Seed vs Rank

[Wrestleknownothing]

Who were the big winners and losers in the seeding process?

One way to answer the question is to look at the expected points based on the final Flo rankings vs the expected points based on the seeds.

The Big Winners

• Penn was the clear winner with Cross Wasilewski seeded #3 while ranked #10 at 149, and Jude Swisher seeded #6 while ranked #10 at 157.
• NIU's Markel Baker picks up almost 7 expected points by being seeded #8 while ranked #29 at 133.

The Big Losers

• Stanford qualified 8 wrestlers and 6 of them are seeded below their rank.
• Iowa State suffers a similar fate with 7 of 10 wrestlers seeded below their rank. And the other 3 are seeded at their rank. No one is seeded above their rank.
• Iowa has 6 of 9 wrestlers seeded at or above their rank, but the damage is done with Angelo Ferrari seed #7 while ranked #2 at 184.

 

[MadChill]

Who were the big winners and losers in the seeding process?

One way to answer the question is to look at the expected points based on the final Flo rankings vs the expected points based on the seeds.

The Big Winners

• Penn was the clear winner with Cross Wasilewski seeded #3 while ranked #10 at 149, and Jude Swisher seeded #6 while ranked #10 at 157.
• NIU's Markel Baker picks up almost 7 expected points by being seeded #8 while ranked #29 at 133.

The Big Losers

• Stanford qualified 8 wrestlers and 6 of them are seeded below their rank.
• Iowa State suffers a similar fate with 7 of 10 wrestlers seeded below their rank. And the other 3 are seeded at their rank. No one is seeded above their rank.
• Iowa has 6 of 9 wrestlers seeded at or above their rank, but the damage is done with Angelo Ferrari seed #7 while ranked #2 at 184.

WKN, do you know if any other team has had seven seeded as #1?

 

[Corby2]

7 #1 seeds has never happened that I'm aware of until now

 

[Wrestleknownothing]

WKN, do you know if any other team has had seven seeded as #1?

No one had ever had more than five #1 seeds.

1940 Oklahoma State had 5 when there were 8 weights (62.5%).
1969 Oklahoma had 5 when there were 11 weights (45.5%).
1970 Iowa State had 5 when there were 10 weights (50%).

 

[PSUFANinVA]

Pitt had 7 #1 seeds the following years: 1915, 1916, 1918, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1936 and 1937. They also had 2 teams in the Final Four, won the College World Series and had the top 3 Heisman vote getters each of those years. Ignore the fact that the award wasn't established until 1935. In fact, ignore any sports information you find about Pitt on the Internet. It's all wrong.