion starters. You can use the interactive brackets using the following letters: D, M, T, F (decision, major, tech, fall). Big Ten Interactive Bracket Seeding Gueses: Conference record is based on their record vs. who I have as projected starters at the same weight CR = NCAA Coaches Ranking RPI = NCAA RPI Ratings WS = WrestleStat Rankings 125 lbs. #1 Spencer Lee (IOWA) (14-0, 7-0 BIG) #2 Matt Ramos (PUR) (26-3, 5-1 BIG) #3 Liam Cronin (NEB) (18-3, 6-1 BIG) #4 Patrick McKee (MINN) (10-4, 3-4 BIG) #5 Eric Barnett (WIS) (16-5, 5-4 BIG) #6 Michael DeAugustino (NW) (6-6, 3-3 BIG) #7 Braxton Brown (MD) (21-3, 5-1 BIG) #8 Malik Heinselman (OSU) (20-4, 3-2 BIG) #9 Dean Peterson (RUT) (20-7, 5-4 BIG) #10 Jack Medley (MICH) (19-8, 5-4 BIG) #11 Gary Steen (PSU) (6-12, 1-5 BIG) #12 Tristan Lujan (MSU) (15-8, 1-6 BIG) #13 Jacob Moran (IND) (21-12, 0-7 BIG) #14 Maximo Renteria (ILL) (4-11, 0-7 BIG) 133 lbs. #1 Roman Bravo-Young (PSU) (13-0, 6-0 BIG) #2 Jesse Mendez (OSU) (13-3, 7-1 BIG) #3 Lucas Byrd (ILL) (23-3, 6-1 BIG) #4 Chris Cannon (NW) (15-6, 5-2 BIG) #5 Aaron Nagao (MINN) (15-3, 3-1 BIG) #6 Dylan Ragusin (MICH) (14-6, 3-3 BIG) #7 Joe Heilmann (RUT) (22-6, 3-4 BIG) #8 Brody Teske (IOWA) (6-2, 3-1 BIG) #9 Rayvon Foley (MSU) (12-8, 1-6 BIG) #10 Taylor Lamont (WIS) (9-12, 1-6 BIG) #11 Kyle Burwick (NEB) (13-7, 1-6 BIG) #12 Dustin Norris (PUR) (12-13, 2-4 BIG) #13 Henry Porter (IND) (20-7, 1-4 BIG) #14 King Sandoval (MD) (0-4, 0-3 BIG) 141 lbs. #1 Real Woods (IOWA) (13-0, 5-0 BIG) #2 Brock Hardy (NEB) (24-4, 7-1 BIG) #3 Beau Bartlett (PSU) (19-1, 5-1 BIG) #4 Frankie Tal-Shahar (NW) (10-4, 4-3 BIG) #5 Jake Bergeland (MINN) (13-7, 4-4 BIG) #6 Joey Olivieri (RUT) (13-4, 5-2 BIG) #7 Danny Pucino (ILL) (14-8, 3-2 BIG) #8 Parker Filius (PUR) (17-7, 4-3 BIG) #9 Dylan D'Emilio (OSU) (13-9, 5-6 BIG) #10 Cole Mattin (MICH) (13-6, 3-5 BIG) #11 Joseph Zargo (WIS) (9-10, 1-5 BIG) #12 Cayden Rooks (IND) (12-9, 1-5 BIG) #13 Jordan Hamdan (MSU) (21-11, 1-6 BIG) #14 Kal Miller (MD) (12-13, 1-6 BIG) 149 lbs. #1 Sammy Sasso (OSU) (22-2, 8-0 BIG) #2 Yahya Thomas (NW) (19-2, 7-2 BIG) #3 Austin Gomez (WIS) (10-2, 4-1 BIG) #4 Max Murin (IOWA) (17-3, 4-2 BIG) #5 Shayne VanNess (PSU) (15-4, 4-3 BIG) #6 Chance Lamer (MICH) (10-5, 1-2 BIG) #7 Michael Blockhus (MINN) (14-4, 4-3 BIG) #8 Graham Rooks (IND) (25-6, 3-4 BIG) #9 Ethen Miller (MD) (24-6, 4-3 BIG) #10 Anthony White (RUT) (12-11, 2-5 BIG) #11 Jake Harrier (ILL) (6-13, 2-4 BIG) #12 Peyton Omania (MSU) (13-11, 0-6 BIG) #13 Jayden Reynolds (PUR) (5-13, 0-5 BIG) #14 Dayne Morton (NEB) (5-12, 1-4 BIG) 157 lbs. #1 Peyton Robb (NEB) (23-0, 