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JimBob
03-07-2009, 09:23 AM
Big 12 Tournament today

OU, OSU to benefit from new NCAA qualifying system.

By MATT DOYLE World Sports Writer
Published: 3/7/2009 2:23 AM
Last Modified: 3/7/2009 3:11 AM

No matter what happens in Saturday's Big 12 wrestling tournament, three wrestlers from Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are already assured of a trip to the NCAA Tournament in two weeks.

For some Sooners and Cowboys, though, Saturday's conference meet in Lincoln, Neb., is the last chance to earn a trip to nationals in St. Louis.

The newly implemented national tournament qualification process the NCAA is using this season likely will benefit the five Big 12 schools that wrestle more than previous years. The conference has been allocated 37 automatic qualifying spots and could earn a few more qualifiers when the NCAA wrestling committee makes its at-large selections on Wednesday.

In previous years, the top-three finishers at all 10 weight classes from the Big 12 meet automatically qualified for the NCAA Tournament. After the Big 12 meet, the five league coaches met behind closed doors for an hour or so to decide the six to eight wild-card berths from the league.

"It was a bloody process," OU coach Jack Spates said of the past wild-card meetings. "I won't miss those meetings at all."

For Spates and OSU coach John Smith, their objective Saturday is to get as many of their wrestlers qualified for the national tournament. Iowa State is the prohibitive favorite to win its third consecutive league title. With Nebraska and Missouri ranked higher, the Sooners and Cowboys are trying to battle to avoid last place.

Both state coaches, though, believe they can get at least eight NCAA qualifiers. Their wrestlers in the 165, 197 and heavyweight divisions are set for St. Louis.

Spates said the new qualification system is extremely fair because it impartially examines a wrestler's entire season. But there is still work to be done Saturday in Lincoln, Smith said.

"I do believe this is momentum time, and you don't want to be thinking anything different other than creating momentum," Smith said.

"We need to be ready and we need to look forward to winning."


BIG12 CHAMPIONSHIP


Where: NU Coliseum, Lincoln, Neb.

When: Saturday

Schedule: 11 a.m. first-round matches; noon semifinals; 4 p.m. consolation, third-place and challenge matches; 7 p.m. championship finals

TV: FSOK-27, 7 p.m.

OSU lineup
125: No. 10 Obe Blanc 25-7
133: No. 14 Chris Notte 26-6
141: No. 14 Jamal Parks 25-7
149: Luke Silver 17-13
157: No. 11 Neil Erisman 29-8
165: No. 10 Brandon Mason 25-7
174: No. 10 Newly McSpadden 17-6
184: Chris McNeil 23-9
197: No. 8 Clayton Foster 26-3
285: No. 1 Jared Rosholt 29-2
OU lineup
125: No. 7 Joey Fio 19-3
133: Brian Shelton 13-5
141: Seth Vernon 15-8
149: No. 8 Kyle Terry 26-1
157: No. 19 Chad Terry 16-5
165: Ryan Smith 15-9
174: No. 11 Jeff James 21-4
184: No. 19 Pat Flynn 23-5
197: No. 13 Eric Lapotsky 22-6
285: Nathan Fernandez 20-8
Rankings according to Amateur
Wrestling News


NCAA championship qualifier allocations


The NCAA has awarded the Big 12 37 automatic qualifiers for the March 19-21 NCAA Championship meet in St. Louis.

After the Big 12 and the 10 national qualifier tournaments are completed, the NCAA will select 52 additional at-large qualifiers Wednesday for the national tournament.

All 10 weight-class divisions at the national meet will have 33 participants. The breakdown of automatic Big 12 qualifiers for each weight-class division is: 125: 3; 133: 3; 141: 3; 149: 2; 157: 4; 165: 5; 174: 3; 184: 4; 197: 5; 285: 5
Pokes4Life
03-07-2009, 12:00 PM
Silver (149), Erisman (157), Mason (165), McNeill (184), and Foster (197) all won the pigtail #4 vs #5 match this morning.

I found it odd that McNeill was in after not having seen him wrestle almost all semester. I guess he was injured maybe? I never heard.
Pokes4Life
03-07-2009, 12:26 PM
Blanc loses 4-3. Not a good camera angle, so I couldn't tell if it there was a takedown at the end or not, but it was close.
Pokes4Life
03-07-2009, 12:26 PM
Also, live video can be found here:

http://www.huskers.com/liveEvents/liveEvents.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=100&DB_LANG=&IN_SUBSCRIBER_CONTENT=&KEY=&DB_OEM_ID=100&DB_LANG=&IN_SUBSCRIBER_CONTENT=
Pokes4Life
03-07-2009, 12:34 PM
Notte wins 8-1 to advance to the finals at 133.
legelegel
03-07-2009, 12:38 PM
Also, live video can be found here:

http://www.huskers.com/liveEvents/liveEvents.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=100&DB_LANG=&IN_SUBSCRIBER_CONTENT=&KEY=&DB_OEM_ID=100&DB_LANG=&IN_SUBSCRIBER_CONTENT=

Thanks, P4L, for the link. :)
Pokes4Life
03-07-2009, 12:41 PM
Parks goes down against Gallick 2-0.
Pokes4Life
03-07-2009, 12:47 PM
Silver pinned by Terry of OU
legelegel
03-07-2009, 12:49 PM
uo is making a habit out of pinning our Pokes today.
Pokes4Life
03-07-2009, 01:03 PM
Erisman loses by a major to Burroughs.

