2021 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational

Complete Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Predictions

Complete Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Predictions

In which we forecast all the results to the 2021 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational.

Dec 2, 2021 by Andrew Spey
Complete Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Predictions

The CKLV is nigh upon us, and we were so excited to get our grubby mitts on the entry lists and preeseeds that we stayed up all night and forecasted the final results for all 10 weights classes. 

Brackets will eventually be in FloArena, but you can take a look at each preview to see all the athletes currently entered.

CKLV Previews: Lightweight | Middleweight | Upperweight

We picked placements 16-deep in each weight class and then assigned team point values based on those finishes. That gave us the following team placements for all 26 participating teams.

PlaceTeamPoints
1Nebraska100
2Ohio State97.5
3Northwestern85
4Purdue78
5Wyoming76
6Michigan71.5
7Cornell65.5
8Oklahoma54
9Oregon State53.5
10South Dakota State53
11Cal Poly50.5
12Princeton47.5
13Stanford37.5
13Northern Colorado37.5
15Navy29.5
16Harvard29
17Minnesota20.5
18Columbia17
19CSU-Bakersfield16
19Binghamton16
21Kent State10
22Utah Valley8.5
23Nebraska-Kearney6.5
24The Citadel6
25Sacred Heart2
25California Baptist2


Will this end up being wildly off-base when the dust settles and the final team points from actual matches are calculated at the conclusion of the tournament? Most likely! But it's fun to do anyway, so we did it. 

Here's how those scores break down by weight class. Apologies if this is difficult to view on your phone. I'll break out the weight classes individually below this chart. 

TEAM125133141149157165174184197285
Nebraska0
161013.51.52020109
Ohio State13.51.56.516213.513.59220
Northwestern
201.513.5205.590213.5
Purdue166.510012.521013.55.52
Wyoming05.51.51.59012.5102016
Michigan101622101005.5160
Cornell222200916212.50
Oklahoma0
5.56.55.5226.513.512.5
Oregon State91012.526.51.56.5005.5
South Dakota State6.51.520206.55.5092
Cal Poly1.50291.5161.5161.51.5
Princeton201.50016
021.56.5
Stanford0
012.502021.51.50
Northern Colorado5.513.513.5200001.51.5
Navy290020012.522
Harvard1.50001.512.521.5010
Minnesota
295.5
02
20
Columbia12.50001.51.51.5
00
CSU-Bakersfield012.5200001.500
Binghamton1.5201.501.51.506.51.5
Kent State21.51.51.51.500200
Utah Valley221.500001.501.5
Nebraska-Kearney1.5
01.5
21.5000
The Citadel0
00220
02
Sacred Heart0000000200
California Baptist0000200000


Top 16 forecasted finishes are below. In this exercise, the top eight wrestlers earned hypothetical placement and advancement points. Those that finished in the round of 12 and 16 earned only hypothetical advancement points. We did not account for potential hypothetical bonus points. 

125 Pounds

PLACENAMETEAM
1Pat GloryPrinceton
2Devin SchroderPurdue
3Malik HeinselmanOhio State
4Joe ManchioColumbia
5Jack MedleyMichigan
6Brandon KaylorOregon State
7Tanner JordanSouth Dakota State
8Jace KoelzerNorthern Colorado
9Jacob AllenNavy
10Jake FerriKent State
11Greg DiakomihalisCornell
12Yusief LillieUtah Valley
13Micah RoesBinghamton
14Joshua Portillo

Nebraska-Kearney

15Beau BaylessHarvard
16Antonio LorenzoCal Poly


133 Pounds

PLACENAMETEAM
1Chris CannonNorthwestern
2Dylan RagusinMichigan
3Mosha SchwartzNorthern Colorado
4Chance RichCSU-Bakersfield
5Devan TurnerOregon State
6Joshua KoderhandtNavy
7Matt RamosPurdue
8Job GreenwoodWyoming
9Haiden DruryUtah Valley
10Jake GlivaMinnesota
11Anthony SobotkerBinghamton
12Dominic LaJoieCornell
13Dylan KoontzOhio State
14Nick MastersPrinceton
15Caleb Gross

South Dakota State

16Brendon FentonKent State


141 Pounds

PLACENAMETEAM
1Clay CarlsonSouth Dakota State
2Chad RedNebraska
3Andrew AlirezNorthern Colorado
4Grant WillitsOregon State
5Parker FiliusPurdue
6Jake BergelandMinnesota
7Dylan D'EmilioOhio State
8Jacob ButlerOklahoma
9Cole HandlovicCornell
10Lawrence SaenzCal Poly
11Cole MattinMichigan
12Angelo MartinoniCSU-Bakersfield
13Ty SmithUtah Valley
14Frankie Tal ShaharNorthwestern
15Chase ZollmannWyoming
16Louis NewellKent State


