Tigers Big MAC Tournament favorite

[mlbruem]

Here is a run down of what the seed will possibly be and the weight classes. Also How many Allocation each weight will probably get. (The Rankings are the most recent Coaches rankings) (* Denotes Returning National Qualifier) (Bold is an All-American)

125 lbs.

Predicted Allocations: 4

Predicted Seeds:

1. #15 Michael McGee, Old Dominion, (25-4)*
2. #19 Shakur Laney, Ohio (12-7)*
3. #20 Drew Hildenbrandt, Central Michigan (17-7)
4. #22 Dack Punke, Missouri (9-8)
5. #31 Kyle Akins, Buffalo (16-9)*
6. Bryce West, Northern Illinois (12-13)
7. Jake Ferri, Kent State (13-17)
8. Greg Datlovsky, SIU-Edwardsville (5-16)

133 lbs.

Predicted Allocations: 4

Predicted Seeds:

1. #9 John Erneste, Missouri (15-4)*
2. #23 Mario Guillen, Ohio (15-1)
3. #26 Derek Spann, Buffalo (19-3)
4. Tim Rooney, Kent State (21-12)
5. Alijah Jeffery, Northern Illinois (16-9)
6. Trevon Majette, Old Dominion (11-10)
7. Deven Perez, Central Michigan (8-10)
8. Jacob Blaha, SIU-Edwardsville (2-17)

141 lbs.

Predicted Allocations: 4

Predicted Seeds:

1. #4 Jaydin Eierman, Missouri (20-3)
2. #20 Cameron Kelly, Ohio (16-2)*
3. #9 Bryan Lantry, Buffalo (10-1)*
4. #16 Sa’Derian Perry, Old Dominion (20-6)
5. Drew Marten, Central Michigan (9-14)
6. Drew West, Northern Illinois (10-9)
7. Cory Simpson, Kent State (15-25)
8. Lucas Bernal, SIU-Edwardsville (4-18)

149 lbs.

Predicted Allocations: 2

1. #7 Brock Mauller, Missouri (26-2)
2. Alec Hagan, Ohio (17-10)
3. TyShawn Williams, SIU-Edwardsville (13-9)*
4. #32 Kevin Buddock, Old Dominion (26-15)
5. McCoy Kent, Northern Illinois (14-9)
6. Dresden Simon, Central Michigan (8-11)
7. Jason Estevez, Buffalo (7-13)
8. Kody Komara, Kent State (19-23)

157 lbs.

Predicted Allocations: 5

Predicted Seeds:

1. #16 Jarrett Jacques, Missouri (25-6)
2. #8 Larry Early, Old Dominion (20-4)*
3. #19 Zac Carson, Ohio (18-6)*
4. #25 Justin Ruffin, SIU-Edwardsville (15-8)
5. #22 Logan Parks, Central Michigan (19-11)
6. #31 Alex Smythe, Buffalo (13-5)
7. Mason Kauffman, Northern Illinois (12-14)
8. Richard Jackson, Kent State (7-24)

165 lbs.

Predicted Allocations: 3

Predicted Seeds:

1. #13 Connor Flynn, Missouri (17-6)*
2. #32 Kenny Moore, Northern Illinois (18-7)
3. Colt Yinger, Ohio (14-7)
4. Nate Higgins, SIU-Edwardsville (10-14)*
5. #31 Troy Keller, Buffalo (15-6)
6. Shane Jones, Old Dominion (18-16)
7. Isaac Best, Kent State (17-18)
8. Bret Fedewa, Central Michigan (6-17)

174 lbs.

Predicted Allocations: 3

Predicted Seeds:

1. #2 Daniel Lewis, Missouri (21-1)
2. #13 Brit Wilson, Northern Illinois (23-4)
3. #22 Seldon Wright, Old Dominion (13-7)*
4. Dylan Barreiro, Kent State (17-12)
5. Collin Lieber, Central Michigan (9-16)
6. Kevin Gschwendtner, SIU-Edwardsville (8-16)
7. Logan Stanley, Ohio (8-14)
8. Jake Lanning, Buffalo (4-14)

184 lbs.

Predicted Allocations: 2

Predicted Seeds:

1. Dylan Wisman, Missouri (13-7)
2. #18 Andrew McNally, Kent State (30-6)
3. Antonio Agee, Old Dominion (16-7)
4. Sergio Villalobos, SIU-Edwarsville (10-12)
5. Jordan Atienza, Central Michigan (16-9)*
6. Hunter Yeargan, Ohio (12-12)
7. Will Feldkamp, Northern Illinois (11-8)
8. Logan Rill, Buffalo (8-15)

197 lbs.

