How does scoring work for the conference and national tournaments?

Detail: Breakdown of NCAA tournament scoring

General Rule

Scoring follows official tournament team scoring rules
All individual and team scoring is verified against official scores at TrackWrestling / FloWrestling

Placement Points

Points for final place:

1st: 16
2nd: 12
3rd: 10
4th: 9
5th: 7
6th: 6
7th: 4
8th: 3

Advancement Points

Championship bracket win 1 point
Consolation bracket win 0.5 point
If a wrestler has a bye and wins their next match an advancement point(s) is earned for that side of the bracket

Bonus Points

Fall / forfeit / default / DQ 2 points
Tech fall (with near fall) 1.5 points
Tech fall (w/o near fall) 1 point
Major decision 1 point

5. Deductions

Team deductions not applied to individuals except DQ (all points removed)
Team deductions are applied and used in tiebreakers
Otherwise follows team race scoring

How are dual contests scored?

Detail: Breakdown of how the MatKings.com Dual contest scoring works

Confidence Points

If you correctly select the winner of a dual match you win the confidence points placed on that match
If a wrestler is replaced, you will still win the match if that same team wins the match.

Bonus Points

If you correctly select the match winner and the type of victory,
you receive bonus points equal to the team dual points:
Decision: 3
Major: 4
Tech Fall: 5
Fall: 6

Examples

You select Gable Steveson to win by Tech Fall with confidence points 10

Gable loses - you get 0 points
Gable wins by decision, major or fall - you get 10 points for the confidence you place on that match
Gable wins by Tech Fall - you get 10 points for the confidence you place on that match + 5 bonus points for the Tech Fall

You select David Taylor to win by Decision with confidence points 9

Taylor loses - you get 0 points
Taylor wins by major, tech fall or fall - you get 9 points for the confidence you place on that match
Taylor wins by decision - you get 9 points for the confidence you place on that match + 3 bonus points for the decision

You select Dylan Fishback to win by Decision with confidence points 6 but is replaced in the match and doesn't wrestle

Fishback's replacement loses - you get 0 points
Fishback's replacement wins by major, tech fall or fall - you still get 6 points for the confidence you place on that match
Fishback's replacement wins by decision - you still get 6 points for the confidence you place on that match + 3 bonus points for the decision