2026 NCAA Championship Session I Thread

OldMatCoach

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I gotta give a shout out to Starlink internet. Where I live it's satellite or nothing and hughesnet was so absolutely garbage last year it made watching anything tough, let alone switching between mats and having multiple devices streaming simulator. Starlink is legit.
Good to hear, my cable at my second house in the mountains is awful. Only one option, no competition so they don't I have to provide decent service. I have been looking into Starlink.
 
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Misalorales

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Good to hear, my cable at my second house in the mountains is awful. Only one option, no competition so they don't I have to provide decent service. I have been looking into Starlink.
It's absolutely worth a little extra cost. Easy to install yourself and align yourself with the app. I was skeptical but I watch a lot of hockey as well and my test of streaming is if I can watch hockey normally, follow the puck and not have issues then it's good.hah
 
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zzs006

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Strickenberger is tough but one of the most up and down wrestlers out there. He can look incredible one match and lose to someone he should destroy the next. He’s been more consistent this year losing to only top 20 guys. He did get majored by Poulin and Klinsky though. He also beat Poulin which goes to my point about not knowing which version will show up.
 
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razpsu

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hey Cole we’re trying to get bonus points here guy
I have no idea what the hell he was thinking. He looked gassed the the first match at the end. I don’t get his conditioning. Now he must be Keuter!
 

Sir Pin Alot

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PSU matchups for Session II:

125: #1 Luke Lilledahl vs. #17 Jett Strickenberger (West Virginia)

133: #3 Marcus Blaze vs. #19 Gage Walker (Mizzou)

141: #14 Braeden Davis vs. #3 Brock Hardy (Nebraska)

149: #1 Shayne Van Ness vs. #16 Jacob Frost (Iowa St.)

157: #1 P.J. Duke vs. #17 Luke Mechler (Wisconsin)

165: #1 Mitchell Mesenbrink vs. #16 Paddy Gallagher (Ohio St.)

174: #1 Levi Haines vs. #16 Nick Fine (Columbia)

184: #1 Rocco Welsh vs. #16 Rylan Rogers (Lehigh)

197: #1 Josh Barr vs. #17 Dillon Bechtold (Bucknell)

285: #9 Cole Mirasola vs. #8 Ben Keuter (Iowa)
If Braeden comes out on fire like he did in the dual, i like his chances. It is a tall order to get past hardy. I hope he can clean up on the backside.
 

BAN24

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I gotta give a shout out to Starlink internet. Where I live it's satellite or nothing and hughesnet was so absolutely garbage last year it made watching anything tough, let alone switching between mats and having multiple devices streaming simulator. Starlink is legit.
Starlink is such amazing technology. Its been our only internet for 3 years. We even have the travel starlink.
 

BAN24

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Excellent first round id say! 10 for 10 in round 2 would be cool but I'm not expecting that. 8 out of 10 bonus isn't out of the realm of possibility this round as well. Keep rolling fellas
 
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Tom McAndrew

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I'm doing this on the fly, so apologies if I get any of the date incorrect:

Wisconsin went 1-6
S. Dakota St. went 1-5
Cal Poly went 0-4
N. Dakota St. went 0-5
Edinboro went 0-4
Indiana went 1-4
Pitt went 2-6
Rutgers went 2-7
Columbia went 2-4

On the flip side:
Michigan went 5-1
NC St. went 5-2
Lehigh went 5-1
Arizona St. went 5-2
Minny went 6-0
Stanford went 7-1
Cornell went 5-0
Oklahoma St. went 10-0
PSU went 10-0
Iowa went 8-1
Ohio St. went 9-1

On the not sure what to make of it side:
VT went 6-4
Iowa St. went 7-3
Nebraska went 7-3 (well, I'm being polite here)
Oklahoma went 4-3
WVU went 3-3
Illinois went 4-4
Wyoming went 2-3
 

mickpsu

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Cole looked like he was gassed about midway through the 2nd period. I don't know how he didn't finish that double in the 2nd.
I don’t think that Mirasola isn’t in shape. Just go back and look at the effort he gave in the Big Ten semis against Ghadalfi… I thought it was excellent. My positive spin on what happened today is that this being his first trip to nationals, that he had an adrenaline dump because his effort in the first period was excellent and you could tell as you say, he lost his gas tank in the second period and faltered badly in the third period. He needs to have better pace and breathing in his match tonight. I have faith in Cole to win tonight. I hope my faith is justified.
 

District 4

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Do you find yourself complaining about a lot of things in life? I don’t see Luke having a bad drawl and really should find himself in the finals
Season 10 Help GIF by Curb Your Enthusiasm
 
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Sunshine88!

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I don’t think that Mirasola isn’t in shape. Just go back and look at the effort he gave in the Big Ten semis against Ghadalfi… I thought it was excellent. My positive spin on what happened today is that this being his first trip to nationals, that he had an adrenaline dump because his effort in the first period was excellent and you could tell as you say, he lost his gas tank in the second period and faltered badly in the third period. He needs to have better pace and breathing in his match tonight. I have faith in Cole to win tonight. I hope my faith is justified.
Agree. Cole needs advice to have Fun and Relax.
 
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The Pitchfork Rebel

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OkSt went 10-0 in the first round......is down by 9 points in 5th place in the team score. Can't imagine that happens often.

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Honestly heavyweight as a 225 pounder (and not a freakishly strong one like Cassar or Snyder) is going to wear on someone. He has to pace himself better, the path is there for him whether he beats Kueter or not tonight but it won't be easy.

Keuter's been weighting mid to upper 230's and CM's been upper 220's.

That's not like some guy going out at 215 wrestling some guy 260...
 

Efejle

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I hope Bubba gets back to his computer tonight 😂. He had zero mat assignments for round 1.