March Matness - NCAA Wrestling Championships

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What team will win the D1 Championship this year? This poll is closed.
Penn State	3	30.00%
Oklahoma State	2	20.00%
Iowa	1	10.00%
Virginia Tech	1	10.00%
Ohio State	3	30.00%
Total:	10 votes

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Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

It's that time of year mother fuckers. March Matness. This year's NCAA Wrestling Championships will run from Thursday, March 17th-Saturday, March 19th at Madison Square Garden in New York. All matches on all mats will be available on ESPN3. Additionally, ESPNU or ESPN will cover at least one mat for each session.

Here's the schedule

You can also follow live results and find updated brackets on Trackwrestling

The current top teams according to Intermat
1. Penn State
2. Oklahoma State
3. Virginia Tech
4. Iowa
5. Ohio State
6. Cornell
7. NC State
8. Missouri
9. Illinois
10. Michigan
11. Nebraska
12. North Carolina
13. Oklahoma
14. Rutgers
15. Wisconsin

A full list of qualifiers and initial brackets can be found here

A couple big storylines this year are...

At 165...

Alex Dieringer of Oklahoma State, who hasn't lost a match in over two years, will be going for his third consecutive national championship. Can anybody knock him off?

And at Heavyweight...

Nick Gwaizdowski from NC State is also going for his 3rd title. But standing in his way is Kyle Snyder of Ohio State.

Who had been planning on taking an Olympic Redshirt this season after winning a world championship last summer at 97kg, the youngest American to ever do so. However, back in January he decided to work some collegiate wrestling in to his training and re-enrolled at Ohio State for the semester so he could compete with the team. He wrestled just a few matches in between his travels for international competition before winning the Big 10 tournament a few weeks ago. As long as neither gets upset they will meet in the finals on Saturday night.

You might remember Kyle Snyder as the losing side of the greatest thing that happened at last year's championships
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWDl8JOWftg

So what happens over the next three days?

Session 1 (Thursday Afternoon)
33 wrestlers qualify at each weight and they are all alive through this session no matter what happens. This session has one pigtail match per bracket to bring the championship side down to 32 wrestlers and then a full set of 16 matches. There are usually a mix of close matches and horribly overmatched guys who are just happy to be there. Starting last year, the NCAA has seeded to 16 wrestlers instead of 12 as they had in the past. That cuts down on the number of upsets but there is still always a few surprises in the first round. 33 wrestlers enter, 33 wrestlers leave.

Session 2 (Thursday Night)
On the championship side of the bracket you start to have seeded guys compete against each other. More upsets happen in this session, but the top seeds are still generally facing guys they outmatch. That means most of the upsets you see here will be of the 11 over 6, 8 over 9 type variety. On the consolation side you have one pigtail and eight elimination matches. 33 wrestlers enter, 24 wrestlers leave.

Session 3 (Friday Morning)
The championship quarterfinals. These tend to be great matches and this is where the most interesting upsets tend to happen as elite guys square off for the first time. Always lots of good action. On the consolation side you have two rounds. In the first round the losers from the championship round on Thursday night take on the winners of the consolation round from Thursday night. This is where talented guys with unlucky draws start to go home. The next round is the winners of those matches going at it. By the time this is done there are always multiple seeded wrestlers hitting the buffet and unseeded guys making runs deep into the tournament. 24 wrestlers enter, 12 wrestlers leave.

Session 4 (Friday Night)
The "Round of 12". This, in my opinion, is the best round of the tournament. On the championship side a win places you in the finals. On the consolation side a win assures you a top 8 finish and All American status. If anything, the pressure in this round is greater than the pressure in the finals. Everybody left is an ultra talented (or ultra lucky) wrestler and nobody wants to get this far and go home empty handed. After the R12 the consolation bracket will have another round to determine who will stay alive for 3rd place and who will be going into the 7th place match. But honestly that only really matters for team points. Unless you make the finals just getting to the All American rounds is what matters. Ten years from now nobody is going to care or remember if you placed 4th or 7th. Just that you were an All American. 12 wrestlers enter, 8 All Americans leave.

