It’s tournament time. The Iowa Hawkeyes will compete at the 110th Big Ten Wrestling Championships in College Park, Maryland on Saturday and Sunday.
Gotta love this time of year. So much hard work has gone into the season to get to this point. Now it is time to play for keeps as they say.
The Hawks have seven wrestlers in the top four in the Pre-Seeds. Of course the first goal is to qualify for the NCAA National Tournament. Several Hawks have their work cut out for them to make it to Nationals.
As I went through each weight for my previews something was very apparent. This is the eleventh year of my Iowa Wrestling Fan Blog and this is the weakest the Big Ten has been in that time frame.
Don’t get me wrong, there are some real good weights and the Big Ten is still the dominant conference in the country. However the depth of high ranked wrestlers is just not there the way it has been the last ten years.
I am looking for a good showing by the Hawks at Big Tens. I believe that the up and down season prepared them for this type of competition. Now is the time to avenge previous losses and win the ones you are supposed to.
You can listen to the Big Tens on iheart.com, YouTube, and AM 800 KXIC where Steven Grace and Mark Ironside will call the action.
Let’s get ‘em in the middle.
Sat and Sun March 9-10 – Big Ten Championships (College Park, Maryland)
Thurs-Sat March 21-23 – NCAA Championships (Kansas City, MO)
Big Tens Pre-Seeds
125 – Drake Ayala #2
133 – Brody Teske #14
141 – Real Woods #3
149 – Caleb Rathjen #3
157 – Jared Franek #4
165 – Mike Caliendo #3
174 – Patrick Kennedy #3
184 – Aiden Riggins #13
197 – Zach Glazier #3
Hwt – Brad Hill #7
2024 Big Ten Wrestling Championships Pre-Seeds
https://bigten.org/news/2024/3/4/big-ten-wrestling-pre-seeds-announced.aspx
2024 Big Ten Wrestling Championships Schedule (All Times CST)
| Date | Session Coverage | Platform | Time (CST) |
| March 9, 2024 | Session 1 – First Round, Quarterfinals, Wrestlebacks | BTN | 9 AM |
| March 9, 2024 | Session 2 – Consolation Matches, Wrestlebacks | B1G+ | 4 PM |
| March 9, 2024 | Session 2 – Semifinals | BTN | 6 PM |
| March 10, 2024 | Session 3 – Consolation Semifinals, 7th Place Matches | B1G+ | 11 AM |
| March 10, 2024 | Session 4 – Championship, 3rd and 5th-Place Matches | BTN | 3:30 PM |
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
