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  • 2024 NCAA DI National Championships Preview (184 lbs)

    The 2024 NCAA DI Wrestling Championships are less than a week away! In a few short days, 330 wrestlers will make the trek to Kansas City, with hopes of a national title on their minds. Now it's in a city that hasn't hosted nationals since 2003 , but by all accounts, should be a great host. 
    Before the action on the mat starts, InterMat will go through each individual bracket and highlight the favorites, top matches to watch, and much more.
    The Top Seed: Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa)
    Northern Iowa has become 184 lb U over the last five seasons with a national title from Drew Foster in 2019, a top seed at national from Taylor Lujan, and four years with Parker Keckeisen. Keckeisen has amassed a 95-5 record during his time with UNI - earning All-American honors three times and never placing lower than third. In fact, three of his five losses have come at the hands of three-time national champion Aaron Brooks, who has since moved up to 197 lbs. 
    With Brooks moving up to 197, Keckeisen has taken over as the favorite at 184 lbs. Not only has Keckeisen gone undefeated, he’s seemed to separate himself from the rest of the pack. Only three of his 2023-24 bouts have ended without bonus points. Early in the season, Keckeisen was selected to wrestle in the NWCA All-Star Match. In the exhibition, Keckeisen rallied to defeat three-time All-American, Bernie Truax, on his new home mat at Penn State’s Rec Hall. 
    A week after the All-Star Classic, Keckeisen went out west and won the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. En route to a title, Keckeisen majored a pair of returning All-Americans. The previous year he fell in the finals. 
    Keckeisen was able to navigate through the Big 12 dual season and tournament, in a weight class that took six wrestlers to nationals, without issue. He posted two wins over third-seeded Dustin Plott - the second came in the conference finals and was via major decision. 
    Over the last two years (including the All-Star Classic), Keckeisen has a combined six wins over the wrestlers who hold the second-through-sixth seeds. We’ll see how he handles being the hunted instead of the hunter - but all indications thus far are that he won’t have any problems. 
    The Contenders: #2 Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota), #3 Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State), #4 Trey Munoz (Oregon State), #5 Lenny Pinto (Nebraska), #6 Bernie Truax (Penn State)
     
    The Conference Champions
    ACC: #7 TJ Stewart (Virginia Tech)
    Big 12: #1 Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa)
    Big Ten: #2 Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota)
    EIWA: #13 Aaron Ayzerov (Columbia)
    MAC: #30 Malachi DuVall (George Mason)
    Pac-12: #4 Trey Munoz (Oregon State)
    SoCon: #33 Tomas Brooker (Appalachian State)
     
    Top First-Round Matches
    #16 Nate Dugan (Princeton) vs. #17 Will Feldkamp (Iowa State)
    #12 Jaden Bullock (Michigan) vs. #21 Brian Soldano (Rutgers)
    #13 Aaron Ayzerov (Columbia) vs. #20 Jacob Nolan (Binghamton)
    #11 Colton Hawks (Missouri) vs. #22 Gavin Kane (North Carolina)
    #10 Dylan Fishback (NC State) vs. #23 Layne Malczewski (Michigan State)
    #15 Reece Heller (Pittsburgh) vs. #18 Ryder Rogotzke (Ohio State)
    A year after losing in the NCAA Round of 12, Isaiah Salazar has turned into one of the top contenders in the 184 lb weight class. Salazar suffered a loss the first weekend of December and has been perfect ever since. During the second week of the Big Ten dual season, Salazar picked up his biggest win over the regular season when he knocked off Lenny Pinto, 4-1. In some circles, Salazar was seen as an unknown before the Big Ten Championships. Because of the way the Big Ten schedule broke, Salazar didn’t have the opportunity to hit many of the top contenders at the weight. That sorted itself out in Maryland as he held steady against Jaden Bullock and Bernie Truax to capture his first Big Ten title. 
    Keckeisen’s Big 12 finals opponent Dustin Plott holds the third seed. Plott was a two-time NCAA sixth-place finisher at 174 lbs and moved up to 184 in the offseason. That move proved to be a wise decision as Plott turned in his most consistent collegiate campaign to date. Plott was third at the CKLV and after Vegas, his only losses came to Keckeisen. 
    Fourth-seeded Trey Munoz won his first ten matches of the year before having a rough showing in Vegas. He rebounded big time with a win over Bernie Truax right after the New Year. Munoz made the NCAA semifinals last year and was injured against Keckeisen, then had to forfeit down to sixth place. 
    Pinto’s regular season saw him lose three times, all of which came to wrestlers who went on to earn top-three seeds at nationals. He did post a win over Plott before losing to him in the third-place bout at the CKLV. The same goes for Truax, Pinto defeated him in their dual clash, but lost in the Big Ten semifinals. 
    Truax was a three-time NCAA fourth-place finisher for Cal Poly who chose to finish his career with Penn State. While he sports a relatively modest 14-4 record, Truax has done his best work in the postseason. He’s the only wrestler in this bracket with a collegiate win over Keckeisen. 
    The seventh seed belongs to TJ Stewart a redshirt freshman for Virginia Tech - a conference champion in a deep ACC weight class. The Hokies had a few veterans who had an opportunity to win the starting role, before Stewart seized the gig. During the final two weeks of the regular season, Stewart earned a pair of high-quality wins over opponents ranked in the top-15. Though he only had ten matches under his belt, Stewart was able to earn an allocation for the ACC. At the ACC Championships, Stewart avenged one of his two losses on the year by downing 2023 All-American Gavin Kane, before winning the title with a second victory over fellow freshman Dylan Fishback. 
     