Predicted Allocations: 1

Predicted Seeds:

1. #22 Wyatt Koelling, Missouri (19-9)
2. Christian DuLaney, SIU-Edwardsville (11-9)
3. Brett Perry, Buffalo (16-9)
4. Timothy Young, Old Dominion (12-11)
5. Landon Pelham, Central Michigan (8-14)
6. Shane Mast, Kent State (9-17)
7. Aron Naples, Ohio (11-9)
8. Max Ihry, Northern Illinois (1-14)

285 lbs.

Predicted Allocations: 3-4

Predicted Seeds:

1. #12 Matt Stencel, Central Michigan (24-4)*
2. #21 Zach Elam, Missouri (19-8)
3. #15 Jake Gunning, Buffalo (15-3)*
4. Caleb Gossett, Northern Illinois (11-10)
5. Zack Parker, Ohio (12-10)*
6. Colton McKiernan, SIU-Edwardsville (20-10)
7. Ali Wahab, Old Dominion (20-13)
8. Spencer Berthlold, Kent State (15-18)

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[mlbruem]

125 Pounds – Dack Punke – RPI: 24 – Coach's Ranking: 22 – Record: 9-8 – MAC Seed: 4 – Washington, Ill.

• Was hurt at the beginning of the season, but worked his way into the lineup in December.
• Has had five matches go to OT and six of his 17 bouts have been decided by two points or fewer
• Went 4-2 in MAC bouts this season.
• Comes from a long line of wrestlers – younger brother Jace is committed to Mizzou.

133 Pounds – John Erneste – RPI: 2 – Coach's Ranking: 7 – Record: 15-4 – MAC Seed: 1 – Kansas City, Mo.

• Enters the MAC Tournament having won seven of his last eight bouts with his only loss in that span coming against No. 3 Daton Fix of Oklahoma State.
• Earned a tech fall over No. 8 Austin Gomez of Iowa State last time out.
• Two-time MAC Champion (2017, 2018).
• Two-time NCAA Qualifier.
• Coach Smith had the entire team wrestle Virginia this year at Erneste's high school – Park Hill – in Kansas City. A capacity crowd saw him earn a 9-0 major decision over Louie Hayes as Mizzou won the dual with a walk-off pin at 174 pounds, earning a 23-21 dual win.
• 2-0 in MAC bouts this season, earning pins in both decisions.
• Eight pins on the season is third on the team and his next pin will match his career-high in a season.

141 Pounds – Jaydin Eierman – RPI: 4 – Coach's Ranking: 4 – Record: 21-3 – MAC Seed: 1 – Columbia, Mo.

• Comes in as a consensus top-five wrestler at 141 pounds and leads the team with 14 pins this season.
• Ranks fourth nationally with his 14 pins, the most of any 141-pounder this season.
• Has won 13 of his last 15 bouts coming into the MAC Championships, with all 13 wins being either by fall (11) or technical fall (two).
• Perfect 6-0 in MAC duals this season, posting five pins and a technical fall.
• Two-time NCAA All-American (fifth in 2017, fourth in 2018).
• Two-time MAC Champion.
• Reigning MAC Wrestler of the Year.
• MAC Wrestler of the Week on Nov. 14.
• Father, Mike, owns a training club in Columbia (Eierman Elite) where he and two of Mizzou's fellow MAC starters – Brock Mauller and Jarrett Jacques - trained during high school.
• His next two pins will move his season total to 16, tying his mark from a year ago with is 10th in program history for a single season.
• His 35 career pins are sixth in program history, just four behind fifth-place Matt Pell (39).

149 Pounds – Brock Mauller – RPI: 9 – Coach's Ranking: 6 – Record: 25-2 – MAC Seed: 1 – Columbia, Mo.

• True freshman who burned his redshirt after 2018 All-American and MAC Champion Grant Leeth hurt his shoulder midway through the season.
• Won 25 of his 27 bouts with the only losses coming against the same opponent – Jarrett Degen of Iowa State.
• Undefeated in MAC bouts (5-0).
• Earned a pair of top-10 wins on the year, including over UNI's Max Thomsen and Oklahoma State's Kaden Gfeller.
• MAC Wrestler of the Week on Feb. 20 after his upset win over Gfeller
• His 25 wins as a true freshman are the most since three-time NCAA Champion J'den Cox had 38 in 2013-14.
• Trained with current teammates Jaydin Eierman and Jarrett Jacques at Columbia's Eierman Elite club. All three went to Father Tolton HS in Columbia.

