Grapple At the Garden

Have been several years in a row. They went for more teams this year with greater diversity across divisions. Not as many high end teams as in the past but the wrestling was good.

I was very surprised at the turn out, probably the lowest I've seen since it started. Need to bring in in big name Division I schools, Iowa, Penn State, etc. to get a bigger draw in my opinion. The idea I thought was to promote the sport. T-shirts, how do you not have Large's? Definitely should go back to having Suplay sponsor the event!

Excellent, excellent, tournament!!! Which they had more venues like this, which is a great benefit to the sport.

Attended the NE Duals in Troy, NY 4-5 times, that event is a much better value. Despite fewer Div I teams in Troy, there were better varieties of teams (MW). Tickets were 50-75% cheaper -- plus watching your favorite team 3x vs. twice in the Garden. Using 4 mats is easier to follow action not of our team. Concessions were remarkably cheaper in Troy tho more limited in options. . We got what we expected in MSG - a lot of smoke (literally) and mirrors, fancy intros, etc. The one thing that startled me most for the "World's Most Famous Arena," which I'd been to before: one would think an arriving train passenger would find it "duck soup' to find and enter the Garden. But the signage was unbelievably inadequate, making it amazingly difficult to find. I turned around twice -- and luckily found a small sign directing me "up" - so I climbed a narrow, informal stairway and finally found the Garden. Many of us agreed on the poor sign issue. I sincerely hope my Lehigh team doesn't return soon, since I had never been tempted to attend the first two "Grapples" even with better college attractions.

Conditions for the College Wrestlers were DEPLORABLE! Ice cold showers in tiny stalls, 2 Weight Scales to weigh in 100+ Wrestlers at 6 AM!! Are you kidding me? Who organized this event??? Someone who has never WRESTLED before?? The Announcer talking every blasted minute made our heads want to explode, and the interviews during very intense College bouts were ridiculous. Why not do those between rounds? Can't BELIEVE the NCAA is going to let these clowns run the NCAA TOURNAMENT in 2016!!

Fewer top colleges than before. Food was poor. Well run otherwise.

loved the show! my son wrestles and i broght him and his friends !!!

I had a lot of fun, I wish it was an hour or two longer. I think next year they should have more freestyle wrestlers and college teams.

real nice event. new garden is beautiful. would put on a great NCAA final. sorry not to see dake. bubba's grudge match was great. t shirt showing dake just were not good. date and teams would be better.

Disappointed. Much better event last year. Should be some type of program for the event.

The grapple at the Garden was a fantastic event, a lot of great wrestling! It was nice to see the club wrestlers as well as the collage teams.

Anytime NCAA & Olympic Wrestling can get exposure at the 'GARDEN' it is special, and this event was no exception. A fine showing by all teams, and a preview of what will come in March at the NCAA Championships for a number of these wrestlers. A great venue, great teams and I look forward to next year!

True athletes in one of the toughest sports! Great venue for this amazing event.

As a wrestling fan I enjoyed it with my son. However we were told via e-mail that Kyle Dake would be available for autographs but there was no mention of this at the event. My son was very disappointed. I would have liked to see vendors with wrestling gear for sale. The 'grapple" singlets for 100.00 was obnoxious - even for NY. The event lacked excitement for the fans. Something simple like shooting t-shirts into the stands and lighting effects would have helped.

I was looking forward to watching my favorite wrestler dake and understand he was switched out to an injury but was glad to hear he would be present for autographs however he was a no show. Secondly Jenkins showed bad sportsmanship a little disappointed with event