ILLINI-Centric NCAA Tournament Coverage

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Three ILLINI need to win one match each, and they will be All Americans. Byrd, Ruth and Thiccc Zac. So excite!

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Coverage of THE BATTLE FOR TULSA continues here at The ILLINI Wrestling Blog and Forum and Beyond. Two ILLINI will need upsets to reach the semifinals, Lucas Byrd and Zac Braunagel. Edmond Ruth and Danny Braunagel are in the wrestlebacks. I'm especially interested in whether Daton Fix risks it:
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We had to wait for it because the 133 bracket was overturned with the injury to Hogwarts' Connor McGonagle, but now it is time to celebrate LUCAS BYRD DAY! We have his bracket, his matchups and some other fun stuff, including his 2023 NCAA Hype Video here at The ILLINI Wrestling Blog and Forum and ...

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Over to the ILLINI Wrestling Blog and Forum and Beyond, we are already getting into the third part of our coverage of ILLINI Wrestlers in the Big Party. The first story dealt with the basics of who, what, where and when. The second story involved Braunagel Day, in which we covered their brackets in...

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Winners of the Prop Bet Contest have been announced, and Fighting Scot is one of them. Check out the post here at The ILLINI Wrestling Blog and Forum and Beyond.

You can message me here, Mr. Fighting Scot, or send an email to thetortmaster@yahoo.com with your shirt size and a mailing address....

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For a cool breakdown of the ILLINI B1G tournament with paragraph breaks and with a list of the NCAA qualifiers (alas, Pucino didn't get an at-large bid) check out The ILLINI Wrestling Blog and Forum and Beyond.

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LUCAS BYRD

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[ChiefIllini1]

Good luck, Fighting Scot! I still haven't watched the Finals--no BTN for me--so I'll check it out later tonight when it shows up at BTN+.

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You can read the full Volume 3 Preview of the B1G Tournament at The ILLINI Wrestling Blog and Forum and Beyond. All ten brackets are examined in an ILLINI-specific way, with special attention provided to the wrestlers who need to win some matches to earn a ticket to the Big Dance.

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The Fellas went Thor and Captain America on their competition yesterday. Scoles won his historic fourth Wisconsin State Championship, while Webster led Washington High School to a Dual State Championship. I've said it before, but it's starting to seem like an understatement: This recruiting class is...

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The post is here at The ILLINI Wrestling Blog and Forum and Beyond. The video is just below this sentence:


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GO ILLINI!!!...

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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:...

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CORRECTION: The second seed would get the winner of the #7 and #10 seeds. That would be Rutger's Joe Heilmann or MSU's Rayvon Foley given the seeds below. ILLINOIS fans would like to get a nice bonus win in the first round for the team standings, but saving Lucas’ energy for the later rounds...

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For the complete preview, click on this link to The ILLINI Wrestling Blog and Forum and Beyond.

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133. LUCAS BYRD (#6, 23-3, 8-0)

There are really only three questions involved in...