157 Pounds – Jarrett Jacques – RPI: 31 – Coach's Ranking: 16 – Record: 23-6 – MAC Seed: 2 – Columbia, Mo.

• Another true freshman who burned his redshirt early and did not disappoint
• Comes into the MAC Championships having won 11 of his last 12 bouts, with his only loss during that span coming in a 5-4 decision against No. 11 Christian Pagdilao of Arizona State.
• Was a perfect 6-0 vs. MAC competition this season, earning a pair of falls and a technical fall among his six wins.
• Trained with current teammates Jaydin Eierman and Brock Mauller at Columbia's Eierman Elite club. All three went to Father Tolton HS in Columbia.

165 Pounds – Connor Flynn – RPI: 11 – Coach's Ranking: 13 – Record: 17-6 – MAC Seed: 1 – Dardenne Prairie, Mo.

• 2018 MAC Champion at 165 and 2018 NCAA qualifier
• Went a perfect 7-0 in MAC duals this season, totaling two technical falls and two major decision among his seven wins.
• Began his career at West Virginia before transferring closer to home.
• Younger brother, Jack, is a freshman on this year's team.
• Member of the 2018 MAC All-Academic Team.

174 Pounds – Daniel Lewis – RPI: 4 – Coach's Ranking: 2 – Record: 21-1 – MAC Seed: 1 – Blue Springs, Mo.

• Currently No. 4 on the NCAA's Most Dominant Wrestlers list, averaging 4.59 team points per bout this season
• His 12 pins on the year rank sixth nationally and most among all 174 pounders
• Riding a current a 13-bout win streak, earning 10 bonus-point wins during that stretch, including eight pins
• Pinned the defending national champion – Zahid Valencia of Arizona State – during that stretch and earned MAC Wrestler of the Week for the second time this season for that performance
• Now has 48 career pins, second-most in Mizzou history behind only Ben Askren
• Beat two 174-pounders who are currently ranked in the top-five at season's – Jordan Kutler of Lehigh (8-1) and Valencia (fall)
• Boasts four wins over current top-10 ranked opponents (coaches poll) and also beat Oklahoma State's Joe Smith, who is ranked seventh in the final FloWrestling Top-25 rankings
• Already Mizzou's 27th member of the 100-win club and currently ranks 15th in program history with his 111 career wins. If he goes 3-0 this weekend, he will be tied for 13th in program history (114 career wins).
• Has a chance to become just the third four-time All-American in Mizzou history, which would join him with only Ben Askren and J'den Cox.

184 Pounds – Dylan Wisman – RPI: 12 – Coach's Ranking: 18 – Record: 13-7 – MAC Seed: 1 – Winchester, Va.

• Will be wrestling in front of many family and friends this weekend as he hails from Winchester, Va., just four hours away from Norfolk.
• Injured his knee following the South Beach duals during practice and missed several weeks
• Had won 12 of 13 bouts before hurting his knee and was named MAC Wrestler of the Week on Dec. 12.
• Posted a 4-0 record in MAC duals this season, earning a pin and a pair of major decision in that span.

197 Pounds – Wyatt Koelling – RPI: 22 – Coach's Ranking: 25 – Record: 17-9 – MAC Seed: 1 – Kaysville, Utah

• Went 7-0 in MAC duals and is wrestling at his traditional 197 weight, rather than HWT where he wrestled much of last season, including at the MAC Championships.
• Three of his five pins on the season came in MAC duals.
• Won seven of his last nine bouts coming into the MAC Championships.

Heavyweight – Zach Elam – RPI: 19 – Coach's Ranking: 23 – Record: 19-8 – MAC Seed: 2 – Kansas City, Mo.

• One of three true freshmen in the Mizzou lineup this season and went 19-8 in his initial season in black & gold.
• Highlight of the season was a 9-1 mark at the Cliff Keen Invitational, earning third place despite losing his second bout as he rallied to win his final eight matches at the tourney – had five bonus point wins among those nine.
• Claimed a free style silver medal at the World Junior Championships before the season started.

