First Coaches Poll

Talk about the champions, or the Top 25 nationally-ranked team!
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First Coaches Poll

Post by FloridaGuy » Thu Jan 19, 2023 9:22 pm

>>>>>>>>>Appears the D-1 coaches think more highly of some Lehigh wrestlers than some forum posters.

Let’s get everyone healthy, especially the three guys with AA level rankings.

Beard—#3, with McGonagle and Humphries in #5-6 territory.

Next comes Tate at #18———- but with the cu starter on the shelf, he’s the highest ranked EIWA 184.

Hines is fairly low but can do himself a world of good if he continues to wrestle like he did last weekend.

Our bookend redshirt frosh are also at the low end, but can solidify qualifier spots with a good three weeks.

The best part of the season is ahead of us.


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Post by Spladle1989 » Thu Jan 19, 2023 9:41 pm

I don’t see the disagreement you speak of….. i dont think anyone doubts Humphreys or Beard’s rankings….. McGonagle maybe a little but he has a chance to prove it friday nite……. That’s three weighs, the other 7 are right about where they deserve around 30 or worse (except for Samuelson who has hovered around 20 give or take)….

So we have 6 weights ranked right about where they should be, no one ranked at 165, 174, a couple around 30-32, and a couple between 28-29…..

So that means 60 % of the team is not ranked in the top 25% of wrestlers in their weight class across D1, is that what we are striving for? What we are now blasted as unrealistic if we are not happy about?

There are less than 100 D1 teams…… so to be in the top 33 you are basically only in the top third of all wrestlers in your weight class…..60% of our team is either not or barely is….. and we talk about possibility of top 10 teams?

Listen I love me some Lehigh wrestling, but this constant banter about those damn “negative forum posters” is exhausting…..Please explain…. Based on this years team, not on some bizarre historical statistical oddity….
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Re: First Coaches Poll

Post by FloridaGuy » Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:22 pm

>>>>>>>>> Eh, if your unhappy with three Lehigh wrestlers in the top 5 per the coaches poll then anything I say would be superfluous.

7-8 qualifiers and 3 AAs would be a very good NCAAs by any standard.

Save yourself from the exhaustion of reading my posts and just skip them.
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Post by Spladle1989 » Fri Jan 20, 2023 5:35 am

FloridaGuy wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2023 9:22 pm >>>>>>>>>Appears the D-1 coaches think more highly of some Lehigh wrestlers than some forum posters.
Who said i wasnt happy with 3 wrestlers in the top 5?

What I was commenting on was this statement……i think we all feel EXACTLY the same as most D1 coaches….. 3 very good D1 wrestlers, 1 very solid D1 wrestler…..then 6 guys who are borderline qualifiers at this point or below……and thats when all the starters ARE healthy…..
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Re: First Coaches Poll

Post by whiz wit » Fri Jan 20, 2023 6:14 am

Spladle, there are 78 D1 wrestling teams. You're being charitable.
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Post by Richb-3 » Fri Jan 20, 2023 8:12 am

Wrestlestat shows 80, but Presbyterians, I think, Queen are not eligible for the tournament,too new.
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Post by D3 for LU » Fri Jan 20, 2023 8:16 am

78... IS less than 100. ;)
I think we have it covered. :)
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Post by Spladle1989 » Fri Jan 20, 2023 8:18 am

whiz wit wrote: Fri Jan 20, 2023 6:14 am Spladle, there are 78 D1 wrestling teams. You're being charitable.
Yeah I wasn't sure on the exact number at the moment so I went conservative, knew it was floating around 80 somewhere......
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Post by Richb-3 » Fri Jan 20, 2023 8:19 am

Meters, yards. They are the same?

I got in to accuracy on this number last month when Wade Schalles posted on Tom's wrestling page that there were ~360 NCAA Division 1 schools, but only 34 division 1 schools with wrestling. The other 43(sic) were D2 or D3 or NAIA. ANd this was why...

Not really much difference between 78 + 80, but camels nose under the tent(pretty sure he does not consider Cambell D1)
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