Oklahoma crowned Big 12 Co-Champions
Finishing with 124 team points at the Big 12 Wrestling Championships, the Sooners earned their 24th conference title after being crowned Co-Champions alongside Oklahoma State
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Mar 7, 2021
An historic weekend at the BOK Center in Tulsa saw the Oklahoma Sooners wrestling team crowned Co-Big 12 Champions, tying the Oklahoma State Cowboys with 124 team points at the Big 12 Championships.
The Sooners earned conference title No. 24, and clinched their first team title since 2002.
“I’m proud of the way the guys fought, you know, and that’s what we’re trying to get at, to a place where you’re building leads and you’re getting bonus points and we’re working at that,” Oklahoma head coach
Oklahoma sits in first place after day one at the Big 12 Wrestling Championships
Seeking to break Oklahoma State s streak of eight straight Big 12 Titles, the Sooners pace the field with nine wrestlers still alive heading into day two of the championships
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Mar 6, 2021
After the first day of action at the Big 12 Wrestling Championships, the Oklahoma Sooners stand alone atop the conference team standings.
Putting 62 points on the board in Saturday’s second session, OU holds a 10-point lead over second place Wyoming, and an 11-point lead over third-place Oklahoma State, who’s won eight straight Big 12 titles.
Nine Sooners remain in the bracket to wrestle tomorrow, a conference best.
Oklahoma Wrestling s postseason run begins Saturday in Tulsa
The two-day Big 12 Championships start Saturday at the BOK Center in Tulsa as the Sooners look to end Oklahoma State s run of eight straight team titles
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Mar 6, 2021
The Oklahoma Sooners wrestling team overcame plenty of obstacles to arrive at the Big 12 Championships this year.
Returning to the BOK Center in Tulsa, OK, the Sooners will be vying for not only conference titles, but invites to the NCAA tournament.
Navigating through the struggles of COVID-19, no member of the team felt the effects more than head coach
Lou Rosselli.
“It was really just COVID that was tough on us, it was the contact tracing,” he said. “I think contact tracing was worse for me particularly than anything else because if somebody got it and they trained or traced to somebody it was like, ‘there you go, you’ve got another 14 days’.”
Oklahoma senior
Justin Thomas was named Big 12 Wrestler of the Week after picking up a major-decision victory last week.
Thomas nailed down his second consecutive win over Oklahoma State’s
Wyatt Sheets, who was ranked No. 15 nationally, in Sunday’s Bedlam dual in Stillwater.
Justin Thomas
OU Athletics
The 157-pound Thomas, ranked No. 10 in the nation, registered a 13-5 major decision to give the Sooners one of four match victories. Thomas used a last-second takedown of Sheets to secure the major decision and four points for OU.
It was Thomas’ second Big 12 Wrestler of the Week honor of the season