Ohio State Mens wrestling team finished 2nd overall. Finishing 1st was Iowa. OSU lost by 1/2 a point to Iowa for 1st place.
2nd straight year OSU finished 2nd.
This according to buckeyeplanet.
1/2 Point, . OH well 2nd overall is not bad at all. The little I know about wrestling Iowa owns the NCAA so attleast its 1,2 for the Big Ten.
Thanks VIC.
Sorry, I've been gone for a couple of weeks. The update for the NCAA tournament is we lost to Iowa by 4.5 points. That amounts to one match out of the thousands that were wrestled over the 3 day event. Iowa got lucky. I don't say that as a bitter OSU fan. They truly did. They got at least 3 medical forfeits which gave them more than 4.5 bonus team points. If they had to actually earn those wins, they finish 2nd and we win the overall title. All in all, it was a tremendous showing by our Buckeyes considering they finished 5th in the Big Ten tournament. The Big Ten was well represented w/ a number of B10 schools finishing in the top 10 and Kent State even finished in the top 15.
Mike, How can Iowa get team bonus points for the medical forfiet ? Why would they not just get regular win points ?
I would agree that is was very lucky.
Now I really hate Iowa
Thanks for the update !
In a tourney, a forfeit (medical or other), a default, a disqualification, or a pin all result in the same amount of bonus team points. We had our chances to beat Iowa. We wrestled them one time head to head and lost in sudden victory OT. The Iowa kid went on to place 3rd and our kid didn't place. Had we won that match, we would have been guaranteed no worse than 6th place at that weight and the placement points that go along with it and points for advancing in the tourney. That ONE match was the difference in 1st and 2nd. Hurts to know that...especially if you were the kid that lost that match.
. OH well 2nd overall is not bad at all. The little I know about wrestling Iowa owns the NCAA so attleast its 1,2 for the Big Ten.
