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BRACKASTROLOGY PART DEUX: The Return Of Brackastrology

BRACKASTROLOGY PART DEUX: The Return Of Brackastrology

In which we return to provide another irresponsibly early prospectus for the 2018-19 NCAA Championship in Pittsburgh and the event's corresponding brackets.

Dec 6, 2018 by Andrew Spey

Brackastrology is back, and marginally better than ever! Nomad and Spey return to lend their expertise and predict all 33 qualifiers for the 2019 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Pittsburgh.

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Brackastrology is back, and marginally better than ever! Nomad and Spey return to lend their expertise and predict all 33 qualifiers for the 2019 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Pittsburgh.

Will these predictions be accurate? Of course not, we are just now entering December, and Spey and Nomad can not literally predict the future, as much as they wish they could. So don't expect perfect accuracy.

However, you may doubt their collective expertise. Heck, you can doubt the stars are fire, or that the sun moves. You can even doubt truth to be a liar, but please never doubt Nomad and Spey's objective, professional integrity in this endeavor.

Below, please find our comically early 33 NCAA qualifiers at each weight class in addition to a sprinkling of bubble contenders.

125 Pounds

Seed	Name	School
1	Spencer Lee	Iowa
2	Nick Piccininni	Oklahoma State
3	Sebastian Rivera	Northwestern
4	Ronnie Bresser	Oregon State
5	Sean Fausz	NC State
6	Patrick Glory	Princeton
7	Ryan Millhof	Arizona State
8	Sean Russell	Minnesota
9	Brent Fleetwood	North Dakota State
10	Rayvon Foley	Michigan State
11	Rico Montoya	Northern Colorado
12	Drew Mattin	Michigan
13	Zeke Moisey	Nebraska
14	Colby Smith	Missouri
15	Travis Piotrowski	Illinois
16	Louie Hayes	Virginia
17	Devin Schroder	Purdue
18	Michael McGee	Old Dominion
19	Jay Schwarm	Northern Iowa
20	Connor Brown	Wisconsin
21	Fabian Gutierrez	UT Chattanooga
22	Drew Hildebrandt	Central Michigan
23	Gabe Townsell	Stanford
24	Nick Farro	Lehigh
25	Shakur Laney	Ohio
26	Dylan Ryder	Hofstra
27	Nolan Hellickson
28	Tyshawn White
29	Christian Moody	Oklahoma
30	Joe Heilmann	North Carolina
31	Cole Verner	Wyoming
32	Kyle Akins	Buffalo
33	Alex Mackall	Iowa State
Bubble	Korbin Meink	Campbell
Bubble	Gage Curry	American
Bubble	Jonathon Tropea	Rider
Bubble	Sidney Flores	Air Force
Bubble	Carmen Ferrante	Penn

133 Pounds

Seed	Name	School
1	Seth Gross	South Dakota State
2	Nick Suriano	Rutgers
3	Daton Fix	Oklahoma State
4	Stevan Micic	Michigan
5	Tariq Wilson	NC State
6	Micky Phillippi	Pittsburgh
7	Luke Pletcher	Ohio State
8	Austin Gomez	Iowa State
9	Roman Bravo-Young	Penn State
10	Ethan Lizak	Minneesota
11	John Erneste	Missouri
12	Montorie Bridges	Wyoming
13	Austin DeSanto	Iowa
14	Scotty Parker	Lehigh
15	Chas Tucker	Cornell
16	Cam Sykora	North Dakota State
17	Korbin Myers	Virginia Tech
18	Dylan Duncan	Illinois
19	Ben Thornton	Purdue
20	Noah Gonser	Campbell
21	Sean Nickell	CSU Bakersfield
22	Brian Courtney	Virginia
23	Josiah Kline	Arizona State
24	Matthew Kazimir	Columbia
25	Matthew Schmitt	West Virginia
26	Casey Cobb	Navy
27	Mario Guillen	Ohio
28	Anthony Tutolo	Michigan State
29	Colin Valdiviez	Northwestern
30	Anthony Cefolo	Rider
31	Tim Rooney	Kent State
32	Kegan Calkins	Oregon State
33	Codi Russell	App State
Bubble	Jens Lantz	Wisconsin
Bubble	Garrett Pepple	Indiana
Bubble	Armando Torres	Cleveland State
Bubble	Ty Smith	Drexel
Bubble	Doug Zapf	Penn

