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Power of Three: Iowa Wrestling Wraps Up 23rd National Championship With A Trio of Champions
by RossWB on Mar 21, 2010 6:00 PM CDT
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McDonough looks like he wants to hold that trophy for a few more years; get ready, world.
The team title had already been salted away, secured with a dominating and exhilarating performance in the semifinals on Friday night. It was, in fact, almost the exact opposite of Iowa's performance a year ago, when an ugly collapse in the semifinal round left the Hawks with only one man in the finals (Brent Metcalf), made the team title race an actual competition, and forced the Iowa wrestlers to regroup and do some damage in the consolation brackets. They did just that and eked out a second-straight title anyway, sweating the entire way until Northwestern's Jake Herbert clinched the victory by defeating Ohio State's Mike Pucillo for the 184-lb. title. A year later, the Iowa wrestlers sucked the suspense out of the team race by staying steady in the early rounds while many of their projected competitors (Minnesota, Oklahoma State, Iowa State) were imploding and suffering shock upsets that left them missing some key point-scorers in their quest to upset the Iowa juggernaut, and then putting the title out of reach by sending five men into the semifinals... and then sending all five into the finals.
At that point, Saturday's championship finals became about individual gratification: ending careers on a high note for the three seniors involved and making the rest of the nation take notice for the two underclassmen. Three champions later (and achingly close to four), it was mission accomplished and a much happier group of Hawkeyes than we'd seen after team triumphs at last year's NCAA Tournament (when only Metcalf made the finals, where he suffered an upset loss to NC State's Darrion Caldwell) and this year's Big Ten Tournament (when six Hawkeyes entered the finals and only two emerged victorious), where team victories were sullied slightly by individual failures.
It was only fitting that Iowa's triumphant finals session began with a Matt McDonough victory; he'd been Iowa's sparkplug all season, pacing the way in meet after meet with dominating wins to get things rolling. His win over Long (the fourth this season) wasn't half as dominating as most of his wins this season, but it was also the only one with an NCAA Championship on the line. Any win's a pretty fine win those circumstances. McDonough's win was nearly followed by another, as Dan Dennis was seconds away from knocking off his nemesis, Minnesota's Jayson Ness, only for Ness to pull off an incredible takedown and nearfall in the final seconds to win. The agony of that match was followed by Marion's loss to Cornell's wildly talented freshman, Kyle Dake. Brent Metcalf was there to stop Iowa's skid in title matches in the most-hyped and most-anticipated match of the evening, knocking off Lance Palmer and avenging both his Big Ten Tournament loss to Palmer and his NCAA Tournament loss a year ago. The evening wrapped up in style with Jay Borschel's dominant win over previously undefeated Mack Lewnes, giving Iowa its third national championship and solidifying this year's team as one of the greatest in Iowa's storied history. The trio of national champions was the most for an Iowa team since 1998 and the 134.5 team points were the 10th most in NCAA history.
The man of the weekend, for our money, was Jay Borschel. Matt McDonough and Brent Metcalf had excellent weekends of their own (as did Dennis and Marion, even if they didn't end in the fashion they would have wanted) and Ryan Morningstar's hard-nosed performance, gritting out a 7th-place finish on a badly injured knee deserves special commendation, but Borschel's performances on Friday and Saturday night were the sort of brilliance that won't soon be forgotten. No one would have dreamed that possible after the first four minutes of Borschel's semifinal match, when he was staring down a 9-3 deficit and his national title hopes were swirling down the drain. But the next ten minutes that Borschel wrestled -- the final ten minutes of his Iowa career, in fact -- were ten of the finest minutes any Iowa wrestler has had in recent memory. His comeback against Henrich was amazing, improbable, spectacular -- insert the adjective of your choice. His utter domination of Cornell's Mack Lewnes, the undefeated 1-seed at 174 and a man who hadn't been taken down by an opponent even once all season, was perhaps even more amazing. The shock on Lewnes' face when Borshcel recorded a takedown in the opening minute was apparent and he never seemed to recover the rest of the match... though it didn't help that Borschel showed why he's been so masterful at riding people all season, utterly smothering Lewnes and rolling to an incredible win. A win like that in the NCAA Tournament finals would have been impressive enough -- to do it against an opponent like Lewnes makes it the stuff of legends.
Much happier champions than we saw a few weeks ago (or a year ago).
(Weight-by-weight breakdowns after the jump.)
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The Short List: Keno Davis
by Hawkeye State on Mar 21, 2010 3:19 PM CDT
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While loose lips in the athletics department may sink ships, they also leave plenty of room for speculation as to who the replacement will be. Every day seems to bring another story about whether or not one of the myriad options is interested in the job, or if an option truly is under consideration. Most is rumormongering, to be sure, but this is the internet: If we didn't rumormonger, what would fill these pages? Let's get it on.
The rumormongering and speculation continue with what I feel is the most inexplicable member of this list: Providence's Keno Davis, who would not even be on this list if it weren't for his last name.
We all know the story: Keno Davis is the son of Dr. Tom Davis, who was forced out in 1999 and, in the subsequent decade, had his reputation completely resurrected as Steve Alford failed to even meet Davis' standards and Todd Lickliter imploded. Dr. Tom eventually took over at Drake, where he coached four middling seasons before retiring after the 2006-07 campaign. Drake handed the keys to this Ford Taurus of a program to Davis' assistant and son, Keno. And Davis somehow put in a new transmission and turned it into a Ferrari, going 28-5, winning the Missouri Valley, garnering a 5-seed in the NCAA tournament, and winning AP coach of the year. His inexperience didn't scare Providence, who brought him to the Big East with a 7-year, $7M contract.
Even when taking into account that Providence is a Big East black hole (they haven't been past the first round of the tournament since God Shamgod was playing the point, and recruiting to Providence is difficult), Keno's first two years with the Friars have been thoroughly mediocre. Providence's record improved by 3 games in his first season, though the team was loaded with seniors. This year, Providence lost its last 11 games, stumbling to a 12-19 mark with just 4 wins in 19 Big East games. Keno is now 2 games under .500 in his time at Providence, with a 15-24 mark in the conference regular season and tournament.
Stylistically, Keno would be a complete 180: His teams have all been high-scoring press-heavy outfits. That works well when the press is effective, but not so much when it's not. Last year, it most certainly was not; Providence gave up 82 points per game, and a staggering 90 points per game in the 11 consecutive defeats that ended the season. Recruiting hasn't been much of an issue; Davis' classes have generally been highly regarded, at least by Providence standards. There is some concern, though, that a program in the northeast is having to draw talent from Texas and Michigan. Also, it should be noted that a Keno Davis candidacy may be dead on arrival: He's already telling local media and incoming recruits that he has no designs on the Iowa opening and is committed to making it work at Providence. Financial problems are moot: Iowa could easily surpass his current $1M per year pay, and his contract oddly contains no buyout on either side; Davis can leave or be fired at any time with virtually no repercussions.
Why should we say no to Keno Davis? Unlike the other top-tier candidates, there is absolutely no track record of power conference success with Davis. Unlike the other mid-card possibilities, there is not as much upside potential. What we have is a system coach with one miracle season at a mid-major where a senior-laden team got a 5 seed and the coach was named national coach of the year, followed by a couple years of sub-.500 performance with the record trending downward. Not to be flippant, but we just fired that guy. He would be a feel-good story, a chance at redemption for all the fans who sat quietly indifferent (or vocally in favor) while Bob Bowlsby forced out the winningest coach in the program's history because he didn't win enough. And if your goal in finding a new coach is to right old wrongs, to relitigate the Tom Davis ouster, then go ahead and support Keno. But if your goal is to win games and sell tickets, there are sure to be better options.
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Back in early January I was told by a certain head coach after a certain match during the national duals that "We’ll see you in Omaha." Well, I was in Omaha. Good to see you too.
I guess I’m really good at stalling now. Since I’m so good I think I will be setting up stalling camps, how to stall for the win. Instructional stall videos to follow.
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The Short List: Bruce Pearl
by Hawkeye State on Mar 21, 2010 1:31 PM CDT
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We are now one week into the Iowa basketball coaching search, and we haven't really learned anything; say what you will about some of Bloodpunch's deficiencies, but the man knows message control. To date, the only word on the search released by the athletic department was Friday's press statement naming the search committee (no surprises there; four high-level athletics administrators and former Iowa guard/current radio guy Bobby Hansen). Barta reportedly spent the weekend in Omaha for the NCAA wrestling tournament and Palo Alto for the women's game. It's not to say that nothing was happening during that time -- you don't hire a search firm for nothing -- but the high-level meetings and final phone calls don't take place from northern California. We've still got a long way to go. The delay isn't surprising: In 2007, Steve Alford resigned on March 21 (Happy Anniversary, Steve!) and Todd Lickliter wasn't announced as the new coach until April 2.
While loose lips in the athletics department may sink ships, they also leave plenty of room for speculation as to who the replacement will be. Every day seems to bring another story about whether or not one of the myriad options is interested in the job, or if an option truly is under consideration. Most is rumormongering, to be sure, but this is the internet: If we didn't rumormonger, what would fill these pages? Let's get it on.
Just like three years ago, the Iowa job is Pearl's if he wants it. What remains to be seen (or what might have already been seen, if the rumors are true) is whether Iowa can lure Pearl away from Tennessee. Our sense is that it is highly unlikely.
Pearl is the first disciple of former Iowa coach Tom Davis, serving first as a manager during Davis' tenure at Boston College, then following the good doctor west to act as an assistant at Stanford. He finally joined Davis in Iowa City in 1986, staying until 1992, and driving Illinois crazy with the Deon Thomas incident; when Pearl lost recruit Deon Thomas to Illinois, Pearl contacted Thomas and recorded the phone call as Thomas admitted to taking gifts from Illinois assistants. Illinois fans are still angry about this, and that makes me happy.
Pearl eventually left to become head coach at Division II Southern Indiana, where he was wildly successful, winning the 1995 national championship, finishing as a runner-up in 1994, and going 231-46 over nine seasons. He left USI for Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2001, making the NCAA tournament twice in four seasons and making a sweet sixteen run in 2005. Tennessee came calling. Pearl listened. The rest we know: A moribund program playing third fiddle in Knoxville, TN has been to the NCAA's five times, qualifying for its third sweet sixteen in those five years yesterday (by comparison, UT had reached 2 sweet sixteens in its pre-Pearl history) and setting home attendance records along the way.
The timing has never been right to bring Pearl to Iowa: When Davis was let go in 1999, Pearl was still coaching in Division II (and probably not enthused by the possibility of taking over a program that screwed his longtime mentor). When Pearl was ready for a move up after his 2005 season at Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Iowa had just finished 21-12 and made the tournament; there was no displacing Alford. When Steve did his best Don Quixote impersonation three years ago, Pearl was just getting established at Tennessee and politely declined Iowa's interview request.
It's difficult to imagine a scenario where Pearl would be interested this time, as well. He has paid dividends for Tennessee athletics, and they have more than returned the favor. He's reportedly earning $2.3M next season, with full job security, and is arguably already the best coach in program history. There are rumored personal issues -- a messy divorce, frustration at being the third-biggest show in town behind both football and women's hoops, the presence of John Calipari on his northern border -- that could tip the scales slightly, but those things feel more like excuses by a fan base desperate for the medicine Bruce Pearl could provide.
The painful truth is that Iowa basketball, in its current incarnation, is not a step up from Tennessee. Attendance has been lousy, the recruiting base needs rebuilt (one of Pearl's strengths, to be fair; he was always good at getting Chicago kids), and the current players need a reason to stay. Furthermore, Iowa athletics is profitable in general, but Iowa basketball itself has to turn a profit; with $800,000 per year being paid to Lickliter, $2.5M needed for a potential buyout, and more than $3M per year to lure Pearl, that will be difficult (to say nothing of the fact that Ferentz will immediately demand, and deserve, more as Iowa athletics' real breadwinner). The timing is wrong. The finances are wrong. I don't think this can happen.
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WE'RE TALKIN' WRESTLEBALL: NCAA Tourneys, Saturday Edition
by RossWB on Mar 20, 2010 5:01 PM CDT
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The team title's in the bag already, having been secured with a dominant performance in last night's semifinal round. Tonight's finals are all about individual glory. For Dennis and Borschel, it's one final chance to cap off their Iowa careers with the biggest prize of all: a national championship. For McDonough and Marion, it's a chance to put the finishing touches on their impressive debut seasons for Iowa and to serve notice to the rest of the country that this is the future of Iowa wrestling. And for Metcalf, it's one last shot to solidify his legacy, to atone for a pair of painful upset losses (last year's national championship finals and this year's Big Ten finals), and to write one last chapter in the incredible story of his Hawkeye career.
And while these matches are primarily about individual glory, there's one last bit of team history that this year's team can make. The team (and NCAA) record for most champions from a single team is five (done by Iowa in 1986 and 1997). This year's team obviously can't better that mark, but they can tie it, which would certainly solidify this team as one of the all-time greats in Iowa history. The odds are stacked against them: they'll be facing five very good opponents tonight (three of whom the Iowa wrestlers are very, very familiar with and who have provided some of the stiffest challenges of their careers) and in terms of seeding they'll be underdogs in all but one of the matches. Is it likely? Of course not. But after seeing what Borschel did last night, coming back and winning a match in which he should have been dead and buried, can you absolutely positively rule it out? I can't.
Session VI (Championship matches) begins at 6:30pm CST. TV coverage on ESPN (in HD, even). There's also radio coverage (KXIC if you're in or around Iowa City; Hawkeye All-Access ($) via the intewebs otherwise) or liveblogs/Twitter updates. Liveblogs: Andy Hamilton at Hawk Central; KJ Pilcher at the Gazoo. Twitter: (P-C) Andy_Hamilton, (Gazoo) kjpilcher, (DI) jtbugos and rcyou.
Feel free to chat about whichever NCAA Tournament you happen to be watching.
FINALS -- CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET
125 - #3 Matt McDonough vs. #5 Andrew Long (ISU)
133 - #2 Dan Dennis vs. #1 Jayson Ness (Minny)
141 - #6 Montell Marion vs. #1 Kyle Dake (Cornell)
149 - #2 Brent Metcalf vs. #1 Lance Palmer (fOSU)
174 - #2 Jay Borschel vs. #1 Mack Lewnes (Cornell)
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PARTY TIME: Iowa Wrestling Clinches 23rd National Championship
by RossWB on Mar 19, 2010 10:29 PM CDT
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PARTY HARD
After an incredibly dominant performance in the semifinal round tonight (five wins in five matches), the Iowa wrestling team officially clinched the 2010 National Championship. It's Iowa's third-straight national championship and twenty-third overall. We're still twelve behind Oklahoma State for the overall lead in national championships (although 19 of theirs came when they were something called "Oklahoma A&M," and claiming those titles is just the sort of underhanded shenanigans we expect out of people best known for illegally grabbing land), but the Brands machine is a-rollin' now.
There were many highlights for the Hawks in the semifinal round, like the continued pwnage of everyone in his path by McDonough, Dennis earning a fourth-straight win over Franklin Gomez with yet another late takedown off a wild scramble, Marion getting a late reversal to secure his win, and Metcalf bein' Metcalf (as much as he could against an opponent intent to hug the out-of-bounds line as much as humanly possible), but unquestionably the most exhilarating, stunning, and flat-out HOLY FUCK DID THAT REALLY JUST HAPPEN moment of the semis (and the win that may have officially clinched the team title for Iowa; I'm not sure) was Borschel's amazing come-from-behind 10-9 win over Virginis'a Christopher Henrich (3-seed).
He was down 5-0 within the opening minute and down 9-3 at one point in the second period. Henrich's strategy seemed to be to shock and awe Borschel at the start of the match and try like hell to hang on. It wasn't a terrible strategy, considering that Borschel has rarely been behind in his matches this year and it wasn't clear how he'd react. Fortunately, he reacted by getting back to the fundamentals of Iowa wresting under Gable/Brands: never stop attacking. Borschel kept coming at Henrich and he was rewarded handsomely, with two takedowns and two points off stall calls on Henrich (and who probably could have been nailed with another one in the closing minute of the third period when he was utterly lifeless on the mat as JayBo rode him out for victory). He scored his final takedown with just enough time remaining to secure a riding time point if he could ride him out... which is exactly what he did. An unbelievable win that highlighted a dream-like run through the semifinals. The team hardware is locked up; tomorrow night's all about individual glory now. A year ago, the Hawks won the national title with zero national champions and went home glum. This year they'll have five shots to rectify that. After tonight's efforts, we're sure as hell not betting against 'em.
SEMIFINAL ROUND -- CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET
125 - #3 Matt McDonough MAJ DEC (14-3) UN Cashe Quiroga (PUR)
133 - #2 Dan Dennis DEC (5-3, OT) #3 Franklin Gomez (MSU)
141 - #6 Montell Marion DEC (7-6) #10 Tyler Nauman (Pitt)
149 - #2 Brent Metcalf DEC (6-2) #3 Kyle Terry (Okla)
174 - #2 Jay Borschel DEC (10-9) #3 Christopher Henrich (Virginia)
FINALS -- CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET
125 - #3 Matt McDonough vs. #5 Andrew Long (ISU)
133 - #2 Dan Dennis vs. #1 Jayson Ness (Minny)
141 - #6 Montell Marion vs. #1 Kyle Dake (Cornell)
149 - #2 Brent Metcalf vs. #1 Lance Palmer (fOSU)
174 - #2 Jay Borschel vs. #1 Mack Lewnes (Cornell)
FOURTH ROUND MATCHES -- CONSOLATION BRACKET
165 - #7 Ryan Morningstar DEC (3-2) UN Justin Kerber (Cornell)
184 - #9 Phil Keddy MAJ DEC (14-5) UN Andrew Saunders (UNC Greensboro)
197 - #5 Trevor Brandvold (Wisco) DEC (7-4) #9 Chad Beatty (no All-America for Beatty)
Hwt - #5 Dan Erekson DEC (4-1) #6 Nathan Everhart (Indiana)
FIFTH ROUND MATCHES -- CONSOLATION BRACKET
165 - UN Nick Amuchastegui (Stanford) DEC (2-0) #7 Ryan Morningstar
184 - #5 Clayton Foster (Okie State) DEC (5-3) #9 Phil Keddy
Hwt - #9 Mark Ellis (Mizzou) DEC (3-1) #5 Dan Erekson
All three guys (Morningstar, Keddy, and Erekson) will wrestle in the 7th place match tomorrow morning.
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WE'RE TALKIN' WRESTLEBALL: NCAA Tourneys, Friday Evening Edition
by RossWB on Mar 19, 2010 5:30 PM CDT
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Session IV (including both the fourth and fifth round consolation matches and the semifinal matches in the championship bracket) begins at 6:00pm CST. TV coverage on ESPNU and a live stream at ESPN360.com. There's also radio coverage (KXIC if you're in or around Iowa City; Hawkeye All-Access ($) via the intewebs otherwise) or liveblogs/Twitter updates. Liveblogs: Andy Hamilton at Hawk Central; KJ Pilcher at the Gazoo. Twitter: (P-C) Andy_Hamilton, (Gazoo) kjpilcher, (DI) jtbugos and rcyou.
Feel free to chat about whichever NCAA Tournament you happen to be watching.
