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Location T-Mobile Center Kansas City, Missouri Event Information Page Click here for information page Schedule *All Times Central Thursday, March 21 11:00am Session 1 (Round of 32) 6:00pm Session 2 (Round of 16 and consolations) Friday, March 22 11:00am Session 3 (Quarter-Finals and consolations) 7:00pm Session 4 (Semi-Finals and consolations) Saturday, March 23 10:00am Session 6 (Consolation finals) 6:00pm Session 7 (Championship matches) Brackets Brackets on TrackWrestling Streaming and Viewing *All Times Central All sessions and all mats are available on ESPN+ Thursday, March 21 11:00am Session 1 ESPNU 6:00pm Session 2 ESPN Friday, March 22 11:00am Session 3 ESPNU 7:00pm Session 4 ESPN Saturday, March 23 10:00am Session 6 ESPNU 6:00pm Session 7 ESPN Participating wrestlers from Indiana Weight Wrestler High School College 133 Cayden Rooks Columbus East Indiana 141 Jesse Mendez Crown Point Ohio State 141 Sergio Lemley Mount Carmel Michigan 149 Graham Rooks Columbus East Indiana 157 Brayton Lee Brownsburg Indiana 174 Brody Baumann Mater Dei Purdue 197 Evan Bates Chesterton Northwestern 197 Silas Allred Shenandoah Nebraska 285 Lucas Davison Chesterton Michigan 285 Nick Willham Greenwood Indiana View full article

Rest in peace Coach Tim Brown. He was ALL IN ALL a good man and gave a ton to YOUNG wrestlers and the sport of wrestling in general. Tim gave all he could (willingly). Lots of good memories for a ton of people. A reminder to be present in the everlasting now. SS

Wow. Bravo @TeamGarcia! Coherent thoughts presented thoughtfully and with NO MEMES! I knew you had it in you. Kudos. That’s not why you’re a HOF”r but it works! Were you hacked? Welcome to the college board.

Seeding the NCAA’s Given where Vito Arujau from Cornell is sitting, in the bottom bracket at 6th seed, who came up with that madness? I’m not sure the Seeding Committee is aware of it or not, but Vito is the returning NCAA Champion and the defending World Champion! Granted, he has two losses on the season. Both of them to a very talented wrestler from Lehigh who’s seeded 2nd which puts them together again in the quarters. Yes, I know the NCAA seeding committee has, to eliminate constant bitching and political infighting, established a set of hard fast criteria. And, maybe that’s what has Vito at 6th but, couldn’t there be one or two ‘we need to do something’ exceptions? Not for Vito, I’m not asking for Vito, he’ll do what he’s always done. But for Kai Orine from NC State who’s seeded 3rd and will run into Vito in the quarters. Is that fair to Kai? Why not put Vito 3rd and push Kai to 4th? That would give Kai a better shot at placing and in theory a match against Fix in the semi’s. But hitting Vito in the quarters, well, I wish him well. Of course, Kai might beat Vito, but there’s a stronger possibility that won’t happen. So, instead of penalizing Vito for only having 15 matches, is the Seeding Committee really teaching him a lesson? Ask Kai and just to play devil’s advocate here, Dylan Shawver from Rutgers has 5 loses and he’s seeded 4th, two slots ahead of Vito who has only lost to one person all year. Now to the ultimate, “what the hell is anyone thinking,” bobblehead move. Penn State’s Starocci is the 9th seed? Pardon me, but he’s a three-time NCAA Champion going for his fourth title and the committee seeds him 9th! No one has come close to touching him this year. Yea, I get it, he forfeited out of the Big Ten’s and they’re his two losses but really, you could hand out baseball bats to half the athletes in his weight class and he’d still win the tournament. But I guess the Seeding Committee is teaching him, and PSU a lesson. “We have rules.” Horse manure. He was saving himself at the Big 10’s for the NCAA’s because his knee wasn’t at 100%. No one shook hands with him and then walked off the mat with more points than he had. It was two whistle-whistles. Again, just like Vito, Carter doesn’t give a hoot where you put him, but I bet Mekhi Lewis does. He’s seeded 1st, and deserves a shot to be in the finals. Not now. So, who is the Seeding Committee teaching a lesson to here, Carter? Nope! Then in the semi’s, on paper at least, Carter has Shane Griffith. I bet the Michigan coaches are jumping for joy over that. Hypothetically speaking, what if Michigan was in the running, neck and neck for the team title with Penn State. Wouldn’t it be sneaky if Cael (which he’d never do so please no poison pen notes) knew that Carter could take out Shane, but if they met in the finals, that might be enough points for Michigan to win the team title. So, strategically he has Carter whistle-whistle out of the Big Ten’s, get 9th seed and take Shane out so the Nittany Lions would win the team title. Sounds plausible, certainly sneaky, and of course no coach would ever do that, right? Has the Seeding Committee thought of that, I doubt it. These people need to have a “however” for those moments when the black and white of their rules don’t make sense. And in the case of Vito and Carter, they’re not the ones that were taught a lesson.

Yep, that's why I didn't pick him as my wild card. It would have better that you kept this comment to yourself until after the tournament started.......LOL

Prayers from the Tonte family and Franklin wrestling.

I agree that it's tricky...there are 1 or 2 at every weight that jump out as "value" picks, but it's tough to make the puzzle pieces fit. Fun stuff!

No worries, thank you!

Wouldn't it have been easier to just go to a neighboring, rival high school where he could be a starter? /s

Poor struggling program, they need all the help they can get.

Maybe he just meant "3-4" category. Carr is still a 4 as far as any media and brackets I can find.

Have I missed a change already? I have David Carr as a 4 seed.

Man just read up on this. Crazy. That dude was always a quality guy when I used to run into him. A loss for the Indianapolis area wrestling community for sure Condolences to the family.

Eternal Memory!

Congratulations to Brandon Johnson Congratulations to from Lawrence North for signing with West Liberty. Projected to wrestle 197, 285. View full signing

How many medals and honors does this family have? I know there are I believe two younger Rioux’s as well? What this family has done is nothing short of incredible. Off the top of my head, Eight state medals, five finals appearances, and now a state title. Props to them, finally bringing that title home

Just wanted to say the Rioux Fam appreciate all the kind words! Unbelievably proud of Luke and Nate for all their hard work and Luke for getting it done... even if he had to call me out in the interview afterwards!

Great to see a kid put a Gold on the mantle. In a time where many Avon families have drifted north... happy to see the crew stay put.

Congrats to Luke for getting it done. He's been a class act and happy to see him on top of the podium in his last high school match.

As President of #TheCounty … I lost count in the 40’s combined. @MamaRioux would know exactly.