Illinois Matmen’s GO EARN IT NCAA Finals Pick’Em Challenge

It’s time to test your knowledge (and luck) with our first-ever NCAA Division I Championships pick’em challenge sponsored by GO EARN IT Wrestling Apparel.

Here are the finals match-ups in the order they will be wrestled.

197 – J’den Cox (Missouri) 27-0 v Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) 31-2
285 – Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) 16-0 v Connor Medbery (Wisconsin) 29-1
125 – Darian Cruz (Lehigh) 30-2 v Ethan Lizak (Minnesota) 30-6
133 – Cory Clark (Iowa) 19-3 v Seth Gross (South Dakota State) 34-1
141 – Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) 31-0 v George DiCamillo (Virginia) 24-4
149 – Zain Retherford (Penn State) 27-0 v Lavion Mayes (Missouri) 23-2
157 – Jason Nolf (Penn State) 26-0 v Joey Lavallee (Missouri) 29-1
165 – Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) 31-0 v Vincenzo Joseph (Penn State) 21-4
174 – Mark Hall (Penn State) 30-3 v Bo Jordan (Ohio State) 18-1
184 – Gabe Dean (Cornell) 34-0 v Bo Nickal (Penn State) 25-1

And now for the rules. They are simple.

Just comment/reply to this article/thread and pick the winner of each match by listing their last name followed by our tie-breaker which is the total match points (without going over) in the 165-pound final featuring Isaiah Martinez.

If two entries are identical including the tie-breaker, the entry that was submitted first wins.

You must have your picks submitted before the finals start at 7pm.

Admin’s Picks:
Cox
Snyder
Lizak
Clark
Heil
Retherford
Nolf
Martinez
Jordan
Nickal
9

Jared Bell’s Picks:
Cox
Snyder
Lizak
Clark
Heil
Retherford
Nolf
Martinez
Hall
Dean
8

GO EARN IT Picks:
Cox
Snyder
Lizak
Gross
Heil
Retherford
Nolf
Martinez
Jordan
Dean

The winner will get a FREE Illinois Wrestling t-shirt (pictured above) courtesy of GO EARN IT.

Good luck!

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