The Big Ten conference released pre-seeds for the 2020 Big Ten Champions on Monday ahead of this weekend’s tournament.
Minnesota enters the week with six wrestlers seeded top-six of their weight classes. All weight-classes were seeded top-to-bottom regardless of allocations for the first time this season.
The Gophers’ seeding is as follows:
125 3-seed Patrick McKee
133 11-seed Boo Dryden
141 6-seed Mitch McKee
149 3-seed Brayton Lee
157 5-seed Ryan Thomas
165 8-seed Bailee O’Reilly
174 4-seed Devin Skatzka
184 8-seed Owen Webster
197 10-seed Hunter Ritter
Hwt 2-seed Gable Steveson
Seeding will be finalized at Friday’s coaches’ meeting.
The tournament marks the first postseason experience for P. McKee, Lee, Thomas, and O’Reilly. Dryden and Webster will get their first Division I action after previously competing at the NJCAA and Division III levels respectively.
Each weight at the championships has a set amount of allocations where Big Ten wrestlers can automatically earn spots at the Big Ten Championships. These allocations are based on the coaches rankings, RPI, and wrestler winning percentage.
Below are the automatic allocations for Big Ten wrestlers:
125: 8
133: 7
141: 8
149: 10
157: 6
165: 8
174: 9
184: 10
197: 6
Hwt: 7
The Big Ten Championships, hosted by Rutgers, begin on Saturday, March 7 at 9:00 am CT. The tournament runs through the final session on Sunday, March 8 at 2:30 pm CT.
Big Ten Wrestling Championships Pre-Seeds:
125 lbs.
- Spencer Lee, IOWA
- Devin Schroder, PUR
- Patrick McKee, MINN
- Justin Cardani, ILL
- Jack Medley, MICH
- Michael DeAugustino, NU
- Liam Cronin, IND
- Nicolas Aguilar, RU
- Eric Barnett, WIS
- Alex Thomsen, NEB
- Malik Heinselman, OSU
- Logan Griffin, MSU
- Brandon Cray, MD
- Brandon Meredith, PSU
133 lbs.
- Seth Gross, WIS
- Roman Bravo-Young, PSU
- Austin DeSanto, IOWA
- Travis Piotrowski, ILL
- Sebastian Rivera, NU
- Ridge Lovett, NEB
- Sammy Alvarez, RU
- Joey Silva, MICH
- Cayden Rooks, IND
- Garrett Pepple, MSU
- Boo Dryden, MINN
- Travis Ford-Melton, PUR
- King Sandoval, MD
- Jordan Decatur, OSU
141 lbs.
- Nick Lee, PSU
- Luke Pletcher, OSU
- Max Murin, IOWA
- Chad Red, NEB
- Tristan Moran, WIS
- Mitch McKee, MINN
- Dylan Duncan, ILL
- Parker Filius, PUR
- Cole Mattin, MICH
- Alec McKenna, NU
- JoJo Aragona, RU
- Matt Santos, MSU
- Eddie Bolivar, IND
- Hunter Baxter, MD
149 lbs.
- Sammy Sasso, OSU
- Pat Lugo, IOWA
- Brayton Lee, MINN
- Kanen Storr, MICH
- Graham Rooks, IND
- Cole Martin, WIS
- Collin Purinton, NEB
- Jarod Verkleeren, PSU
- Yahya Thomas, NU
- Griffin Parriott, PUR
- Gerard Angelo, RU
- Alex Hrisopoulos, MSU
- Mousa Jodeh, ILL
- Ryan Garlitz, MD
157 lbs.
- Ryan Deakin, NU
- Kaleb Young, IOWA
- Kendall Coleman, PUR
- Will Lewan, MICH
- Ryan Thomas, MINN
- Jake Tucker, MSU
- Peyton Robb, NEB
- Eric Barone, ILL
- Michael VanBrill, RU
- Jahi Jones, MD
- Elijah Cleary, OSU
- Garrett Model, WIS
- Bo Pipher, PSU
- Fernie Silva, IND
165 lbs.
- Vincenzo Joseph, PSU
- Alex Marinelli, IOWA
- Evan Wick, WIS
- Isaiah White, NEB
- Ethan Smith, OSU
- Shayne Oster, NU
- Danny Braunagel, ILL
- Bailee O’Reilly, MINN
- Drew Hughes, MSU
- Kyle Cochran, MD
- Brett Donner, RU
- Tyler Meisinger, MICH
- Tanner Webster, PUR
- Diego Lemley, IND
174 lbs.
- Michael Kemerer, IOWA
- Mark Hall, PSU
- Dylan Lydy, PUR
- Devin Skatzka, MINN
- Mikey Labriola, NEB
- Kaleb Romero, OSU
- Joey Gunther, ILL
- Layne Malczewski, MSU
- Tyler Morland, NU
- Willie Scott , RU
- Jared Krattiger, WIS
- Philip Spadafora, MD
- Max Maylor, MICH
- NO ENTRY, IND
184 lbs.
- Aaron Brooks, PSU
- Cameron Caffey, MSU
- Abe Assad, IOWA
- Taylor Venz, NEB
- Billy Janzer, RU
- Rocky Jordan, OSU
- Zac Braunagel, ILL
- Owen Webster, MINN
- Johnny Sebastian, WIS
- Jelani Embree, MICH
- Max Lyon, PUR
- Jack Jessen, NU
- Jake Hinz, IND
- Kyle Jasenski, MD
197 lbs.
- Kollin Moore, OSU
- Eric Schultz, NEB
- Jacob Warner, IOWA
- Christian Brunner, PUR
- Lucas Davison, NU
- Shakur Rasheed, PSU
- Jordan Pagano, RU
- Jackson Striggow, MICH
- Jaron Smith, MD
- Hunter Ritter, MINN
- Matt Wroblewski, ILL
- Nick May, MSU
- Taylor Watkins, WIS
- Nick Willham, IND
285 lbs.
- Mason Parris, MICH
- Gable Steveson, MINN
- Tony Cassioppi, IOWA
- Trent Hillger, WIS
- David Jensen, NEB
- Gary Traub, OSU
- Seth Nevills, PSU
- Thomas Penola, PUR
- Luke Luffman, ILL
- Alex Esposito, RU
- Christian Rebottaro, MSU
- Jake Kleimola, IND
- Jack Heyob, NU
- Parker Robinson, MD
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