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[HomeyR]

Hey Bruem... Do you think that they can qualify all 10 ? 125 looks real iffy.

 

[mlbruem]

Yes good shot at getting all ten if not by winning way in then possibly by an atlarge bid or wild card as it has been called in past.

 

[mlbruem]

NORFOLK, Va. – No. 5 Mizzou Wrestling claimed its eighth straight conference tournament title after winning the Mid-American Conference Championship with 180.0 team points Saturday afternoon at the Ted Constant Convocation Center. Mizzou claimed six conference titles as all six wrestlers who advanced to the finals won their championships bouts. All 10 Mizzou wrestlers finished fourth or better, with nine of 10 taking at least third. Mizzou also broke its own championship record with 180.0 team points, topping the mark set by last year's team (177.0).

Mizzou's six individual MAC Champions are:

• RS seniorJohn Erneste– 133 – Third Career Title
• RS juniorJaydin Eierman– 141 – Third Career Title
• FreshmanBrock Mauller– 149 – First Career Title
• FreshmanJarrett Jacques– 157 – First Career Title
• RS seniorDaniel Lewis– 174 – Fourth Career Title
• RS juniorDylan Wisman– 184 First Career Title

All six earn automatic spots to the NCAA Championships. After two pins and a technical fall, Eierman was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler. He won his third MAC title Saturday. Lewis became just the eighth wrestler to earn four MAC Championships and first to do so sinceJ'den Coxdid so. Erneste and Eierman each earned their third MAC titles.



Team Scores

1. Missouri - 180.0
2. Buffalo - 113.5
3. Old Dominion - 113.0
4. Central Michigan - 110.5
5. Ohio - 99.5
6. Northern Illinois - 98.0
7. SIU Edwardsville - 68.5
8. Kent State - 64.0

Notes

• Mizzou claimed its seventh straight MAC Tournament title and its eighth straight conference title dating back to its final year in the Big 12.
• Mizzou racked up 180.0 total team points, the best in MAC Tournament history.
• Mizzou won six individual titles Saturday with all six of those wrestlers clinching a spot at the NCAA Championships. Mizzou also clinched spots to the NCAA Tournament at 125 and heavyweight based on the league's allocations. Mizzou will need wild cards at 165 and 197 in order to send all 10 to the NCAA Championships.
• FreshmanDack Punkepicked up his first pin of the season in his first consolation match, pinning Shakur Laney of Ohio in 3:13 to advance to the third-place bout. He finished fourth on Saturday and earned his first berth to the NCAA Tournament.
• RS seniorJohn Ernesteclaimed his third MAC Championship Saturday.
• RS juniorJaydin Eiermanbecame a three-time MAC Champion as well.
• RS seniorDaniel Lewisextended his personal win streak to 16 bouts, earning 10 pins during that stretch. With his 11-2 major decision Saturday in the finals, becomes just the eighth four-time MAC Champion in league history and first since Mizzou'sJ'den Coxdid so in 2017.
• FreshmanBrock Mauller,with his title win, now has 29 wins in his true freshman campaign, the most for a Mizzou freshman grappler sinceJ'den Coxhad 38 in 2013-14. Mauller's only two losses of the season have come to the same wrestler.

