common thing lately. It is especially common in the Big Ten. They actually had Rasheed avoid several high profile wrestlers throughout the season. Cael does it from time to time a PSU.

Iowa had Spencer Lee sit out vs. Riveria at 125 at their dual. Part of the reason is that they want to help protect their seed. If Rasheed goes into NCAA seeding undefeated, then he gets a higher seed. But if he has a lose then he could drop from the 3 seed, to a 4 seed. That means he definitely is on the opposite side of the bracket that Martin, the undeniable top seed. Not too mention if he does wrestle Martin, then it can also be feared that he shows his hand on the attack plan.

So at the end of the day I assure you Rasheed will be wrestling at NCAA's. The question is, and has been will the seeding committee finally start punishing wrestlers for doing this?? I lot of guys did it last year and they did end up hurting their seeding mildly. I am expecting them to do something this year as well, and maybe even more to Rasheed, due to how awful it is for the sport to "MF" out of the premier conferences final, when it is nationally televised. I am hoping he gets a 4 or 5 seed.