Please post results and any match-related discussions here. Thanks!

When:
Friday, April 19 at 10 am - 3:45 pm EDT; and at 6:30 - 10 pm.
Saturday, April 20 at 10 am - 2:30 pm EDT; and at 6:30 - 10 pm.

Where:
@ Penn State University in State College, PA (Bryce Jordan Center)

Parking info:
https://www.themat.com/news/2024/ap...c-team-trials---wrestling-parking-information

Streaming/TV:
Streaming: Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
TV: USA Network - Day 1 Challenge Tournament (6:30 to 10 pm) and Day 2 Finals (6:30 to 10 pm)
Broadcast team: Jason Knapp, Jim Scherr, and Zora Stephenson

Session 1 (10 am to 3:30 pm) 4 mats will be streamed, as well as a Quad box option.
Session 2 (6:30 to 10 pm) 3 mats will be streamed.
Session 3 (10 am to 2:30 pm) 4 mats will be streamed, as well as a Quad box option.
Session 4 (6:30 to 10 pm) streamed and on TV.

PRO TIP: I subscribe to Peacock every year around the week of Black Friday for their special price of $1.99 per month or $20 per year. Can't beat it! Lots of great content (including old school WWF shows and PPV's).

Session 1:
Challenge Tournament: Preliminaries, Quarterfinals and Consolation Rounds, for all styles and weight classes. (Note: all Championship matches will be held prior to the consolation rounds).
Session 2:
Challenge Tournament: Semifinals and Finals, all styles and weight classes.
Session 3:
Round 1 of Best-of-3 Championship Series, all styles and weight classes, plus Round 2 of Best-of-3 Championship Series in the five weight classes not yet qualified for the Olympics. Also the completion of the Challenge Tournament: consolation semifinals, consolation finals, third place bouts and True third (if necessary).
Session 4:
Round 3 of Best-of-3 Championship Series (if necessary) in the five weight classes not yet qualified for the Olympics. Followed by Round 2 and Round 3 (if necessary) in the 13 weight classes qualified for the Olympic Games. The session concludes with the presentation of the U.S. Olympic Team.

Radio:
98.7 State College radio (local coverage only - no streaming). Friday - all day. Saturday - last couple hours.

PBP:
Hopefully someone(s) will be able to step up and provide some PBP. As always, please remember to provide the score at the end of the match. Thanks!

Mat assignments/Brackets:
Check: https://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/opentournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=853157132, or
https://www.flowrestling.org/articl...s-olympic-team-trials-mens-freestyle-preseeds

Here's to hoping the 2024 US Men's FS Olympic Team is fielded by 6 Nittany Lion Wrestling Club wrestlers!!

All of our 2024-2025 commits are eligible.

Registrants so far: Lilledahl, Sealey, Ryder, the twins, Duke, Desmond, Henckel.

Good morning Penn State Wrestling Fans! And just like that, another Team Championship is in the books. Congrats to all of the Wrestlers, Coaches, Support staff, and families. It's been another great year!

Feel free to use this thread for today's match discussions and PBP's.

Today's schedule:

11 AM EDT (ESPNU and ESPN+):
Consi Semi-final Matches:
149: #7 T.Kasak vs. #1 R.Lovett (NEB)
184: #6 B.Truax vs. #4 Munoz (ORST)

The winner advances to 3rd place match and the loser wrestles for 5th.

7 PM EDT (ESPN and ESPN+):
Finals Matches:
141: #2 B.Bartlett vs. #1 J.Mendez (OHST)
157: #1 L.Haines vs. #2 J.Teemer (ASU)
165: #2 M.Mesenbrink vs. #4 D.Carr (ISU)
174: #9 C.Starocci vs. #6 R.Welsh (OHST)
197: #1 A.Brooks vs. #2 T.Hidlay (NCST)
285: #1 G.Kerkvliet vs. #10 L.Davidson (MICH)

The Trophy Presentation will be streamed on ESPN+.

While it's not all about the team scoring record, it should be noted that it is in play (170). PSU currently has 148 points. 33 points are available in today's matches (plus any bonus):

• Finals win = 4 placement points, 0 advancement points
• Consi semi win = 3 placement points, .5 advancement points
• 3rd or 5th win = 1 placement point
• Plus any bonus

Another record that's in play: In 1986, Iowa won by 73.75 points. PSU currently leads by 83.5.

Lastly, thanks again to @SlipperyPete12 for his PBP's this weekend. Great job! And to everyone else for their informative posts as well!

3rd from the last pick in the draft. Should he have stayed another year? Seems like this happens to this program every year, somebody leaves too early?

Chael Sonnen claimed today that Carter has been offered $400k just to show up in the NCAA post season in 2025. He doesn't say who made the offer.

@4:15
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(I shut him off after he said JB was not a bad sport)

The Transfer Portal opens up this coming Wednesday and remains open thru May 3.

Does anyone transfer in? Does anyone transfer out (ie Bearclaw)?

Seriously amazing accomplishment tonight but if a certain 4x champ comes back I could easily see next year's team beating this record.

LL should outscore Davis' output
Davis/Nagao should score more
Bartlett should at least equal this season
SVN/Kasak should score more
Haines should at least equal this season
MM should score more
Carter should score more if he has access to both legs
Barr should be able to match Truax
Mirasola will score less but will score
Kerkvleit should at least equal this season

That's three weights were they improve and only one where they take a hit. There is no doubt this is the most dominant team in sports.

I thought Askren had some good thoughts on the two major controversies from this weekend.

1) MM-Burroughs - Askren essentially says that's who MM is, he loves to fight, he straddles the line, the head shove was well deserved, and that he's had to choke MM in practice many times to get him back in line. Overall, pretty funny discussion from one of the last people that could be accused of anti-MM bias.

Also interesting discussion about when MM started training with him and how one of the big issues he had was keeping his composure. Ben used to purposely try to get him mad so he could learn to control himself. Reminded me a lot of the process with
Desanto in the Iowa room.

2) The PSU fans - I agree with him on this too. When a crowd gets large, it doesn't behave rationally. It gets swept up in the emotions of the event and sometimes does things that nobody would ever think they'd do outside of that context. I don't think it's an accident that the two notoriously poorly behaved fan bases are Iowa and PSU, the two largest by far. Get everybody together and people get wild and those in the crowd who actually suck become more emboldened to misbehave.

also this, boys. this. let's have some perspective, huh?

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a clown show. Cher? Even Cher isn’t a fan of Cher.

Wow this is amazing!

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Posted on GIA this morning that Tom Ryan was involved in a serious auto accident today. Two broken legs and a broken hip if reports are accurate. Here is hoping for a full and speedy recovery.