Results

• 125 Pounds – #22Dack Punke (11-10) – Fourth Place Finish – NCAA Qualifier
  • Quarterfinal vs. Kyle Akins (Buffalo) – W, 4-1
  • Semifinal vs. Michael McGee (Old Dominion) – L, 7-1 (1:33 RT)
  • Consolation Round vs. Shakur Laney (Ohio) – W, Fall (3:13)
  • Third Place Match vs. Bryce West (NIU) – L, 3-2
• 133 Pounds – #7 John Erneste (18-4) – MAC Champion (third in his career) – NCAA Qualifier
  • Quarterfinal vs. Austin Macias (SIU-Edwardsville) – W, Fall (0:57)
  • Semifinal vs. Tim Rooney (Kent State) – W, Fall (5:56)
  • Final vs. Derek Spann (Buffalo) – W, 6-2
• 141 Pounds – #4 Jaydin Eierman (24-3) - MAC Champion (third in his career) – NCAA Qualifier
  • Quarterfinal vs. Lucas Bernal (SIU-Edwardsville) – W, Technical Fall, 19-3
  • Semifinal vs. Sa'Derian Perry (Old Dominion) – W, Fall (2:59)
  • Final vs. Bryan Lantry (Buffalo) – W, Fall (3:27)
• 149 Pounds – #6 Brock Mauller (28-2) – MAC Champion (first in his career) – NCAA Qualifier
  • Quarterfinal vs. Jason Estevez (Buffalo) – W, Technical Fall, 17-0
  • Semifinal vs. Tyshawn Williams (SIU-Edwardsville) – W, 7-1
  • Final vs. Kevin Budock (Old Dominion) – W, 6-2 (2:49 RT)
• 157 Pounds – #16 Jarrett Jacques (26-6) – MAC Champion (first in his career) – NCAA Qualifier
  • Quarterfinal vs. Mason Kauffman (NIU) – W, 2-1
  • Semifinal vs. Alex Smythe (Buffalo) – W, 10-3 (1:48 RT)
  • Final vs. Larry Early (Old Dominion) – W, 3-1
• 165 Pounds – #13 Connor Flynn (20-7) – Third Place – Will Need Wild Card
  • Quarterfinal vs. Bret Fedewa (Central Michigan) –W, Fall (0:41)
  • Semifinal vs. Colt Yinger (Ohio) – L, 5-4 (Flynn, 2:40 RT)
  • Consolation vs. Shane Jones (Old Dominion) – W, Technical Fall, 17-0 (3:15 RT)
  • Third-Place Match vs. Nate Higgins (SIU-Edwardsville) – W, 15-2 (2:55 RT)
• 174 Pounds – #2 Daniel Lewis (24-1) – MAC Champion (fourth in his career) – NCAA Qualifier
  • Quarterfinal vs. Logan Stanley (Ohio) – W, Fall (1:00)
  • Semifinal vs. Colin Lieber (Central Michigan) – W, Fall (2:59)
  • Final vs. Brit Wilson (NIU) – W, Major Decision, 11-2 (3:14 RT)
• 184 Pounds – #18 Dylan Wisman (16-7) – MAC Champion (first in his career) – NCAA Qualifier
  • Quarterfinal vs. Logan Rill (Buffalo) – W, Technical Fall, 20-4 (2:40 RT)
  • Semifinal vs. Jordan Atienza (Central Michigan) – W, Fall (6:07)
  • Final vs. Andrew McNally (Kent State) – W, 9-4 (2:56 RT)
• 197 Pounds – #25 Wyatt Koelling (20-10) – Third Place – Will Need a Wild Card
  • Quarterfinal vs. Max Ihry (NIU) – W, 6-2 (1:32 RT)
  • Semifinal vs. Timothy Young (Old Dominion) – L, 3-1
  • Consolation vs. Derek Hillman (Ohio) – W, 4-0 (2:09 RT)
  • Third Place Match vs. Max Ihry (NIU) – W, 3-2
• 285 Pounds – #23 Zach Elam (22-9) – Third Place – NCAA Qualifier
  • Quarterfinal vs. Spencer Berthold (Kent State) – W, Major Decision, 12-0 (6:04 RT)
  • Semifinal vs. Colton McKiernan (SIU-Edwardsville) – L, Fall, 7:30 (SV-1)
  • Consolation vs. Zack Parker (Ohio) – W, 6-0 (2:54 RT)
  • Third-Place Match vs. Jake Gunning (Buffalo) – W, 3-0 (1:52 RT)

Mizzou will now wait for its NCAA Tournament seedings. At-large spots will be announced Tuesday (March 12) afternoon and the NCAA selection show, which unveils the complete brackets and seeds, is scheduled for Wednesday (March 13) at 5 p.m. (CT).

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[HomeyR]

Punke, Flynn, Koelling, and Elam.... what are your thoughts about who gets an NCAA bid amongst these four Mr. Bruem ???

 

[mlbruem]

Punke, Flynn, Koelling, and Elam.... what are your thoughts about who gets an NCAA bid amongst these four Mr. Bruem ???

See above Punke and Elam already have qualified.
I think both Flynn and Koelling will get at large bids.

 

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Video of Tiger Championship matches
133 - Erneste v Spann

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKIc3r-fxbc

141 - Eierman v Lantry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaax84ykF3o

149 - Mauller v Budock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2KZZ4XncZA

157 - Jacques v Early

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20VO9hdvyMc

174 - Lewis v Wilson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz4hl7foDAw

184 - Wisman v McNally

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKXixHgKsi8