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Rutgers is set to host the 2020 Big Ten Conference Tournament at the RAC Center March 7th and 8th in Piscataway New Jersey. Today the Big Ten Conference released the pre-seeds for the championships. The Huskers currently have 8 wrestlers seeded high enough in their weight class that would giving them the qualifying spot if they finished at that place for higher at the Big Ten Tournament. Alex Thomsen (125) and Peyton Robb (157) will need to outwrestle their current seed by 2 and 1 spots respectively. Eric Shultz (197) is the highest seeded Husker wrestler currently as he is the #2 seed.
These seeds are subject to change pending the coaches meeting Friday night. Final brackets will be on FloArena and Trackwrestling.
125 Pounds (8 NCAA Allocations)
- Spencer Lee, Iowa
- Devin Schroder, Purdue
- Patrick McKee, Minnesota
- Justin Cardani, Illinois
- Jack Medley, Michigan
- Michael DeAugustino, Northwestern
- Liam Cronin, Indiana
- Nicolas Aguilar, Rutgers
- Eric Barnett, Wisconsin
- Alex Thomsen, Nebraska
- Malik Heinselman, Ohio State
- Logan Griffin, Michigan State
- Brandon Cray, Maryland
- Brandon Meredith, Penn State
133 Pounds (7 NCAA Allocations)
- Seth Gross, WIS
- Roman Bravo-Young, Penn State
- 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 Pounds (8 NCAA Allocations)
- 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 Pounds (10 NCAA Allocations)
- 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 Pounds (6 NCAA Allocations)
- Ryan Deakin, Northwestern
- Kaleb Young, Iowa
- Kendall Coleman, Purdue
- 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 Pounds (8 NCAA Allocations)
- 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 Pounds (9 NCAA Allocations)
- 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
184 Pounds (10 NCAA Allocations)
- 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 Pounds (6 NCAA Allocations)
- 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 Pounds (7 NCAA Allocations)
- Mason Parris, Michigan
- Gable Steveson, Minnesota
- Tony Cassioppi, Iowa
- Trent Hillger, WIS
- David Jensen, NEB
- Gary Traub, OSU
- Seth Nevillis, PSU
- Thomas Penola, PUR
- Luke Luffman, ILL
- Alex Esposito, RU
- Christian Rebottaro, MSU
- Jake Kleimola, IND
- Jack Heyob, NU
- Parker Robinson, MD