2025 NCAA Wrestling Thread

[LJB]

we start off with snyder and GER off jump…

GER controlling center early…

snyder now forward… digs an under and GER warned…

ger pushes forward and gets snyder to protection and snyder gopes front head… camera cuts away top coach again and snyder gets an ankle and goes back for the finish… 2-0 snyder…

snyder goes knee pull and ger steps out and snyder chases while ger goes for low double… snyder drapes and flattens ger out but can not get the go behind…

lots of pushing on each other first ends 2-0…

off the whistle snyder takes ground and goes for single… ger sprawl but gives up step out… 3-0

50/50 for awhile with neither gaining any ground…

snyder working collar tie tries a snap but not getting much movement… 1 min left…

snyder working front head in the protection zone but can not advance… whistled at 30 seconds…

ger gets snyder in the protection zone late but npothiong… 3-0 snyder final… a biut meh overall…

Aiello and austria as well…

aiello gtes a quick 10 -0 tech… did not really watch…

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cardenas and TKM…

card keeping low… pawing from space… couple level changes and then a snatch single that card uses to drive him OOB for step out… 1-0…

head to head with TKM controlling center… card warned…

card snap double… TKM sprawls and then forces card OOBs… 1-1 TKM criteria…

card a shot from across the mat… TKM stuffs easily and is working for go behind… card reaches back and ties his legs yup for non controlled exposure… a bit peterson-ish… kinda nifty… TKM sorta ends up on top… finalscore is 3-3 and US throws brick…

tey were rolling around like *U kids so no telling how this plays out…

they take TKM 2 off and replace it with 2 truns card and reversal TKM… 5-2…

off the restart TKM gigs double unders and takes card into protection… card whizzers and then scrambles behind… ref awards TD… immediate brick from TKM…

TKM may get a step out instead of a TD…

chALLENEGE WON… 8-2 score on the restart… weird…

TKM active on the restart and shucks gets to the hip and the go behind for the late TD… 8-4 card at the break

lots of head to head and half shots from card… jumps front head and TKM stands him up and ghets the step out… 8-5…

card divesw in and TKM sprawl and flattens him…

off the whistle card down blocks and gets the edge for the go behind TD… 10-5 2 minutes left…

card has him front head… TKM tries to peak out and card gets the non controlled exposure… 12-5… 1:15 left

card dives in on a single… TKM sporawls… flattens him out… card holds on to ankle and nothing…

getting a little chippy late…

last 30 TKM wearing down a bit and card just playing defense… little duck here… reaches for a leg there… card dnaces around for the 12-5 win…

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Plott and KAZ…

lots of pawing at each other from space… plott warned…

plott tries balst double but caught with unders fairly easy…

KAZ single to a double chases it around and gets the TD and a gut… 4-0 KAZ…

more pawing from space… plott gets intpo a deep single late but KAZ stuffs it and flattens him out a little too easy… Kaz in on a single near the edge and takes him out for the 5-0 lead going into the break…

KAZ just playing defense and repelling plott’s elementary attacks easy… has no reason to really try anything…

ref wants a caution and 1 on KAZ for fleeing but white paddled…

off the restart kaz dives in on a single and scramble ensues… KAZ kinda wearing down and gives up the go behind… plott gets a lace and manages one trun before KAZ realizes he better fight it off… 5-4 KAZ 40 seconds left…

both slowing down… kaz stuffs a couple of shots and plott ends up over under clinch… tries a lat drop way late that KAZ fights off and during the scramble KAZ gets to the legs… ref awards no points as time expires… 5-4 KAZ…

ZO throws the brick…

challenege lost… 6-4 final KAZ…

[LJB]

womens give me a l;ittle bit of a break this morning…

coming up we have Hilllger and BUL…

Hendrickson and UZB…

Parriss and ROU… will be parriss’ first international tourney in a minute… am interested…

these are all coming up at the same time so there will be some pausing and rewinding going on…

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parris and ROU…

monkey grip from par… level change and really nice snatch single but ROU stuffs it easily and then turns it into a step out… 1-0 ROU

on the restart par goes high c to firemans to double… ROU catches it all and tries chest wrap… ref awards the popints for par… 4-1… immediate brick from ROU…

fell like this one is coming back and points will be for ROU…

points going up all over…

challenge won and they give ROU the 4 and a reversal for par… 5-2 ROU…

par tries a couple of snatch singles… forst one stepped out of but gets the sscond and picks up the leg for the go behind TD on the edge… 5-3 par… 4:30 left…

par on the ankle again… beings it up take him OOB… 5-4

again par dives in on the ankle… ROU trying to step pout but par dog on a bione and gets the TD… 6-5 20 seconds left in the first…

6-5 parris at the break…

proving to still be pretty quick and athletic for a smaller heavy…

restat rou digs under… par levl change to a double and takes him OOB… 7-5 par

par snaps and tries for the low ankle again… ROU steps out…

par dives in and catches both ankles for the TD… transitions to several laces… 13-5 par 1:30 left…

par high c to a double for the winning TD 15-5…

he looked pretty good…

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hillger v BUL…

hil still with a glorious mane…

bul controlling center and pi8shing him around… after a bout a minute goes arm spin and follows it formthe go behind… 2-0 bul

hil warned…

bul has all the weight i nthe world on hil and just imposing it on him…

hil on the clock…

hil dives in bul stuffs it weasy and stays in front head for a while leaning on him…

