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Brackets Set For Big 12 Wrestling Championship
03.05.2015 | Wrestling
AMES, Iowa – The No. 8 Iowa State wrestling team (11-2, 2-1 Big 12) is set to host the 2015 Big 12 Championships in Hilton Coliseum, Saturday, March 7. The Championships will be broken into two sessions, with the opening round at 11 a.m., and the finals at 6 p.m.
Live Stream: The first session will be streamed online at Big12Sports.com. The finals will be streamed on FoxSportsGO.com.
Broadcast: The stream provided by FoxSportsGO.com will be broadcast on the Fox Sports family of networks at a later date.
Live Blog: The Iowa State athletics communications office will host a live blog for the tournament. Fans are invited to interactively follow along at Cyclones.com.
Live Stats: Live stats of the tournament will be provided by Trackwrestling.com.
Twitter: Follow @CycloneWR for live updates throughout the tournament.
Tournament Central: Go to this link for all the information you need for the Championships.
The Cyclones plan to host the Big 12 Championships for the fifth time. Last season, Oklahoma State was crowned conference champions with a tournament score of 98.5. They were also Big 12 Champions in 2013.
This year's field features five returning Big 12 Champions in Oklahoma State's Anthony Collica (157), Alex Dieringer (165) and Austin Marsden (285), as well as Iowa State's Lelund Weatherspoon (184) and Kyven Gadson (197.)
Gadson, already a two-time conference champion, will look to become the Cardinal and Gold's 18th wrestler to earn three or more conference titles. Weatherspoon is in search of his second.
To go along with the five reigning champions, the four Big 12 squads bring in a combined 23 nationally ranked wrestlers at their respective weights, including seven unanimous top-10 grapplers.
@CycloneWR headlines
-Kyven Gadson, Gabe Moreno and Michael Moreno were all named first team Academic All-Big 12 this week. G. Moreno and Gadson are making their second straight appearance as first team members.
-The Cyclones defeated the Badgers of Wisconsin on Sunday afternoon, 30-16. En route to its commanding victory on Senior Day, Iowa State grapplers combined for a season-high four pins in the dual.
-No. 3 Michael Moreno pinned No. 2 Isaac Jordan in 4:26, No. 12 Tanner Weatherman pinned Frank Cousins in 4:05, No. 2 Kyven Gadson pinned No. 14 Timmy McCall in 6:12 and No. 20 Dante Rodriguez pinned Jessse Thielke in 2:11.
-With the win over Wisconsin, Iowa State now has 11 victories on the year, which is tied for the second-most in the Kevin Jackson era.
-Seven Cyclone wrestlers are national ranked in Earl Hall- 133 (4/5/7/4), Gabe Moreno- 149 (12/7/13/ 8), Michael Moreno- 165 (2/5/2/3), Tanner Weatherman- 174 (12/13/12/14), Lelund Weatherspoon- 184 (18/15/-/16) and Kyven Gadson- 197 (2/2/2/2), each earning top-15 spots across the Intermat/TheOpenMat/Flowrestling/WIN polls. Freshman Dante Rodriguez is making his first appearance in the polls, coming in at No. 17 in the most recent Flowrestling rankings.
-Earl Hall suffered his first defeat of 2015 as he fell to Wisconsin's No. 7 Ryan Taylor, 4-3. Prior to that loss, Hall had been 12-0 in the New Year, and hadn't lost a match since the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational.
-At the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, Iowa State was one of two schools (Minnesota) to place at least five individuals in the top-five at their respective weight classes. The team's showing was highlighted by four top-three finishes and a title-winning performance from Gadson at 197.
-This season, Cyclone wrestlers have accounted for 178 bonus-point victories (BPVs), scoring 97 pins, 26 tech-falls and 55 major decisions. Five Cyclones currently hold winning percentages of over .800 in Gadson (23-1, .958), M. Moreno (21-2, .913), Hall (24-5, .828), Weatherspoon (16-4, .800) and G. Moreno (25-5, .833).
-Gadson has cemented his dual winning streak as a Cyclone at 43 victories in a row. The Waterloo, Iowa native has won 17 of his 24 matches via bonus points this season, scoring 10 pins, a tech-fall and six major decisions.
-M. Moreno is seeing similar success on the mat, scoring four major decisions, three tech-falls and six pins on the year. The Urbandale, Iowa native is tied for second on the team in bonus-point victories
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-Moreno and Gadson are two of just nine wrestlers nationally to win 30 matches and earn a spot on the NCAA All-America podium in each of the past two seasons. Both are on pace to do so again for the third-straight season, earning top-10 rankings in every national poll.
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