***NCAA Wrestling - Session 1 (Thu. 11:00)***

[theshadow]

***NCAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS - SESSION 1***
Thursday, March 20 | 11 a.m. CT
Wells Fargo Center | Philadelphia, Pa.

***IOWA STATE PREVIEW***
Primer | Notes (PDF)

***MEDIA COVERAGE***
TV: ESPNU
AUDIO: Varsity Network
STREAMING (ALL LINKS ESPN+):

MAT 1	MAT 2	MAT 3	MAT 4
MAT 5	MAT 6	MAT 7	MAT 8
MATCAST	TV SIMULCAST

***LIVE RESULTS***
Live Scoring: TrackWrestling
Brackets: Preliminary Brackets, March 12 (PDF)

***SESSION 1 BOUT SCHEDULE***
Pigtails (1-10)
Round of 32 (11-170)

***IOWA STATE MATCHES THIS SESSION***
ROUND OF 32
133 - (11) Evan Frost vs. (22) Tyler Wells, MINN
141 - (9) Jacob Frost vs. (24) Jason Miranda, STAN
149 - (4) Paniro Johnson vs. (29) Jack Gioffre, UVA
157 - (16) Cody Chittum vs. (17) D.J. McGee, GMU
165 - (30) Aiden Riggins vs. (3) Mike Caliendo, IOWA
174 - (23) MJ Gaitan vs. (10) Alex Cramer, CMU
184 - (13) Evan Bockman vs. (20) Nick Fine, COL
HWT - (28) Daniel Herrera vs. (5) Ben Kueter, IOWA

 

[theshadow]

Change in the 174 bracket, per TrackWrestling.

Brennan (LR) is out.

Turley (RUT) moves to 29
Bassett (LH) moves to 30
John (MD) moves to 31
McGill (COL) moves to 32
Wilson (RID), alternate, slides in at 33

 

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[ISU_Cyclones]

Very excited. Best day in all of sports between this and basketball.

 

[jcordova8]

Check out interviews for this week if you're curious what the team had to say ahead of today's matchups!

CFTV: Metcalf, Johnson and Bockman at the NCAA Wrestling Championships

CFTV: Metcalf, Johnson and Bockman at the NCAA Wrestling Championships

Philadelphia, PA. - The most anticipated week of the year has arrived for the sport of college wrestling. The NCAA Wrestling Championships take place March 20 - 22 in Philadelphia and eight Cyclones are vying to. prove to the world wrong. I had a chance to catch up with assistant coach Brent Met

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CFTV: Dresser, Gaitan and Herrera talk NCAA Wrestling Championships

CFTV: Dresser, Gaitan and Herrera talk NCAA Wrestling Championships

Head coach Kevin Dresser, MJ Gaitan (174) and Daniel Herrera (285) talk about the NCAA Wrestling Championships that will take place March 20-22 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Listen as Dresser dives into team mentality heading into the biggest weekend of the year after an injury plagued season. M

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[mj4cy]

Uneducated fan here but what is the expected outcome for ISU and what would be considered a monumental success?

 

[theshadow]

Uneducated fan here but what is the expected outcome for ISU and what would be considered a monumental success?

Based on the seeds, 19th is the "projected" finish.

IMO, 12th-15th would qualify as a successful tournament, and anything above that would be monumental. There's a decent gap from 12 to 11, projection-wise.

 

[CycloneVet]

Based on the seeds, 19th is the "projected" finish.

IMO, 12th-15th would qualify as a successful tournament, and anything above that would be monumental. There's a decent gap from 12 to 11, projection-wise.

We are missing too much firepower this year so anything around this would be a good tournament

 

[ISU22CY]

Based on the seeds, 19th is the "projected" finish.

IMO, 12th-15th would qualify as a successful tournament, and anything above that would be monumental. There's a decent gap from 12 to 11, projection-wise.

What do you see us going first round? I'm going with 5 but hoping for 6 with either an MJ upset or PNut (I really would enjoy this one)

 

[CycloneVet]

What do you see us going first round? I'm going with 5 but hoping for 6 with either an MJ upset or PNut (I really would enjoy this one)

A Herrera upset would make my day

 

[ISU_Cyclones]

A Herrera upset would make my day

I'm giving it about 5% total chance for either Riggins or Herrera but man it would be something to get either one of those.

 

[cytor]

Want to see ZERO PSU champions. I know that is a long shot.

 

[CycloneVet]

Want to see ZERO PSU champions. I know that is a long shot.

I want to see zero PSU and Iowa champs. But I can’t have everything

 

[AltoonaFish]

Want to see ZERO PSU champions. I know that is a long shot.

I think hoping for less than 4 would be reasonable

 

[LindenCy]

Based on the seeds, 19th is the "projected" finish.

IMO, 12th-15th would qualify as a successful tournament, and anything above that would be monumental. There's a decent gap from 12 to 11, projection-wise.

I think I would judge success more in the number of AAs, which by seed should be 1, but I'd love to see 3 at least, which is doable.

 

[crablegs]

Here we go guys! Big first round. Going to be big to see where Frost is at out of the gate. Wells is tough. Frost beat him 2-1 in the blood round last year and he wrestles a ton of close matches.

 

[enisthemenace]

Anyone have an idea what mat assignments are? Track only lists first 3 matches per mat, and no Frost brothers in the first 3.

Not a big deal, as it will eventually cycle once it starts, but wondering if we know where E Frost will be to help ease the tension

 

[theshadow]

WRESTLERS, CLEAR THE MATS!

 

[JEFF420]

insane they do this on start of march madness