2024 NCAA Championship Session II Thread

[Tom McAndrew]

Please use the thread for all pre-session, in-session, and post-session discussion for the Session II of the 2024 NCAA Championships.

When:
March 21, 7:00 pm EDT

Where:
T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, MO

TV:
ESPN

Video Streaming:
ESPN+. Please note that this is the only way to get access to multiple mats. In past years, this was offered on ESPN3 (free to those that were ESPN subscribers), but last year ESPN switched MatCast to ESPN+, which is a subscription service.

Audio Streaming:
The radio PBP, with Jeff Byers at the mic, will be streamed for free. There is no pre-Session portion of the broadcast due to the weekly Coaches Show. Thus, Byers's coverage starts at 7 pm EDT, which is the same time as the start of the action.You can access the audio stream at:

2024 NCAA Championships / Session 2

Video: 2024 NCAA Championships / Session 2. Wrestling

gopsusports.com

The best places for tracking the team scoring race is the Penn State Wrestling Club web site, or TrackWrestling

Penn State Wrestling Club – wrestling lives here​

pennstatewrestlingclub.org

PBP:
I'll be available for PBP for the entire session. @GregPickel will also be in the thread helping with PBP. Hopefully, several of you will also step forward and provide some analysis, or some comments on each match. As always, I remind you to please include the score for the match, or provide some context (wrestler, school, and weight class) beyond just "that's not a takedown." It also helps to give folks a heads up as to what mat a PSU wrestler will be wrestling on. You can usually get that info from Ironhead's audio PBP, from Penn State Wrestling's twitter account, or from TrackWrestling.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Matches for PSU wrestlers in Session II

125 Championship R2: #1 seed Braeden Davis vs. #17 seed Brett Unger, Cornell

133 Consolation R1: #10 seed Aaron Nagao vs. #26 seed Kade Moore (Mizzou)

141 Championship R2: #2 seed Beau Bartlett vs. #15 seed Mitch Moore, Rutgers

149 Consolation R1: #7 seed Tyler Kasak vs. #23 seed Drew Roberts (Minny)

157 Championship R2: #1 seed Levi Haines vs. #18 seed Teague Travis, (Okla. St.)

165 Championship R2: #2 seed Mitchell Messenbrink vs. #15 seed Brevin Castella (Binghampton)

174 Championship R2: #9 seed Carter Starocci vs. #8 seed Adam Kemp (Cal Poly)

184 Championship R2: #6 seed Bernie Truax vs. #11 seed Colton Hawks (Mizzou)

197 Championship R2: #1 seed Aaron Brooks vs. #17 seed Joseph Novak (Wyoming)

285 Championship R2: #1 seed Greg Kirkvilet vs. #17 seed Grady Griess (Navy)

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

I guess Cody Chittum (Iowa St) was the only higher seed to lose in R1 @ 157. As Basch indicates, there really are some great matchups at 157 in R2.

 

[GregPickel]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Un F* Believable

I'm getting ready for Session II, and I turn on ESPN -- something I've watched thousands of times. And what appears now:

"Sorry, we're having trouble connecting"

Of all the days to have an issue (and checking my TV, I can switch to pretty much any other channel and have no issues).

@GregPickel -- I'm going to have to see if I can stream it on another computer. I'll let you know if that works out, and I can do PBP

 

[GregPickel]

Un F* Believable

I'm getting ready for Session II, and I turn on ESPN -- something I've watched thousands of times. And what appears now:

"Sorry, we're having trouble connecting"

Of all the days to have an issue (and checking my TV, I can switch to pretty much any other channel and have no issues).

@GregPickel -- I'm going to have to see if I can stream it on another computer. I'll let you know if that works out, and I can do PBP

Damn! That stinks. Sorry Tom. Keep me posted. I am here.

 

[pabison]

Does Matcast show all eight mats at once?

 

[ElDuce]

Here we go

 

[ClarkstonMark]

no wrap on Davis's hand

 

[GregPickel]

Ye

Does Matcast show all eight mats at once?

Yes.

 

[Psuproud]

Does Matcast show all eight mats at once?

Yes

 

[GregPickel]

Recap: Penn State sails through second round of NCAA Wrestling Championships

Penn State wrestling leads the team race entering Thursday night's second session in Kansas City. Here's how you can watch and follow along.

www.on3.com

 

[Karl_Havok]

Alright let's rock!

 

[Tom McAndrew]

@GregPickel -- still trying to get set up. Please do PBP on Davis

 

[PSU_Lions_84]

C'mon, BFA! (Baby-faced assassin.)

 

[ElDuce]

No real action after 1

 

[ElDuce]

1-0 Davis after 2, Unger keeps going to his knees like Ayala

 

[Spice67]

Guys are going to knee’s against us

 

[ElDuce]

Davis grinding on top > 1 minute

 

[ElDuce]

2-1 Davis

 

[GregPickel]

125: Braeden Davis vs. Brett Ungar, Cornell.

First period
The pair are feeling each other out a bit and trying to set shots up but nothing is cooking just yet. The fears about Davis' hands appear to be overblown. No wrap on it and no indication it's bothering him from my point of view. No score after one.

Second period
Davis is down to start. He turns in and is out for a 1-0 lead about 15 seconds into the period. Davis is the aggressor ever since but no scoring just yet. Second period ends with Davis up 1-0.

Third period
Ungar takes bottom. Ungar was nearly up once but Davis got him back to the mat and got legs in. As that was happening Ungar sat up, stood, and they went off the edge. Davis has 37 seconds of RT with 1:13 left. Ungar rolls, Davis goes with, almost caught Ungar, but did not, but Davis is now over 1:00 in riding time, and his ride continues with about 45 seconds left. and as Ungar stands, Davis drives him off the edge and gets hit with a stall warning, his first, with 29 seconds left. Ungar stands with 20 seconds left, Davis is trying to mat return, and Ungar is out with 10 seconds left to 1-1. Davis wins it with riding time. 1:41 of it, to be exact.

Davis d. Ungar, 2-1

 

[cb1994]

win is a win!!

 

[Tom McAndrew]

what a hell of a ride by Braeden Davis in the 3rd period!!!

 

[Karl_Havok]

Davis with a tough ride to win that one. Unger is tough. He is a PA kid.

 

[PSU_Lions_84]

Guys are going to knee’s against us

Stall position #3

 

[BlueAndWhite86]

If Davis keeps winning he’ll grow whiskers that he’ll have to shave.

 

[Spice67]

Davis is small but slick. Think he gets Ramos next right ?

 

[PSU_Lions_84]

If Davis keeps winning he’ll grow whiskers that he’ll have to shave.

He's not going to waste testosterone growing facial hair. Watch how often he has to adjust the crotch of his singlet. Jewels growing larger all the time.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

@GregPickel -- I got the stream to work; still can't get it to work on the TV. I think I'm good for PBP for the Championship round matches. I'll pass the 133 and the 149 matches to you.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Davis is small but slick. Think he gets Ramos next right ?

No. He'll face Richie Figs (ASU) tomorrow in the Quarters

 

[ElDuce]

Stanich goes down, #2 seed 125 to Smith of Nebraska

 

[GregPickel]

Wow, Caleb Smith just upset Stanich.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

wow, Caleb Smith (Neb) takes out #2 seed Luke Stanich (Lehigh) in R2, 4-1

 

[Garw]

Looked to me like B Davis had great clock awareness, took what he could, incredible riding skills and totally unflappable. Great match.

 

[Tgar]

Fix vs Bouzakis. Scraping. How many seasons does this make for Fix?

 

[GregPickel]

@GregPickel -- I got the stream to work; still can't get it to work on the TV. I think I'm good for PBP for the Championship round matches. I'll pass the 133 and the 149 matches to you.

Tom, just an FYI for you and everyone else, I'm having some ESPN issues as well. I keep getting logged out. We should be good but if any other the PBP is abbreviated, that's because it logged me out yet again mid match. Fun!

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Gronky]

20 minutes in & being forced to listen to Daniel Cormier & I'm already screaming..."Please go away"!! He literally is the Charles Barkley of wrestling announcers.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Nagao in the hole on Mat 8