    Darkhorse All-American Candidate: #14 Chris Foca (Cornell)
    Ok, so this is kind of cheating. Chris Foca was third in the nation last season at a loaded 174 lb weight class and spent the majority of the season in the top ten. Foca’s kryptonite proved to be fellow New Jersey native Aaron Ayzerov of Columbia who was responsible for half of six losses on the year. Luckily, they’re on different halves of the bracket and probably wouldn’t meet unless something wacky happens. 
    After a first-round win, Foca could have a matchup with third-seeded Plott. That may not be favorable; however, Foca is capable of a deep run through the consolations. 
     
    Extreme (20+) Darkhorse All-American Contender: #21 Brian Soldano (Rutgers)
    There aren’t any obvious picks here among wrestlers in the top 20, so why not go with Rutgers sophomore Brian Soldano. Soldano has one of the most wide-open styles of anyone in the nation. He’s capable of stringing together multiple pins and is never out of a match. Last season, Soldano was 2-2 in Tulsa, but both of his wins came via fall over opponents seeded higher than him. 
     
    The Team Race: The squad expected to be in the team race that could benefit the most at this weight is Cornell, if Foca goes on a podium run. At this point, he isn’t even seeded to make the Round of 12. 
     
    Projected Quarterfinals
    #1 Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) vs. #9 Bennett Berge (South Dakota State)
    #5 Lenny Pinto (Nebraska) vs. #4 Trey Munoz (Oregon State)
    #3 Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) vs. #6 Bernie Truax (Penn State)
    #7 TJ Stewart (Virginia Tech) vs. #2 Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota)
     
    Projected Semifinals
    #1 Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) vs. #5 Lenny Pinto (Nebraska)
    #3 Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) vs. #2 Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota)
     
    Projected All-Americans
    1st) Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa)
    2nd) Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State)
    3rd) Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota)
    4th) Lenny Pinto (Nebraska)
    5th) Bernie Truax (Penn State)
    6th) Chris Foca (Cornell)
    7th) Trey Munoz (Oregon State)
    8th) TJ Stewart (Virginia Tech)
     
    Projected Round of 12 Finishers:
    #10 Dylan Fishback (NC State), #9 Bennett Berge (South Dakota State), #13 Aaron Ayzerov (Columbia), #8 Sam Wolf (Air Force)
     
    Projected Consolation Round of 16 Finishers:
    #18 Ryder Rogotzke (Ohio State), #21 Brian Soldano (Rutgers), #12 Jaden Bullock (Michigan), #17 Will Feldkamp (Iowa State)

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    2024 NCAA B1G Confidence Picks

