BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Postseason action for Hoosier Wrestling begins on March 3 at the Big Ten Championships, hosted by Purdue University inside Mackey Arena. The conference tournament will qualify 74 wrestlers for the NCAA Championships, the most of any league in the country. The next closest conference, the EIWA, earned just 46 automatic bids to the NCAAs. The Big Ten Network and its Digital Nework (www.BigTenNetwork.com) will be streaming the entire championships and updates on how the Hoosiers are faring can be found at the teamÂ’s official Twitter page: (@IUWrestling1).

INDIANAÂ’S EXPECTED LINE-UP; National Rankings (Intermat/RPI/Coaches Panel)
125 lbs - Zach Zimmer, r-Fr. (12-14)
133 lbs - Joe Duca, r-Fr. (10-18)
141 lbs - No. 7 seed Matt Ortega, r-Sr. (23-14)
149 lbs - No. 6 seed Taylor Walsh, r-Fr. (24-8); 18/14/19
157 lbs - Sawyer Morris, r-Fr. (5-16)
165 lbs - Preston Keiffer, r-Fr. (8-10)
174 lbs - Ryan LeBlanc, r-So. (26-11); -/32/28
184 lbs - Luke Sheridan, Fr. (16-13); -/29/-
197 lbs - No. 2 seed Matt Powless, r-Sr. (30-3); 3/5/3
285 lbs - No. 7 seed Adam Chalfant, r-So. (21-9); -/30/21

BIG TEN NETWORK COVERAGE
Saturday, March 3:
Big Ten Championships: Session 1, 10:00 a.m. - Student U/BTN Digital
Big Ten Championships: Session 2, 5:00 p.m.  - Student U/BTN Digital
 
Sunday, March 4:
Big Ten Championships: Session 3, 1 p.m. - Student U/BTN Digital
Big Ten Championship Finals: Session 4, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. - BTN

FINAL NATIONAL RANKINGS
Five Hoosiers can be found in the top-33 (number of wrestlers qualifying for the NCAAs in each weight class) of the final RPI and NCAA Coaches Panel Rankings of the regular season. Here is where they stacked up:

RPI RANKINGS
197 lbs - #5 Matt Powless
149 lbs - #14 Taylor Walsh
184 lbs - #29 Luke Sheridan
285 lbs - #30 Adam Chalfant
174 lbs - #32 Ryan LeBlanc

NCAA COACHES PANEL RANKINGS
197 lbs - #3 Matt Powless
149 lbs - #19 Taylor Walsh
285 lbs - #21 Adam Chalfant
174 lbs - #28 Ryan LeBlanc

INTERMAT NATIONAL RANKINGS (Top-20)
197 lbs - #3 Matt Powless
149 lbs - #18 Taylor Walsh

POWLESS ON FLAWLESS STREAK
Matt Powless has not lost a match since Jan. 2 at the Southern Scuffle, rattling off 10 straight since his last defeat. Eight of those 10 WÂ’s have come with bonus points as well, including four pins. It marked his 30th win of the season, making it three consecutive 30-plus-wins years for Powless.

POWLESS CLIMBING RECORD BOOKS
Matt Powless closed out the regular seaosn with the 119th win of his career, giving him a share of sixth-place in the schoolÂ’s all-time rankings for career wins. He pulled even with current volunteer coach Brandon Becker, who also gathered 119 WÂ’s during his four years donning the Cream and Crimson (2005-08). Next on the list is Coyte Cooper (2000-04) in fifth place with 123 triumphs. Assistant coaches Pat DeGain (115) and Joe Dubuque (114) are also in the schoolÂ’s top-10.

Matt Ortega and Taylor Walsh are within striking distance of the record books as well. OrtegaÂ’s 26 career pins place him five away from cracking the top-10 while 11 falls for Walsh are two shy of the single-season top-10.

GOLDMAN NOTCHES WIN #250
Duane Goldman, the all-time winningest coach in school history, tallied the 250th victory of his coaching career early this season when his Hoosiers topped South Dakota State, 31-13, on Feb. 3. GoldmanÂ’s career duals record is now 254-135-5 (.654).  

BIG TEN STATISTICAL RANKINGS
A year after leading the Big Ten (and all of Division-I wrestling) with 13 major decisions in 2010-11, senior Matt Powless is amongst the conference leaders once again this season. He is joined by Ryan LeBlanc and Taylor Walsh in the top-10 of a conference statistical ranking:

Matt Powless - 30 wins (3rd); 9 MDs (t-7th)
Taylor Walsh - 11 pins (t-5th)
Ryan LeBlanc - 26 wins (t-9th)