Completely agree with this. Even if the Badgers got Sinclair, Riddle, Millard, Whiting, etc it would significantly impact their team in a positive way.
Says the guy with the dumb take.
Ben Keuter, who hasn't wrestled a single college match, and AJ Ferrarri, who isn't even on the team > Starocci, Brooks, Dake, Taylor, and Nickal.
AWA Team if they all went to the same school. 55 total points and would have been tied for 7th with Arizona State.
165-O'Toole Champ 22.5
174-Mocco 7th 5.5
184-Keckeisen 2nd 17
Head-to-head competition — 25 percent No matchup that would count.
Quality wins — 20 percent Hamiti has more quality wins than O'Toole
Coaches Ranking — 15 percent O'Toole will be ranked higher
Results against common opponents — 10 percent Both lost to Carr, but Hamiti was closer 7-5
RPI — 10 percent Hamiti has higher RPI
Qualifying event placement — 10 percent Hamiti placed higher
Win % — 10 percent O'Toole is higher
Hamiti has 50 points O'Toole gets 25 points.
23 pages of Jajansen complaining and wrongfully blaming Bono for him not wrestling.
Burwikk goes 0-3 at the Big Ten tournament losing 2x to the 13 seed. Lamont auto qualifies for NCAAs…
Manning gives some additional information and says that it is the compliance office that signs off or not on the NPO.
I think Manning was pretty disingenuous when he said thousands of kids enter the portal and no one loses eligibility. He is lumping in all the kids who transfer following the rules, graduate transfers, etc. into Kyle's situation which is inaccurate. He also says its just a form and it only takes 5 seconds to sign without talking about what the form actually is and makes it seem like everyone just signs NPO forms for every student athlete who transfers out of the window.