8-0 BIG) #2 Levi Haines (PSU) (20-1, 6-0 BIG) #3 Kendall Coleman (PUR) (26-3, 5-2 BIG) #4 Mike Carr (ILL) (4-0, 1-0 BIG) #5 Cobe Siebrecht (IOWA) (10-4, 4-3 BIG) #6 Chase Saldate (MSU) (22-4, 5-2 BIG) #7 Will Lewan (MICH) (16-5, 4-4 BIG) #8 Trevor Chumbley (NW) (21-5, 4-4 BIG) #9 Garrett Model (WIS) (15-7, 3-5 BIG) #10 Brayton Lee (MINN) (4-7, 1-5 BIG) #11 Derek Gilcher (IND) (22-10, 5-6 BIG) #12 Paddy Gallagher (OSU) (10-6, 2-6 BIG) #13 Andrew Clark (RUT) (17-13, 1-9 BIG) #14 Michael North (MD) (15-6, 0-3 BIG) 165 lbs. #1 Cameron Amine (MICH) (10-2, 4-1 BIG) #2 Dean Hamiti (WIS) (18-3, 5-1 BIG) #3 Patrick Kennedy (IOWA) (16-2, 4-1 BIG) #4 Alex Facundo (PSU) (16-2, 3-1 BIG) #5 Carson Kharchla (OSU) (9-3, 4-2 BIG) #6 Maxx Mayfield (NW) (21-9, 4-5 BIG) #7 Caleb Fish (MSU) (24-6, 5-3 BIG) #8 Andrew Sparks (MINN) (13-7, 1-2 BIG) #9 Danny Braunagel (ILL) (18-8, 2-4 BIG) #10 Bubba Wilson (NEB) (13-10, 1-6 BIG) #11 Nick South (IND) (9-6, 2-1 BIG) #12 Robert Kanniard (RUT) (4-3, 1-2 BIG) #13 John MartinBest (MD) (10-14, 1-4 BIG) #14 Cooper Noehre (PUR) (8-12, 0-4 BIG) 174 lbs. #1 Carter Starocci (PSU) (16-0, 8-0 BIG) #2 Michael Labriola (NEB) (24-0, 6-0 BIG) #3 Ethan Smith (OSU) (15-5, 6-2 BIG) #4 Bailee O'Reilly (MINN) (15-3, 4-1 BIG) #5 Edmond Ruth (ILL) (24-3, 5-3 BIG) #6 Donnell Washington (IND) (21-4, 5-3 BIG) #7 Troy Fisher (NW) (17-5, 3-2 BIG) #8 Nelson Brands (IOWA) (6-4, 0-3 BIG) #9 Max Maylor (MICH) (15-7, 3-5 BIG) #10 Jackson Turley (RUT) (8-10, 2-5 BIG) #11 Cesar Garza (MSU) (13-11, 1-7 BIG) #12 Dominic Solis (MD) (10-11, 0-6 BIG) #13 Joshua Otto (WIS) (6-14, 0-5 BIG) #14 Macarteny Parkinson (PUR) (9-13, 0-1 BIG) 184 lbs. #1 Aaron Brooks (PSU) (9-1, 4-0 BIG) #2 Kaleb Romero (OSU) (19-4, 4-1 BIG) #3 Isaiah Salazar (MINN) (15-1, 6-0 BIG) #4 Matt Finesilver (MICH) (20-5, 4-3 BIG) #5 Layne Malczewski (MSU) (21-3, 4-2 BIG) #6 Brian Soldano (RUT) (20-7, 5-4 BIG) #7 Abe Assad (IOWA) (15-2, 4-1 BIG) #8 Lenny Pinto (NEB) (19-7, 5-3 BIG) #9 Dylan Connell (ILL) (16-14, 2-6 BIG) #10 Tyler Dow (WIS) (7-11, 3-4 BIG) #11 Evan Bates (NW) (16-15, 1-6 BIG) #12 Ben Vanadia (PUR) (11-14, 2-7 BIG) #13 Clayton Fielden (IND) (8-12, 0-5 BIG) #14 Kevin Makosky (MD) (2-5, 0-2 BIG) 197 lbs. #1 Max Dean (PSU) (18-2, 7-0 BIG) #2 Silas Allred (NEB) (23-5, 7-1 BIG) #3 Cameron Caffey (MSU) (18-3, 5-2 BIG) #4 Zach Braunagel (ILL) (20-5, 8-3 BIG) #5 Braxton Amos (WIS) (16-5, 4-4 BIG) #6 Gavin Hoffman (OSU) (15-5, 3-3 BIG) #7 Jaxon Smith (MD) (15-5, 3-0 BIG) #8 Michial Foy (MINN) (13-8, 4-4 BIG) #9 Jacob Warner (IOWA) (13-4, 3-3 BIG) #10 Nick Willham (IND) (16-7, 2-4 BIG) #11 