Beast wrote:I don't have a dog in this fight, but a couple issues at 120:
The 6 seed, Griffin, was a finalist last year, shouldn't he be the 2 seed?
The 9 seed, Hand, beat the #1 ranked kid at AAA 120 this weekend. I think he should up in the top 3, 4, 5 seed somewhere.
Just my opinion...
With a very basic understanding of how a bracket works it seems like the Seeding Committee did a very good thing for the 9 Seeded wrestler.
Winner of 8 vs 9 faces the winner of 1 vs unseeded in the quarter finals.
Is it possible that the Christiansburg Coaches used this strategy to keep their wrestler on what they believe is his best route to the finals?
Seems to make sense given your other statement that the 6 seed is a returning runner up. Is it possible they want to keep their guy away from the 2022 runner up who is now a senior and pair him with the top seed who is a sophomore and someone their kid already beat? A known commodity that your kid previously defeated instead of getting thrown into the mix and facing unknown competition.
As for the 6 seed being the 2022 runner up and deserving the 2 seed, Perhaps his coaches reasoned he will have the 3 seed in the quarters instead of seeing a 3 seed in the semis. As the 2022 runner up he probably is confident of what he wants and is not concerned about how the consolation bracket shakes out.