    The 2024 NCAA Wrestling tournament should be absolutely wild. This year seems to have more parity than we’ve seen in the last several years. By my count, I have only one weight where I believe I know exactly what will happen. Even at 197, where we have a solid favorite in Aaron Brooks (a guy going for his 4th seems like a solid bet, although it seemed that way last year also), on the other side of the bracket is Trent Hidlay, who could absolutely spoil Brooks plans and win it all himself. We’ve had more surprising outcomes is what I’m saying. So for fun here, I thought I’d put together a list of my top 10 confidence picks in B1G wrestlers who could win an NCAA title. This won’t necessarily be a B1G guy at each weight class, because maybe I don’t have any confidence in a B1G wrestler to win at a particular weight. In fact, there are a couple of weights where I have more than one B1G ranked. We’ll start at 10, and work our way to the most confident pick. Let’s begin.
    Honorable Mentions: A couple of shoutouts to some wrestlers who won’t be mentioned here, but I wanted to recognize. The first honorable mention is any B1G 125-pound wrestler. Literally, anyone can win this weight, which is why it’s tough to have a tremendous amount of confidence in any of them. Can you see a world where Patrick McKee goes on a run and wins it all? Absolutely. Penn State true freshmen win titles all the time, so Davis could absolutely get it done. Could Drake Ayala put it together and win an NCAA title the year after Spencer Lee finishes up? Sure! 125 is Kevin Garnett. Anything is possible.
    Beau Bartlett should get a shoutout here. He was the top-ranked 141 for most of the year, but I don’t have enough confidence in his offensive output to be able to put it together and get it done here. 141 is too tough, and you’ll see later on that I have two other guys I’m more confident in at the weight, but let’s give him an honorable mention here. Additionally, at 141 I’m putting in Sergio Lemley as an honorable mention. That guy just keeps getting better and has shown he’s as dangerous as anyone, so he’s getting a shoutout as well.
    Edmond Ruth absolutely has a path. The bottom side of the 174-pound bracket is undoubtedly easier than the top side, and in general, guys named Ed Ruth tend to wrestle really well at this tournament. Is it super likely, no. Whoever comes through on the top side should be the favorite going into the NCAA finals, but Edmond is stingy enough and good enough to get it done if the top side is just spent after going through that gauntlet. 
    10. Matt Ramos - Purdue, 125. I just have confidence in a guy who has been number one in the country at the wildest weight more than anyone else has this season. He’s dropped some matches here and there, but I’ve seen this guy come through on the big stage before. I know he’s the four seed, and conventional wisdom would say to pick the 1 or 3 seeds from the same conference, but I’m not doing that. I’m riding with my dude Ramos. It’s tough to have any level of confidence at a weight that has been completely crazy all year long, but the boilermaker is the one I have the most confidence in on Monday, March 18th.
    9. Austin Gomez - Michigan, 149. This is where the questions begin, but again, this is a confidence ranking system. Do you have confidence in a B1G 184 to win it? Me either. How about 133? Not really. Not as much as I believe AG has a shot to win it all at 149. He’s in his final season of college wrestling and I believe he’s going to leave it all out there. Winning an NCAA title is what he came back to do, and he’s absolutely dangerous enough and capable enough to do it. I mean, we just watched this guy beat Nick Lee! Shouldn’t that count for something? He’s as dangerous as it gets and can win any match he’s in. He has a solid road to the finals and as a result, he’s someone I have confidence in.
    8. Carter Starocci - Penn State, 174. A couple weeks ago, I’d have had Carter in the top three here. Clearly, a lot has happened since then though. The injury sustained during the closing seconds of the Edinboro match changed the fortunes of so many wrestlers. Also, he has an insanely tough road being the ninth seed. He’ll have to beat Mekhi Lewis, but he would have likely had to do that anyway. He’ll just have him likely on Friday morning rather than Saturday night. That being said, I still have seen enough of Carter to know that he’s not going down without a fight. This guy is literally preparing to fight people in a cage for money, so he’s the guy who I think will fight hard enough to get it done. Carter looked healthy when walking around at B1Gs, but we didn’t get to see him wrestle. Regardless, the extra time off couldn’t have hurt him, and he’ll be prepared and have a game plan to get things done. I have a huge amount of confidence in even an 85% healthy Starocci to win it all. 
