Monday, March 14, 2011

NCAA Wrestling First-Day Projections

Wrestling fans everywhere are getting excited about the upcoming 2011 NCAA Championships that begin Thursday in Philadelphia.  As promised in my earlier story, here are my projections for the team leaders at the end of Thursday's morning session.  This guide will help track the team scores to see which teams are performing better than expected and which are falling short.

I'm basing this on the seedings that came out, the first-round matchups and propensity to score bonus points.  Boise State should get seven first-round winners but Iowa, Cornell and Penn State get ahead by virtue of bonus points.

1.  Iowa 24
2.  Cornell 22
3.  Penn State 20
4.  Minnesota 18
5.  Oklahoma State 17
6.  Boise State 15
7.  Nebraska 14
8.  Lehigh 12
9.  Wisconsin 10.5
10.  Oklahoma 10
10.  Rutgers 10
12.  American 9
13.  Binghampton 8
13.  Hofstra 8
13.  Iowa State 8
13.  Oregon State 8
13.  Penn 8
13.  Stanford 8

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