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Discussion Topic: NCAA brackets out
Jared Ball added to this discussion on March 12, 2025
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Initial thoughts. Love McCrone and Cannons draw. Jesse has to go through VonBaur, Bartlett, and likely Alirez or Nebraska kid. Kharchla and Feldman got brutal draws at first glance
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Discussion Topic: NCAA brackets out
Pat Costilow added to this discussion on March 12, 2025
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I don't mind Shumate's draw, I think Salazar is a match he can win although he'll be an underdog. I've liked his grit this season, and if three tight calls this season over about 15 seconds, he would be perceived very differently.
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Discussion Topic: NCAA brackets out
Pat Costilow added to this discussion on March 12, 2025
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I have a fever dream where Bouzakis makes the finals. Urine is a dangerous first rounder, then Shawver who he beat at Big Tens, then would have Ayala, who is good but beatable, imo.
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Discussion Topic: NCAA brackets out
Pat Costilow added to this discussion on March 12, 2025
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Also like Shumate's draw. He can beat Keuter and Trephan and get to the semis.
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Discussion Topic: NCAA brackets out
Jim Kessen added to this discussion on March 13, 2025
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R1: McCrone vs. Marc Anthony McGowan
win and get #4 Robinson.
lose and get #29 Cruz
R1: Nic vs. Orine
R2:win and get #10 Shawyer
Qtr: win and get #2 Ayala
R1 Mendez vs. Priest
R2 Schwartz or Lemley
Qtr. Cedeno/VonBaur winner
R1 DD vs. Buesegens
R2 DD vs. Paniro
R1 Cannon vs. Hamblin
R2 Fish
Qtr. Hipolito VT
R1 Paddy vs 7Garvin
win and get Sparks in R2
lose and get Snipes in R1 in Consolation.
R1 9Carson vs. Wolak
R2 Pinto
Qtr. O'Toole
R1 26 Ryder vs. 7Dean
win and get Ruth
lose and get Brenot in R1 consolation
Qtr. Keck
R1 23Shumate vs. 10Salazar
win and get 7 Voelker
lose and get 26 Zurawski in R1 consolation
R1 12Feldman vs.21 Bullock
R2 5Kueter
Qtr. 4Trephen
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Discussion Topic: NCAA brackets out
Drew Taylor added to this discussion on March 13, 2025
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Five Buckeyes are seeded to advance to Friday night in the bloodround (Bouzakis, Cannon, Kharchla, Feldman) or semifinal (Mendez).
That doesn’t include D’Emilio who is seeded one spot below the bloodround.
Friday night will tell this season’s story.
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Discussion Topic: NCAA brackets out
Jim Kessen added to this discussion on March 13, 2025
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Based off seeds Bucks would finish 11th
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Discussion Topic: NCAA brackets out
Brian Mathews added to this discussion on March 13, 2025
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125) McCrone - good draw, in theory. McGowan and Robinson are two guys that he could beat on the right day. Big Tens was not the right day, however. He has a winning formula, if he can execute it. Figueroa--not happening. Really just hoping we see a better version of him next week.
133) Tough first round matchup, especially considering Bouzakis is a perpetual slow starter in tournaments (weight?). I like the Shawver matchup, though, and if you're a Drake Ayala fan, I think you're very nervous running into Bouzakis in the quarters.
141) Lemley->VomBaur->Bartlett is a tough stretch. If Mendez snaps out of the funk he's been in for the past month, he wins. Lemley must have opened the bracket and just said "you've got to be !@#$ing kidding me."
149) I don't mind the draw. Would rather see Paniro than any of the other top 6 seeds. Chances are very poor vs. Parco, but DD was always going to be in the blood round however you slice it.
157) Love the draw, but who knows. If he stays hot he's got a great shot at making the semis, but could just as easily lose early. I will say, he might struggle a bit later in the tournament considering how undersized he is.
165) Who knows. Draw seems fine. Beating Garvin and Sparks is definitely within reason, but hard to say what Paddy we're going to see.
174) Very bad draw. Wolak/Pinto/O'Toole? Needs to get to the quarters. Loss to Pinto pits him against Norman in consis, which is a toss-up IMO.
184) Sure, why not? Logic (and history) tells me Ruth is a bad matchup. You just hope he can make some noise on the back side.
197) I think he has a good path to win 2 or 3 matches on the back side. Already has a win over Braunagel. So I think he could potentially make R12, which would be a great result.
285) At some point he's going to have to beat Kueter. If he can, I like his chances vs. Trephan.
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Discussion Topic: NCAA brackets out
Drew Taylor added to this discussion on March 13, 2025
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Lennox Wolak, Kharchla’s opponent in the opener, is having a rough season after finishing on the podium last year.
Anyone know the story?
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Discussion Topic: NCAA brackets out
Rob Wagner added to this discussion on March 13, 2025
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I'll attribute it to my new favorite acronym that I learned from this site.......HEW!
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Quote from Drew Taylor's post:
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"Lennox Wolak, Kharchla’s opponent in the opener, is having a rough season after finishing on the podium last year.
Anyone know the story?"
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Discussion Topic: NCAA brackets out
Brady Hiatt added to this discussion on March 13, 2025
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Quote from Pat Costilow's post:
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"Also like Shumate's draw. He can beat Keuter and Trephan and get to the semis."
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*Feldman's
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Discussion Topic: NCAA brackets out
Sean Koran added to this discussion on March 13, 2025
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How is Luffman the 8 and Feldman the 12? Nick is 3-0 against him this year, and Nick's only losses this year are to the #1, #5, and #6 seeds.
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Discussion Topic: NCAA brackets out
Brady Hiatt added to this discussion on March 13, 2025
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Quote from Sean Koran's post:
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"How is Luffman the 8 and Feldman the 12? Nick is 3-0 against him this year, and Nick's only losses this year are to the #1, #5, and #6 seeds."
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Nobody knows.
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Discussion Topic: NCAA brackets out
Brian Mathews added to this discussion on March 13, 2025
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Quote from Drew Taylor's post:
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"Lennox Wolak, Kharchla’s opponent in the opener, is having a rough season after finishing on the podium last year.
Anyone know the story?"
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I think (1) he got hot at the right time last year, rode a nice winning streak into NCAA's, and (2) Virginia Tech's schedule is significantly more challenging than Columbia's was.
He has a few strange losses this year, but generally speaking I think he's more like a 15th to 20th in the country guy, rather than an NCAA semifinalist.
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Discussion Topic: NCAA brackets out
Casey Talbott added to this discussion on March 13, 2025
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Quote from Brady Hiatt's post:
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Quote from Sean Koran's post:
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"How is Luffman the 8 and Feldman the 12? Nick is 3-0 against him this year, and Nick's only losses this year are to the #1, #5, and #6 seeds."
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Nobody knows."
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That was a head-scratcher for me, too.
Guessing the Committee members were mentally drained by the time they got to the heavyweights, and mailed it in.
Kidding.
Sort of.
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