Session 5 (Saturday Morning)
The consolation medal rounds. The losers from the championship semifinals the night before take on the winners of the consolation bracket with a spot in the 3rd place match on the line. Losers of these matches go into the 5th place match. Today is purely about pride and team points, the pressure is off. This can be fun to watch because some guys will really open up their game now that they don't have as much to lose while others will be devastated by not being in the finals and just stand there getting their rear end kicked. Nobody is eliminated here, they just determine how high they are going to be standing on the podium. 6 wrestlers enter, 6 placewinners leave.

Session 6 (Saturday Night)
The finals.
Two finalists enter, One champion leaves.

Get hype.

Thoguh fucked around with this message at 01:29 on Mar 17, 2016

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 01:21

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# ¿ Apr 23, 2024 10:47

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

I don't have time this weekend to do a fantasy pool but Wrestlestats does one kind of similar to the one I've done. If there is interest we could make a pool there (free) that tracks and updates automatically.

Edit: I went ahead and made one Here's a link. Group name is Something Awful and password is "Stairs". You have to register an account but it is free and takes about 30 seconds.

Thoguh fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Mar 17, 2016

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 01:42

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

Everyone's job is to get sufficently hype that they are Ohio State coach Tom Ryan during every match

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfNdp_BRj9U

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 02:45

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Kekekela posted:

Getting "invalid password"

I guess it is case sensitive

Something Awful is the group name (link should work fine)

Stairs is the password. Not stairs.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 03:41

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anne frank fanfic posted:

Please delete, looks too much like march madness and i clicked on it!

If Baylor bitch would add a wrestling team then you wouldn't have to be here on accident.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 03:53

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Yoshifan823 posted:

I'm disappointed that I'm missing these, but I was at the Big Ten Wrestling Tournament a couple weekends ago, and that was a good time, aside from gently caress Penn State winning. I'll still be able to watch most of the earlier rounds, though.

Go Motherfucking Iowa, gently caress Penn State.

I can get behind half of this.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 13:05

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Odddzy posted:

Are these kept on youtube at a later date? I live in canada and dont have espn3

They generally aren't uploaded wholesale but they'll be lots of highlight videos and recaps posted by schools. I have no idea how ESPN3 access works internationally or if any of the pirate sites will have a stream.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 13:06

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

Northern Iowa's heavyweight withdrew from the tournament yesterday afternoon due to mumps. That's gotta be a first, at least for this century.

They aren't redrawing the bracket so that's good news for the winner of what is likely to be a consolation match tomorrow morning between Sam Stoll of Iowa and Ross Larson of Oklahoma. Either of them would have been underdogs against Cabell but will be favored against whoever emerges from that part of the consolations with Cabell out.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 14:42

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

Mardragon posted:

I haven't paid enough attention and I can't get that website to work for fantasy but I can't believe Nick Gwaizdowski is still in school. I thought he was a freshman like 7 years ago.

They closed entries a little earlier than I thought they would. So I guess I'm assured at least the silver.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 15:21

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

I hope they record the medical default for the UNI guy before they start so for one glorious hour Drexel can be in first place.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 15:32

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DJExile posted:

rasslin is cool and good.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 17:28

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Miching Mallecho posted:

#6 Klimara is losing 6-7 to Youstey right now. God drat it Eddie.

edit: unseeded Youstey beats Klimara. Klimara disappoints me in so many ways.

Hopefully he stays away from the cocaine tonight if he loses...

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 19:30

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

LELUND WEATHERSPOON MOTHER FUCKERS

(he already had the win when Realbuto injured his knee, hope he's okay)

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 19:39

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There have been a lot of upsets already today.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 19:56

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ANd now another 1. Iowa State's unseeded Pat Downey at 197 knocks off #11 seed Phil Wellington from Ohio.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 20:13

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

drat, 7 first round pins at 165. That's a lot.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 20:40

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

Top team scores after session 1

code:

+-------------+----------------+------+
|             |                |      |
+-------------+----------------+------+
| Team Scores |                |      |
| 1.          | Ohio St.       | 16.5 |
| 2.          | Penn State     | 16.0 |
| 3.          | Nebraska       | 13.0 |
| 4.          | Iowa           | 11.0 |
| 5.          | Michigan       | 10.0 |
| 5.          | Missouri       | 10.0 |
| 5.          | Oklahoma St.   | 10.0 |
| 8.          | NC State       | 9.0  |
| 8.          | Virginia Tech  | 9.0  |
| 10.         | Illinois       | 6.5  |
| 10.         | Rutgers        | 6.5  |
| 12.         | Iowa St.       | 6.0  |
| 12.         | Lehigh         | 6.0  |
| 12.         | Oklahoma       | 6.0  |
| 15.         | Kent St.       | 5.0  |
| 15.         | Northern Iowa  | 5.0  |
| 15.         | Stanford       | 5.0  |
+-------------+----------------+------+

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 20:44

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

There's going to be a rough match on the backside at 174. #13 Meyer from Iowa and #4 Ramos from North Carolina both got upset and sent down to the consolations. One of them is going to go 0-2. That plays in to the team race to if Iowa gets no points out of Meyer.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 20:50

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Miching Mallecho posted:

#6 Klimara is losing 6-7 to Youstey right now. God drat it Eddie.

edit: unseeded Youstey beats Klimara. Klimara disappoints me in so many ways.

And he'll get the #11 seed in the first round of consolations.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 21:17

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

USA Wrestling's Youtube Channel is posting a whole bunch of videos, mostly interviews with match winners

Here's Sammy Brooks because even though he's an Iowa wrestler he seems pretty cool and gives better post-match interviews than most wrestlers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgOcRFfD06k

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 21:50

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Yoshifan823 posted:

Larson and Drexel guy are lucky as poo poo, with Stoll out because of his knee. It sucks, because it's not surprising. He defaulted out of the Big Tens after he hosed his knee, got 8th, and got a wild-card to get back in there, only to fall back out of the first round. I wonder who wins between Stoll and Cabell.

edit: it's probably Stoll, because Cabell isn't even there. i love that our injured heavyweight might end up getting more team points for Iowa than our dumb 174 pounder.

Yeah, I meant if they were both healthy and present. Looks like Stoll is just going to injury default out of the tournament though, unless they shot him up with painkillers or something for this round. He had to quit halfway through his last match because of his knee.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 00:21

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

Hell yeah! Iowa State is 2-2 so far tonight. It would be really awesome to get at least one more on the championship side.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 01:16

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

PATRICK DOWNEY WITH A PIN OVER THE #6 SEED IN OVERTIME MOTHER FUCKERS

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 01:56

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#2 seed at 174 just went 0-2 and is done without winning a match.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 03:29

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

Top 15 standings after day 1

code:

+------+----------------+------+
| 1.   | Penn State     | 27.5 |
| 2.   | Ohio St.       | 24.0 |
| 2.   | Oklahoma St.   | 24.0 |
| 4.   | Nebraska       | 20.0 |
| 5.   | Iowa           | 17.5 |
| 5.   | Missouri       | 17.5 |
| 5.   | Virginia Tech  | 17.5 |
| 8.   | Michigan       | 15.0 |
| 9.   | NC State       | 13.0 |
| 9.   | Oklahoma       | 13.0 |
| 11.  | Illinois       | 12.0 |
| 11.  | Iowa St.       | 12.0 |
| 13.  | Cornell        | 11.0 |
| 14.  | Lehigh         | 10.5 |
| 15.  | Rutgers        | 10.0 |
+------+----------------+------+

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 04:00

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

Quarterfinal matchups tommorow morning. US means unseeded

125: #1 Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) vs #9 Dylan Peters (Northern Iowa)
125: #5 Ryan Millhof (Oklahoma) vs #4 Thomas Gilman (Iowa)
125: #3 Nico Megaludis (Penn State) vs US Conor Youtsey (Michigan)
125: #10 Connor Schram (Stanford) vs #15 David Terao (American)