141 Pounds

Seed	Name	School
1	Yianni Diakomihalis	Cornell
2	Joey McKenna	Ohio State
3	Jaydin Eierman	Missouri
4	Nick Lee	Penn State
5	Mitch McKee	Minnesota
6	Kaid Brock	Oklahoma State
7	Mikey Carr	Illinois
8	Kanen Storr	Michigan
9	Josh Alber	Northern Iowa
10	Ian Parker	Iowa State
11	Max Murin	Iowa
12	Dom Demas	Oklahoma
13	Matthew Findlay	Utah Valley
14	Chad Red	Nebraska
15	Yahya Thomas	Northwestern
16	Nicholas Gil	Navy
17	Jamal Morris	NC State
18	Sa'Derian Perry	Old Dominion
19	Samuel Krivus	Virginia
20	Sam Turner	Wyoming
21	Nate Limmex	Purdue
22	Tristan Moran	Wisconsin
23	Bryan Lantry	Buffalo
24	Kyle Shoop	Lock Haven
25	Cole Weaver	Indiana
26	Nathan Boston	Campbell
27	Josh Finesilver	Duke
28	Taylor Ortz	Clarion
29	AC Headlee	North Carolina
30	Ryan Diehl	Maryland
31	Grant Willits	Oregon State
32	Irvin Enriquez	App State
33	Cam Kelly	Ohio
Bubble	LJ Bentley	Pittsburgh
Bubble	Jack Mutchnik	American
Bubble	Gavin Sutton	ND State
Bubble	Alex Madrigal	George Mason
Bubble	Anthony Cheloni	Northern Illinois

149 Pounds

Seed	Name	School
1	Anthony Ashnault	Rutgers
2	Micah Jordan	Ohio State
3	Matt Kolodzik	Princeton
4	Brock Zacherl	Clarion
5	Austin O’Connor	North Carolina
6	Justin Oliver	NC State
7	Mitch Finesilver	Duke
8	Jarrett Degen	Iowa State
9	Pat Lugo	Iowa
10	Kaden Gfeller	Oklahoma State
11	Max Thomsen	Northern Iowa
12	Brock Mauller	Missouri
13	Brady Berge	Penn State
14	Cole Martin	Wisconsin
15	Josh Heil	Campbell
16	Josh Maruca	Arizona State
17	Anthony Artalona	Penn
18	Russell Rohlfing	CSU Bakersfield
19	Henry Pohlmeyer	SD State
20	Jared Prince	Navy
21	Alfred Bannister	Maryland
22	Tommy Thorn	Minnesota
23	Khristian Olivas	Fresno State
24	Ryan Blees	Virginia Tech
25	Collin Purinton	Nebraska
26	Requir van der Merwe	Harvard
27	Davion Jeffries	Oklahoma
28	Frank Garcia	Binghamton
29	Malik Amine	Michigan
30	Michael Sprague	American
31	Alec Hagan	Ohio
32	Tejon Anthony	George Mason
33	Tanner Smith	Chattanooga
Bubble	Christian Monserrat	West Virginia
Bubble	Matt Zovistoski	App State
Bubble	Shayne Oster	Northwestern
Bubble	Alex Opsal	Air Force
Bubble	Jaron Jensen	Wyoming