    7. Mitchell Messenbrink - Penn State, 165. I would have Mitch higher in this if there weren’t two other NCAA Champs in his weight class. Thankfully for Mitch, those two dudes are on the top side of the bracket, so he’ll likely only need to wrestle one of them. He’s shown all season that he’s a super freak, and can buzzsaw through anyone. His pace is insane, his attack rate and variety are nuts, and his confidence seems to be on another level. Again, I know Keegan O’Toole is great, as is David Carr, but I believe in Mitch. I have confidence. He can do it! Also, I have less confidence in Julian Ramirez of Cornell, the three seed on his side of the bracket. He should have a clear path to the finals, and at that point, anything can happen.
    6. Real Woods - Iowa, 141. He’s been so close so many times, and this is it for him. This is the last chance. Things just got real (pun heavily intended). A theme you’ll start to pick up on is my level of confidence in guys who have a variety of ways to score is higher than the guys who win close matches over and over. Real can score and is dangerous all over the mat, and that paired with his final chance makes me think, he’ll be able to get it done. I like his road, and in a weight where everyone has a couple losses, Real is the sort of guy who would show up at the right time and put together a nice run.
    5. Ridge Lovett - Nebraska, 149. Lovett has been as close to perfect as you can get without being perfect. He’s beaten just about everyone at the weight, and just barely lost to Parco, which is not a bad loss. Again, Lovett has so many ways to win matches. You want to go on your feet? He can do that. Riding time points? Yeah, Ridge is good on top and bottom. He’s a cool customer, he’s been to the finals before, he feels like it’s his time. I have slightly more confidence in Ridge than I do in Gomez, mostly because he’s beaten Gomez twice this year, but again, anything can happen.
    4. Jesse Mendez - Ohio State, 141. Mendez has looked so damn good all year. He only has the two losses all season, one to Cole Matthews and one to Beau Bartlett (which he avenged in the B1G finals). He’s absolutely deserving of the 1 seed and should be the favorite. The only reason he isn’t higher than 4 is that this weight has a lot of parity and there are too many guys that I could be talked into getting it done. Mendez though is the guy I have the most confidence in. He has looked excellent since moving up to 141, so I’m not concerned with his weight being an issue, and he can score in so many ways. Jesse is a bad dude, and he’s ready to get it done.
    3. Levi Haines - Penn State, 157. This weight class is pretty wild, and there are a couple guys who could get it done. Or at least that’s how I felt a couple weeks ago. Since then, Levi Haines has looked really good and has absolutely earned the number one seed. He’s been ranked number one all year long, has beaten enough of the top guys at the weight, and can wrestle exceptionally well in all positions. Plus he gets to train with the rest of the PSU guys, so you know he’ll be as prepared as anyone. My only real concern is around his weight management, but he appears to have that under control, and should have a solid path to the finals. Haines is ready to collect his first NCAA title, and I expect it to happen.
    2. Aaron Brooks - Penn State, 197. Brooks is going for his 4th NCAA championship, and possibly his second one over Trent Hidlay. That’s the expected finals matchup, and I sure hope we get it. Brooks has been as dominant as anyone has been for years, and should very likely win the Hodge, assuming he is able to get this done. I’ll never forget listening to him wrestle in the B1G finals and hearing him club Kaleb Romero last season. It was so much more physical than comes through the television. He’s been a monster at 197, and I would have him probably at 1, but Trent Hidlay is also a monster who has looked awesome at 197. This is the match I want more than anything else, but I still will go into it expecting Aaron to get it done.
    1. Greg Kerkvliet - Penn State, 285. He’s a super freak and has destroyed everyone this whole year. Really he destroyed everyone not named Mason Parris last season as well, so two full years of being in complete control of everyone. He wrestles like a 174, but add 100 pounds and he’s 8 feet tall (I don’t know how tall he is, but he’s enormous). No disrespect to Wyatt, Yonger, or Cohlton, but I feel like one of these is different from the others. Greg Kerkvliet is the guy I have the most confidence in winning an NCAA title from the B1G this year.

