Can anyone beat Danbury? I suspect not, certainly Trumbull, Bristol Eastern, Simsbury and Xaiver all threats. I think Xavier will do well as a lot of guys who can get on the podium. Individual predictions:
106: Rapuano (strong field should be fun)
113: Cyr (potential Hall v Cyr and Charron v Longo semis)
120: Sutton (crazy deep weight I could see 5 or 6 different guys winning)
126: Jack(Hard to see him losing, potential Mariano/Smart v Folino semi should be good)
132: Fields(potential 3rd match-up of Parrot v Fields)
138: Mastroianni(stacked weight some great quarters, interested to see potential Schand v Mastroianni semi)
145: Sung (Hard to see him losing, Veleas v Roberts in rd of 16 a good early one)
152: Marshall (should be good potential final vs Adams)
160: Angers (Hard to see him losing although Gonzalez gave him a tough one in class M final)
170: Sousa (could see a few guys winning this one)
182: LiCastri (Should be great potential final vs. Commander, Nanai not to be overlooked )
195: Gjanji (rematch v Osbey not sure if that would 3rd or 4th time?)
220: Gonzalez(not sure who is best placed for upset)
285: Schrecengost (could see a few different winners)
Marshall and Zukermann out in quarters at 152, Nichols losing in rd of 16 at 132, Commander at 182 losing in quarters. All the scratches and missed weights was the most surprising.
Standout matches/ big upsets from today? Marshall getting knocked out in the quarters was a big one
Official brackets are up on flo - Some major changes at 126 due to a missed weight and no show
i'm not confident about the other half
Wow. I couldn't even begin to handicap this tournament this year. I could give top 4-5 in most brackets and feel comfortable, but I only see three with a truly clear favorite. Maybe a couple more that I feel good about picking the finals match up.
There are a lot of crazy potential matchups this year! I’m excited for all of them haha but yes that is a very toug class , with some exciting match ups at every weight class which is rare. I’m looking forward to opens more this year than I have the past few. LLLLEEEETTTTTSSSSSSSSS GGGGEEEEETTTTTTT RRRREEEEAAAADDDDYYYYYYYYYYYYY TOOOOOOOOOOOOO RUUUUUUUMMMBBBLLLEEEEEEEE!!! Hahaha
Which weight do you think is toughest? I'd have to go 138 as very tough up top with Mastroianni, Johnson, Schand, Ryan, Laurie, Robertson. 120 also deep and a contender
Ok I guess I don’t recall them doing that last year but I like it.
I have to agree there! I just saw the schedule and saw that they wrestle through the quarters tomorrow night. I don’t remember that in the past years, but should make it interesting for the guys who have to make the cut for the second day vs Those that are wrestling their true weight.
106: rapuano/thompson
113: cyr/longo
120: finn/white
126: jack/mariano
132: bradley/fields
138: schand/johnson
145: cardozo/sung
152: adams/marshall
160: angers/Schwartz
170: carr/sousa
182: licastri/commander
195: gjinaj/osbey
220:gonzalez/weiner
285: schrecengost/zeller
potential battles
schand/Mastroianni semi
fields/Nichols semi
smart/mairano quarter
finn/ryan quarter
gonzales/agoev quarter
charron/thompson quarter
I guesstimated point totals based on a break down of the brackets i completed. the fist number represents a number i was conservatively comfortable at, the second is best case scenario. These totals include placement points, advancement & bonus.
Typically a champion scores about 25 points
2nd is good for 20
3rd 16
4th 14
5th 12
6th 11
I see team placement as follows:
1: Danbury (110- 130 points