Illini Wrestling

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Haven’t watched as much wrestling this year as usual, looks like we’re having a down year though. Was wondering what happened to Ed Ruth (coach), don’t see him listed on the coaching roster anymore?
 
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Illinigirl said:
Haven’t watched as much wrestling this year as usual, looks like we’re having a down year though. Was wondering what happened to Ed Ruth (coach), don’t see him listed on the coaching roster anymore?
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Good question. His brother is still on the team.
 
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Illinigirl said:
Haven’t watched as much wrestling this year as usual, looks like we’re having a down year though. Was wondering what happened to Ed Ruth (coach), don’t see him listed on the coaching roster anymore?
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Moved to Croatia with his wife who is from there. She came to the US for school, Penn State as well, and wanted to go back after all these years in the US.

Injuries and redshirts are killers. Both Braunagels are olympic redshirting, Byrd is medical redshirting, Luffman tore his pec recently, Cardani has his shoulder still, Madrigal, Roberts, Pettigrew, Connell have all been out for varying times due to injuries.

Webster & Ruth are AA threats. Pucino & Connell should qualify. Madrigal, Roberts, Cardani & Pettigrew have shots at qualifying.
 
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cowcards said:
Moved to Croatia with his wife who is from there. She came to the US for school, Penn State as well, and wanted to go back after all these years in the US.

Injuries and redshirts are killers. Both Braunagels are olympic redshirting, Byrd is medical redshirting, Luffman tore his pec recently, Cardani has his shoulder still, Madrigal, Roberts, Pettigrew, Connell have all been out for varying times due to injuries.

Webster & Ruth are AA threats. Pucino & Connell should qualify. Madrigal, Roberts, Cardani & Pettigrew have shots at qualifying.
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Thank you.
 
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Boskydell said:
Does anyone know why Luke Luffman and Kannon Webster aren't wrestling?
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Luffman got hurt (tore his pec I think) and Webster was redshirted. Decided they weren’t going to be very good with all the injuries and it would be better for the team to have him contributing the next 4 years.
 
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cowcards said:
Luffman got hurt (tore his pec I think) and Webster was redshirted. Decided they weren’t going to be very good with all the injuries and it would be better for the team to have him contributing the next 4 years.
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Thanks
 
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Brackets came out tonight - https://www.ncaa.com/_flysystem/public-s3/images/2024/03/13/2024NCAAd1Wrestlingbrackets.pdf


Pucino got the 25 seed and has a match against Lemley of Michigan who I think will AA. I see that as a loss. On the backside he will probably have Vince Cornella of Cornell, which is a winnable match. The next one after that would potentially be the 7 or 10 seed. So barring any upsets I see him going 0-2 or 1-2.

Moore got the 28 seed and has a match with Hamiti of Wisconsin. That's a loss. Then he should get a rematch with Fish of MSU (1-2 against but beat at Big Ten) or Thompson of Ohio. Both are winnable matches but I'd rather see Thompson probably despite his higher seed. After that I would project Cerniglia of Navy, who has taken some weird losses this year and doesn't have any outstanding wins. I think that could be winnable.

Ruth got the 3 seed and the best possible draw he could ever hope for. The top-3 guys are all on the other side of the bracket. He should be in position to make the finals. He has the 30 seed Takats from Bucknell first. Cramer (CMU) or Sax (NDSU) next. Both are wins. Welsh of Ohio State, who he has beaten 2x in OT, will be waiting in the quarters. Cade Devos of SDSU will be the most likely semi-final. Devos is really good and was R12 guy (like Ruth) last year. He is 21-1 this year with his only loss to Griffith (MICH) in OT. I would put Ruth at a slight favorite in that match. The problem is that Ruth is wrestling everyone to a one score match and when you do that you are leaving yourself open to being upset. No one would be surprised to see him lose in the quarters either. But I'll predict a loss in the National Finals to Starocci.

Make sure you're following along next week! Can't wait to get out there.
 
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cowcards said:
Brackets came out tonight - https://www.ncaa.com/_flysystem/public-s3/images/2024/03/13/2024NCAAd1Wrestlingbrackets.pdf


Pucino got the 25 seed and has a match against Lemley of Michigan who I think will AA. I see that as a loss. On the backside he will probably have Vince Cornella of Cornell, which is a winnable match. The next one after that would potentially be the 7 or 10 seed. So barring any upsets I see him going 0-2 or 1-2.

Moore got the 28 seed and has a match with Hamiti of Wisconsin. That's a loss. Then he should get a rematch with Fish of MSU (1-2 against but beat at Big Ten) or Thompson of Ohio. Both are winnable matches but I'd rather see Thompson probably despite his higher seed. After that I would project Cerniglia of Navy, who has taken some weird losses this year and doesn't have any outstanding wins. I think that could be winnable.

Ruth got the 3 seed and the best possible draw he could ever hope for. The top-3 guys are all on the other side of the bracket. He should be in position to make the finals. He has the 30 seed Takats from Bucknell first. Cramer (CMU) or Sax (NDSU) next. Both are wins. Welsh of Ohio State, who he has beaten 2x in OT, will be waiting in the quarters. Cade Devos of SDSU will be the most likely semi-final. Devos is really good and was R12 guy (like Ruth) last year. He is 21-1 this year with his only loss to Griffith (MICH) in OT. I would put Ruth at a slight favorite in that match. The problem is that Ruth is wrestling everyone to a one score match and when you do that you are leaving yourself open to being upset. No one would be surprised to see him lose in the quarters either. But I'll predict a loss in the National Finals to Starocci.

Make sure you're following along next week! Can't wait to get out there.
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How are Ruth's chances with his next opponent?