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    2024 NCAA DI National Championships Preview (174 lbs)

    The 2024 NCAA DI Wrestling Championships are less than a week away! In a few short days, 330 wrestlers will make the trek to Kansas City, with hopes of a national title on their minds. Now it's in a city that hasn't hosted nationals since 2003 , but by all accounts, should be a great host. 
    Before the action on the mat starts, InterMat will go through each individual bracket and highlight the favorites, top matches to watch, and much more.
    The Top Seed: Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech)
     It’s the most controversially seeded weight class of the tournament….174 lbs! What isn’t up for debate is who should have received the number one seed. Technically, the only unbeaten wrestler at this weight is Mekhi Lewis the 2019 NCAA champion, who just won his fourth ACC title. Lewis’ season had a couple-week interruption as he was injured during his unofficial All-Star bout against Carter Starocci. Once back in the lineup, Lewis was the consistent force that Hokie fans have come to know and love.
    Lewis may have benefited from the three-point takedown rule as his bonus point rate crept above 50% for the first time in his career. Five of his fifteen pre-NCAA bouts ended via tech fall. 
    At the ACC Championships, Lewis claimed his fourth title by defeating Virginia’s Justin McCoy, 8-1. That was an improvement upon their dual meeting when he was only able to get away with a 2-0 win. 
    There’s been a lot of discussion about the health of the other two NCAA champions in this bracket, Starocci and Shane Griffith. But bringing the talks back to Lewis, it appears as if he’s going into the national tournament healthier than any time since his national championship-winning performance in 2019. If the others are feeling the after-effects of their injuries and Lewis is relatively fresh, he should be the favorite to stand on top of the podium again on Saturday.
    The Contenders: #2 Cade Devos (South Dakota State), #3 Edmond Ruth (Illinois), #4 Shane Griffith (Michigan), #9 Carter Starocci (Penn State)
     
    The Conference Champions
    ACC: #1 Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech)
    Big 12: #2 Cade DeVos (South Dakota State)
    Big Ten: #3 Edmond Ruth (Illinois)
    EIWA: #7 Lennox Wolak (Columbia)
    MAC: #19 Alex Cramer (Central Michigan)
    Pac-12: #8 Adam Kemp (Cal Poly)
    SoCon: #11 Austin Murphy (Campbell)
     
    Top First-Round Matches
    #16 Jackson Turley (Rutgers) vs. #17 Max Maylor (Wisconsin)
    #8 Adam Kemp (Cal Poly) vs. #25 Brayden Thompson (Oklahoma State)
    #13 Justin McCoy (Virginia) vs. #20 Brody Conley (West Virginia)
    #11 Austin Murphy (Campbell) vs. #22 Peyton Mocco (Missouri)
    #10 Nick Incontrera (Penn) vs. #23 Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh)
    #15 MJ Gaitan (Iowa State) vs. #18 Ben Pasiuk (Army West Point)
     
    So, let’s get to it! The seeding at this weight class was certainly eye-opening. We knew since Starocci weighed in and injury defaulted out of both of his Big Ten matches, he would suffer from a seeding standpoint. Griffith also was injured at the end of his Big Ten semifinal and didn’t wrestle in the finals. 
    What we didn’t know was that Starocci would get pushed all the way down to the ninth seed and Griffith had a more reasonable one - at four. The intention is to punish Starocci and not set a precedent that allows wrestlers to avoid the conference tournament and still get seeded as if nothing happened. It makes sense. But, putting Starocci at the number nine seed punishes Lewis probably moreso than Starocci - provided the Nittany Lion star is healthy. 
    That’s the question though. Is Starocci healthy enough to win his fourth NCAA title? A follow-up may be, for a wrestler that was likely considered the best pound-for-pound in the nation, at what percentage could he be and still win? 
    It’s almost as if Starocci can pick back up where he left off. His first match will be against Minnesota’s Andrew Sparks, the same opponent that Starocci injury defaulted against in the Big Ten quarterfinals. I’m sure it’s on Starocci’s mind that Sparks was across the mat from him when his 63-match winning streak came to an end. 
    Griffith is also on the same half of the bracket and could face a Lewis/Starocci winner in the semifinals. Of course, that is health pending on all parties. Griffith is in his final year of eligibility after spending his first five years at Stanford. During his time with the Cardinal, Griffith made the NCAA podium on three occasions, including his incredible run in 2021 that preceded the reversal of the elimination of wrestling and 11 other sports. 
    The bottom half of the bracket features Big 12 champion Cade DeVos as the second seed and Edmond Ruth as the third. DeVos comes in with a sparkling 21-1 record, with his only loss coming to Griffith. Though he’s yet to AA in his career, DeVos proved he was a contender at this weight by winning the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. There he downed a pair of All-Americans (who are now injured and unable to compete). 
    Ruth made his first appearance at nationals last year and came up a match shy of placing. This year he’s been excellent with a Midlands title and only one loss against an opponent in this field (Patrick Kennedy). Before receiving a forfeit in the Big Ten finals from Griffith, Ruth outlasted Sparks and Ohio State freshman Rocco Welsh in a pair of sudden victory contests. 
    Welsh is in Ruth’s quarter as the sixth seed. He was pulled from redshirt after a season-ending injury to Carson Kharchla and looked the part from day one. Welsh’s only losses on the year have been extremely close decisions to Ruth, Griffith, and Starocci. 
    Also on the bottom half of the bracket is EIWA champion Lennox Wolak. Wolak, a qualifier in 2023, took it to another level this year with bonus points in three of his four conference championship bouts. He could potentially meet Ivy League opponents in his first two NCAA matches. Going into the EIWA Tournament, Phil Conigliaro was considered the conference favorite. He had only lost once in the regular season. Conigliaro ended up in fourth place after a pair of losses to Cornell’s Benny Baker. Those didn’t necessarily hurt Conigliaro in the seeding process, as he’s the number five. 
     