133: #1 Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) vs #8 Earl Hall (Iowa State)
133: #5 Jordan Conaway (Penn State) vs #4 Cody Brewer (Oklahoma)
133: #3 Zane Richards (Illinois) vs #6 George DiCamillo (Virginia)
133: #7 Eric Montoya (Nebraska) vs #2 Cory Clark (Iowa)

141: #1 Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) vs #8 Joey Ward (North Carolina)
141: #12 Chris Mecate (Old Dominion) vs #4 Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers)
141: #14 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) vs #6 Micah Jordan (Wisconsin)
141: #7 Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech) vs #2 Joey McKenna (Stanford)

149: #1 Zain Retherford (Penn State) vs #9 Justin Oliver (Central Michigan)
149: #5 Alec Pantaleo (Michigan) vs #4 Matt Cimato (Drexel)
149: #3 Lavion Mayes (Missouri) vs #11 Anthony Collica (Oklahoma State)
149: #7 Jake Sueflohn (Nebraska) vs #2 Brandon Sorensen (Iowa)

157: #1 Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) vs #8 Nick Brascetta (Virginia Tech)
157: #12 Brian Murphy (Michigan) vs #4 Ian Miller (Kent State)
157: #3 Jason Nolf (Penn State) vs #6 Joe Smith (Oklahoma State)
157: #7 Cody Pack (South Dakota State) vs #2 Chad Walsh (Rider)

165: #1 Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) vs #9 Tanner Weatherman (Iowa State)
165: #12 Conor Brennan (Rider) vs #4 Daniel Lewis (Missouri)
165: #3 Bo Jordan (Ohio State) vs #6 Steven Rodrigues (Illinois)
165: #7 Austin Wilson (Nebraska) vs #2 Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin)

174: #1 Bo Nickal (Penn State) vs #9 Chandler Rogers (Oklahoma State)
174: #5 Nate Jackson (Indiana) vs US Jadaen Bernstein (Navy)
174: US Matt Reed (Oklahoma) vs #11 Myles Martin (Oklahoma State)
174: #7 Cody Walters (Ohio) vs US Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State)

184: #1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) vs #8 Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma State)
184: #5 Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) vs #13 Pete Renda (NC State)
184: #14 Willie Miklus (Penn) vs #11 Lorenzo Thomas (Penn)
184: #7 TJ Dudley (Nebraska) vs #2 Sam Brooks (Iowa)

197: #1 Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) vs #8 Aaron Studebaker (Nebraska)
197: #5 Conner Hartmann (Duke) vs #4 Nathan Burak (Iowa)
197: #3 Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) vs US Patrick Downey (Iowa State)
197: #7 Brett Harner (Princeton) vs #2 J'Den Cox (Missouri)

285: #1 Nick Gwiazadowski (NC State) vs #8 Max Wessell (Lehigh)
285: #5 Adam Coon (Michigan) vs #4 Austin Marsden (Oklahoma State)
285: #3 Ty Walz (Virginia Tech) vs US Brooks Black (Illinois)
285: #7 Amarveer Dhesi (Oregon State) vs #2 Kyle Snyder (Ohio State)

133 is the only weight that went to chalk for the quarterfinals.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 04:13

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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:

WVU did a thing!

197: No. 13 Jacob A. Smith (WVU) dec. Owen Scott (Corn), 3-2

I'm sad Zeke Moisey was injured and couldn't compete this year. His pin of GIlman last season is one of my favorite wrestling moments ever. GIlman is a little poo poo and seeing him get totally embarrassed like that was amazing.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 04:18

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Kekekela posted:

Que es "went to chalk" ?

No upsets. All 8 guys seeded to make the quarterfinals are in the quarterfinals.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 12:23

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Yoshifan823 posted:

BTW: Nate Jackson at 174 is a 12 seed, Miles Martin is from Ohio State, not Okie State, and Miklus at 184 is Mizzou, not Penn.

I blame the site I copy/pasted that from

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 14:49

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Seltzer posted:

When does this tournament start getting serious/I should start watching.

