Semifinal Seeds
Now that we've reached the semifinals I thought it would be interesting to look at the seeds of the remaining wrestlers. I speculated prior to the tournament that full seeding of the bracket would reduce upsets and I believe that has come true.
1 seed - 9/10 in the SFs (major props to Mekhi for being the 1 to overcome that trend)
2 seed - 9/10 (Shakur Rasheed being the 1 exception)
3 seed - 7/10
4 seed - 4/10
5 seed - 6/10 (every semifinal includes the 4 or 5 seed)
6 seed - 3/10 (every semifinal includes the 3 or 6 seed)
29/40 semifinalists are top 4 seeds (72.5%). 35/40 are top 5 seeds (87.5%). And 38/40 are top 6 seeds (95%). Interestingly, the only exceptions are both from the ACC (Mekhi Lewis and Chip Ness).
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Posted: 03/22/2019 at 2:16PM