2022 NCAA Tournament, Session 6 Thread

Tom McAndrew

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Final Team Scores:

1. PSU - 131.5
2. Michigan - 95.0
3. Iowa - 74.0
4. Arizona St. - 66.5
5. Nebraska - 59.5
6. Northwestern - 57.5
7. Cornell - 54.5
8. Virginia Tech - 52.5
9. Missouri - 49.5
10. NC State - 49.0
11. Minnesota - 48.5
12. Oregon St. - 44.5
13. Ohio State - 44.0
14. Okla. State - 38.5
14. Wisconsin - 38.5
16. Princeton - 38.0
17. Iowa State - 37.0
18. North Carol. - 32.0
19. Stanford - 31.5
20. North. Iowa - 28.5
 

Bernard Shakey

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Micah is the absolute man. I know everyone was worried about him coming in to Penn State, but holy crap, who would have thought he'd be the best, most vocal Penn State ambassador? He was always really interested in wrestling and hung out with Bo when he was here. Got to imagine that he learned a thing or two.
I don't know if it's still up, but there was a youtube video of a bunch of PSU wrestlers, Micah, a PSU boxer, and maybe one other random athlete doing a circuit workout in front of Bo's house. I think Nick Lee and Cenzo won, all the PSU wrestlers finished easily, and the football guys barely finished. Obviously very different conditioning needed for the sports, but cool to see regardless.
 

amalone

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Nick Lee with a 10-3 DEC to be a back-to-back champ. He dominated

I'm going to miss Nick Lee wrestling for PSU.
You, myself, the Penn State wrestling fan base and the entire collegiate wrestling community will miss Nick Lee's talent to the Nth degree. Kid is class, talent beyond measure and just that put together young man you just can't stop rooting for. I will for life no matter what he does. He's just that person who means the world to us and it's been an immense pleasure to watch him grow and succeed in a Penn State singlet. Sky's the limit for Nick in his next endeavor in life.
 
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This boxing on ESPN is super-entertaining. Next year, every Lion enters the arena with a rapper running in next to him while Steveson does back hand springs. Cael is all about having fun. As long as the NCAA doesn’t meddle, I think my idea has legs.
 

Steve B

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Final Team Scores:

1. PSU - 131.5
2. Michigan - 95.0
3. Iowa - 74.0
4. Arizona St. - 66.5
5. Nebraska - 59.5
6. Northwestern - 57.5
7. Cornell - 54.5
8. Virginia Tech - 52.5
9. Missouri - 49.5
10. NC State - 49.0
11. Minnesota - 48.5
12. Oregon St. - 44.5
13. Ohio State - 44.0
14. Okla. State - 38.5
14. Wisconsin - 38.5
16. Princeton - 38.0
17. Iowa State - 37.0
18. North Carol. - 32.0
19. Stanford - 31.5
20. North. Iowa - 28.5
Not even close!
 

clucas11

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I may be wrong, but Jim Gibbons seems to consistently hate on the Lions. Cormier mixed up CStar and AB earlier. Maybe he should stick to MMA. I would take Robles, Cox, or Burroughs instead of this crew. Too bad Jeff Blatnick and Gorilla Monsoon aren’t still around. Gorilla could make up muscle groups and at least be entertaining. Cormier is struggling!
 

psbc19

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I did see that. People commented that Micah was out of shape, but it's just that these guys are in crazy shape, and I give Micah credit for mixing it up and putting himself in a different setting. You generally dont see athletes go out of the comfort zone of their own team. Micah is a special guy, and I think is just really motivated to do whatever he's interested in. He's inquisitive and isn't afraid of looking "out of shape" and is more interested in hanging out with cool people and challenging himself.
I don't know if it's still up, but there was a youtube video of a bunch of PSU wrestlers, Micah, a PSU boxer, and maybe one other random athlete doing a circuit workout in front of Bo's house. I think Nick Lee and Cenzo won, all the PSU wrestlers finished easily, and the football guys barely finished. Obviously very different conditioning needed for the sports, but cool to see regardless.
 

