West Regional

[onbison09]

The West Regional is tomorrow in Wyoming. Here's the breakdown of the autobids 125 (4), 133 (1), 141 (1), 149 (3), 157 (2), 165 (1), 174 (1), 184 (1), 197 (1) and heavyweight (1).

Link to Tournament Central (with live video) http://www.gowyo.com/sports/m-wrestl/sched/tourney_central.html

[onbison09]

Sprenkle has clinched an NCAA spot with a win in the first round.

[roadwarrior]

Sprenkle gets a pin, advances to final.

[roadwarrior]

Rodriguez advances to the final at 133

[onbison09]

Sprenkle pins his way into the semis.

[roadwarrior]

Monk advances to final at 165

[onbison09]

Monk easily into the finals. The Herd could have our first all Americans this year I think

[roadwarrior]

Mac Stoll advances to the finals at 184

[roadwarrior]

Kleinschmidt advances to the finals at 197

[roadwarrior]

Knutson to the finals at HWT

[roadwarrior]

Finals at 6pm - Winners advance to NCAA tournament

125 Sprenkle NDSU vs Martinez Air Force
133 Rodriquez NDSU vs Hyder Air Force
165 Monk NDSU vs Cook Utah Valley
184 Stoll NDSU vs Woods Wyoming
197 Kleinschmidt NDSU vs Hernandez Wyoming
285 Knutson NDSU vs Fager Utah Valley

[Hansel]

free video accessible via Wyoming's website-http://www.gowyo.com/sports/m-wrestl/sched/tourney_central.html . Final round starts at 5 central.

[MN_BISON]

So only the winners advance to the NCAA's? Also, the kid at 285 from UV has a rather unfortunate name.:innocent:

[roadwarrior]

So only the winners advance to the NCAA's?

No. Here are the number of automatic qualifiers for each weight: 125 pounds (4), 133 (1), 141 (1), 149 (3), 157 (2), 165 (1), 174 (1), 184 (1), 197 (1) and heavyweight (1).

There may also be some wrestlers selected at large, but last year only one was selected from the conference.

[Hansel]

free video accessible via Wyoming's website-http://www.gowyo.com/sports/m-wrestl/sched/tourney_central.html . Final round starts at 5 central.

Edit the finals are at 7 PM Central

[herdmember]

No. Here are the number of automatic qualifiers for each weight: 125 pounds (4), 133 (1), 141 (1), 149 (3), 157 (2), 165 (1), 174 (1), 184 (1), 197 (1) and heavyweight (1).

There may also be some wrestlers selected at large, but last year only one was selected from the conference.

I've seen this a couple of times. How is this decided? Does the conference get so many qualifiers and then they vote on how they want to split it up based on how tough each weight class is or what?

[roadwarrior]

It looks like the NCAA championship comittee determines how many from each weight class. I think the conference is loaded at the 125 weight class.


Each qualifying tournament was awarded spots per weight class based on current year data. Each wrestler was measured on the following: Division I winning percentage; rating percentage index (RPI); and coaches' ranking.

The quote taken from the Bison press release:

http://www.gobison.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=2400&ATCLID=206565261

[BisoninNWMN]

No. Here are the number of automatic qualifiers for each weight: 125 pounds (4), 133 (1), 141 (1), 149 (3), 157 (2), 165 (1), 174 (1), 184 (1), 197 (1) and heavyweight (1).

There may also be some wrestlers selected at large, but last year only one was selected from the conference.


Here are some comparisons with the Big 10 conference and how many they qualify:

125: 7
133: 7
141: 6
149: 8
157: 7
165: 8
174: 8
184: 6
197: 8
Hwt: 9

Big 10 is a wrestling powerhouse conference.

[Hansel]

Sprenkle wins at 125

[roadwarrior]

Sprenkle wins the championship at 125

[Hansel]

The video stream is only showing the Wyoming matches (which is understandable), so it appears the only NDSU matches that will be shown are the championship bouts at 184 and 197 versus Wyoming.

