After finishing the dual season, the Iowa men’s wrestling team is turning its attention to the Big Ten Championships. The Big Ten continues to be one of the deepest wrestling conferences in the country, with five of the top 10 teams in the latest NWCA Coaches Poll hailing from the conference. Top-ranked Penn State has.
There will be no shortage of action in this final weekend of college wrestling duals, but here's what you need to know about the three biggest events and the biggest names to watch.
It was the final dual meet inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena for several Iowa wrestlers on Sunday. Headlined by Brody Teske and Real Woods, the Hawkeyes rebounded from back-to-back losses and defeated Wisconsin, 34-7. “This team is full of men who know how to fight through adversity,” Woods said. “Adversity catapults people like us. It doesn’t bring.
With the Big Ten Dual Championship on the line, the Huskers will take on #1 Penn State, a team that’s been talked about as potentially being the best ever assembled