The ILLINI B1G Tournament Preview (Vol. 2)

ILLINI IN THE FINAL RPI AND RANKINGS


133.  LUCAS BYRD  RPI 5  RANKING 10

141.  DANNY PUCINO RPI 24  RANKING 24

165.  DANNY BRAUNAGEL RPI 15  RANKING 19

174.  EDMOND RUTH  RPI 7  RANKING 8

184.  DYLAN CONNELL RPI 23 RANKING 22

197.  ZAC BRAUNAGEL  RPI 3  RANKING 12





PROP BETS

Your good friends at the ILLINI Wrestling Blog and Forum and Beyond are sponsoring a contest in conjunction with the B1G wrestling tournament. The Winner gets two IWB&F&B t-shirts. Second place will receive one t-shirt. Here are the rules: 

  • Pick "YES" or "NO" for each of the prop bets listed.
  • Pick the order of the final team standings for the tournament (tie breaker). 
  • The person with the most correct prop bet picks is the winner. Second place goes to the person with the second most correct prop bet picks. 
  • The tie breaker is the final team standings for the tournament. Ultimate tie breaker is the closest placement of Rutgers in the final team standings. 


These are the Prop Bets:

  1. Spencer Lee will get a first-period pinfall in his first match at the 2023 B1G tournament (Y/N)
  2. A team point will be deducted from Iowa's score during the 2023 B1G tournament (Y/N)
  3. During the first commercial break after the beginning of the finals broadcast, there will be a commercial selling cars or trucks. (Y/N)
  4. Carter Starocci will not give up a point in his first two matches during the 2023 B1G tournament (Y/N)
  5. Nebraska will have three or more finalists at the 2023 B1G tournament (Y/N)
  6. ILLINOIS will have a finalist at the 2023 B1G tournament (Y/N)
  7. Maryland will have two or more semi-finalists at the 2023 B1G tournament (Y/N)
  8. During broadcast of the finals, the cameras will catch a nervous coach with his finger in his nose (must be visually confirmed/actual nasal cavity penetration) (Y/N)
  9. Taylor Lamont will wrestle and beat Kyle Burwick during the 2023 B1G tournament (Y/N)
  10. The last match of the 2023 B1G tournament will involve Spencer Lee (Y/N)
  11. The last match of the 2023 B1G tournament will involve Yianni Diakomihalis (Y/N)
  12. At least two champions of the 2023 B1G tournament will do backflips or somersaults of some kind (Y/N)
  13. The final team standings at the 2023 B1G tournament are as follows: [write names of teams]


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VIDEOS OF ILLINI WRESTLERS IN "VERSUS BATTLES"


Here is an assortment of videos that depict ILLINI wrestlers in "Versus Battles." This includes the World Premiere of Mikey Carr versus Dr. Zoidberg, why not? These videos are entertaining, but also educational, and should be a staple of any home school curriculum. 


WORLD PREMIERE


 


















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