What happened to the Wrestling team this year?

Since the Big Ten is so good at wrestling, wouldn't other teams have this same issue? Shouldn't it all equal out if each team's top 3-4 wrestlers redshirted? Does Michigan do something different other teams don't to handle this?

Wouldn’t, I don’t know, wrestling be good training for Olympic wrestling?

It’s “Devotee” ... three syllables. De Vote is what we get out to do tomorrow in Michigan as our civic duty. Use that M degree old guy ( one year older than me).

Bummer for them when the olympics get cancelled.

I follow UM Wrestling religiously. Hard to know exactly what is going on because not a lot is posted for public consumption. Not even the wrestle off information was posted this year when in years past they were. So what do we know. Pretty much all the above and what's in this thread is accurate.

One point of clarification, Michigan ended up 7th, not 8th, and the BTT. They had a bad day 2. More losses than wins. There were in 6th for the longest time, but the lack of wins let NW slide by them.

125 - McHenry redshirted. Former junior world champ. Dude is a stud and quick. But he's very small. On interviews he said they have him eating like crazy to try and bulk him up. Will he be ready next year?

125 - Medley was a stud this year. Never a state champ in HS, but he has a motor and he out-placed his seed at the BTT.  IMO, if he keeps doing what he is doing, there's a chance he could place at NCAA in the 5-8 range. Will have to be a little better on his feet and get a TD against a higher seed to do it though. But Conor Youtsey did just that twice a few years back. Lack of a TD cost him in the 3/4 match at BTT against NW where he was ridin' out in TB2.

133 - Micic will be a a top 5 pick next year and a threat to win it all. But pretty much only Gross is gone.  Suriano, Fix, DeSanto, RBY will all be back. Them are some studs. That is if he wrestles next year. Threw this out on another thread, this would be his 7th year in college!! He's had 1 RS and 2 Olympic RS seasons to go with 3 AA finishes. Could be he's done? If he wrestles, it's at 133 because his international weight is less than 133. So I don't expect him to move up.

133 - Silva. Looked really really good. I don't believe he was hurt. Again no info, but in an interview, Bormet said he hadn't wrestled because he was getting his school work in order. Then he gets only 4 home matches. They didn't take him on the road. I think this was a disservice and ended up costing him an automatic bid to the NCAA. If he wrestling 15 or so match, his record would have been good enough that the NCAA made 133 have 8 allocations, not 7. And he was taken down at the last second of the third to get beat placing 8th. Doubtful he gets an at-large bid going 6-3 on the year even though he gave Gross everything he wanted. I hated the match against Illinois. Travis used his length to his advantage. If Silva wrestles at the away meet against Travis then with the experience I think leads to a victory for Silva at the BTT. So I think Bormet really screwed this one up.

141 -  Drew Mattin redshirted. Not sure why but he did after jumping 2 weight classes. In open tournaments, he didn't do great. So maybe he needs to grow into the new weight.

141 - Cole Mattin - Did a solid job this year. Be interesting to see which brother wins next year or if Cole just takes a RS.

149. Storr will be a Senior. He has the talent to be an AA. Hope he can get it done this year and next.

157 - Lewan - Another former Jr World Champ. You can see how good he is but I hate the way he wrestles. There's no urgency and rarely does he go for TDs until the 3rd period. Goes to OT way too often. It cost him in the consi-semis when he gave up a TD in the last 10 seconds to a person he previously beat. Needs to become a full 7 minute wrestler. Was ranked #8 in the country but I don't see him placing this year at NCAAs based on how he wrestles.

165/174 - Massa - Was 3rd his freshman year. Then took a redshirt. Then was hurt, came back and lost in the bloodround. And then got beat in consis last year by a past AA 2 matches from AA status. This year olympic redshirt. He did win the US Open this year beating last year's NCAA Champ Mekhi Lewis in the semis. Has the talent to place again or even win the title. Just needs to roll. Lewis, Wick, and Marinelli are all back as well. But Massa has beat them all, but also gotten beat by them all minus Lewis whom he hasn't wrestling in college. Maybe looks a bit bigger, but doesn't mean he doesn't lose the weight to stay 165.

165 - Cam Amine - IMO, I would have let him go this year. Then RS next year when Massa is back. Maybe everyone bumps up a weight? Not sure. But he's very very good. So far undefeated in open tournaments.

174/184 - Myles Amine -  Is an animal. Already qualified for the olympics. Will be a threat to win it all at either weight. I don't see him getting super huge so that tells me he's staying at 174.

184 - Embree - Dude is huge. Not sure what just happened at the BTT. But beat a higher seed. Was going to be in the consi round of 8 and defaulted to 8th place. Will be in NCAAs. But I didn't see him hurt at all in that match. He started the year really well and then was getting beat by a few points every late match. Maybe he is hurt some? I'd get him to do blast doubles like crazy. His size reminds me of Alec Pantaleo whose blast double was sick. Jelani did that to the Minnesota kid the match he won prior to defaulting the rest. Massive blast double. Was a thing of beauty.

 197 - Gaige Garcia. If everyone bumps up, then Garcia could RS. There's others on the roster but I guarantee you this is his spot. He's a pinning machine. He just won his second state championship in PA. Along the way he pinned every opponent until State Finals, which he won 7-0. The time on the mat for the other 13 matches was like 1:32. He won OW. Be interesting how he handles football weight vs, staying at 197. Wrestled that in HS.

HWT - Parris. Will be a 3x AA. Hopefully he can beat Gable and crew when it counts.

So there you have it. They wrestled a very young team this year. They knew they were going to get beat on but the young guys performed well. 7th in the Big Ten when 11-12 teams are ranked is nothing to slough about.

Next year they are loaded. If things play out right, they could fight with Iowa for the top spot. But Iowa has like no Seniors and could potentially AA in all 10 weight classes. They are massively good. But there are no given. Their 157 pounder was seeded 3rd this weekend and didn't even place. He'll get an at large bid but crazier things have happened. No?

Also have a multi state champ from Indiana coming in and a few others.

I will say this, not sure what is going on with recruiting but a ton of Michigan wrestlers are leaving the state. Top top guys as well.  Most from DCC but Alex Facundo of Davison whom many consider the #3-4 prospect in the nation just committed to Penn State. We've had multiple DCC guys going to Nebraska. The Amines and others are from DCC so the relationship is there, not sure why Bormet is not closing on these guys. Will hurt Michigan's program for sure. And with their facility, I don't see why these guys don't want to stay home. Makes me shake my head. Maybe its scholarship money? Since these guys only get partials of 9? I don't know but Bormet needs to lock down DCC and other high profile guys to get them to stay home.

Uh no, considering Michigan beat OSU the last time they wrestled (last year). Sooooo your dumb