Michigan Wrestling: End of Season
The 2017 Michigan Wolverine wrestling team just wrapped up their season today. Nobody made the finals this year, but they had 3 all-Americans. All three were freshman too. Steven Micic placed 4th at 133, Logan Massa was 3rd at 165, and Myles Amine was 4th at 174. The team is in 10th place going into tonights championship matches (8 p.m, ESPN) on just the strength of those 3 wrestlers. Nobody else scored at all. Penn State has 5 in the finals and has already clinched their 6th title in 7 years.
As for next year, Michigan has 2 all-Americans coming off redshirts. Adam Coon at heavyweight was 3rd and 2nd the past two years. Alec Panteleo was 6th last year. They also return Dom Abounader who missed being an all-American by one match. The team has a strong chance to be one of the 3 or 4 best teams in the nation next year.
quarter final, semi final and 3rd place matches. Micic's ceiling was 3rd place. He really couldn't do anything against Tomasello. He won't beat him while they are in the same weight. Amine had a really nice pin against the #2 wrestler but he was WAY overmatched by Valencia. He didn't stand a chance. He loses 10/10 matches against him. Too bad they are both Freshman. I would've liked to have seen Massa wrestle Martinez again in the final but I don't think he can beat him. His ceiling is 2nd place.
I don't know much wrestling outside of Jake the Snake and Stone Cold, but your rundown was a real buzzkill.
March 18th, 2017 at 11:13 PM ^
I don't know if he will, but he can. I-Mar damn near lost to Anthony Valencia a few years ago, and Massa is clearly a step above him. I-Mar is probably the second best wrestler in college right now if he's locked in, but he's not always locked in. He gets flat footed and sloppy at times, and someone as talented as Massa could take advantage.
It just seems like the wrestling program should be better. It's got a good history, it's got the brand-new practice facility. It's located in a region of the country that strong in wrestling. But for some reason McFarland doesn't get it done.
He is a heck of a recruiter though. They've got some really good recruits coming next year. Jelani Embree from Warren Lincoln had Massa on the ropes in the state finals a few years back. They also landed 4x champ Ben Freeman out of Walled Lake and a 4x champ out of Oregon as well.
Like, how good? Because the B1G is the top conference in the sport by a country mile. Michigan can have excellent everything, but they've still got a mountain to climb with Penn State, Iowa, Minnesota, even Ohio State in the neighborhood.
March 18th, 2017 at 11:45 PM ^
Twice the price. The wrestling coach in my church thinks Michigan is going to be good next year, though.
Do you know which school he coaches at? Just curious because I coach at Richmond
He's a retired high school coach, but he's still quite plugged in. Has a tournament in Wisconsin named after him.
Does a church need a ràsslin coach?
OK. Sorry.
Does a church need a ràsslin coach?
OK. Sorry.
it seems to me that they might be a little in-bred. All of the coaches were UM wrestlers. Sometimes someone from the outside with a new ideas of doing things is not a bad thing.
Out of curiousity, what was the reason for the redshirts? Injury, I assume?
I don't follow our wrestling program much other than what I see here occasionally, but I had assumed Coon had exhausted his eligibility already.
March 18th, 2017 at 11:34 PM ^
how many scholarships does UM have for wrestling? how many kids are are quarter scholarships and such? how about OSU, Penn State, Minny etc?
could this make a difference?
March 18th, 2017 at 11:14 PM ^
March 18th, 2017 at 11:51 PM ^
What the hell is happening to Iowa State? They netted one (1) point this meet.
They've fallen apart since Sanderson left for Penn State. But they did just hire a new coach