2025 NCAA Championship Session I Thread

[Tom McAndrew]

I'm posting this the day before the start of NCAAs, so that everyone has the info, knows what will be provided, etc.

Please use the thread for all pre-session, in-session, and post-session discussion for the Session I of the 2025 NCAA Championships.

When:
March 20, 12:00 pm EDT

Where:
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA

TV:
ESPNU

Video Streaming:
ESPN+. Please note that this is the only way to get access to multiple mats (They call it MatCast). As a heads up, MatCast will be available for each session (not all that necessary for Session VI on Saturday evening, as there is only one mat being used in that session. However, the Trophy Presentation at the end of Session VI will be on ESPN+, and not ESPN. You can subscribe to ESPN+ for $11.99 a month, and cancel your subscription in a week, and only pay for 1 month

Audio Streaming:
The radio PBP, with Jeff Byers at the mic, will be streamed for free. The pre-Session portion of the broadcast will begin at 11:40 am EDT, with the actual PBP of the matches taking place at 12:00 pm EDT. You can access the audio stream at:

Lion Vision

gopsusports.com

Once there, click on the arrow in the button to the left of "Wrestling: NCAA Championships (Philadelphia, PA) - Session 1

Team Scoring:
The best place to track the team scoring used to be the Penn State Wrestling Club web site. It's still the best, IMHO, but they have elected to make it only available to members once NCAAs start. The Penn State Wrestling Club does a lot of good things for PSU wrestling, so you might consider joining and thus also have access to the team scoring. After that, my favorite location to track team scoring is TrackWrestling.

PBP:
I'll be available for PBP for the entire session. @GregPickel will in the Wells Fargo Center, and providing his thoughts from there. Hopefully, several of you will also step forward and provide some analysis, or some comments on each match. As always, I remind you to please include the score for the match, or provide some context (wrestler, school, and weight class) beyond just "that's not a takedown." It also helps to give folks a heads up as to what mat a PSU wrestler will be wrestling on. You can usually get that info from Ironhead's audio PBP, from Penn State Wrestling's twitter account, or from TrackWrestling.

Let's have some fun in Session I, and also over the coming days.

 

[BriantheLion]

I'm posting this the day before the start of NCAAs, so that everyone has the info, knows what will be provided, etc.

Please use the thread for all pre-session, in-session, and post-session discussion for the Session I of the 2025 NCAA Championships.

When:
March 20, 12:00 pm EDT

Where:
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA

TV:
ESPNU

Video Streaming:
ESPN+. Please note that this is the only way to get access to multiple mats (They call it MatCast). As a heads up, MatCast will be available for each session (not all that necessary for Session VI on Saturday evening, as there is only one mat being used in that session. However, the Trophy Presentation at the end of Session VI will be on ESPN+, and not ESPN. You can subscribe to ESPN+ for $11.99 a month, and cancel your subscription in a week, and only pay for 1 month

Audio Streaming:
The radio PBP, with Jeff Byers at the mic, will be streamed for free. The pre-Session portion of the broadcast will begin at 11:40 am EDT, with the actual PBP of the matches taking place at 12:00 pm EDT. You can access the audio stream at:

Lion Vision

gopsusports.com

Once there, click on the arrow in the button to the left of "Wrestling: NCAA Championships (Philadelphia, PA) - Session 1

Team Scoring:
The best place to track the team scoring used to be the Penn State Wrestling Club web site. It's still the best, IMHO, but they have elected to make it only available to members once NCAAs start. The Penn State Wrestling Club does a lot of good things for PSU wrestling, so you might consider joining and thus also have access to the team scoring. After that, my favorite location to track team scoring is TrackWrestling.

PBP:
I'll be available for PBP for the entire session. @GregPickel will in the Wells Fargo Center, and providing his thoughts from there. Hopefully, several of you will also step forward and provide some analysis, or some comments on each match. As always, I remind you to please include the score for the match, or provide some context (wrestler, school, and weight class) beyond just "that's not a takedown." It also helps to give folks a heads up as to what mat a PSU wrestler will be wrestling on. You can usually get that info from Ironhead's audio PBP, from Penn State Wrestling's twitter account, or from TrackWrestling.

Let's have some fun in Session I, and also over the coming days.

