Wrestling 2026 Rutgers NCAA Tournament Thread
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Thanks! I wonder if they have a few more like that in them tonight. Are there more winners bracket tonight or only consolation?
Oliveri looks like he's completely gassed and hanging on for dear life every third period. Is he smoking cigarettes in the locker room between matches?
You're welcome. Cotton and Catka are still in the winners bracket, and Clark, Barbosa, Pinto, SCW in consolations. Joey O may also have another match tonight, not sure but Track has him going against Consiglio of Stanford in consi 2.
Yeah, it's odd. Is he really injured or was he not really practicing?
I just watched the 1st period of the Shapiro (Cornell) match. Gets the takedown in 15 secs then proceeds to ride the rest of the 1st. He doesn't come out to the side once or even attempt to turn his man. Just defends against the standup, actually just hanging on waiting. Not a single caution as he just waited for Miller to try and stand up to counter. Do better refs.
Clark being destroyed 10-1 after the 1st. He beat this kid in SV during the season. Tells you all you need to know about how prepared we were for this tournament.
He's on his way to getting teched 15-1.
He's on his way to getting teched 15-1.
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Clark looks solid against a guy he beat.
this session going about as good as last one
A lot of these guys have just quit on the season.
this session going about as good as last one
A lot of these guys have just quit on the season.
This is the new(er) thing these days. I think it started when AJ Ferrari won his NC with a thigh-pry and spiral ride clinic. Didn’t even try to turn the Pitt guy just kept bumping him the length of the mat until they were out of bounds then got the reset. Chewed up the clock. Saw kids having a ton of success with it at NJ states because refs aren’t calling stalling. They are going to have to come up with a rule at some point like a 5 count if you are on top with no activity or attempt to turn.
Idk y it sticks w me but after Smith beat Volk and got b10 freshman of week. WNG said he hopes the accolades doesn’t get to him… and coincendetally that was the moment he peaked prior to the downswing… this also happens w Shawver after his B10 title/AA, Poz w his 4th place.. can never start getting comfy…. Either way as some have pointed out, w Knox coming in, unless Knox goes 133, not sure how Smith gets back in the lineup unless he really bulks up somehow..
Clark eliminated. TF 16-1 by Gioffere who he beat 3-2 in TB2 n the dual. Abysmal. 
It's obvious whatever Goodale's doing isn't working and he can't figure it out. While we should be wrestling at our best, others are while our wrestlers slump.Clark eliminated. TF 16-1 by Gioffere who he beat 3-2 in TB2 n the dual. Abysmal.
Man, good for Cotton and good for Catka, but this is otherwise one of the darkest NCAA tournaments I've ever watched for RU...
you simply cannot look at the way our wrestlers are performing and not acknowledge there is an issue
I am not talking about wins and losses...but just the way we're wrestling is just not good enough
I am not talking about wins and losses...but just the way we're wrestling is just not good enough
And Alvan (12 seed) from Columbia upsets OSU (5 seed)
COACHING FKNG MATTERS!!!
COACHING FKNG MATTERS!!!
Pritzlaff's kid just took out the #5 seed at 165
#12 Alvan from Columbia just stuck #5 Lockett in OT.Love seeing our best wrestlers in other corners working big upsets. We could use some of those guys on our staff.
It was idiotic to ever let Pritzlaff out of the building.
It was idiotic to ever let Pritzlaff out of the building.
It’s one thing to come out tight in the first session. But there is no excuse to come out and not shoot or press in the next session. Our wrestlers wrestle scared. Our wrestlers show no urgency.
133?
The guy who is a former AA, B10 champ, and 4x qualifier?
Nah Buxton is washed up. Donnie wasn’t ready at RU. Columbia has some of the worst facilities and higher academic standards and look at how quickly that program went from a joke to Ivy Title.
Well 133 was an AA, so Shawver had it.. he had the hunger that year.. was hoping he had better results, being nationals being near his hometown and all…
I was on insane amounts of copium when I wrote my brackets and picked him to make R12 again. 1 AA and 2 R12's wouldn't be a career to sneeze at. But instead....
I'm wondering if we may be the only D1 team who preaches "March matters" like it's an afterthought.
Soldano pointed out, in an interview, one of his main reasons for transferring out was the loss of Donnie… he also said he didn’t feel he fit in to the team chemistry or something..
Last year's Clark would have beat the sh*t out of this year's Clark.
An aside note, Scoles should not have wrestled he's helpless out there. Whoever cleared him, must have gotten something under the table.
JB & Co. talking about the out of bounds nonsense. Have to agree - way too much action lost because guys want to use the edge of the mat to save them. Fleeing the mat not called nearly enough. Guys know exactly where to position themselves to stay out of danger. Between the top riding stalling and out of bounds there are some serious negative trends
If Knox doesn’t end up being in the Ash/Suriano tier we going be in trouble.. (some ppl here putting Harer on this tier too but I wanna wait and see before blowing up expectations).
Yes. RU in general is a place where it's easy to get distracted by how much is offered around it. Sounds like Oklahoma's pace was better fit for Brian. Certainly has made for some better wrestling than his final matches at RU.
Why not? He beat SCW this year in a dual and so far, looking better at nationals… or is this improvement bc of the transfer/ change of environment?
Ferrari proved last year at CSUB that you can finish pretty high without any elite training partners. Maybe Anthony can do the same next year
I don’t know if that dual was an accurate indicator. Seemed like there was some plot armor action going on lol. But on serious note overall, I think SCW has higher ceiling and was allegedly pounding soldano in the room.