SEMIFINAL ROUND -- CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET
125 - #3 Matt McDonough v. UN Cashe Quiroga (PUR)
133 - #2 Dan Dennis v. #3 Franklin Gomez (MSU)
141 - #6 Montell Marion v. #10 Tyler Nauman (Pitt)
149 - #2 Brent Metcalf v. #3 Kyle Terry (Okla)
174 - #2 Jay Borschel v. #3 Christopher Henrich (Virginia)
FOURTH ROUND MATCHES -- CONSOLATION BRACKET
165 - #7 Ryan Morningstar v. UN Justin Kerber (Cornell)
184 - #9 Phil Keddy v. UN Andrew Saunders (UNC Greensboro)
197 - #9 Chad Beatty v. #5 Trevor Brandvold (Wisco)
Hwt - #5 Dan Erekson v. #6 Nathan Everhart (Indiana)
TEAM SCORES AFTER SESSION III
1) Iowa - 73 pts (5 wrestlers alive in championship bracket, 4 wrestlers still alive in consol. bracket)
2) Cornell - 54 pts (3 wrestlers alive in the championship bracket, 4 wrestlers still alive in consol. bracket)
3) Iowa State - 46 pts (3 wrestlers alive in the championship bracket, 3 wrestlers still alive in consol. bracket)
3) Ohio State - 46 pts (2 wrestlers alive in the championship bracket, 3 wrestlers still alive in consol. bracket)
5) Oklahoma - 44 pts (3 wrestlers alive in the championship bracket, 3 wrestlers still alive in consol. bracket)
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WE'RE TALKIN' WRESTLEBALL: NCAA Tourneys, Friday Daytime Edition
by RossWB on Mar 19, 2010 9:00 AM CDT
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Well, I couldn't leave you hanging on that cliffhanger, right?
Session III (including both the second and third round consolation matches and the quarterfinal matches in the championship bracket) begins at 9:30am CST. TV coverage on ESPNU and a live stream at ESPN360.com. There's also radio coverage (KXIC if you're in or around Iowa City; Hawkeye All-Access ($) via the intewebs otherwise) or liveblogs/Twitter updates. Liveblogs: Andy Hamilton at Hawk Central; KJ Pilcher at the Gazoo. Twitter: (P-C) Andy_Hamilton, (Gazoo) kjpilcher, (DI) jtbugos and rcyou.
Feel free to chat about whichever NCAA Tournament you happen to be watching.
QUARTERFINAL ROUND -- CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET
125 - #3 Matt McDonough MAJ DEC (9-0) Jarrod Garnett (Va Tech)
133 - #2 Dan Dennis DEC (4-3) #10 Nick Fanthorpe (ISU)
141 - #6 Montell Marion DEC (7-5, OT) Germane Lindsey (Ohio)
149 - #2 Brent Metcalf MAJ DEC (16-4) #7 Mitch Mueller (ISU)
165 - #2 Jarrod King (Edinboro) DEC (2-1) #7 Ryan Morningstar
174 - #2 Jay Borschel DEC (3-0) #10 Jordan Blanton (Illinois)
184 - #1 Kirk Smith (Boise State) DEC (6-4) #9 Phil Keddy
Hwt - #4 Konrad Dudziak (Duke) DEC (6-2) #5 Dan Erekson
SECOND ROUND MATCHES -- CONSOLATION BRACKET
157 - UN Jake Kerr DEC (6-5) #11 Robert Erisman (Okie State)
197 - #9 Chad Beatty DEC (2-1) Joseph Kennedy (Lehigh)
157 - #9 Matt Moley (Bloom?) DEC (5-1) Jake Kerr; Kerr is out of the tourney now
197 - #9 Chad Beatty v. ???
TEAM SCORES AFTER SESSION III
1) Iowa - 72 pts (5 wrestlers alive in championship bracket, 4 wrestlers still alive in consol. bracket)
2) Cornell - 50 pts (3 wrestlers alive in the championship bracket, 4 wrestlers still alive in consol. bracket)
3) Iowa State - 45.5 pts (3 wrestlers alive in the championship bracket, 4 wrestlers still alive in consol. bracket)
4) Ohio State - 44 pts (2 wrestlers alive in the championship bracket, 5 wrestlers still alive in consol. bracket)
5) Oklahoma - 43 pts (2 wrestlers alive in the championship bracket, 4 wrestlers still alive in consol. bracket)
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