Gopher Wrestling 2022-23

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Minnesota Wrestling continues to hold the #12 spot as the regular season schedule ends.

DI Wrestling Rankings - College wrestling rankings: NWCA Coaches poll | NCAA.com

Get updated NCAA Wrestling DI rankings from every source, including coaches and national polls.

www.ncaa.com

Now onto the tournaments.

2022-23 Wrestling Roster - University of Minnesota Athletics

The official 2022-23 Wrestling Roster for the University of Minnesota Gophers

gophersports.com

 

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"The 109th Big Ten Wrestling Championships will be held March 4-5, 2023, at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich., with the University of Michigan playing host to the event for the first time since 2010.

All 14 conference schools will participate in the championships, which begin Saturday, March 4, with the first-round, quarterfinal, semifinal and wrestleback matches taking place during Sessions I and II. Action continues Sunday, March 5, with consolation semifinals and seventh-place matches getting underway during Session III and the first-, third- and fifth-place matches highlighting Session IV.

For the second year in a row, the Big Ten Network and B1G+ will offer live linear and streaming coverage of all four sessions at the Big Ten Wrestling Championships. Linear coverage on the Big Ten Network is also available on the FOX Sports app."

2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships - Big Ten Conference

MARCH 4-5, 2023 ANN ARBOR, MICH. (CRISLER CENTER) Tweet #B1GWrestle BIG TEN WRESTLING | BRACKETS | BRACKETS (PDF) | STANDINGS | RECORD BOOK CHAMPIONSHIPS

bigten.org

 

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Tournament coming up!

 

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Gophers surprise at the Big Ten Wrestling Tournament.

Accolades for Minnesota!

Currently #3 in points.

 

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Aaron Nagao!

As the #6 seed he upset the #3 seed. And then just now in the semi-finals he came from behind to defeat the #2 seed!

 

[bleedsmaroonandgold]

Pretty impressive first day! Hopefully we can land a couple titles tomorrow!

 

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After semi-finals,

Minnesota has two wrestlers in the finals. Minnesota had five wrestlers in the semi-finals.

Big Ten Wrestling Championships 2023 Brackets, Results - FloWrestling

The 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships are underway in Ann Arbor, Michigan as some of the best wrestlers in the country compete for Big Ten Titles.

www.flowrestling.org

Minnesota dropped from 3rd to 5th after the semi-finals.




Interesting that power Iowa has three wrestlers in the finals. Nebraska is doing surprisingly well. Penn State is at the top.

 

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These are some of the Gophers wrestlers competing next in the NCAA tournament. I can only post a few Twitter links because only a few will be seen. There are more to see at Twitter:

 

[Bfan]

Gophers finished #6 at the Big Ten Tournament. That's respectable. Ideally fans like Minnesota to be closer to the top 3. Minnesota has a long history of producing great wrestlers.



Looking ahead to the NCAA tournament, Minnesota has placed several wrestlers into top-12 seeds. At the same time, Minnesota isn't getting attention for very top wrestlers like the past in this article:

2023 NCAA DI wrestling brackets, preview for every weight class

The 2023 NCAA DI wrestling brackets, plus a preview for every weight class ahead of the championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

www.ncaa.com

I think it's fair to say we'd like a champion wrestler in one of those weight classes. Minnesota now is a strong program; fans are simply accustomed to having a best.

 

[GopherOhana]

Gophers finished #6 at the Big Ten Tournament. That's respectable.

the downward drift since jrob was let go. the U used to be a top 5 program nationally. now just outside the top 5 in the bigten

sadly, injuries really destroyed Lee. Kudos to Joles! Started the year at 197 and competing at HWT effectively.

 

[GopherOhana]

15th place at the ncaas - as the program that used to be a top 5 continues to drop under eggum.
Damion Hahn's SDSU team finished 14th, 6.5 points ahead of the gophers

for next year: chittum never made it to campus as he defects to PSU. Nagao, VomBaur and incoming nelson - maybe the gophers can improve a little bit on that 15th place next year

 

[Gopherguy0723]

Minnesota hasn't been nationally competitive for awhile. Coyle needs to make a move.