157 Pounds

Seed	Name	School
1	Jason Nolf	Penn State
2	Hayden Hidlay	NC State
3	Ryan Deakin	Northwestern
4	Alec Pantaleo	Michigan
5	Tyler Berger	Nebraska
6	Larry Early	Old Dominion
7	Griffin Parriott	Purdue
8	Kennedy Monday	North Carolina
9	Ke-Shawn Hayes	Ohio State
10	Taleb Rahmani	Pittsburgh
11	Steve Bleise	Minnesota
12	Kaleb Young	Iowa
13	Josh Humphreys	Lehigh
14	Luke Weiland	Army
15	Eric Barone	Illinois
16	Hunter Willits	Oregon State
17	Christian Pagdilao	Arizona State
18	Alex Mossing	Air Force
19	Tyler Marinelli	Gardner-Webb
20	Alex Klucker	Lock Haven
21	Andrew Shomers	OK State
22	Hunter Ladnier	Harvard
23	Zac Carson	Ohio
24	Evan Barczak	Drexel
25	Jarrett Jacques	Missouri
26	Chase Straw	Iowa State
27	John Van Brill	Rutgers
28	Paul Klee	Sacred Heart
29	Zachary Moore	West Virginia
30	Justin Thomas	Oklahoma
31	Alex Smythe	Buffalo
32	Dewey Kruger	Wyoming
33	BC LaPrade	Virginia Tech
Bubble	Fredy Stroker	Cornell
Bubble	Angel Najar	App State
Bubble	Dan Reed	Columbia
Bubble	Justin Ruffin	SIUE
Bubble	Zach Hartman	Bucknell

165 Pounds

Seed	Name	School
1	Vincenzo Joseph	Penn State
2	Chance Marsteller	Lock Haven
3	Evan Wick	Wisconsin
4	Alex Marinelli	Iowa
5	Josh Shields	Arizona State
6	Isaiah White	Nebraska
7	Logan Massa	Michigan
8	Chandler Rogers	Oklahoma State
9	Mekhi Lewis	Virginia Tech
10	Branson Ashworth	Wyoming
11	Bryce Steiert	Northern Iowa
12	Connor Flynn	Missouri
13	Demetrius Romero	Utah Valley
14	Tommy Bullard	NC State
15	Andrew Fogarty	North Dakota State
16	Ebed Jarrell	Drexel
17	Joey Gunther	Illinois
18	Jake Wentzel	Pittsburgh
19	Jesse Dellavecchia	Rider
20	Kaleb Romero	Ohio State
21	Cam Coy	Virginia
22	Stephan Glasgow	Rutgers
23	Dazjon Castor	Citadel
24	Kenny Moore	Northern Illinois
25	Owen Brown	Army West Point
26	Josh Kim	Harvard
27	Bryce Martin	Indiana
28	Colston DiBlasi	George Mason
29	Laurence Kosy	Columbia
30	Joshua McClure	North Carolina
31	Fritz Hoehn	American
32	Nick Kiussis	West Virginia
33	Milik Dawkins	Cornell
Bubble	Zach Finesilver	Duke
Bubble	Isaac Bast	Kent State
Bubble	Nate Higgins	SIUE
Bubble	Brandon Dallavia	Stanford

174 Pounds

Seed	Name	School
1	Zahid Valencia	Arizona State
2	Mark Hall	Penn State
3	Myles Amine	Michigan
4	David McFadden	Virginia Tech
5	Daniel Lewis	Missouri
6	Jordan Kutler	Lehigh
7	Jacobe Smith	Oklahoma State
8	Taylor Lujan	Northern Iowa
9	Ryan Christensen	Wisconsin
10	Mikey Labriola	Nebraska
11	Ben Harvey	Army West Point
12	Brit Wilson	Northern Illinois
13	Johnny Sebastian	Northwestern
14	Kimball Bastian	Utah Valley
15	Dylan Lydy	Purdue
16	Brandon Womack	Cornell
17	Spencer Carey	Navy
18	Devin Skatzka	Minnesota
19	Daniel Bullard	NC State
20	Hayden Hastings	Wyoming
21	Seldon Wright	Old Dominion
22	Matt Finesilver	Duke
23	Marcus Coleman	Iowa State
24	Anthony Mantanona	Oklahoma
25	Devin Kane	North Carolina
26	Drew Hughes	Michigan State
27	Andrew Morgan	Campbell
28	Ethan Smith	Ohio State
29	Joe Grello	Rutgers
30	Lorenzo De La Riva	North Dakota State
31	Greg Harvey	Pittsburgh
32	Jacob Oliver	Edinboro
33	Travis Stefanik	Princeton
Bubble	Neal Richards	VMI
Bubble	Kyle Bierdumpfel	Harvard
Bubble	Dean Sherry	Rider
Bubble	Dylan Barreiro	Kent State
Bubble	Taylor Cahill	Clarion

