Opponent has to be in criteria for the match to continue. Even if the pinning combination is still being held, once opponent comes out of criteria, match is stopped.
2026 NCAA Championship Session IV Thread
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The mat ref blew it when he stopped the action while PJ had the pinning combination.
I'm still fuming from Duke's match. What makes it worse is that it took away from me fully enjoying Mitchell's absolute destruction of Alvan. Congrats Mitch.
He should have been immediately escorted from the property. The reviewers aren't to blame. They cant fix the mat official stopping action when a kid has a pinning combo in.
My honest opinion, Davino had the takedown and so did PJ. This reaction time is too subjective and needs to be revisited or removed. Im not sure what the correct answer is, but this isn't it.
Mikey caliendo wins 2nd place. Well done.
iowa produces??? what a 5th place finish and 1 wrestler in the finals?
You aren’t supposed to stop a pinning combination
The Ref sucked all around - no stall on Robideau despite zero shots in 8 minutes of Neutral wrestling.... then calls a TD when a wrestler has a pinning combination takedown locked - it's protocol that the Official is supposed to give the Offensive wrestler a chance to complete the pin before stopping the match. But the Review Officials should never have reversed a locked pinning combination winning TD on a horsecrap "reaction time" claim (Duke had complete control of Robideau - claiming that putting your hand on someone's thigh AFTER they have a locked cradle breaks the Offensive wrestler's "control" is beyond laughable and typical of the silly Folk nonsense, non-wrestling ruling) - that is complete & utter bs.
I had a brief moment of selfishness where I wanted them to, given the Hawkeye boards reaction to Duke getting hosed.
Right. They're going hard on this finalist streak because that's literally all they've got these days. " We're really good at getting one guy to almost win the title".
Bummed for PJ, what nonsense. He looked different, but he still went after it. Ref took it all away from him. Just horse-****.
Not really. In sudden victory, as soon as a point is awarded, the match is over. The only way is if it is a takedown straight into nearfall criteria, which Robideau was not in.
It actually isn't. It's either a td, or you allow the forthcoming pin. It was absolute ********. But hey, refs know everything and can never be questioned. F them. Dude never did anything the entire match, when it mattered, he was getting decked. There is ZERO explaining the stoppage. I've had enough of the ******** excuses for refs. This is the single greatest travesty I've ever witnessed in wrestling.
We just might get Shapiro vs Duke after all. Shapiro vs Webster. Winner gets Duke
Well done by Gabe. Strikeout on this year's crop of transfers but clutch by everyone else in the blood round.
Btw, I'd like to Blame those in the replay booth reviewing the call but since I have no idea what a TD is anymore, how can I question them saying it wasn't a TD.
This is where we are at now fans of the sport ...
If it is close and the ref stops the action and awards the points, again unless it is a miss so obvious Stevie Wonder would see it the match absolutely needs to be over.
That’s only if they’re on their back. Ref made the right call initially. Not his fault the reviewer botched it.
Yes. But it was still a pinning/near fall hold by PJ. Either way, the real travesty was the call getting overturned.
SVN is one of one. 22-1 had never happened in the NCAA tournament before tonight.
Alright back to focusing on celebrating the PSU guys in the matches to come. Haven't been as annoyed in quite a long time.
********. He was the only wrestler who attacked. Some of you need to understand, not all matches allow constant attacks. LL says hello. Attacked all match long, and had to win in SV.
What I’ve been saying! Officials are operating in an entirely different world from the rest of the sport.
Haines, please deck this "rusty old pickup".
@F7Mello -- again, my Quote function is pretty balky today.
To answer your question:
in SV, you whistle to end the match when you think points are scored. The ONLY exception (in both HS and college) is if the defensive wrestler is in near-fall criteria (i.e., taken directly to their back). You then let it play out, so as not to disadvantage the offensive wrestler's team from possibly picking up bonus points. In that situation, once the defensive wrestler is out of near-fall criteria, then you end the match.
In the Duke match, the ref thought Duke had the TD, but Robideau was not in near-fall criteria when he made that decision/made the call, so it would have been a mistake to allow the match to continue
To answer your question:
in SV, you whistle to end the match when you think points are scored. The ONLY exception (in both HS and college) is if the defensive wrestler is in near-fall criteria (i.e., taken directly to their back). You then let it play out, so as not to disadvantage the offensive wrestler's team from possibly picking up bonus points. In that situation, once the defensive wrestler is out of near-fall criteria, then you end the match.
In the Duke match, the ref thought Duke had the TD, but Robideau was not in near-fall criteria when he made that decision/made the call, so it would have been a mistake to allow the match to continue