Sooner Wrestlers at the Big 12 Tourney this Weekend on Sat & Sun

[OUBeliever56A]

The Oklahoma Sooner Wrestlers are at the Big 12 Wrestling Tourney in Tulsa this weekend. They bring six wrestlers to Big 12s that are ranked in the NCAA Coaches Rankings. OU also has six wrestlers seeded in the Big 12 pre-seeds as the team prepares for the championship. Here are the first round matchups for the Sooners on Saturday.

Oklahoma First Round Matchups
125: Conrad Hendriksen vs. No. 6 Kysen Terukina (ISU)
133: Jace Koelzer vs. No. 2 Evan Frost (ISU)
141: Kaden Smith vs. No. 2 Tagen Jamison (OSU)
149: No. 2 Willie McDougald vs. James Emmer (UVU)
157: No. 8 Jared Hill received a bye
165: No. 6 Cael Carlson received a bye
174: No. 6 Tate Picklo vs. Noah Blake (AF)
184: Giuseppe Hoose vs. No. 2 Dustin Plott (OSU)
197: No. 2 Stephen Buchanan received a bye
285: No. 4 Josh Heindselman received a bye

Here is the Sooner staff writers article about the Sooners at the Big 12 Tourney.

https://soonersports.com/news/2024/3/8/ ... ampionship

There are 'capsules' for selection in the article to watch the live action and follow on Live Stats.

Good luck to the Sooners in the Big 12 Tourney!

Boomer Sooner!

[OUBeliever56A]

Here is the Sooner staff writers article about the first day of action at the Big 12 Wrestling tourney.

https://soonersports.com/news/2024/3/9/ ... ampionship

As a team, Oklahoma finished day one in eighth place out of 13 teams, totaling 53.5 points.

The Six Sooners still in the action and the Big 12 Tourney are:

- Koelzer at 133 in the semi's for a possible 3rd place finish.
- McDougald at 149 in the semi's for a possible 3rd place finish.
- Hill at 157 in the semi's for a possible 3rd place finish.
- Buchanan at 197 in the semi's for a possible 3rd place finish.
- Hindselman at 285 in the semi's for a possible 3rd place finish.
- Picklo at 174 is in the 7th place match today.

Good luck to the Sooners today.

Boomer Sooner!

[OUBeliever56A]

In the Big 12 Wrestling Tournament, the Oklahoma Sooners finished in 7th Place with 68.5 points. Individually, the Sooners qualified five Sooner wrestlers for the NCAA's on March 22-24 in Kansas City, Missouri.

The five Sooners that will be going on to the NCAAs are:

5th Place Match - 133 - Jace Koelzer (Oklahoma) 16-12 won by medical forfeit over Hunter Leake (California Baptist) 16-9 (MFFL)
5th Place Match - 149 - Willie McDougald (Oklahoma) 15-8 won by medical forfeit over Logan Gioffre (Missouri) 8-7 (M. For.)
5th Place Match - 157 - Brock Mauller (Missouri) 17-5 won by tech fall over Jared Hill (Oklahoma) 13-11 (TF-1.5 5:38 (19-3))
3rd Place Match - 197 - Stephen Buchanan (Oklahoma) 21-2 won by decision over Joseph Novak (Wyoming) 22-12 (Dec 6-4)
3rd Place Match - 285 - Zach Elam (Missouri) 25-2 won by major decision over Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma) 21-6 (MD 8-0)

Here is the final Sooner staff writers article about the Big 12 Tourney. The article contains the complete Big 12 Results for each Sooner wrestler.

https://soonersports.com/news/2024/3/10 ... ampionship

"It was a combination of highs and lows," head coach Roger Kish said after Sunday''s early session. "We thought a couple of guys did some things very well and others who underperformed in some areas. At this stage of the game our focus is on preparing for the NCAA tournament."

Here were the final Team Scores in the Big 12 Tourney:
1 Iowa State - 152.5
2 Oklahoma State - 141.5
3 South Dakota State - 122.0
4 Missouri - 115.5
5 Northern Iowa - 100.0
6 West Virginia - 97.5
7 Oklahoma - 68.5
7 Wyoming - 68.5
9 Air Force - 45.0
10 Northern Colorado - 33.5
11 North Dakota State - 28.0
12 Utah Valley - 22.0
13 California Baptist - 16.0

Good luck to the Sooners who will move on to the NCAA in 11 days.

Boomer Sooner!

[KJinSkiatook]

What a weird conglomeration of universities for the Tiny 12. I haven't really paid attention, and knew none of the tejas universities had wrestling, but didn't know who else was in the conference. California Baptist, Northern Colorado, and Utah Valley? Who would have thunk it?