184 Pounds

Seed	Name	School
1	Myles Martin	Ohio State
2	Shakur Rasheed	Penn State
3	Taylor Venz	Nebraska
4	Drew Foster	Northern Iowa
5	Nick Reenan	NC State
6	Emery Parker	Illinois
7	Zack Zavatsky	Virginia Tech
8	Ryan Preisch	Lehigh
9	Louie DePrez	Binghamton
10	Max Dean	Cornell
11	Nino Bonaccorsi	Pittsburgh
12	Dakota Geer	Oklahoma State
13	Cameron Caffey	Michigan State
14	Jelani Embree	Michigan
15	Will Schany	Virginia
16	Sam Colbray	Iowa State
17	Cash Wilcke	Iowa
18	Chip Ness	North Carolina
19	Kaden Russell	Duke
20	Carless Looney	Wyoming
21	Noah Stewart	Army West Point
22	Corey Hazel	Lock Haven
23	Tanner Harvey	American
24	Max Lyon	Purdue
25	Michale Fagg-Daves	Rider
26	Kayne MacCallum	Oklahoma
27	Dylan Wisman	Missouri
28	Kordell Norfleet	Arizona State
29	Dominic Lampe	Chattanooga
30	Jordan Atienza	Central Michigan
31	Jackson Hemauer	Fresno State
32	Dom Ducharme	CSU Bakersfield
33	Owen Webster	Minnesota
Bubble	Christian LaFragola	Brown
Bubble	Mason Reinhardt	Wisconsin
Bubble	Gary Jantzer	Utah Valley
Bubble	Anthony Mancini	Franklin & Marshall
Bubble	Antonio Agee	Old Dominion

197 Pounds

Seed	Name	School
1	Bo Nickal	Penn State
2	Kollin Moore	Ohio State
3	Preston Weigel	Oklahoma State
4	Patrick Brucki	Princeton
5	Jacob Warner	Iowa
6	Willie Miklus	Iowa State
7	Kyle Conel	Kent State
8	Christian Brunner	Purdue
9	Eric Schultz	Nebraska
10	Jay Aiello	Virginia
11	Jacob Holschlarg	Iowa State
12	Stephen Loiseau	Drexel
13	Nathan Traxler	Stanford
14	Jake Jakobsen	Lehigh
15	Greg Bulsak	Clarion
16	Noah Adams	West Virginia
17	Ben Honis	Cornell
18	Tom Sleigh	Virginia Tech
19	Jacob Seely	N. Colorado
20	Rocco Caywood	Army
21	Sawyer Root	The Citadel
22	Jake Woodley	Oklahoma
23	Tanner Orndorff	Utah Valley
24	Corey Griego	Oregon State
25	Jackson Striggow	Michigan
26	Zack Chakonis	Northwestern
27	Malik McDonald	NC State
28	Andre Lee	Illinois
29	Thomas Lane	Cal Poly
30	Cordell Eaton	ND State
31	Randall Diabe	App State
32	Cale Davidson	Wyoming
33	Ethan Laird	Rider
Bubble	Wyatt Koelling	Missouri
Bubble	Mark Penyacsek	CSU Bakersfield
Bubble	Joshua Roetman	Navy
Bubble	Drew Phipps	Bucknell
Bubble	Martin Mueller	SD State