    Darkhorse All-American Candidate: #12 Patrick Kennedy (Iowa)
    We’re not exactly going out on a limb here! Picking a 12th seed to get on the podium isn’t exactly an earth-shattering prediction. I do like the Round of 12 matchup with Kennedy and Conigliaro, then Kennedy to take advantage of a likely-limited Griffith and make the semifinals. Last year, Kennedy was a Big Ten runner-up and the sixth seed, but did not place partially because of upsets that happened around him, which loaded the consolations. 
    If you want a bit more of a risky prediction, we have #14 Justin McCoy on the podium, too. He’ll likely have to go through some of the heavy hitters from the Ivy League to crack the top eight. 
     
    Extreme (20+) Darkhorse All-American Contender: #25 Brayden Thompson (Oklahoma State)
    In some weights, it can be difficult to find a 20+ seed or two that can do damage. That’s not the case here - there are quite a few. We’ll go with the true freshman wrestling in his first national tournament, Brayden Thompson. Thompson opens his tournament with Pac-12 champion Adam Kemp, who is seeded eighth. Kemp is a veteran that hasn’t really hit many of the top competitors this year, so it's difficult to gauge how he stacks up against contenders. 
    Thompson has had his moments during a 12-9 season. He wrestled back for third place at the Big 12 Championships and during the regular season, Thompson downed returning All-American Peyton Mocco in sudden victory. 
    The opening-round matchup with Kemp is winnable for Thompson; however, even if he loses, I like his possible consolation path. 
    The Team Race: There’s a lot of variance at this weight and it certainly has an impact on the team race. A title from Lewis, combined with his teammates' performances, could push Virginia Tech into that trophy neighborhood. If Griffith is close to 100%, he could place anywhere from first to third. If not, he could struggle to place. That’s a wide range of options for a Michigan team squarely in the trophy hunt. Though Kennedy is seeded 12th, he has a good show at the podium, which is surely to help Iowa improve upon their 9th place finish (based on seeds). 
     
    Projected Quarterfinals
    #1 Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) vs. #9 Carter Starocci (Penn State)
    #12 Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) vs. #4 Shane Griffith (Michigan)
    #3 Edmond Ruth (Ilinois) vs. #6 Rocco Welsh (Ohio State)
    #7 Lennox Wolak (Columbia) vs. #2 Cade DeVos (South Dakota State)
     
    Projected Semifinals
    #9 Carter Starocci (Penn State) vs. #12 Patrick Kennedy (Iowa)
    #6 Rocco Welsh (Ohio State) vs. #2 Cade DeVos (South Dakota State)
     
    Projected All-Americans
    1st: Carter Starocci (Penn State)
    2nd: Rocco Welsh (Ohio State)
    3rd: Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech)
    4th: Patrick Kennedy (Iowa)
    5th: Cade DeVos (South Dakota State)
    6th: Edmond Ruth (Illinois)
    7th: Justin McCoy (Virginia)
    8th: Shane Griffith (Michigan)
     
    Projected Round of 12 Finishers:
    #8 Adam Kemp (Cal Poly), #14 Gaven Sax (North Dakota State), #7 Lennox Wolak (Columbia), #25 Brayden Thompson (Oklahoma State)
     
    Projected Consolation Round of 16 Finishers:
    #15 MJ Gaitan (Iowa State), #22 Peyton Mocco (Missouri), #5 Phil Conigliaro (Harvard), #16 Jackson Turley (Rutgers)

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    • 2024 NCAA DI National Championships Preview (184 lbs)

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