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  1. The College Fan Guide To USA Wrestling's 2024 Olympic Team Trials

    The College Fan Guide To USA Wrestling's 2024 Olympic Team Trials

    Apr 15, 2024

    Every four years, the Olympic Team Trials attracts one of the greatest collections of active American wrestlers under one roof. Just how great will the 2024 Trials in State College be? Keep reading and we will tell you!
  2. World Team Trials Challenge Tournament 92 kg Preview

    World Team Trials Challenge Tournament 92 kg Preview

    May 10, 2023

    There will only be three weights contested in men’s freestyle at the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament on May 20 and 21, but those three weights are going to be electric. In addition to 61 kg and 125 kg, 92 kg will be in action. With top talent coming both up and down from 86 and 97 to try and make Final X, you’re not going to want to miss it.
  3. List Of Men's Freestyle World Team Trials Qualifiers

    List Of Men's Freestyle World Team Trials Qualifiers

    May 3, 2023

    Below is a list of every men's freestyle wrestler that is qualified for the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament on May 20 - 21 and how they qualified. This gives us a good idea of what the field will look like. You can see who is already registered HERE. You can read the full World Team proceeders HERE.
  4. 2023 NCAA Wrestling Championship Preview & Predictions - 197 Pounds

    2023 NCAA Wrestling Championship Preview & Predictions - 197 Pounds

    Mar 12, 2023

    Similar to last year, the 197-pound bracket has no clear favorite and no wrestler’s seed will likely mean much. Returning champion Gabe Dean enters as the nine-seed following a 20-3 season where he lost, 6-3, in the Big Ten finals to Nebraska’s Silas Allred. This weight is a tangled plate of spaghetti that should be the most chaotic bracket of the tournament.
  5. 2022-23 NCAA 197-Pound Preseason Preview: Max Dean Leads Crowded Field

    2022-23 NCAA 197-Pound Preseason Preview: Max Dean Leads Crowded Field

    Aug 30, 2022

    This weight is similar to last season where the field is deep and at least 20 different wrestlers have a legitimate shot of finding their way to the podium. Returning champion Max Dean of Penn State is the favorite after a 23-1 season.
  6. Complete Chaos: 2022 197-Pound NCAA Championship Preview

    Complete Chaos: 2022 197-Pound NCAA Championship Preview

    Mar 14, 2022

    Brackets | Rankings | Additional Previews: 125, 133, 141, 149, 157, 165, 174, 184, 285
  7. Podium Strivers: Wrestlers Still On The Hunt For Their First AA

    Podium Strivers: Wrestlers Still On The Hunt For Their First AA

    Mar 12, 2022

    In which we highlight the competitors entering their fourth --or fifth!-- NCAA Championship but are still looking for their first All-American honor. They are our podium strivers.
  8. Big 10 Tournament Preview & Predictions - The Upperweights

    Big 10 Tournament Preview & Predictions - The Upperweights

    Mar 2, 2022

    What if I told you that there weren’t just multiple returning NCAA champions in the top three weights at the Big Ten tournament, but multiple Olympic medalists? Because that’s exactly what we’ve got at the 2022 Big Ten tournament!
  9. 2021 CKLV Pre-Seeds Are HERE!

    2021 CKLV Pre-Seeds Are HERE!

    Dec 1, 2021

    The Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational is the toughest early-season tournament and the pre-seeds are finally here! There are multiple national champions and over 100 ranked wrestlers in the field - take a look below to see the pre-seeds at every weight.
  10. Cliff Keen Las Vegas Upperweight Preview & Predictions

    Cliff Keen Las Vegas Upperweight Preview & Predictions

    Dec 1, 2021

    Outside of the NCAA championship, the CKLV is perhaps the biggest bracketed wrestling event of the season. Certainly, it is the most consequential prior to the start of the holiday break.
  11. Every Ranked Wrestler We Could See At The Cliff Keen Las Vegas

    Every Ranked Wrestler We Could See At The Cliff Keen Las Vegas

    Nov 23, 2021

    Just how tremendous is the 2021 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational going to be? We haven't had one since 2019, so its mere existence is pretty tremendous in and of itself if you ask us.
  12. NCAA 197-Pound Preview: Amine's To An End

    NCAA 197-Pound Preview: Amine's To An End

    Mar 17, 2021

    The longest anyone has ever had to wait for an NCAA Tournament since World War II ended is finally over. The competitors have made their way to St Louis and we are going to crown 10 new champs for the first time since 2019.
  13. Myles Amines Business: 197-Pound Big Ten Preview

    Myles Amines Business: 197-Pound Big Ten Preview

    Mar 5, 2021

    Soon there will be a gathering where the Big Ten 165-pounders will vie for the great prize. While the fate of humanity does not hinge on the outcome, it is still a pretty big deal. As this strange covid season of 2021 reaches the conclusion, we find Alex Marinelli as the undisputed #1 seed, despite having only wrestled in two dual meets. 
  14. Projecting Every Seed At The Big Ten Championships

    Projecting Every Seed At The Big Ten Championships

    Feb 26, 2021

    The post-season is here. We have to wait an extra week for the biggest and baddest conference tournament of them all, but that just gives us more time to preview, prognosticate, and predict what will happen. Below is the projected seed for every weight at the Big Ten tournament with the number of allocations listed below. Pre seeds will be released early next week.
  15. Week Eight Hodge Trophy Rankings Update

    Week Eight Hodge Trophy Rankings Update

    Feb 16, 2021

    Two weeks after releasing our first set Dan Hodge Trophy rankings, we have our first updated set! Three wrestlers from the first set; Logan Massa, Noah Adams, and Boo Lewallen, took losses and were taken out. Previous #9, Mekhi Lewis, injury defaulted in the third period after trailing the entire match to Jake Wentzel, so he was shown the door as well.