Billy Janzer (RUT) (6-10, 2-5 BIG) #12 Andrew Davison (NW) (16-11, 0-6 BIG) #13 Brendan Yatooma (MICH) (5-12, 0-7 BIG) #14 Hayden Filipovich (PUR) (5-19, 0-6 BIG) 285 lbs. #1 Mason Parris (MICH) (25-0, 7-0 BIG) #2 Greg Kerkvliet (PSU) (13-1, 5-1 BIG) #3 Anthony Cassioppi (IOWA) (17-2, 4-2 BIG) #4 Lucas Davison (NW) (18-2, 6-2 BIG) #5 Trent Hillger (WIS) (14-6, 5-4 BIG) #6 Jacob Bullock (IND) (18-4, 5-3 BIG) #7 Tate Orndorff (OSU) (11-5, 2-3 BIG) #8 Boone McDermott (RUT) (15-3, 2-1 BIG) #9 Jaron Smith (MD) (12-8, 4-3 BIG) #10 Hayden Copass (PUR) (6-7, 3-4 BIG) #11 Cale Davidson (NEB) (9-15, 1-5 BIG) #12 Garrett Joles (MINN) (12-11, 2-5 BIG) #13 Ryan Vasbinder (MSU) (15-12, 1-7 BIG) #14 Matt Wroblewski (ILL) (11-15, 0-7 BIG) Team Standings Based on Seeds (no bonus factor) 1. Penn State - 139.5 2. Iowa - 98 3. Ohio State - 89 4. Nebraska - 82 5. Northwestern - 76.5 6. Michigan - 71 7. Minnesota - 68.5 8. Wisconsin - 55 9. Illinois - 50.5 10. Michigan State - 36.5 11. Purdue - 33 12. Rutgers - 27 13. Indiana - 22 14. Maryland - 11.5

I did thees in the past and hopefully people enjoyed them so I starting looking again at projections for conference tournaments while we wait for official seeds to be released in the coming weeks. Note: I have no inside information on seedings so these are merely just my best guesses. You can use the interactive brackets using the following letters: D, M, T, F (decision, major, tech, fall). ACC Interactive Bracket Seeding Gueses: Conference record is based on their record vs. who I have as projected starters at the same weight CR = NCAA Coaches Ranking RPI = NCAA RPI Ratings WS = WrestleStat Rankings 125 lbs. #1 Jack Wagner (UNC) (20-6, 2-1 ACC): 22 CR, 13 RPI, 31 WS #2 Jarrett Trombley (NCST) (11-6, 4-0 ACC): 29 CR, 31 RPI, 33 WS #3 Colton Camacho (PITT) (15-8, 2-2 ACC): 28 RPI, 32 WS #4 Eddie Ventresca (VT) (17-6, 3-1 ACC): 24 RPI, 26 WS #5 Patrick McCormick (UVA) (8-13, 1-4 ACC): 62 WS #6 Ethan Grimminger (DUKE) (0-8, 0-4 ACC): 76 WS 133 lbs. #1 Micky Phillippi (PITT) (12-2, 4-1 ACC): 6 CR, 10 WS #2 Sam Latona (VT) (22-5, 5-1 ACC): 7 CR, 6 RPI, 7 WS #3 Kai Orine (NCST) (12-5, 4-1 ACC): 20 CR, 16 RPI, 13 WS #4 Jace Palmer (UNC) (12-12, 1-4 ACC): 36 WS #5 Marlon Yarbrough (UVA) (6-8, 0-3 ACC): 55 WS #6 Logan Agin (DUKE) (4-12, 0-4 ACC): 72 WS 141 lbs. #1 Cole Matthews (PITT) (17-1, 3-0 ACC): 3 CR, 5 RPI, 1 WS #2 Ryan Jack (NCST) (19-2, 3-1 ACC): 6 CR, 2 RPI, 6 WS #3 Lachlan McNeil (UNC) (19-6, 3-3 ACC): 16 CR, 15 RPI, 10 WS #4 Tom Crook (VT) (14-7, 2-4 ACC): 10 CR, 16 RPI, 25 WS #5 Dylan Cedeno (UVA) (10-7, 0-2 ACC): 32 