Knight Notes
A heart-breaking and unexpected conclusion in a loss and a second conference win rounded out the weekend for the Knights. The Knights went to criteria against Wisconsin, losing on the third criteria, 19-18. Two days later, the team bounced back, picking up its second Big Ten win, against Northwestern, 22-19. The Knights moved to 2-7 to close out its first Big Ten season.
Rutgers Rankings
Intermat has the Knights at No. 23 in its dual meet rankings, up one spot from last week. The USA Today/NWCA Poll puts the Knights at No. 21, holding steady from a week ago.
The Intermat individual rankings have five Knights ranked. Anthony Ashnault (141) is the highest ranked Scarlet wrestler at No. 9, the same spot as last week. Ashnault went 2-0 over the weekend, with a regular and a major decision. Sophomore Scott DelVecchio (133) holds steady at No. 18 while junior Ken Theobold (149) holds at No. 17. 157-pounder Anthony Perrotti has moved up five spots in the last three weeks. The returning All American is now at No. 14 on Intermat. Rounding out the Scarlet rankings is Billy Smith. The heavyweight remains at No. 14 after losing to the No. 3 and the No. 4 wrestlers in the country. Phil Bakuckas (174) is at No. 20 in the rankings by The Open Mat.
Last Home Match a Sweetheart
Love wrestling? Love Rutgers? (see what I'm getting at here?) Don't you love it? This Saturday, February 14 at 2 pm at the College Avenue Gym versus Princeton.
Last chance to see @RUWrestling at home this Saturday 2pm college ave gym! Would love to see a @RURiotSquad appearance
— Coach Scott Goodale (@CoachGoodale) February 10, 2015
Prior to Saturday's match against the Tigers, redshirt senior Phil Visicaro, the team's only senior, will be recognized.
B1G Rankings
There are 79 Big Ten wrestlers - out of 250 top 25 wrestlers - in Intermat's rankings. That's 32% of the top wrestlers competing for the conference. If you look at All American status (top 8), 40 of 80 - that's half for those too lazy or uninterested to do the math - that represent the B1G. Ten Big Ten wrestlers are ranked either No. 1 or 2 in their weight class.
USA Today/NWCA | |||
RANK | SCHOOL | RECORD | PREVIOUS |
1 | Iowa | 13-0 | 1 |
2 | Missouri | 20-0 | 2 |
3 | Ohio State | 12-3 | 4 |
4 | Minnesota | 11-2 | 3 |
5 | Penn State | 10-3 | 5 |
6 | Cornell | 14-1 | 6 |
7 | Oklahoma State | 8-3 | 7 |
8 | Iowa State | 8-2 | 8 |
9 | Virginia Tech | 12-2 | 9 |
10 | Nebraska | 11-1 | 10 |
12 | Illinois | 12-4 | 14 |
16 | Michigan | 6-5 | 16 |
18 | Wisconsin | 9-3 | 18 |
21 | Rutgers | 12-7 | 21 |
24 | Purdue | 8-8 | 22 |
B1G Standings
Conference |
Overall |
|||
W-L-T |
% |
W-L-T |
% |
|
Iowa |
8-0-0 |
1.000 |
13-0-0 |
1.000 |
Nebraska |
8-1-0 |
.889 |
11-1-0 |
.917 |
Ohio State |
8-1-0 |
.889 |
12-3-0 |
.800 |
Minnesota |
7-2-0 |
.778 |
11-2-0 |
.846 |
Wisconsin |
7-2-0 |
.778 |
9-3-0 |
.750 |
Penn State |
6-3-0 |
.667 |
10-3-0 |
.769 |
Illinois |
6-3-0 |
.667 |
12-4-0 |
.750 |
Michigan |
4-4-0 |
.500 |
6-5-0 |
.546 |
Rutgers |
2-7-0 |
.222 |
12-7-0 |
.632 |
Purdue |
1-6-0 |
.143 |
8-8-0 |
.500 |
Northwestern |
1-7-0 |
.125 |
9-8-0 |
.529 |
Michigan State |
0-7-0 |
.000 |
4-10-0 |
.286 |
Indiana |
0-7-0 |
.000 |
2-8-0 |
.200 |
Maryland |
0-8-0 |
.000 |
5-14-0 |
.263 |
Through Feb. 8.
Big Ten Wrestler of the Week
Bobby Telford, Iowa, Heavyweight - Sr. - Hockessin, Del.
Telford is currently ranked No. 2 by Intermat.
- Defeated two ranked Big Ten opponents without allowing a single point
- His 3-0 win over No. 6 Jimmy Lawson of Penn State clinched Iowa's 18-12 victory en route to at least a share of the Big Ten Wrestling Dual Meet Championship
- Posted a 4-0 win over No. 13 Spencer Myers of Maryland, guiding the Hawkeyes to a 33-3 victory over the Terrapins
- Improved to 8-1 against ranked opponents
- Collects the second weekly award of his career
Wrestling Attendance
The Iowa at PSU match was a doozy. The 18-12 Hawkeye victory saw 15,967 in attendance at Bryce Jordan Center. It was the second largest dual crowd in NCAA dual history.
WIN Tournament Power Index Ranking
This is an "expectation" of where teams will finish in the NCAA Tournament.
Rank |
College |
Top 8 |
TPI Pts |
1 |
Iowa |
8 |
81.5 |
2 |
Missouri |
5 |
79 |
3 |
Minnesota |
5 |
78.5 |
4 |
Ohio State |
5 |
65.5 |
5 |
Illinois |
5 |
57 |
6 |
Cornell |
4 |
56.5 |
7 |
Virginia Tech |
6 |
55.5 |
8 |
Penn State |
5 |
54.5 |
9 |
Edinboro |
3 |
51.5 |
10 |
Oklahoma State |
3 |
49 |
11 |
Wisconsin |
3 |
48 |
12 |
Iowa State |
3 |
46 |
13 |
Nebraska |
2 |
40 |
14 |
Northwestern |
3 |
34.5 |
15 |
Virginia |
2 |
27.5 |
16 |
Michigan |
2 |
25.5 |
17 |
NC State |
1 |
22 |
18 |
Pittsburgh |
1 |
19 |
19 |
Old Dominion |
1 |
18 |
20 |
Penn |
1 |
17 |