[Hansel]

Rodriguez loses at 133

[onbison09]

The video stream is only showing the Wyoming matches (which is understandable), so it appears the only NDSU matches that will be shown are the championship bouts at 184 and 197 versus Wyoming.

It'd be nice if they had 2 cameras though. Huge win for Trent

[Hansel]

Teams scores are pretty tight- except for SDSU who is a distant last.

Team Scores
1. North Dakota State 66.0
2. Utah Valley 60.0
3. Wyoming 56.0
4. Air Force 55.5
5. South Dakota State 16.5

[Hansel]

Ericson takes third at 141

[roadwarrior]

Monk wins with a pin (2:48) at 165!

[Hansel]

Monk wins with a pin (2:48) at 165!

He is a beast and a team point machine, he won his first match with a 15-0 tech fall.

[Hansel]

Team scores through 165

Team Scores
1. North Dakota State 74.0
2. Wyoming 66.0
3. Utah Valley 65.0
4. Air Force 60.0
5. South Dakota State 16.5

[Hansel]

Julson 3rd at 174

[roadwarrior]

Julson wins 3rd place at 174

[roadwarrior]

Looks like a homer call!

[Hansel]

Looks like Stoll get hosed by the refs at 184

[onbison09]

Wow. That was some horrible officiating. Lucky for Wyo it's a home match for them. Crowd made those calls.

[Hansel]

Wow. That was some horrible officiating. Lucky for Wyo it's a home match for them. Crowd made those calls.

Could cost NDSU the title

[SamsRams]

if stoll doesn't get an at large, the fix is in

looks like conference title hopes went with that screw job. what a joke.

[Hansel]

Knutson needs to win at HWT for Bison Conference Championship

Team Scores
1. Wyoming 76.5
2. North Dakota State 76.0
3. Utah Valley 67.0
4. Air Force 63.5
5. South Dakota State 16.5

[Hansel]

Knutson loses in OT

[fargocyclone]

For those of us who weren't watching, what was the bad call we're all talking about?

[SamsRams]

Stoll was called for stalling and went down 4-3. Kish had some words. He then gets a take down to go up 5-4 and at some point in the scramble they give the wyoming kid one point for a clinch. Kish had some more words and there was a long delay. goes to OT at 5-5 and the wyoming kid scored another controversial point. Kish again had words and it was nearly a ten minute delay for the review which eventually went against Stoll.

i am not a wrestling expert and there were no announcers so if anyone has better info i'd love to hear it

[roadwarrior]

From what I remember:

Stoll gets a take down in the first period. He is up 2-0
The Wyoming guy gets an escape. 2-1
End of first period.
Stoll starts 2nd period on the bottom, and gets an escape. 3-1
End of 2nd.
Wyoming guy starts 3rd period on the bottom, and gets an escape. 3-2
(you can sometimes see the scoreboard in the corner of the mat)
Mysteriously all of a sudden late in the 3rd period, I noticed the score 3-3. I don't know how that happened and didn't see any stalling calls at all.
With about 30 seconds left both wrestlers are on their feet tied at 3.
Near the end it appears that Stoll gets a takedown (5-3), but in a scramble they must have awarded the Wyoming wrestler a reversal as times expires (5-5) although their guy was never clearly in control. As time expired from what I could see, Stoll was in control.

I haven't seen any official scoring to explain it.

[SamsRams]

i am 90% Stoll was down 4-3

[344Johnson]

He is a beast and a team point machine, he won his first match with a 15-0 tech fall.

Getting a tech at the Division 1 level is about as impressive an athletic feat as any in sports. Especially 15-0.

Sounds like Stoll may have gotten screwed? If I had watched I may have been able to add some input. Is there anywhere the match can be rewatched? I could maybe TRY to shed some light on what have have happened.