149 Pounds

PLACENAMETEAM
1Yianni DiakomihalisCornell
2Sammy SassoOhio State
3Yahya ThomasNorthwestern
4Jaden AbasStanford
5Ridge LovettNebraska
6Legend LamerCal Poly
7Mitch MooreOklahoma
8Michael BlockhusMinnesota
9Kanen StorrMichigan
10Zach PriceSouth Dakota State
11Cory CrooksOregon State
12Christopher Sandoval

Northern Colorado

13Jaron JensenWyoming
14Kody KomaraKent State
15Sam Turner

Nebraska-Kearney

16Nick LombardBinghamton


157 Pounds

PLACENAMETEAM
1Ryan DeakinNorthwestern
2Quincy MondayPrinceton
3Peyton RobbNebraska
4Kendall ColemanPurdue
5Will LewanMichigan
6Jacob WrightWyoming
7Hunter WillitsOregon State
8Justin ThomasOklahoma
9Andrew CernigliaNavy
10Bryce HepnerOhio State
11Dazjon CastoThe Citadel
12Alejandro Raya

California Baptist

13Enrique MunguiaKent State
14Kyle MosherColumbia
15Brawley LamerCal Poly
16Trevor TarsiHarvard


165 Pounds

PLACENAMETEAM
1Shane GriffithStanford
2Evan WickCal Poly
3Carson KharchlaOhio State
4Philip ConigliaroHarvard
5Cameron AmineMichigan
6Julian RamirezCornell
7Tanner CookSouth Dakota State
8David FerranteNorthwestern
9Joseph GrelloOklahoma
10Selwyn PorterThe Citadel
11Emil SoehnlenPurdue
12Matthew Malcom

Nebraska-Kearney

13Joshua OgunsanyaColumbia
14Brevin CassellaBinghamton
15Matthew OlguinOregon State
16Bubba WilsonNebraska


174 Pounds

PLACENAMETEAM
1Mikey LabriolaNebraska
2Chris FocaCornell
3Ethan SmithOhio State
4Hayden HastingsWyoming
5Gerrit NijenhuisPurdue
6Troy FisherNorthwestern
7Aaron OlmosOregon State
8Cade DevosSouth Dakota State
9Jared KrattigerMinnesota
10Anthony MantanonaOklahoma
11Josh KimHarvard
12Tyler EischensStanford
13Jacob NolanBinghamton
14Adam KempCal Poly
15Billy Higgins

Nebraska-Kearney

16Aaron AyzerovColumbia


184 Pounds

PLACENAMETEAM
1Taylor VenzNebraska
2Bernie TruaxCal Poly
3Max LyonPurdue
4David KeyNavy
5Tate SamuelsonWyoming
6Kaleb RomeroOhio State
7Darrien RobertsOklahoma
8Jelani EmbreeMichigan
9Jonathan LoewCornell
10Travis StefanikPrinceton
11Colin MccrackenKent State
12Joe AccoustiSacred Heart
13Leonardo TarantinoHarvard
14Judah DuhmStanford
15Jacob ArmstrongUtah Valley
16Jacob Hansen

CSU-Bakersfield


197 Pounds

PLACENAMETEAM
1Stephen BuchananWyoming
2Patrick BruckiMichigan
3Jake WoodleyOklahoma
4Jacob CardenasCornell
5Eric SchultzNebraska
6Tanner SloanSouth Dakota State
7Lou DeprezBinghamton
8Thomas PenolaPurdue
9Jacob KoserNavy
10Andrew DavisonNorthwestern
11Gavin HoffmanOhio State
12Michial FoyMinnesota
13Luke StoutPrinceton
14Alan ClothierNorthern Colorado
15Nick StemmetStanford
16Trent TracyCal Poly


285 Pounds

PLACENAMETEAM
1Tate OrndorffOhio State
2Brian AndrewsWyoming
3Lucas DavisonNorthwestern
4Josh HeindselmanOklahoma
5Yaraslau SlavikouskiHarvard
6Christian LanceNebraska
7Jack DelGarbinoPrinceton
8Gary TraubOregon State
9AJ NevillsSouth Dakota State
10Michael McAleaveyThe Citadel
11Michael WoulfePurdue
12Riley SmithNavy
13Joe DoyleBinghamton
14Robert Winters

Northern Colorado

15Sam AguilarCal Poly
16Jayden WoodruffUtah Valley


Looking forward to seeing what we got wrong this weekend!