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WE'RE TALKIN' WRESTLEBALL: NCAA Tourneys, Friday Daytime Edition

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.

UPDATED BRACKET

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)

HISTORY AGAINST OPP.
125: McD MAJ DEC (15-7) Garnett (09-10)
133: Dennis DEC (10-8, OT) Fanthorpe (09-10), Dennis DEC (4-3) Fanthorpe (08-09)
141: No prior meetings
149: Metcalf FALL (5:50) Mueller (09-10), Metcalf DEC (7-3) Mueller (09-10), Metcalf TECH FALL (26-10) Mueller (08-09), Metcalf MAJ DEC (14-4) Mueller (07-08), Metcalf DEC (10-4) Mueller (07-08)
157: No prior meetings
165: No prior meetings
174: Borschel DEC (6-0) Blanton (09-10)
184: Smith DEC (3-1, OT) Keddy (09-10), Keddy DEC (5-2) Smith (07-08), Keddy DEC (3-2) Smith (07-08), Keddy DEC (2-1, OT) Smith (07-08),
197: Beatty DEC (3-2) Kennedy (09-10)
Hwt: No prior meetings

NCAA TOURNAMENT SCORING
1st: 16pts
2nd: 12pts
3rd: 10pts
4th: 9pts
5th: 7pts
6th: 6pts
7th: 4pts
8th: 3pts

Bonus points:
Fall, Forfeit, DQ, Default: 2pts
Tech Fall (w/ nearfall points): 1.5pts
Tech Fall (w/o nearfall points) and Major Decision: 1pt

Advancement points:
Championship side: 1pt
Bye followed by win on Championship side: 1pt
Consolation side: .5pt
Bye followed by win on Consolation side: .5pt