2015 NCAA D1 ChampionshipsMar 17, 2015 by Willie Saylor
Expert Picks - 2015 NCAA Championships
Expert Picks - 2015 NCAA Championships
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Brackets have been poured over. A season's worth of data analyzed. And now it's time to call 'em like we see 'em.
The crazy thing about wrestling (and part of what makes the NCAA Tournament so compelling), is that 'right now' means everything. Perhaps in no other sport do you have to be clicking on all cylinders to be the commodity we know you to be. Wrestlers will underperform. Book it. And others will reach heights we've never seen them hit before, leaving us with a 'where'd that come from' look on our faces.
Despite all the data available and all the knowledge acquired over the years, the all star cast below, those that cash a paycheck for analyzing wrestlers, will undoubtedly watch Round 1 on Thursday and have wholesale changes to their assessements.
Does that get us off the hook for our pre-tournament picks?
Hell no.
Meet The Experts:
Willie - Editor-in-chief here at FloWrestling
Andrew Hipps - Editor and college rankings veteran at Intermat
Lee Roper - Wrestling instructor whose insights have been featured often on FloWrestling over the years.
TR Foley - NCAA All American for Virginia, popular columnist at Intermat, and media ops savior at United World Wrestling
Earl Smith - Hardcore wrestlng junkies know Earl's rankings and results work at D1collegewrestling.net
CP - FloWrestling resident college analyst and rankings guru Without further ado...
The crazy thing about wrestling (and part of what makes the NCAA Tournament so compelling), is that 'right now' means everything. Perhaps in no other sport do you have to be clicking on all cylinders to be the commodity we know you to be. Wrestlers will underperform. Book it. And others will reach heights we've never seen them hit before, leaving us with a 'where'd that come from' look on our faces.
Despite all the data available and all the knowledge acquired over the years, the all star cast below, those that cash a paycheck for analyzing wrestlers, will undoubtedly watch Round 1 on Thursday and have wholesale changes to their assessements.
Does that get us off the hook for our pre-tournament picks?
Hell no.
Meet The Experts:
Willie - Editor-in-chief here at FloWrestling
Andrew Hipps - Editor and college rankings veteran at Intermat
Lee Roper - Wrestling instructor whose insights have been featured often on FloWrestling over the years.
TR Foley - NCAA All American for Virginia, popular columnist at Intermat, and media ops savior at United World Wrestling
Earl Smith - Hardcore wrestlng junkies know Earl's rankings and results work at D1collegewrestling.net
CP - FloWrestling resident college analyst and rankings guru Without further ado...
Expert Picks | NCAA Championships | ||||||||||||||
SMALLS | HIPPS | ROPER | FOLEY | EARL | CP | |||||||||
The "Experts" |
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125 |
![]() Waters |
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![]() Dance |
![]() Waters |
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133 |
![]() Dardanes |
![]() Dardanes |
![]() Richards |
![]() Brewer |
![]() Taylor |
![]() Dardanes |
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141 |
![]() Stieber |
![]() Stieber |
![]() Stieber |
![]() Stieber |
![]() Stieber |
![]() Stieber |
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149 |
![]() Houdashelt |
![]() Tsirtsis |
![]() Houdashelt |
![]() Tsirtsis |
![]() Tsirtsis |
![]() Tsirtsis |
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157 |
![]() IMAR |
![]() Ness |
![]() IMAR |
![]() IMAR |
![]() Ness |
![]() IMAR |
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165 |
![]() Ringer |
![]() Ringer |
![]() Ringer |
![]() Sulzer |
![]() Ringer |
![]() Ringer |
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174 |
![]() Kokesh |
![]() Kokesh |
![]() Brown |
![]() Kokesh |
![]() Kokesh |
![]() Kokesh |
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184 |
![]() Dean |
![]() Dean |
![]() Dean |
![]() Dean |
![]() Dean |
![]() Dean |
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197 |
![]() Gadson |
![]() Snyder |
![]() McIntosh |
![]() Cox |
![]() Gadson |
![]() Cox |
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HWT |
![]() McMullan |
![]() Coon |
![]() Gwiz |
![]() McMullan |
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Team Champs |
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Some things of interest -
Willie - I flipped my pick from Monday's FRL show from Nahshon to Waters. I just think he's dialed in.
J'Den - Only two of six 'experts' picked the returning National Champ and #1 seed!
Foley - Picked the lowest seed to win; Cody Brewer, the #13.
Agreed - There were only two consensus picks - Logan (141) and Dean (184). Last year, there were three - Logan (141), Taylor (165), and Ruth (184), all of whom won.
Gone Rogue - Roper took four wrestlers that NO ONE else took - Dance (125), Richards (133), Brown (174), and McIntosh (197).
Picks That Were Not #1 Seeds -
Willie: Kyven (3), McMullan (2)
Andrew: Tomasello (4), Tsirtsis (2), Ness (3), Snyder (4), Coon (6)
Roper: Dance (3), Richards (5), Brown (2), McIntosh (2)
Foley: Brewer (13), Tsirtsis (2), Sulzer (4), McMullan (2)
Earl: Taylor (2), Tsirtsis (2), Ness (3), Gadson (3)
CP: Garrett (2), Tsirtsis (2)
The Ultimate Prize - Three teams each recieved two nods for the title. The team chase will be as wild as ever, with so many matches being critical, and momentum always ebbing and flowing.
Enjoy the rest of the week. It's the best time of the year.
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