The posting of this thread is a much anticipated… and now most welcome sign…the action is about to begin…

LFG!

 

[gpsu88]

 

[Nittering Nabob]

I'm posting this the day before the start of NCAAs, so that everyone has the info, knows what will be provided, etc.

Please use the thread for all pre-session, in-session, and post-session discussion for the Session I of the 2025 NCAA Championships.

When:
March 20, 12:00 pm EDT

Where:
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA

TV:
ESPNU

Video Streaming:
ESPN+. Please note that this is the only way to get access to multiple mats (They call it MatCast). As a heads up, MatCast will be available for each session (not all that necessary for Session VI on Saturday evening, as there is only one mat being used in that session. However, the Trophy Presentation at the end of Session VI will be on ESPN+, and not ESPN. You can subscribe to ESPN+ for $11.99 a month, and cancel your subscription in a week, and only pay for 1 month

Audio Streaming:
The radio PBP, with Jeff Byers at the mic, will be streamed for free. The pre-Session portion of the broadcast will begin at 11:40 am EDT, with the actual PBP of the matches taking place at 12:00 pm EDT. You can access the audio stream at:

Lion Vision

gopsusports.com

Once there, click on the arrow in the button to the left of "Wrestling: NCAA Championships (Philadelphia, PA) - Session 1

Team Scoring:
The best place to track the team scoring used to be the Penn State Wrestling Club web site. It's still the best, IMHO, but they have elected to make it only available to members once NCAAs start. The Penn State Wrestling Club does a lot of good things for PSU wrestling, so you might consider joining and thus also have access to the team scoring. After that, my favorite location to track team scoring is TrackWrestling.

PBP:
I'll be available for PBP for the entire session. @GregPickel will in the Wells Fargo Center, and providing his thoughts from there. Hopefully, several of you will also step forward and provide some analysis, or some comments on each match. As always, I remind you to please include the score for the match, or provide some context (wrestler, school, and weight class) beyond just "that's not a takedown." It also helps to give folks a heads up as to what mat a PSU wrestler will be wrestling on. You can usually get that info from Ironhead's audio PBP, from Penn State Wrestling's twitter account, or from TrackWrestling.

Let's have some fun in Session I, and also over the coming days.

Given that the Event is in your backyard, I hope you”ll be able to attend at least one day…perhaps Saturday evening.

If @GregPickel can leverage his BWI media clout he’ll probably be able get you a complimentary pass into the Presidential viewing box.

 

[ElDuce]

 

[Sunshinedynomite 1]

 

[gimb14]

Given that the Event is in your backyard, I hope you”ll be able to attend at least one day…perhaps Saturday evening.

If @GregPickel can leverage his BWI media clout he’ll probably be able get you a complimentary pass into the Presidential viewing box.

Was hoping he’d do that for a nobody like me

 

[Go-PSU-Blue]

Any insight into what time session 1 will end today? Wondering how much time between sessions. Thanks in advance.

 

[Bwifan]

I'm posting this the day before the start of NCAAs, so that everyone has the info, knows what will be provided, etc.

Please use the thread for all pre-session, in-session, and post-session discussion for the Session I of the 2025 NCAA Championships.

When:
March 20, 12:00 pm EDT

Where:
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA

TV:
ESPNU

Video Streaming:
ESPN+. Please note that this is the only way to get access to multiple mats (They call it MatCast). As a heads up, MatCast will be available for each session (not all that necessary for Session VI on Saturday evening, as there is only one mat being used in that session. However, the Trophy Presentation at the end of Session VI will be on ESPN+, and not ESPN. You can subscribe to ESPN+ for $11.99 a month, and cancel your subscription in a week, and only pay for 1 month

Audio Streaming:
The radio PBP, with Jeff Byers at the mic, will be streamed for free. The pre-Session portion of the broadcast will begin at 11:40 am EDT, with the actual PBP of the matches taking place at 12:00 pm EDT. You can access the audio stream at:

Lion Vision

gopsusports.com

Once there, click on the arrow in the button to the left of "Wrestling: NCAA Championships (Philadelphia, PA) - Session 1

Team Scoring:
The best place to track the team scoring used to be the Penn State Wrestling Club web site. It's still the best, IMHO, but they have elected to make it only available to members once NCAAs start. The Penn State Wrestling Club does a lot of good things for PSU wrestling, so you might consider joining and thus also have access to the team scoring. After that, my favorite location to track team scoring is TrackWrestling.

