if by "all alone" you mean "with artem" then yes.cruiser_96;1386625 wrote:120: Dsmith called it... I think seeding is huge here. Leib (WM), Ackley (TW), Kenzerski (O) and Taylor (PC) are all tough. Unfortunately, we know that one of the seeds could end up all alone in a half bracket.
cruiser_96;1386661 wrote:No. I meant Artem by himself. It has been the case that the #1 seed - if he chooses - can go on line #1. After that, only #2 is restricted on where he can go.[/QUOTE:]what do u mean line 2 is restricted?
Line one gets thelowest seed and extra match correct?
Line 2 give the bye?
Help me sir cruiser.
silly me, I thought it would be 1 and 4 on the top and 2 and 3 on the bottom. didn't consider all this craziness about getting to choose lines and what not. I bet we do see 1-5 opposite the big guy!cruiser_96;1386677 wrote:#2 seed must go opposite half as number #1. After that, things get CRAZY!!!!!! If the #1 seed picks line one, and the #2 seed picks line sixteen, the #3 seed - according to past experience - could go line nine through fourteen. Then, the #4 seed could go on another line not taken by the #2 or #3! So could the #5 seed!!!!!!!
I'm not saying it works out for them, but it is at least possible.
MADNESS!!!!!!!!!!! And oh, so exciting.
nykc;1386706 wrote:Seeding is very important - I still think regardless of how it goes down these 4 get out.
I think the only seeding that will matter for 120 will be who gets the 2 and 3 spot because that puts both of them away from timchenko. I think Ackley will make it to the finals but will come up short
You are assuming the #4 (and/or #6) seed does not go in the same half as the #2 and #3.Lateraldrop;1386793 wrote:I think the only seeding that will matter for 120 will be who gets the 2 and 3 spot because that puts both of them away from timchenko. I think Ackley will make it to the finals but will come up short
Lateraldrop;1386793 wrote:i thought the same thing, lateral, but then cruiser brought up this smoke-filled back room deal! lol!!nykc;1386706 wrote:Seeding is very important - I still think regardless of how it goes down these 4 get out.
I think the only seeding that will matter for 120 will be who gets the 2 and 3 spot because that puts both of them away from timchenko. I think Ackley will make it to the finals but will come up short
Apparently after 2, they pick where they want to go. So, theoretically, all those guys who feel they have a legit shot at winning the semi would pick the bracket away from artem to duke it out for the right to face him in the finals. Alternatively, i guess they could choose face him in the semis in his side of the bracket and, assuming they lose which they will, then do battle in the wrestlebacks for the right to wrestle for the 3-4 spots...
I imagine they would all go for the bracket away from him because that at least gives them a shot at the No 2 seed going into Darby and with this weight being so loaded in the central district as a whole that could be HUGE
The kid who loses to artem in the semis will then be cross-bracketed into the consolation bracket to face the winner of a consolation match between two of the kids who jumped to the other half of the bracket to avoid artem...I think... anyway, one of those kids could be good -- likely ackley or lieb good -- making for a tough conso match just to get to the 3/4 match.Blast82.5;1386835 wrote:If all the competitive guys (aside from #1) go to the same side of the bracket, then someone eventually loses out via consolations. Only one gets to the finals, and the other guys may wrestle each other BEFORE the 3rd/4th match.
If the #4 guy instead goes to Artem's side and loses in the semis, then I think he gets cross-bracketed away from the hoard of quality kids that all went to the other half-bracket.
What I'm suggesting is that it's best for the top 4 to play it straight, and take separate quarter-brackets.
Am I making sense??
Well if that situation does happen then 120 will be one heck of a weight class. Can't wait to watch it this weekendcruiser_96;1386817 wrote:You are assuming the #4 (and/or #6) seed does not go in the same half as the #2 and #3.