Yesterday

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 14:50

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Man is the 174 bracket busted. Of the top eight seeds only #1 and #7 are still on the championship side.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 15:17

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Boo, Iowa in to the semis at 125 and 133 and ISU's guy at 133 goes down 0-5 to Garrett.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 16:41

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#14 Meredith of Wyoming just took out his second top guy at 141. Beat #3 Jack yesterday and just locked up a last second cradle to beat #6 Jordan of Ohio State 5-2.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 17:02

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Thoguh posted:

LELUND WEATHERSPOON MOTHER FUCKERS

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 17:55

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NickRoweFillea posted:

What channel is this on. Is it on a channel

ESPN tonight for the semifinals and finals tommorow night, ESPNU tommorow morning for the medal rounds. And all matches live on ESPN3

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 19:23

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

Semifinal matchups for tonight.

125:
#1 Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) vs. #4 Thomas Gilman (Iowa)
#3 Nico Megaludis (Penn State) vs. #15 David Terao (American)
133:
#1 Nahshon Garrett (Cornell ) vs. #4 Cody Brewer (Oklahoma)
#3 Zane Richards (Illinois) vs. #6 George DiCamillo (Virginia)
141:
#1 Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) vs. #4 Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers)
#14 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) vs. #2 Joey McKenna (Stanford)
149:
#1 Zain Retherford (Penn State) vs. #5 Alex Pantaleo (Michigan)
#11 Anthony Collica (Oklahoma State) vs. #2 Brandon Sorenson (Iowa)
157:
#1 Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) vs. #4 Ian Miller (Kent State)
#3 Jason Nolf (Penn State) vs. #15 Chad Walsh (Rider)
165:
#1 Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) vs. #4 Daniel Lewis (Missouri)
#3 Bo Jordan (Ohio State) vs. #2 Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin)
174:
#1 Bo Nickal (Penn State) vs. #12 Nate Jackson (Indiana)
#11 Myles Martin (Ohio State) vs. US Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State)
184:
#1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) vs. #13 Pete Renda (NC State)
#14 WIllie Milkus (Missouri) vs. #7 TJ Dudley (Nebraska)
197:
#1 Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) vs. #4 Nathan Burak (Iowa)
#3 Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) vs. #2 J�Den Cox (Missouri)
285:
#1 Nick Gwaizdowski (NC State) vs. #5 Adam Coon (Michigan)
#3 Ty Walz (Virginia Tech) vs. #2 Kyle Snyder (Ohio State)

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 19:24

Thoguh: Nov 8, 2002; College Slice

Top twenty team scores after session three.

code:

+------+----------------+------+
| 1.   | Penn State     | 68.5 |
| 2.   | Ohio St.       | 54.0 |
| 3.   | Iowa           | 48.5 |
| 4.   | Oklahoma St.   | 46.0 |
| 5.   | Missouri       | 42.5 |
| 6.   | Nebraska       | 35.5 |
| 7.   | NC State       | 32.5 |
| 8.   | Michigan       | 32.0 |
| 9.   | Virginia Tech  | 30.5 |
| 10.  | Cornell        | 28.5 |
| 11.  | Illinois       | 28.0 |
| 12.  | Oklahoma       | 24.5 |
| 13.  | Rutgers        | 22.0 |
| 14.  | Lehigh         | 19.5 |
| 15.  | Iowa St.       | 19.0 |
| 16.  | Kent St.       | 18.5 |
| 17.  | Wyoming        | 17.5 |
| 18.  | Minnesota      | 16.0 |
| 18.  | Rider          | 16.0 |
| 18.  | Stanford       | 16.0 |
+------+----------------+------+

Lots of points on the table tonight. At this point wins give both advancement points and placement points since any win moves you on to or up the podium. So there could be some big shakeups in the order after the semis and R12 tonight.

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# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 20:48

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This has been a good tournament for Iowa State so far but tonight is make or break. If ISU goes at least 1-3 it'll be okay, but we can't afford to go 0-4. I think we're favored in 2 matches (133 and 165), underdogs in one match (174) and a tossup in one (197). If we go 4-0 with 4 all Americans and a finalist that would basically redeem a pretty mediocre season.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 20:57

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I'm sad that Sammy Brooks lost instead of Gilman.

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# ¿ Apr 23, 2024 10:47

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Semis on ESPN at 8 eastern. Get hype.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 23:49

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