3-0 after shot clock…

hil finally comes up but bul takes him to the edge for the step out…

4-0…

on the restart in the clinch bul level changes and grabs a nice high c and has hil in the air for the big TD oob… looked like feet to back to me but only awarded 2… 6-0 bul at the break…

hil shoots from space… easily stiuffed… bul on front head driving hil all over the mat but hil dances the line and no step out…

wash rinse and repeat…

2 left

hil just has no answer and bul playing ther game well and using his bulk…

hil dives in on an the ankle and bul sits down on his butt… hil still working and gets a lace 6-2… minute left…

hil dives in again… another sprawl by bul…

wash rinse and repeat…

50/50 seatbelt whizzer position on the edge late but they come up… bul then takes hil OOB… 7-2 final…

hillger just totally outmatched there…

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hendrickson and UZB…

hen with the early eye poke… UZb takes some time…

hen comes backl active and ROU snaps and jumps front head… whistled…

stayoing in the middle in a 50/50 coillar… rou wants to keep space…

hen warned…

off thge whiostle hen balst double that turns into double unders and UZB tries to go big lat drop o nthe edge but straight to his back… 4-0 hen…

on the restart high c hen and go behind… thought there was a turn there but nothing… 6-0 1 left in the fiorst

hen dives in and stuffed…

restart hen goes outside step to a single for the go behind and transition gut for the 10-0 tech late first…

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aiello and GER…

bit a tin going on and not holding my interest…

A dives in on an ankle and Ger steps out and almost gets the go behind a couple of times on the edge but ends up only getting the step out… 1-0…

A on the clock…

goes high c but sprawl for GER… ger goes through the crotch… A peaks out and during the scramble ends with the TD and avoids shot clock… 2-2 A criteria late first…

at the break…

hand fighting until about 1:30 and A dives in on and stuffed o nthe edge… they start circling and A drives him out…

ref gives the step out to GER… 3-2… insta brick…

probably the right call…

challlenge lost 4-2 GER…

ger adds another step out after stuffing a half shot… 5-2…

restart snap outside sweep single for A and gets the TD… 5-4 ger 1 left…

A active with the tiny snaps… sweep single and gets far ankle for the TD and a transition gut makes 8-5 A…

less than 20 left…

A plays defense and gives up a step out as time expires… 8-6 final…

i have only started watching Aiello and dont know much about him, but, i don’t hate the way the guy wrestles…

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snyder MDA…

collar ties… snyder level changes and gest high c… while going to the edge he gets to the body and the eventual go behind TD OOB… 2-0 snyder…

lots of ear to ear… snyder tries a snatch siongle… stuffed… post double and stuffed but MDA warned…

snyder pushing him all over… MDA o nthe clock 1:10 left

level change for snyder… snatches high c… and switch to varner i nthe corner to go back to them being OOB… 4-0 after step out and shot clock…

that is the way first ends…

off the whislte snyder snydaer snatch ankle comes up to the body… eventually ends up as a step out… 5-0 snyder

MDA goes mis-direct knee pull and catches snyder with a feet to back… 5-4… 2:20 left…

pace is slowing… snyder goes front head and then catches near ankle and gets the go beind… 7-4 1:145 left…

slow level change by snyder but catches the hich c… comes up top the body… MDA continuing to fight… ends up seat belt whizzer o nthe edge and snyder get the go behind… 9-4… minute left…

both breathing pretty hard…

snyder content to keep space and bail out of attacks… ends with snyder in front head and MDA driving OOB but time expires… 9-4 snyder…

[LJB]

sadulaeuv looks healthy…

against india and playing the space game early… he will never be a big 97 guy…

IND on the clock…

sad active with multiple feingts and ends up with a go behind transition gut and shot clock point… 5-0 minute left…

sad reattack on gets outside ankle… chases it for a minute gets exposure… keeps chasing and eventually throws in a half IND to his back and immediately just accept shis fate for the first period pin…

[LJB]

Cardenas and GEO coming up…

car wants space… multiple level changes… GEO slowly coming forward… gets a russian from space and uses to ciorcle for the go beuind… that was nice…

works for the lace and and turns cardenas out of the arena… 10-0 tech GEO…

i guess there was a YOLO brick but i cant imagine whatfor… 11-0

[LJB]

amine and hamiti both open up in the quarters of 79kg in a few…

hendrickson and snyder back to back…

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hendrickson and AZE coming up…

AZE goes arm spin for 4 off a russian… hen gets reversal followed by 5 guts… 11-4 first minute…

