2025 NCAA Wrestling March Madness

[Gellar]

141 is making up for the first 3 matches.

 

[Gellar]

I’m trying hard, but I cannot like Mark Manning and the Nebraska staff at all. He threw the brick in to challenge a call that he knew wasn’t going to win to give Tayler a breather.

 

[ChaosOneZero]

141 is making up for the first 3 matches.

Best match of the night so far, imo

 

[warmer]

The Brands have run out of talent, they are not getting the recruits that they should. Can't see them sticking around much longer. Time to ride off into the sunset.

 

[Gellar]

#*^@#* around, #*^@#* around pretty soon you won’t be around. WOW!

 

[ChaosOneZero]

I take that back. HWT was the best match.

 

[antlerradar]

The world is upside down. HWT had more action than 125.

 

[warmer]

No one saw that coming. Wow.

 

[wytex]

Love the way that guy tried to post up on him in the walk out then got his butt handed to him late in the match, greatness !!

 

[Gellar]

No one saw that coming. Wow.

I would have been more likely to bet on Stevenson having a 15-0 shutout than being beat.

 

[kansasdad]

I thought I was seeing a very good AI of the end of the heavyweight match. Trump was really there??

And the announcers were doing their very best WWF/WWE imitations.

 

[Gellar]

Trump was there. He’s been to several of the wrestling finals. Daniel Cormier and that Rock guy are the worst announcers possibly ever for any sport. I watched every session on the Matcast, all the mats on 1 screen. They had Shane Sparks and Trent Hidlay as the commentators. They were actually really good.

 

[ChaosOneZero]

Trump was there. He’s been to several of the wrestling finals. Daniel Cormier and that Rock guy are the worst announcers possibly ever for any sport. I watched every session on the Matcast, all the mats on 1 screen. They had Shane Sparks and Trent Hidlay as the commentators. They were actually really good.

Shane Sparks is great. He comes across as a bit over the top to some folks, but there’s no questioning his passion for the sport.

 

[WVmike]

The heavyweight match was one I would watch over and over.

 

[Gellar]

Shane Sparks is great. He comes across as a bit over the top to some folks, but there’s no questioning his passion for the sport.

Shane sparks he used to kind of erk me but he has toned it down. Very passionate and very knowledgeable. Hidlay has first hand experience in the NCAA championship and did a good job of explaining what the wrestlers were experiencing in the moment, whether that was their mindset Saturday morning or during the match.

 

[ChaosOneZero]

I saw that last night as well. The Iowa boards are all up in arms about it! if you want a good laugh just go on their forums. Some of those posters take the award for dumbest sports fans ever.

There probably hasn’t been one the quality of Ono but the experiment of taking lifelong freestylers and transitioning them into folk style in college has not been overly successful. It will be interesting to see what weight he goes. I can’t see him at 125. 133 on an hour weigh in will be tough. Usually international weigh in is the day before.

I hope he succeeds. It’s crazy to say this but He doesn’t really have a spot in Japan with the hammers they have at 57 Kg and 65 kg. Will he seek U.S. citizenship?

Confirmed. He announced his commitment on Flo this morning. Wild…

 

[Gellar]

Confirmed. He announced his commitment on Flo this morning. Wild…

This week will be interesting with the Portal opening up. There are already a few guys entering. Several from Iowa State, one guy from Iowa so far.