"Its the most wonderful time, of the year"
B1G Tourney Saturday - Sunday.
http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/030117aaa.html
How to watch:
Saturday 10 AM: Session 1. BTN-Plus, each mat.
Saturday 6 PM: Session 2. BTN-Plus, each mat.
Sunday 12 PM: Session 3. BTN-Plus, each mat.
Sunday 3 PM: Session 4 (finals): B1G Network.
How to figure out who is on which mat:
http://s500.trackwrestling.com/tw/TWHome.jsp?loadBalanced=true
TrackWrestling.com will keep live updates of mat assignments, scores, brackets, etc.
There should be obvious link on the first page. If not, click on "Events", then scroll down to "2017 Big Ten Wrestling Championships".
There will be a popup, click on the button "Enter Event".
When you click on the BTN-Plus on your browser, Roku, Phone, etc... make sure you toggle to the correct mat. I assume Mat 1 is the default, but it varies.
@WrestlingBucks https://twitter.com/wrestlingbucks
is a great source as well. Tweets updates, scores, sometimes mat assignments.
I will defer to @JasonLJackson to do a full preview.. he is very good at that.
Of note, expect Penn State to win big, even with their stud 125 out. (ankle).
In brief:
125: Jose Rodriquez. Look for him to do better with the night before weigh-ins. He may be a different wrestler (vs the 1 hour weigh ins of duals). Gilman from Iowa will take first and act like as ass doing so.
133: Nathan Tomasello. #1 ranked in nation. Kicking major ass this year. I think Micic from scUM gives him the closest match, as they know each other and Tomassello never really beats him by more than a few points.
141: Luke Pletcher. Freshman wrestling up a weight. Undersized for the weight. Ashnault from Rutgers should take 1st.
149: Micah Jordan. Ceiling is 2nd place. But, suspect 3rd. Zain Retherford from Penn State is a bad mother f###er and will take 1st. When watching him wrestle - think of what Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad would look like, if he wrestled while high on his product. Thats Zain Retherford.
157: Jake Ryan is listed to wrestle. He's been hurt or something. Not having a good year. Hope he places and makes it to nationals. Jason Nolf from PennState will take 1st, and make everyone look like a backup JV wrestler while doing so.
165: Cody Burcher. He needs to win a few matches otherwise he wont qualify for nationals. Semi's and finals will be awesome matches. Finals should be Isaiah Martinez (Illinios) vs Logan Massa from scUM. If you get a chance, watch that match. Two great wrestlers.
174: Bo Jordan. Not our usual Bo. Battling long standing foot issue, and ankle issue of other foot. Still should make the finals against Mark Hall of Penn State - who is a world champion (Junior world champ freestyle). I suspect Hall will win, since Bo has not been able to train much this year.
184: Myles Martin. The B1G messed up this bracket. On the top half will be a national champ and two finalists, on the bottom half are low level all americans. WTF? Bo Nickal will be the #1 seed and pins everyone. He is a bad ass.
197: Kollin freakin Moore. Should make the finals Sunday vs Pfarr from Minnasota. Moore is 0-2 so far this year vs Pfarr, but closed the gap to a 1 takedown match.
285: Kyle Snyder. nuff said.
@JasonLJackson @b7elfring @V-BCoach @ZONE-6 @SilverBuck-88 @sandtownbuck26 @pchix @tylersmyth
B1G Tourney Saturday - Sunday.
http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/030117aaa.html
How to watch:
Saturday 10 AM: Session 1. BTN-Plus, each mat.
Saturday 6 PM: Session 2. BTN-Plus, each mat.
Sunday 12 PM: Session 3. BTN-Plus, each mat.
Sunday 3 PM: Session 4 (finals): B1G Network.
How to figure out who is on which mat:
http://s500.trackwrestling.com/tw/TWHome.jsp?loadBalanced=true
TrackWrestling.com will keep live updates of mat assignments, scores, brackets, etc.
There should be obvious link on the first page. If not, click on "Events", then scroll down to "2017 Big Ten Wrestling Championships".
There will be a popup, click on the button "Enter Event".
When you click on the BTN-Plus on your browser, Roku, Phone, etc... make sure you toggle to the correct mat. I assume Mat 1 is the default, but it varies.
@WrestlingBucks https://twitter.com/wrestlingbucks
is a great source as well. Tweets updates, scores, sometimes mat assignments.
I will defer to @JasonLJackson to do a full preview.. he is very good at that.
Of note, expect Penn State to win big, even with their stud 125 out. (ankle).
In brief:
125: Jose Rodriquez. Look for him to do better with the night before weigh-ins. He may be a different wrestler (vs the 1 hour weigh ins of duals). Gilman from Iowa will take first and act like as ass doing so.
133: Nathan Tomasello. #1 ranked in nation. Kicking major ass this year. I think Micic from scUM gives him the closest match, as they know each other and Tomassello never really beats him by more than a few points.
141: Luke Pletcher. Freshman wrestling up a weight. Undersized for the weight. Ashnault from Rutgers should take 1st.
149: Micah Jordan. Ceiling is 2nd place. But, suspect 3rd. Zain Retherford from Penn State is a bad mother f###er and will take 1st. When watching him wrestle - think of what Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad would look like, if he wrestled while high on his product. Thats Zain Retherford.
157: Jake Ryan is listed to wrestle. He's been hurt or something. Not having a good year. Hope he places and makes it to nationals. Jason Nolf from PennState will take 1st, and make everyone look like a backup JV wrestler while doing so.
165: Cody Burcher. He needs to win a few matches otherwise he wont qualify for nationals. Semi's and finals will be awesome matches. Finals should be Isaiah Martinez (Illinios) vs Logan Massa from scUM. If you get a chance, watch that match. Two great wrestlers.
174: Bo Jordan. Not our usual Bo. Battling long standing foot issue, and ankle issue of other foot. Still should make the finals against Mark Hall of Penn State - who is a world champion (Junior world champ freestyle). I suspect Hall will win, since Bo has not been able to train much this year.
184: Myles Martin. The B1G messed up this bracket. On the top half will be a national champ and two finalists, on the bottom half are low level all americans. WTF? Bo Nickal will be the #1 seed and pins everyone. He is a bad ass.
197: Kollin freakin Moore. Should make the finals Sunday vs Pfarr from Minnasota. Moore is 0-2 so far this year vs Pfarr, but closed the gap to a 1 takedown match.
285: Kyle Snyder. nuff said.
@JasonLJackson @b7elfring @V-BCoach @ZONE-6 @SilverBuck-88 @sandtownbuck26 @pchix @tylersmyth