AZE snaps hen in to a low ankle that hen keeps workinig and gets the TD and another gut… 15-4 tech quick…

nice…

i do love when the free guys actually use par terre…

refreshing to see our guys starting to actually wqork for it…

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snyder and the RUS…

this young russian supposed to be pretty good…

lots of hand fighting early and rus stuffiong snyder half attemtpos…

rus warned… and now o nthe clock…

rus catches low single and keeps chasing as shot clock expires but does end up with the TD… 2-1

snyder catches an ankle and rus dives out but snyder gets both ankles on the edge… comes up and awarded just the step out 2-2 rus criteria…

that is how the first ends…

the russian quick

snyder off thew wehistle goes knee pull but good defense… sprawlks out near the edge… grounds himself… snyder keeps working for the step out… love the new grounding rules…

snyder comes back spider monokey again and gets a another step out… 4-2…

restart rus dives in on a single but snyder sprawls and flattens him out… rus holding on for the ankle for dear life… gets the stoppade finally…

rus level change and gets the ankjle… brings it up and secures the TD… 4-4 rus

rus dives in on the anjle again… again flattenend out and keeping the ankjle… 1:@0 left…

rus again level change to a high c and gets leg in the air and gets another TD… 6-4

snyder reaches for an ankle and rus steps out and gets another quick go behind… 8-4 1 minute

snyder coming forward… rus head hands… dives in on a double but stuffed and flattenned out…

on the rstart rus repels attack and reattacks for tanother quick go behgind… 10-4 10 seconds elft

that is how it ends…

this rus and sadulaeuv was the premier match and it looks like it is going to plan so far…

[LJB]

sadulaeuv and KAZ…

sad with nice drag and gets the go beujind… keeps the arm bar but stopped for dangerous… 2-0 early

sad goes firemans and gets the TD and a guit… 8-0…

KAZ injured during the exchgange…

looks in a lot of pain… not sure what happenned…

looking at replay he got his elbow destroyed fighting off the gut… 8-0 injury final…

nasty…

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going back to amine and KGZ…

lots of head to head… little snaps… ha;lf shots… KGZ warned and after the restart gets put on the clock…

shot clock expires without much different… 1-0

amine gets a low ankle late and brings it up i nthe air and finally finishes for the late TD… 3-0 at the break…

mopre head hands… ear to ear… KGZ a shot attempt… now amine working front head… amine on the clock…

amine goes high c but KGZ good defense and almost gets a latdrop but amine escapes exposure or TD… KGZ throws the brick…

challenge lost 4-0 amine… shot clock did not go on the board or possibly challenge taken off…

either way… kaz gets over under and a lock and tries to go big but slips off and amine gest the TD and a transition gut to go up 8-0 just over a minute left…

amine stuffs shot and goes friont head… they come up and KGZ back in over under clinch and tries outside step but amine takes him over for feet to back and the 12-0 trech…

not a bad win and amine looked pretty solid…

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hamiti and GEO…

geo taking ground… hamiti goes low ankle geo steps out… both come up and geo in on a shot that hamiti stuffs… geo sticks with it and ends up getting to the hip form gorunded and dumps hamiuti over the TD and falls into trap arm… geo rolls him up 3 times to go up[ 8-0… hamiti scrambles out of the gut on the edge and jumps front head… secures the cradle and the pin…

wow…

crazy exchange…

there is a US challeneg for somehting… not sure what…

they might be saying geo got the tech before that last exchange… but does not look like it came back to defensible…

hamiti ends up getting the pin and the win…

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parris and TUR…

TUR takes gorund early and ends up with a quick step out…

on the restart parris goes quick high c and follows it OOB for the TD… they are calling just a step out… 1-1 par…

par in on a shot and TUR avoids nicely and goes beuind but par spins out and TUR takes him OOB for another step out… the big boys were moving…

TUR gets some cold spray…

restart par warned for hands to9 the face…

par high c but tur defends and spins out…

TUR goews low single that par stuffs and works for the go behind… 3-2 little over minut eleft in the first

mostly just ear top ear in the center for the remainder… one shot by par but stuffed…

3-2 par at the break…

off the whislte par goes high c… stuffed… tur tries low chest wrap but par does not expose… nice sequence…

pace slowing as they are hand fighting in the middle…

par reaches for aleg and stuffed… they come up and TUR has double unders driving to the edge, but, par ciurcles well…

tur driving forward late and slmost gets the step out… par warned to stand and fight…

tur pushing forward late and tries one last shot that par stuffs and ghoes behind for the late TD and the 5-2 win…

good match for parris…

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aiello and AZE…

head hands… A controlling center…

AZE warned…

A levfel changes and grabs outside ankle that AZE stuffs and gets the go behind… 2-0 AZE

AZE goes low ankle… A defends it well and ends up getting non controlled exposure… AZE comes back for the TD and gets transition lace to go up 6-2…

refs want to talk about the sequence…

stays 6-2… i agree…

restart… A taking ground… couple of attempts but stuffed…

another sattempt and AZE cathes it and goets over under and drive OOBs for the late step out… 7-2 AZE at the break…

aiello dive in on a low ankle… AZE circles for the go behinsd… A cirlces square… AZE still at it… chases chases and ends up getting a cradle and takes aiello over OOBs…

ref wants TD and turn… 11-2

off the restart AZE level changes and gets ankle… Aiello fighting it off but now AZE has good control and just stays with it untiol he gets the TD for the 13-2 tech…

[LJB]

quick break before semis…