Throughout the course of a season you see a lot of matches. One match that I will remember from this season is from the first round of Big Tens at 133. #14 seed Brody Teske was behind #3 seed Nic Bouzakis of Ohio State 13-6 at the start of the third period. Teske won the match 15-13. Great match.
On the season Teske is 14-5 with one pin, four tech falls and two major decisions.
As a #15 seed at 133 Teske will face Derrick Cardinal of South Dakota State in the first round at Nationals.
From what we saw at Big Tens, never count Brody Teske out in a match.
One thing to keep in mind. You have two types of wrestlers in the Consolation backside at the National Tournament. One wrestler is devastated to be there because they lost and cannot be a national champion. The other type is a wrestler that is hungry and wanting to wrestle.
Should Teske go into the Consolations early he certainly has the mentality and skill set to put himself in a position to finish strong in the tournament.
Brackets for the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships:
https://www.ncaa.com/_flysystem/public-s3/images/2024/03/13/2024NCAAd1Wrestlingbrackets.pdf
Brody Teske – 133
Hunter Leake (Cal Baptist) W-MD 12-1 1-0
Luther Open
Ashton Clark (St. Cloud State) W-TF 23-7 2-0
Dominik Mallinder (Wisconsin Whitewater) W-D 18-11 3-0
Trevor Hedges (Eureka) L-MMF 3-1
#12 Gabe Wisenhunt (Oregon State) W-MD 18-8 4-1
#19 Evan Frost (Iowa State) L-D 8-1 4-2
Soldier Salute – 1st Place
Garrett Totten (Navy) W-Pin 4:34 5-2
Jake Gilva (Minnesota) W-D 4-0 6-2
Kale Petersen (UI-UNA) W-TF 15-0 7-2
#32 Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska) W-D 5-4 8-2
#30 Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska) L-D 10-4 8-3
141 Will Baysinger (Illinois) W-D 5-0 9-3
141 Kolby McClain (Northwestern) W-TF 17-1
Nicolar Rivera (Wisconsin) W-TF 19-4 11-3
#3 Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) L-D 7-3 11-4
Big Ten Championships – 5th Place
#10 Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State) W-D 15-13 12-4
Dean Norris (Purdue) W-D 11-5 13-4
#8 Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) L-D 12-6 13-4
#16 Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska) L-D 11-6 13-5
#17 Braxton Brown (Maryland) W-D 4-1 14-5
Schedule for the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships
***All time listed are CST
Thursday, March 21
Session 1: Championship First Round 11 AM ESPNU/ESPNt
Session 2: Championship Second Round and Consolations 6 PM ESPN/ESPNt
Friday, March 22
Session 3: Quarterfinals and Consolations 11 AM ESPN/ESPNt
Session 4: Semifinals and Blood Round 7 PM ESPN/ESPNt
Saturday, March 23
Session 5: Consolation Medal Round 10 AM ESPNU/ESPNt
Session 6: Finals 6 PM ESPN/ESPNt
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
