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Iowa State Begins Postseason At Big 12 Championship
03.04.2020 | Wrestling
AMES, Iowa – The No. 21 Iowa State wrestling team will turn its focus to the 2020 postseason, beginning with the Big 12 Championship this weekend. The conference tournament is set to run from Saturday to Sunday, March 7-8, in Tulsa, Okla., at the BOK Center.
In total, there will be 54 automatic bids to the NCAA Championships on the line across the 10 weights. Coverage of the Big 12 Championship will be provided by Big 12 Now on ESPN+ (sessions 1-3) with the finals being broadcast on Fox Sports affiliates.
Pre-seeds are subject to change at the Big 12 coaches meeting on Friday night in Tulsa. Attached above are preliminary brackets, which are also subject to change.
Big 12 Championship Pre-seeds
125 – No. 3 Alex Mackall
133 – No. 5 Todd Small
141 – No. 2 Ian Parker
149 – No. 4 Jarrett Degen
157 – No. 1 David Carr
165 – No. 6 Chase Straw
174 – No. 3 Sam Colbray
184 – No. 5 Marcus Coleman
197 – Unseeded Joel Shapiro
285 – No. 2 Gannon Gremmel
Big 12 Championship Schedule
Day One
Session I (ESPN+)
11 a.m. – Preliminary matches / quarterfinals
Session II (ESPN+)
5 p.m. – Semifinals / first and second round consolations
Day Two
Session III (ESPN+)
11 a.m. – Consolation semifinals / third, fifth, seventh-place matches / true placement matches
Session IV (Fox Sports affiliates)
6 p.m. – Finals
Cyclone Notebook
-The No. 21 Iowa State wrestling team turns its focus to the postseason and the Big 12 Championship. A total of 54 automatic bids to the NCAA Championships will be on the line in Tulsa across the 10 weight classes.
-The Big 12 announced the pre-seeds for the tournament on Wednesday. Here's where the Cyclones are projected to be seeded when the tournament starts on Saturday morning: No. 3 Alex Mackall, No. 5 Todd Small, No. 2 Ian Parker, No. 4 Jarrett Degen, No. 1 David Carr, No. 6 Chase Straw, No. 3 Sam Colbray, No. 5 Marcus Coleman, Unseeded Joel Shapiro and No. 2 Gannon Gremmel. (NOTE: Seeds are subject to change following the Big 12 Coaches Meeting on Friday night.)
-The Cyclones finished the season ranked No. 21 in the NWCA National Coaches Poll this week. ISU is also ranked No. 20, 13 and 16 in the final FloWrestling, Intermat and TrackWrestling team rankings.
-Mackall (14, 10, 11), Small (16, 19, 17), Parker (9, 7, 8), Degen (13, 7, 10), Carr (3, 3, 3), Straw (NR, 30, NR), Colbray (11, NR, 12), Coleman (28, 20, 23), Shapiro (30, NR, NR) and Gremmel (12, 10, 12) all are ranked in the NCAA Coaches Ranking, NCAA RPI and FloWrestling polls this week.
-Iowa State's 10 individually ranked wrestlers are the most of any Big 12 team.
-The Cyclones closed out the season with a 22-16 victory over NDSU. The win gave the Cyclones a share of the best Big 12 dual record at 7-1 with Oklahoma State. ISU's seven conference victories is also the most in school history.
-Hilton Coliseum proved again this year that it is one of the best places to compete in all of college wrestling. The Cyclones posted a 5-2 dual mark at home with an average of 4,795 fans attending each contest. Iowa State's season attendance average is the most for an ISU squad in the Big 12-era.
-The Big 12 announced its Academic All-Big 12 teams in February. Dan Eslick, Brady Jennings, Ryan Leisure, Grant Stotts, Hank Swalla and Joe Teague were all first-team honorees. David Carr, Ian Parker and Joel Shapiro were named to the second team.
-Iowa State's nine All-Big 12 scholars is the most in program history. Jennings is now just the eighth Cyclone to earn three or more first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors.
-It was all-hands-on-deck for Dresser's lineup this season. In 15 duals this season, the Cyclones featured eight unique lineups. 18 Cyclones suited up in dual action this season with only Small and Gremmel wrestling in all 15 duals at the same weight.
-Sam Colbray continues to adjust to life at 174 pounds. He's finding his stride having won five matches in a row including two over top-10 opponents (Anthony Mantanona, Bryce Steiert).
-Gannon Gremmel has used his championship performance at the Southern Scuffle to propel him into the second half of the season. After a tough weekend at the Duals on the Diamond, Gremmel is now 8-0 in his last seven matches with three major decision victories and wins over two ranked opponents.
-Alex Mackall (5th), Todd Small (4th), Ian Parker (4th), Jarrett Degen (6th), David Carr (3rd) and Gannon Gremmel (4th) made up the podium Cyclones at the CKLV.
The attendance for the Iowa State-Iowa Dual (11,238) was the most in the last 20 years and the 10th-largest in Hilton Coliseum history. Another large crowd packed into Hilton Coliseum for ISU's dual with UNI. The 5,129 people that were there made up the fourth-largest crowd in the Kevin Dresser-era.
-The Cyclone wrestling roster continues to mature. After only returning one NCAA Qualifier for the 2018-19 season, Iowa State will return eight NCAA Qualifiers (Mackall, Gomez, Parker, Degen, Straw, Coleman, Colbray and Gremmel) and one All-American (Degen).
-Dresser improved his all-time dual wins to 188 against UNI. He currently ranks as the No. 18 winningest active coach in Division I wrestling.
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