Mizzou Wrestling MAC Tournament Champions!

9 teams. 8/9 seeds have a pigtail match to come into the bracket, otherwise the normal 1-8, 2-7, etc. match-ups in the first round. Bids are automatic NCAA qualification spots if you place within the Top however many bids at that weight. Some situations may occur where if 2 wrestlers haven't matched up, they may wrestle off for the last place bid if there are even numbers of bids. That is what happened last year with Mikey England, and how he earned his bid. But generally that doesn't happen often.

125(4 bids): Barlow McGhee gets the #2 seed. Defeating his first round NIU opponent 8-5 in the dual, and should have Fleetwood of Cent Mich in the Semi's with a bid on the line. Beat him 9-4 in the dual. Should go 2 wins and guarantee his bid, with the finals a tough match-up with Peters of UNI. Even if he gets upset, 4 bids gives him some leeway.

133 (6 bids): Synon gets the #2 seed and a favorable bid setup. Basically, if he wins one match, he is getting a bid. His first match is the NIU kid he lost to in OT during the dual. One win and in. I think he should be able to pull that off.

141 (4 bids): Manley getting the #1 seed. Tough Semi-final from either of the 4/5 wrestlers, but should easily make the finals and earn a bid.

149 (5 bids): Mayes with the #1 Seed. Sleepwalk to a bid.

157 (5 bids): Barnes with the #5 seed. Actually should be the most entertaining weight of the tournament. Opening match is huge. If he wins that, he is set up really well to earn his bid. I am confident he finds a way to grab a Top 5 spot.

165 (4 bids): Lewis with the #1 seed. Tough match in the finals but other than that, should be dominant. Definitely getting a bid.

174 (3 bids): #2 seed for Butler. Tough allocation draw overall, with all three top 3 seeds legit wrestlers and almost no room for errors. Really tough semi-final matchup that he needs to win. If the worst happens, I think he gets a wild card bid anyways.

184 (4 bids): Willie with a #1 seed is a bit surprising. Oh well. He wont see Dechow until the finals anyways. Hope he has healed for the postseason.

197 (5 bids): J'den with the #1 seed. He may not even get to wrestle Wellington, but not very important. No one is close to him.

285 (1 bid): Heavy got the shortest stick with only 1 bid. Cody Johnston is getting the nod. He is the 8/9 seed. If he wins his opening match he will have the #1 seed from UNI Cabell. Weirdly enough, this is probably his best case scenario if he wants to win the bid. Cabell is small for heavyweight too. If Johnston upsets him, he has a very good shot at winning the thing, as the pool of talent is weak. Only two guys are worrisome, Cabell and Hutchison from Cent Mich. Hutch is on the other side and would only be a finals matchup. One match at a time for the senior.


End of the day...I think we see 9 guys going to the NCAA tournament.