2023 Army Black Knight Invite Tournament Thread

[Tom McAndrew]

I'm setting this up in advance, so that everyone has the details.

Please use the thread for all pre-match, in-match, and post-match discussion for the 2023 Army Black Knight Invite, and PSU's performance in such.

When:
Nov. 19, 10:00 am EST

Where:
Arvin Gymnasium, West Point, NY

TV:
None

Video Streaming:
Subscribers of FloWrestling can access the video stream

Audio Streaming:
The radio PBP, with Jeff Byers at the mic, will be streamed for free. The pre-match portion of the broadcast will begin at 9:45 am EST, with the competition starting at 10:00 am EST. You can access the audio stream at:

Army Black Knight Invite

Video: Army Black Knight Invite. Wrestling

gopsusports.com

PBP:
I'm out for PBP, as I'm setting this up in a hotel room, and will be traveling most of Sunday. Hopefully, many of you can step up and provide some coverage. As I always remind folks, posts are more helpful if they include the names of the wrestlers, scores, etc. Posts like "what a TD" provide more confusion than anything else, especially for a tournament that is not being televised.

 

[GregPickel]

Thanks, Tom. Will drop as many updates as I can in here throughout the day. Brackets are not yet up.

 

[GregPickel]

FLO now lists 17 entered competitors for Penn State now that the brackets are out.

125: Davis, Steen, Howard

133: Nagao, Shunk

141: Bartlett, Evans, Kasak

149: Pierce, Heard

157: None

165: Lee, Mesenbrink, Barraclough

174: Dunbar, Borden

184: Kelly, Barr

197: None

285: None

 

[GregPickel]

Steen and Howard will meet in QF if both win first round match. Davis on other side of bracket.

 

[GregPickel]

Penn State on opposite side of brackets and wouldn't meet until finals at 133. Beau, Evans, Kasak all have a first round bye at 141.

 

[GregPickel]

Barraclough, Mesenbrink, and Lee all have first round byes at 165. Lee and Barraclough on same side of bracket.

 

[GregPickel]

Dunbar and Borden opposite sides at 174. Same for Barr and Kelly at 184.

 

[GregPickel]

Brackets: https://arena.flowrestling.org/event/ee0ab8e3-b83a-4dd4-8b78-1751db96d0c1

 

[SRATH]

What a take down........................Too soon?

I didn't realize this was such a poorly attended event until Greg posted the brackets. Seems like it would be a great chance to have an early season tune-up

 

[GregPickel]

 

[GregPickel]

What a take down........................Too soon?

I didn't realize this was such a poorly attended event until Greg posted the brackets. Seems like it would be a great chance to have an early season tune-up

There's actually one more team there this year compared to last year. Was nine, now 10.

 

[JA1339]

Anyone else having trouble getting Byers? I’m just hearing music

 

[SRATH]

Can't hear on gopsusports which isn't a surprise. 97.7 out of SC has Byers. I use simple radio to get it because I am a simple guy.

Davis TF to start, a guy who he TF last week. Steen cruising, Howard battling Gardener Webb, wins 6-4.

Byers is going to be busy today cause we can have a ton of guys wrestling at one time.

 

[GregPickel]

125 results: Howard 6-4 with over a minute of RT. Steen won 12-5, and Davis with a 17-1 TF in 3:47.

 

[GregPickel]

133 results: Shunk lost 16-11. Nagao wins his PSU debut by technical fall, 15-0, at 3:40 mark.

 

[GregPickel]

Beau Bartlett earns a fall at 141. Time of it is 2:36.

 

[SRATH]

Shunk gave up a 7 point throw very early and simply could not recover. It it down to 3 but then gave up a TD.

Nagao and his opponent had what sounded like a great scramble to start, so we need to look for that video at some point.

 

[SRATH]

Steen will face Howard. Davis on the other side

 

[GregPickel]

Evans wins his first match of the day 11-4.

 

[GregPickel]

 

[GregPickel]

Lee and Pierce with falls. Barraclough and Kasak had majors.

 

[GregPickel]

Howard over Steen

 

[GregPickel]

Davis with another win:

 

[hohmadw1978]

Appreciate all the timely updates @GregPickel!

 

[GregPickel]

Aaron Nagao rolling as expected:



Shunk just had a 15-0 TF win in consolation bracket.

Bartlett just got another fall as well.

 

[GregPickel]

Kasak beats Evan’s 3-2 in TB.

 

[lionlover]

Aaron Nagao rolling as expected:



Shunk just had a 15-0 TF win in consolation bracket.

Bartlett just got another fall as well.

 

[Spice67]

Greg,
Any reason why McHenry is not wrestling 125 ? Is he on the roster ? Transfer from Michigan

 

[Charles Brown]

Do we have a controversy at 125? Want Howard to take the spot, he's not looked great thus far.

 

[GregPickel]

 

[GregPickel]

Greg,
Any reason why McHenry is not wrestling 125 ? Is he on the roster ? Transfer from Michigan

He’s on the roster.

 

[GregPickel]

 

[GregPickel]

 

[GregPickel]

 

[GregPickel]

 

[ClarkstonMark]

Do we have a controversy at 125? Want Howard to take the spot, he's not looked great thus far.

No controversy. At this point Howard does not look like the starter. Something obviously is missing from the Howard of a couple years ago.

 

[Sluggo52]

What time are the finals?

 

[GregPickel]

 

[GregPickel]

What time are the finals?

Starting shortly.

 

[GregPickel]

Not ideal obviously: