Gophers Wrestling 2023-24 Season

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I have no opinion.

I think he was trying to engineer a reboot into pro wrestling by winning a few more big NCAA matches. His pro debut was mixed.

He was/is a great one in the NCAA.
 

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Huskers Travel to Minnesota, Welcome Purdue

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The No. 6 Nebraska wrestling team (5-1-0, 0-1-0 Big Ten) travels to No. 9 Minnesota on Friday, Jan. 19... When the Huskers face the Gophers, nine of the 10 bouts will potentially feature matchups between ranked wrestlers...


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Top-10 Matchup in Store for Big Ten Home Opener - University of Minnesota Athletics

No. 9 Minnesota welcomes No. 6 Nebraska to Maturi Pavilion Friday night in the Gophers' Big Ten home opener. The match starts at 9 p.m., and it will be shown...
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Since the beginning of last season, Minnesota has won eight of its last nine home duals at Maturi Pavilion.
 

So far so good. 2 out of 2 wins.

Live now on Big Ten Network.
 



amazing start winning 3 of the first 5 - upsets against more highly rated wrestlers.
during intermission just noting

no insight into why any of these guys transferred out
125 19th troy spratley OSU
133 4th aaron nagao PSU
141 7th tagen jamison OSU
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157 13th Cody Chittum ISU (a decommit), 20th Brayton Lee Indiana
165 29th Cael Carlson Oklahoma
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285 22nd Keaton Kluever Hofstra

Blockhus did enter the portal but retuned to MN, thankfully

Blockhus beating 2 and 3 in the last two matches could move him up to 2nd and a possible 20 point tourney guy. this could put the gophers about 15th on the next tourney rankings. Currently the gophers are not in the top 30
 
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Nice win by Salazar.
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Joles almost had that. So close.

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NIL is a major influencer at some.programs.
 

Gophers played well.

But lost. Bummer. Almost had it.
 

Leave it to Wresting to spoil the trifecta. Get ready for another middle of the pack season.
 
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There are only 75 D1 wrestling programs and wrestling includes the likes of South Dakota State, NDSU and others as their is no 2nd tier D1. So we should not be ok with where we are at. Two to three wrestlers are maybe top 10 but guys ranked in the upper 20's is not going to cut it and is a huge issue as every year we have regressed.
 

Penn State is a well known NIL power. And just look at that program.

It is sad to see college sports regress to buying teams and winning equates with purchase budget.
 

SHGopher said:
Penn State is a well known NIL power. And just look at that program.

It is sad to see college sports regress to buying teams and winning equates with purchase budget.
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PSU might have more NIL now than all

But, when they hired Cael as coach in 2009 they went from zero to number 1 quickly, prior to nil, and have stayed there. though to be fair, Penn and NJ are much better states for developing young wrestlers so a bit easier recruiting for PSU

don't know whats going on with eggum but it looks like he is recruiting just MN and WI. maybe had his recruiting budget reduced?
 

GopherOhana said:
PSU might have more NIL now than all

But, when they hired Cael as coach in 2009 they went from zero to number 1 quickly, prior to nil, and have stayed there. though to be fair, Penn and NJ are much better states for developing young wrestlers so a bit easier recruiting for PSU

don't know whats going on with eggum but it looks like he is recruiting just MN and WI. maybe had his recruiting budget reduced?
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Got to spend one’s time with recruits they actually may come to your school. No sense wasting time on those that will not come anyway.
 




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NCAA releases first coaches’ ranking for 2024 Division I Wrestling Championships

The NCAA has released its first coaches' ranking for the 2024 wrestling season, selecting a leader in each of the ten weight classes.
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yep. throw this one away. Blockhus not even ranked. (even though he just beat the 1 and 2 on the list). mckee at 18, salazar at 10 - makes me think this was taken a few weeks ago
the new intermat rankings come out on tuesday. much more accurate rankings

edit: per the rules, coaches could only rank a wrestler with at least 8 matches. Blockhus is currently 8-1, but if this poll was taken a couple of weeks ago, Blockhus would have had only 7 matches
 
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GopherOhana said:
yep. throw this one away. Blockhus not even ranked. (even though he just beat the 1 and 2 on the list). mckee at 18, salazar at 10 - makes me think this was taken a few weeks ago
the new intermat rankings come out on tuesday. much more accurate rankings

edit: per the rules, coaches could only rank a wrestler with at least 8 matches. Blockhus is currently 8-1, but if this poll was taken a couple of weeks ago, Blockhus would have had only 7 matches
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I was wonder about that. Thanks for clarifying.

I first saw McKee... scrolling through... no Blockhus... didn't spend much time looking, I thought.
 

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NCAA DI

01/23/2024
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this weejk's intermat wrestling rankings are out. i think they have a few gophers ranked too low given performances against iowa and nebraska. For example, Blockhus should be 2 or 3, not 6

there are two types of team ratings: dual meet and tournament

last week the gophers were not in the top 30 in team tournament rankings. this week they are tied for 17th - a big jump.
 

Tyler Wells was a nice addition. I think you had mentioned that story before.
 

SHGopher said:
Tyler Wells was a nice addition. I think you had mentioned that story before.
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tyler was a late pick up. he originally committed to st cloud state

currently ranked 26th at 133 on intermat, with 7 other freshman ranked higher

good pickup and hoping to see him develop

i don't know his frame so no idea if he can stay at 133. I'm a VV fan so (beyond this season) i don't think he'd beat out VV at 141
 


Michael Blockhus is having a great season. Blockhus nearly pinned his opponent out of the gate.

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Wow! What an ending, from losing to the win! Freshman Max McEnelly against ranked #22.

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3 POINTS AT THE BUZZER! Gophers win this one!
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Gophers opened a can of whoop-ash on Rutgers.

#24 (and underrated) Garrett Joles upsets #9 in overtime. Last week Joles barely lost a similar big match. He can wrestle in that upper range.

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Gophers ahead.

In the last match, #27 freshman Tyler Wells can secure the win for Gophers by avoiding a technical foul (run up massive points that stops the match). He's playing defensively well.

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Wells takes the match to overtime.

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Gophers Set to Host Maryland, Northwestern this Weekend - University of Minnesota Athletics

No. 10 Minnesota returns to Maturi Pavilion this weekend for a pair of Big Ten duals. Friday night at 7 p.m. the Gophers host Maryland, while the team welcom...
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Terps Hit The Road For Friday Night Dual At No. 10 Minnesota - University of Maryland Athletics

Maryland will travel to No. 10 Minnesota and face the Golden Gophers on Friday night at 8 pm EST. The dual will air on B1G+.
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Single Match Tickets

<p>Single match tickets will be available on Tuesday, October 31 for wrestling season ticket holders (9AM) and Gopher Score members (1PM). Remaining single match inventory will become available to the general public beginning Thursday, November 2 (9AM). <h2>Wrestling Season Ticket Holder Single...
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Friday evening here in Minnesota.

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The Gopher rankings will be higher than what you see here when they revise.
 

might need to rack up points at 125, 157 and 184 to win this one
 

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