285 Pounds

Seed	Name	School
1	Gable Steveson	Minnesota
2	Anthony Cassar	Penn State
3	Sam Stoll	Iowa
4	Amar Dhesi	Oregon State
5	Derek White	Oklahoma State
6	Jordan Wood	Lehigh
7	Youssif Hemida	Maryland
8	Tate Orndorff	Utah Valley
9	Zach Elam	Missouri
10	Trent Hillger	Wisconsin
11	Matt Voss	George Mason
12	Demetrius Thomas	Pittsburgh
13	Thomas Haines	Lock Haven
14	Chase Singletary	Ohio State
15	Billy Miller	Virginia Tech
16	Joey Goodhart	Drexel
17	Cory Daniel	North Carolina
18	Matt Stencel	Central Michigan
19	Brian Andrews	Wyoming
20	Conan Jennings	Northwestern
21	AJ Nevills	Fresno State
22	Jake Gunning	Buffalo
23	Haydn Maley	Stanford
24	Cary Miller	App State
25	Deonte Wilson	NC State
26	Gannon Gremmel	Iowa State
27	Carter Isley	Northern Iowa
28	Patrick Grayson	Nebraska
29	Jeramy Sweany	Cornell
30	Niko Camacho	American
31	Zack Parker	Ohio
32	David Smith	West Virginia
33	Brandon Metz	North Dakota State
Bubble	Christian Colucci	Rutgers
Bubble	Antonio Pelusi	Franklin & Marshall
Bubble	Ian Butterbrodt	Brown
Bubble	Jake Boyd	Oklahoma

Team Scores

Rank	School	Points
1	Penn State	124
2	Oklahoma State	78.5
3	Ohio State	78.5
4	Iowa	64
5	North Carolina State	57.5
6	Michigan	54
7	Minnesota	40.5
8	Nebraska	39.5
9	Arizona State	39
10	Rutgers	36.5
11	Princeton	35
12	Missouri	33
13	Northwestern	30.5
14	Lehigh	28.5
15	Oregon State	27
16	Iowa State	26
17	Cornell	25.5
18	Northern Iowa	24.5
19	Virginia Tech	24
20	South Dakota State	20.5
21	Wisconsin	20
22	Illinois	19.5
23	Lock Haven	19
24	North Carolina	16.5
25	Purdue	15.5
26	Pittsburgh	15.5
27	Clarion	14
28	Utah Valley	10.5
29	Old Dominion	10.5
30	Duke	7.5
31	Maryland	7
32	Virginia	6.5
33	Kent State	6.5
34	Wyoming	6
35	Drexel	5.5
36	North Dakota State	5
37	Army West Point	4.5
38	Michigan State	3.5
39	Oklahoma	3
40	Stanford	2.5
41	Northern Illinois	2.5
42	Northern Colorado	2.5
43	Navy	2.5
44	George Mason	2
45	Campbell	2
46	Binghamton	2
47	West Virginia	1.5
48	Fresno State	1
49	CSU Bakersfield	1
50	Central Michigan	1
51	Buffalo	1
52	The Citadel	0.5
53	Rider	0.5
54	Penn	0.5
55	Ohio	0.5
56	Harvard	0.5
57	Gardner-Webb	0.5
58	Columbia	0.5
59	Citadel	0.5
60	Chattanooga	0.5
61	App State	0.5
62	American	0.5
63	Air Force	0.5
64	Sacred Heart	0
65	Indiana	0
66	Hofstra	0
67	Edinboro	0
68	Cal Poly	0

Team scores for Brackastrology are calculated using the same method used for our Team Tournament rankings, without factoring in bonus points.

And we're not quite done with Brackastrology for the week. Stay tuned for actual brackets, coming soon!

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