Five Thoughts on the Big 12 Wrestling Brackets

Pre-seeding for the Big 12 wrestling tournament were announced on Monday. They were later adjusted after the much-discussed wrestle-off between Joe Smith and Chandler Rogers, which resulted in Joe entering as the starter for the Cowboys. Now that the brackets have been updated, and Joe Smith entered into them, I thought I’d give some thoughts.

1. Joe Smith got a horrible seed

One big discussion topic with inserting Joe into the lineup at this point in this season was how he would be viewed for seeding in the postseason. His lack of matches at the weight left questions about where they would put him. Even with his impressive historical resume and his pretty solid season at 174, he didn’t earn…