Only one in the finals after 5.
legelegel
03-07-2009, 01:05 PM
1. Iowa State - 32 points
2. Oklahoma - 20 points
T3. Oklahoma State - 8 points
T3. Missouri - 8 points
5. Nebraska - 0 points
Pokes4Life
03-07-2009, 01:11 PM
Mason loses 5-3 to Marable
Pokes4Life
03-07-2009, 01:26 PM
McSpadden loses 3-2
legelegel
03-07-2009, 01:29 PM
http://www.okstate.com/pdf5/380218.pdf?SPSID=1555&SPID=149&DB_OEM_ID=200
legelegel
03-07-2009, 01:31 PM
Have the Cowboys ever been last in the Big 12 Conference Tourney?

1. Iowa State - 32 points
2. Missouri - 24 points
3. Oklahoma - 20 points
4. Nebraska - 17 points
5. Oklahoma State - 8 points

This is hard to watch.
Pokes4Life
03-07-2009, 01:37 PM
Have the Cowboys ever been last in the Big 12 Conference Tourney?

1. Iowa State - 32 points
2. Missouri - 24 points
3. Oklahoma - 20 points
4. Nebraska - 17 points
5. Oklahoma State - 8 points

No. In fact, we've never finished 4th. Our least amount of points for a tourney was last year with 52.5.
Pokes4Life
03-07-2009, 01:38 PM
McNeill loses to Jones
Pokes4Life
03-07-2009, 01:50 PM
And Foster loses to Varner 5-0.

Only Rosholt is left to give the Pokes a chance at 2 in the finals.
legelegel
03-07-2009, 01:57 PM
Rosholt (3) v. Ellis (2) on mat #2

Ellis leads 1-0
Rosholt escapes 1-1

Ellis wins 2-1 with riding time.

http://www.huskers.com/newMediaPlayer/consolewmp.htm?oemid=100&type=live&id=100720&KEY=
Pokes4Life
03-07-2009, 02:03 PM
And rosholt loses...
legelegel
03-07-2009, 02:04 PM
This is not a good day for Cowboy wrestling.

1. Iowa State - 56 points
2. Nebraska - 43 points
3. Missouri - 40 points
4. Oklahoma - 20 points
5. Oklahoma State - 8 points
Pokes4Life
03-07-2009, 10:17 PM
Ended up 4th. We'll be sending 9 to nationals.
JimBob
03-07-2009, 10:41 PM
Ended up 4th. We'll be sending 9 to nationals.

What are next year's prospects, recruiting, etc.? I saw there were four(?) kids that were four-time state champs; how many of them are OSU bound (recall at least two are)?
legelegel
03-07-2009, 11:17 PM
Don't write off our nine so easily, JB. They still have one more tournament left and need our support.
legelegel
03-07-2009, 11:40 PM
Ended up 4th. We'll be sending 9 to nationals.

T1. Iowa State - 70 points
T1. Nebraska - 70 points
3. Missouri - 55 points
4. Oklahoma State - 40 points
5. Oklahoma - 38.5 pointshttp://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&SPSID=56&SPID=28&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=3650923

Why is OSU saying the Cyclones won and Nebraska was second?

Iowa State narrowly won the team title with Nebraska finishing second and Missouri third. Nebraska 197-pounder Craig Brester was the Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament.http://www.okstate.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=200&ATCLID=3687409

For the first time in school history, the Cyclones have won at least a share of three-straight conference team titles.http://www.cyclones.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46632&SPID=4248&DB_OEM_ID=10700&ATCLID=3686620

Is this the first time OSU has not had a conference champion?
legelegel
03-07-2009, 11:51 PM
Every team in the conference had a least 2 champions, except one and that team had none.FINALS
125: No. 1 Joe Fio (OU) dec. No. 3 Tyler Clark (ISU); 5-3
133: No. 1 Nick Fanthorpe (ISU) dec. No. 2 Chris Notte (OSU); 5-1
141: No. 1 Marcus Hoehn (MU) dec. No. 2 Nick Gallick (ISU); 2-1 SV
149: No. 1 Kyle Terry (OU) dec. No. 2 Mitch Mueller (ISU); 3-0
157: No. 1 Jordan Burroughs (NU) dec. No. 2 Michael Chandler (MU); 6-4
165: No. 1 Nick Marable (MU) dec. No. 3 Jon Reader (ISU); 3-1
174: No. 2 Brandon Browne (NU) def. No. 1 Raymond Jordan (MU); 3-1
184: No. 1 Vince Jones (NU) dec. No. 2 Jerome Ward (ISU); 3-0
197: No. 2 Craig Brester (NU) dec. No. 1 Jake Varner (ISU); 4-3
HWT: No. 1 David Zabriskie (ISU) dec. No. 2 Mark Ellis (MU); 3-1http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=106184&SPID=13152&DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=3687478
Pokes4Life
03-08-2009, 09:36 AM
We have won 8 out of 13 tourneys with the last being in 2006.

Recruiting wise, we have probably the top ranked class in the country coming in next year including Chris Perry. We also have 2 great wrestlers that we redshirted this year in Jordan Oliver and Alex Meade.

Next year will be another rebuilding year that may turn out to be a nice year, but 2 years from now we should be back squarely at the top and be solid for a few years.
JimBob
03-08-2009, 09:04 PM
We have won 8 out of 13 tourneys with the last being in 2006.

Recruiting wise, we have probably the top ranked class in the country coming in next year including Chris Perry. We also have 2 great wrestlers that we redshirted this year in Jordan Oliver and Alex Meade.

Next year will be another rebuilding year that may turn out to be a nice year, but 2 years from now we should be back squarely at the top and be solid for a few years.

Thanks, I appreciate an "intelligent" response.