CR, 39 WS #6 Jarred Papscy (DUKE) (8-11, 0-1 ACC): 70 WS 149 lbs. #1 Caleb Henson (VT) (19-3, 0-0 ACC): 7 CR, 7 RPI, 4 WS #2 Jackson Arrington (NCST) (19-6, 3-1 ACC): 15 CR, 9 RPI, 13 WS #3 Jarod Verkleeren (UVA) (18-7, 3-2 ACC): 27 CR, 28 RPI, 25 WS #4 Tyler Badgett (PITT) (16-10, 1-3 ACC): 28 CR, 21 RPI, 36 WS #5 Zach Sherman (UNC) (4-3, 1-1 ACC): 29 WS #6 Patrick Rowland (DUKE) (12-15, 0-5 ACC): 70 WS 157 lbs. #1 Austin O'Connor (UNC) (16-0, 3-0 ACC): 3 CR, 2 WS #2 Bryce Andonian (VT) (7-1, 4-1 ACC): 3 WS #3 Ed Scott (NCST) (15-6, 3-2 ACC): 6 CR, 3 RPI, 6 WS #4 Dazjon Casto (PITT) (6-7, 2-2 ACC): 34 WS #5 Jake Keating (UVA) (5-8, 1-4 ACC): 38 WS #6 Logan Ferrero (DUKE) (3-9, 0-4 ACC): 69 WS 165 lbs. #1 Holden Heller (PITT) (12-5, 5-0 ACC): 23 CR, 10 RPI, 23 WS #2 Justin McCoy (UVA) (17-4, 3-1 ACC): 17 CR, 14 RPI, 16 WS #3 Matthew Singleton (NCST) (9-5, 3-1 ACC): 31 CR, 26 WS #4 Connor Brady (VT) (12-8, 2-3 ACC): 25 CR, 19 RPI, 27 WS #5 Joey Mazzara (UNC) (13-10, 1-5 ACC): 45 WS #6 Gabe Dinette (DUKE) (0-8, 0-4 ACC): 70 WS 174 lbs. #1 Mekhi Lewis (VT) (16-1, 3-0 ACC): 3 CR, 3 WS #2 Alex Falson (NCST) (15-6, 2-1 ACC): 32 CR, 26 WS #3 Luca Augustine (PITT) (13-8, 2-2 ACC): 30 CR, 16 RPI, 23 WS #4 Clay Lautt (UNC) (6-4, 1-2 ACC): 22 CR, 14 WS #5 Victor Marcelli (UVA) (10-11, 0-3 ACC): 61 WS #6 Conor Becker (DUKE) (5-12, 0-0 ACC): 74 WS 184 lbs. #1 Trent Hidlay (NCST) (18-1, 3-0 ACC): 3 CR, 1 RPI, 3 WS #2 Hunter Bolen (VT) (17-4, 2-2 ACC): 7 CR, 6 RPI, 7 WS #3 Gavin Kane (UNC) (19-5, 4-1 ACC): 12 CR, 8 RPI, 15 WS #4 Neil Antrassian (UVA) (21-7, 2-4 ACC): 17 CR, 20 RPI, 17 WS #5 Reece Heller (PITT) (16-6, 2-3 ACC): 16 CR, 13 RPI, 13 WS #6 Luke Chakonis (DUKE) (5-19, 0-3 ACC): 69 WS 197 lbs. #1 Nino Bonaccorsi (PITT) (14-0, 5-0 ACC): 1 CR, 4 WS #2 Andy Smith (VT) (13-6, 2-1 ACC): 21 CR, 8 RPI, 25 WS #3 Isaac Trumble (NCST) (17-3, 2-2 ACC): 6 CR, 5 RPI, 11 WS #4 Michael Battista (UVA) (24-9, 0-3 ACC): 23 CR, 15 RPI, 26 WS #5 Vincent Baker (DUKE) (6-5, 1-1 ACC): 57 WS #6 Max Shaw (UNC) (11-8, 0-3 ACC): 32 CR, 26 RPI, 50 WS 285 lbs. #1 Jonah Niesenbaum (DUKE) (23-3, 4-0 ACC): 19 CR, 19 RPI, 21 WS #2 Owen Trephan (NCST) (19-3, 2-0 ACC): 11 CR, 8 RPI, 8 WS #3 Hunter Catka (VT) (16-5, 2-2 ACC): 18 CR, 26 RPI, 24 WS #4 Jacob Slinger (PITT) (8-7, 0-1 ACC): 42 WS #5 Brandon Whitman (UNC) (9-15, 0-3 ACC): 54 WS #6 Ethan Weatherspoon (UVA) (5-12, 0-2 ACC): 64 WS Team Projections based on seed (no bonus factored) 1. NC State - 79 points 2. Virginia Tech - 76 points 3. Pittsburgh - 69.5 points 4. North Carolina - 42 points 5. Virginia - 21.5 points 6. Duke - 12 points