Bernard Shakey

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I did see that. People commented that Micah was out of shape, but it's just that these guys are in crazy shape, and I give Micah credit for mixing it up and putting himself in a different setting. You generally dont see athletes go out of the comfort zone of their own team. Micah is a special guy, and I think is just really motivated to do whatever he's interested in. He's inquisitive and isn't afraid of looking "out of shape" and is more interested in hanging out with cool people and challenging himself.
Absolutely. It obviously helps that he was a pretty damn good wrestler himself. I love that he's using his massive social media following to promote the sport and mainly promote our program. If he committed to wrestling he would have been a really fun guy to watch. Micah is obviously in incredible shape, but football is all about short intense bursts of effort over a long period of time and wrestling is 100% sustained effort for a short amount of time. You need to train differently for those and a short but intense circuit workout will obviously favor wrestlers.
 

Fencepost

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The 2017 5 for 5 (Retherford, Nolf, Joseph, Hall, Nickal) did a re-creation of the Beatles Abbey Road crossing the street. Would love to see a recreation of the recreation with the 2022 5 for 5 - classic x3. Even if they're not sure who the Beatles were. Tip of my hat to the other 34 guys on the team too. Thank you one and all for a f** season.
 

Bernard Shakey

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The 2017 5 for 5 (Retherford, Nolf, Joseph, Hall, Nickal) did a re-creation of the Beatles Abbey Road crossing the street. Would love to see a recreation of the recreation with the 2022 5 for 5 - classic x3. Even if they're not sure who the Beatles were. Tip of my hat to the other 34 guys on the team too. Thank you one and all for a f** season.
I think that's one of the most impressive parts of this. Not only did we go 5/5 in the national championships, we did it 5 years later with 5 different guys.
 

a_mshaffer

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I agree... he tries but can't hide it. He just didn't give 50/50 analysis.... Unless he thinks one compliment for PSU is worth a few for the other team...
 
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Locopsu

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I actually enjoyed the jocularity he brought to the show. He was complimentary...a lot...towards PSU.
I agree, yesterday he basically said if you want to win in Olympics goto PSU, 4 of 6 medal winners came through NLWC. Results speak for themselves, they are basically trying to make it entertaining for non PSU fans. My only gripe is the Iowa love fest. WTF, aside from a COVID year what have they won lately.
 

LgR52

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Gentlemen. Step back. Enjoy. The best Wrestling program in the country. Hands down. Dominated at Nationals. Blew everyone out.

Seriously? 5 national champions. If ur a recruit and aspire to be the very best, y in the world wouldn’t U want to be u in that room? So proud to be a fan and supporter of this program. What a tourney and night. WE ARE!!!
 

Tom McAndrew

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Top Scorers At The 2022 NCAAs

Points Per Individual
Aaron Brooks (Penn State)23
Nick Lee (Penn State)23
Nick Suriano (Michigan)23
Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State)23
Ryan Deakin (Northwestern)23
Gable Steveson (Minnesota)22.5
Carter Starocci (Penn State)22
Keegan Otoole (Missouri)22
Max Dean (Penn State)21.5
Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State)20
Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell)20
Daton Fix (Oklahoma State)19
Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech)19
Pat Glory (Princeton)19
Ridge Lovett (Nebraska)18
Hayden Hidlay (North Carolina State)17.5
Myles Amine (Michigan)17.5
Shane Griffith (Stanford)17.5
David Carr (Iowa State)17
Jacob Warner (Iowa)17
Peyton Robb (Nebraska)16.5
Austin DeSanto (Iowa)16
Kizhan Clarke (North Carolina)16
Quincy Monday (Princeton)16
Sebastian Rivera (Rutgers)16
Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech)15.5
Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State)15.5
Jordan Wood (Lehigh)15.5
Vito Arujau (Cornell)15.5