NCAA tournament

[ugarte]

Jace and JAP win in tonight's wrestlebacks; Duke not so lucky.

Pickett lost another match he could have won by a single point. Rough tournament for him.
Bennett was great. 11-1 MD and dominated from the whistle.
JAP was strong. Rode the entire second period, got a second stalling point then got a late takedown to win 5-0.

[ugarte]

Session III:

Quarterfinals:
149: #5 Villalonga v. #13 Cobb (Penn)
157: #2 Realbuto v. #7 Miller (Kent State)
184: #1 Dean v. #9 Brooks (Iowa)

Consolation Round 2:
125: #2 Garrett v. UR Jeske (Old Dominion)
133: UR Grey v. UR Harding (Oklahoma State)
165: #12 Palacio v. UR Freisth (Wyoming)
197: #9 Bennett v. #7 Ayala (Princeton)
Hwt: UR Aiken-Phillips v. #10 Walz (Virginia Tech)

Team scores after Day 1:

1.    Ohio St.    23.0
2.    Iowa            21.0
3.    Oklahoma St.    19.5
4.    Penn St.    18.5
5.    Missouri    18.0
5.    Nebraska    18.0
7.    Cornell    17.5
8.    Illinois    16.5
9.    Michigan    15.0
9.    Virginia Tech    15.0

[ugarte]

Today's matches start at 11am (in New York). Garrett opens on Mat 1. http://espn.go.com/watchespn/player/_/id/2350794/

[ugarte]

QF:
Villalonga 4-1 win over Cobb. Never in doubt. First time AA for CV. In the semis, #1 Houdashelt (Mizzou).
Realbuto 11-9 SV win over Miller. HOLY CRAP. Down a lot late, he got two takedowns in the last 30 seconds to tie and then a quick TD in SV to win. WOW! In the semis, #3 Ness (Minnesota).
Dean 3-2 win over Brooks. In the semis, #13 Avery (Edinboro).

Consolation
125: Garrett went down early 5-0 but was able to fight his way back for a 10-6 win. Next faces #10 Rios (Oregon State) with the winner to face #12 Mines (Edinboro) for AA.
133: Grey manhandled. 6-1 loss. Needs to get stronger and to be more aggressive.
165: Palacio with a 8-6 win next faces #4 Sulzer (Virginia) with the winner to face #7 Harger (Northwestern) for AA - but Harger defaulted his last match and may be unable to wrestle. Palacio may also have reinjured his knee, though probably not badly enough to not even take the mat against Sulzer.
197: Bennett with big 10-8 win. Dominant second period, got RT and 3 NF (and almost a fall) against a guy he couldn't take down on his feet. Up next, #15 Studebaker (Nebraska) with the winner to face #5 Schiller (Minnesota) for AA.
Hwt: Aiken-Phillips with a 10-4 loss. Outwrestled; nearly pinned in the first, did well to keep it below a major.

[dag14]

Realbuto with an absolutely stunning come-from-behind SV!!!!

Brian was down 4-8 or 5-8 and came back to 9-9 before getting a TD for the SV.  His opponent had 4 beautiful takedowns and accumulated riding time but Brian never quit.

[ugarte]

Realbuto with an absolutely stunning come-from-behind SV!!!!

Brian was down 4-8 or 5-8 and came back to 9-9 before getting a TD for the SV.  His opponent had 4 beautiful takedowns and accumulated riding time but Brian never quit.

By the end, he had more motor and he realized that he didn't have to be as defensive - he could score if he took the shot. Boom Boom Boom. Amazing.

[Willy '06]

There's talk on ESPNU of some sort of scoring mistake and the NCAA is looking into reversing the Realbuto decision.

[ugarte]

There's talk on ESPNU of some sort of scoring mistake and the NCAA is looking into reversing the Realbuto decision.

Still under review. Apparently the Kent State kid didn't get credit for an escape, which would have given him a one point lead and the match wouldn't have gone to OT. Unfair either way, since if the score were correct during the match Realbuto would have wrestled differently.

Important match for the team standings beyond what it means for Realbuto individually.

[scoop85]

There's talk on ESPNU of some sort of scoring mistake and the NCAA is looking into reversing the Realbuto decision.

Still under review. Apparently the Kent State kid didn't get credit for an escape, which would have given him a one point lead and the match wouldn't have gone to OT. Unfair either way, since if the score were correct during the match Realbuto would have wrestled differently.

Important match for the team standings beyond what it means for Realbuto individually.

I can't see how they can change the result -- could they perhaps require them to wrestle again?

[ugarte]

Consolation 3:
125: Garrett with a dominant 13-3 MD to move to the R12, one win from AA. Looking good after yesterday's loss. To be fair, the guy who beat him has kept winning into the semis.
167: Palacio with a tough 7-6 loss. He had a lead late in the second period but really got outwrestled for a lot of the match and Sulzer was able to finally finish a TD with about 7 seconds left to get the win. He'll be back next year (after soccer season).
197: Bennett LBF. Damn. Rode hard for almost all of the second, but gave up a reversal with 5 seconds left. Then in the second, Studebaker just did an amazing job of getting his legs in and turning Bennett from the top and pushing his shoulders to the mat.

Cornell has three in the semis (Villalonga, Realbuto and Dean) and one in the R12 (Garrett).

Action tonight at 8pm Eastern.

[billhoward]

There's talk on ESPNU of some sort of scoring mistake and the NCAA is looking into reversing the Realbuto decision.

Gad. Another Fifth Down game.

One could easily argue that the competitors measure how much they have to make up to come back and tie or go ahead. If it gets reversed, coach Mike is gonna go ballistic, and it's not even his sport.

[ugarte]

There's talk on ESPNU of some sort of scoring mistake and the NCAA is looking into reversing the Realbuto decision.

Gad. Another Fifth Down game.

One could easily argue that the competitors measure how much they have to make up to come back and tie or go ahead. If it gets reversed, coach Mike is gonna go ballistic, and it's not even his sport.

Didn't get reversed.

[jkahn]

The unseeded guy who upset Garrett just won his semi by fall in 52 seconds.  Garrett's loss doesn't seem so bad, since this guy is beating everyone.

[upprdeck]

Garrett wins huge as well

[ugarte]

Garrett with a huge 11-0 MD to get to the AA round. But things just got very interesting, since #1 Waters and #3 Gilman lost in the semis to #4 Tomasello and the surprising Moisey. The 125 final is two freshmen. I wonder when the last time that happened.