The Road to the NCAAs: Coaches Rankings, RPI and Qualifier Allocations Announced

This article is from 02/27/14

On Thursday, the NCAA released the allocation of qualifiers, by conference and weight, for the upcoming NCAA tournament.  In addition, updated Coaches Panel and RPI rankings were announced for each weight class.

The EIWA conference earned 47 slots for the NCAA championships.  Cornell, Columbia, Binghamton, Hofstra and Army all compete in the EIWA.  Buffalo is part of the MAC conference, which has 41 total spots.

For more details and an explanation of those allocations, see the NCAA announcement here.

For a look at which wrestlers with New York ties were included in the latest Coaches Panel and RPI rankings, see below.

Cornell

125: Nahshon Garrett (1 RPI, 1 Coaches Panel)

133: Mark Grey (15, 14)

141: Mike Nevinger (NR, 10)

149: Chris Villalonga (4, 3)

157: Brian Realbuto (14, 9)

165: Dylan Palacio (7, 14)

174: Duke Pickett (23, 33)

184: Gabe Dean (1, 3)

197: Jace Bennett (15, 19)

285: Jacob Aiken-Phillips (33, NR)

Hofstra

125: Jamie Franco (16, 22)

133: Jamel Hudson (19, 20)

141: Luke Vaith (11, 7)

149: Cody Ruggirello (25, 22)

165: Joe Booth (14, 15)

Columbia

141: Matt Bystol (32, 32)

165: Josh Houldsworth (25, 28)

174: Shane Hughes (30, 16)

184: Zack Hernandez (30, NR)

Army

157: Paul Hancock (26, 28)

174: Brian Harvey (24, 33)

184: Ryan Tompkins (25, NR)

197: Bryce Barnes (31, NR)

Binghamton

125: David White (28, 33)

197: Cody Reed (NR, 24)

285: Tyler Deuel (29, 23)

Buffalo

141: Nick Flannery (30, NR)

NY High School Wrestlers

133: Nick Wilcox, Bloomsburg (22, 22)

141: Sam Speno, NC State (20, 28)

141: Stephen Dutton, Michigan (NR, 11)

141: Steven Rodrigues, Illinois (NR, 23)

149: Ian Paddock, Ohio State (17, 18)

149: Mac Maldarelli, Lock Haven (22, NR)

157: Johnny Greisheimer, Edinboro (15, 15)

165: Josh Veltre, Bloomsburg (18, 18)

165: Ryan LeBlanc, Indiana (19, 24)

165: Mitchell Wightman, Boston (29, NR)

184: Zach Diekel, Lehigh (26, NR)

197: Christian Boley, Maryland (3, 9)

285: Nick Gwiazdowski, NC State (3, 2)

285: Ernest James, Edinboro (14, 13)