Who Are The Lowest Seeds To Win At The NCAA Wrestling Tournament?
Who Are The Lowest Seeds To Win At The NCAA Wrestling Tournament?
Carter Starocci won the NCAA Wrestling Championship as the No. 9 seed. Who are the lowest seeds to win at the NCAA Wrestling Tournament?
No. 8 seed Richard Figueroa upset No. 3 seed Drake Ayala to win the 125-pound NCAA Wrestling Championship while defending champion at 133-pound, but the No. 6 seed, Vito Arujua, won the championship as well.
Those lower seeds joined Carter Starocci, who won the 174-pound weight class, as some of the lower seeds to take home championships in Kansas City on Saturday.
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Starocci became only the sixth wrestler to win four straight national championships, and his teammate Aaron Brooks became the seventh on the same night. But Starocci did it as the No. 9 seed in his bracket. An injury forced Starocci to take losses at the Big Ten Championships earlier in March and led to his lower seed.
But who was the lowest seed to win a NCAA Wrestling Championship? Here is a look some notable ones.
Mark Branch, Oklahoma State Wrestling In 1994
Branch, a National Wrestling Hall of Fame Member and coach at Wyoming, became one of the best college wrestlers of the 1990s and won three NCAA championships and was a four-time All-American. But in 1994, he went 13-9 and was unseeded before winning a championship at the 167 pound weight class.
Cody Brewer, Oklahoma Wrestling In 2015
Brewer was the No. 13 seed after a 21-1 record. He went on beat No. 3 seed Cory Clark of Iowa to win the championship.
Myles Martin, Ohio State Wrestling In 2016
Martin defeated Penn State's Bo Nickal, the No. 1 seed to win the 174-pound weight class in 2016.
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NCAA Wrestling Tournament 2024 Schedule
The 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championship will be held at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri from March 21-23.
Complete schedule
- Session 1 - Championship First Round Thursday March 21 12pm ESPNU/ESPN+
- Session 2 - Championship Second Round + Consolations Thursday March 21 7pm ESPN/ESPN+
- Session 3 - Championships Quarterfinals + Consolations Friday March 22 12pm ESPNU/ESPN+
- Session 4 - Championship Semifinals + Blood Round Friday March 22 8pm ESPN/ESPN+
- Session 5 - Medal Round Saturday March 23 11am ESPNU/ESPN+
- Session 6 - Championship Finals Saturday March 23 7pm ESPN/ESPN+
Where Are The NCAA Wrestling Championships 2024
The 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championship will be held at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri from March 21-23.
The 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Wells Fargo Center while the 2026 NCAA Wrestling Championships are set for Cleveland, Ohio at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
NCAA Wrestling Championships 2024 At Large Bids
WEIGHT TEAM FIRST NAME LAST NAME CONFERENCE
- 125 California Baptist Elijah Griffin Big 12
- 125 Oregon State Brandon Kaylor Pac 12
- 125 Rider Tyler Klinsky MAC
- 125 Ohio State Brendan McCrone Big Ten
- 125 Northern Colorado Stevo Poulin Big 12
- 125 Harvard Diego Sotelo EIWA
- 133 Ohio State Nic Bouzakis Big Ten
- 133 Pennsylvania Michael Colaiocco EIWA
- 133 Northern Iowa Julian Farber Big 12
- 133 Missouri Kade Moore Big 12
- 133 Minnesota Tyler Wells Big Ten
- 141 Gardner-Webb Todd Carter SoCon
- 141 Cornell Vince Cornella EIWA
- 141 Virginia Tech Tom Crook ACC
- 141 Maryland Kal Miller Big Ten
- 141 Columbia Kai Owen EIWA
- 141 West Virginia Jordan Titus Big 12
- 149 Rutgers Michael Cetta Big Ten
- 149 South Dakota State Alek Martin Big 12
- 149 Pittsburgh Finn Solomon ACC
- 149 Pennsylvania Jude Swisher EIWA
- 157 Virginia Tech Bryce Andonian ACC
- 157 Little Rock Matty Bianchi Pac 12
- 157 Minnesota Michael Blockhus Big Ten
- 157 Northern Colorado Vinny Zerban Big 12
- 165 NC State Derek Fields ACC
- 165 Michigan State Caleb Fish Big Ten
- 165 Pittsburgh Holden Heller ACC
- 165 Bucknell Noah Mulvaney EIWA
- 165 Ohio Garrett Thompson MAC
- 174 Pittsburgh Luca Augustine ACC
- 174 Northern Iowa Jared Simma Big 12
- 174 Penn State Carter Starocci Big Ten
- 174 Navy Danny Wask EIWA
- 184 Gardner-Webb Jha`Quan Anderson SoCon
- 184 Iowa State Will Feldkamp Big 12
- 184 Pennsylvania Maximus Hale EIWA
- 184 Campbell Caleb Hopkins SoCon
- 184 Arizona State Tony Negron Pac 12
- 197 Northwestern Evan Bates Big Ten
- 197 Utah Valley Evan Bockman Big 12
- 197 Franklin & Marshall John Crawford EIWA
- 197 Virginia Tech Andy Smith ACC
- 285 Maryland Seth Nevills Big Ten
- 285 Pittsburgh Dayton Pitzer ACC
- 285 Minnesota Bennett Tabor Big Ten
- 285 Cal Poly Trevor Tink Pac-12
NCAA Division 1 Wrestling Rankings
The updated NCAA D1 Wrestling rankings can be found HERE.
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