PBP:
I'll be available for PBP for the entire session. @GregPickel will in the Wells Fargo Center, and providing his thoughts from there. Hopefully, several of you will also step forward and provide some analysis, or some comments on each match. As always, I remind you to please include the score for the match, or provide some context (wrestler, school, and weight class) beyond just "that's not a takedown." It also helps to give folks a heads up as to what mat a PSU wrestler will be wrestling on. You can usually get that info from Ironhead's audio PBP, from Penn State Wrestling's twitter account, or from TrackWrestling.

Let's have some fun in Session I, and also over the coming days.

Me currently waiting for noon as I work out of my home office and cleared the decks of any on site sales calls today....

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Track has the first 3 matches listed for each of the 8 mats. No PSUers on deck or in the hole.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Any insight into what time session 1 will end today? Wondering how much time between sessions. Thanks in advance.

LOL, I went back and looked at last year's Session I thread, thinking the times would be listed on posts. Alas, it only shows the date when posts when made.

I checked on my TV, and ESPNU is listed for Wrestling until 3:30 pm EDT

I offer the 3:30 pm EDT with the caveat that sessions at wrestling tournaments are impossible to predict exactly when they end, as it's dependent upon how many falls there are, how many injuries there are, how many video reviews there are, etc. But 3:30 pm EDT should be about when Session I ends.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[manatree]

Me currently waiting for noon as I work out of my home office and cleared the decks of any on site sales calls today....

I’m stuck at work today with Ironhead when I’m not in meetings.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Me currently waiting for noon as I work out of my home office and cleared the decks of any on site sales calls today....

 

[GregPickel]

 

[GregPickel]

 

[GregPickel]

Penn State wrestling at the 2025 NCAA championships: Time, TV info for session one, how to find results, more

Penn State wrestling opens competition at the 2025 NCAA Championships this afternoon. Here's how to follow session one.

www.on3.com

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[PSUFANinVA]

I'm excited to listen to Jordan Burroughs talk about himself instead of the action on the mat. Maybe he'll bring a lead pipe to hit Starocci on the knee in between sessions.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[GregPickel]

Thirty minutes until we get underway. Twenty minutes until they clear the mats.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Byers is up and running on LionVision.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Thirty minutes until we get underway. Twenty minutes until they clear the mats.

I believe at NCAAs, they clear the mats via the public address system.

Many of the tournaments I work, they're late in getting started (last minute changes, which kids show up, etc.), and it's left to the refs to clear the mats. We're getting paid from the listed start time, whether they start wrestling then or not, but we're usually bored, and tired of waiting around, and are delighted to blow the whistles and clear the mats to get things started.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Byers is up and running on LionVision.

LionVision is cutting out a good bit. Anybody have a link for a radio station that is carrying PSU Wrestling for NCAAs?

 

[GregPickel]

I believe at NCAAs, they clear the mats via the public address system.

Many of the tournaments I work, they're late in getting started (last minute changes, which kids show up, etc.), and it's left to the refs to clear the mats. We're getting paid from the listed start time, whether they start wrestling then or not, but we're usually bored, and tired of waiting around, and are delighted to blow the whistles and clear the mats to get things started.

I believe that, Tom!

 

[GregPickel]

The mats are cleared. First bout will be 12:05 p.m. ET on ESPNU.

 

[Karl_Havok]

No black or green mats this year I see.

EDIT - Those looks grey but could be black.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

@GregPickel -- we'll have to monitor this. If they end up wrestling simultaneously, we can each take one to cover for PBP

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Mat 1 has Caleb Weiand (MSU) vs. Marcello Milani (Cornell) in a 125 pigtail. I believe the winner of that match will take on Lilledahl in R1, so that's the most interesting pigtail match for me at the start.

 

[GregPickel]

Recap: Penn State wrestling posts perfect Session I at the 2025 NCAA Championships

Penn State wrestling will have 10 wrestlers in action during the first session at the NCAA Championships. Follow along here for live updates.

www.on3.com

 

[GregPickel]

@GregPickel -- we'll have to monitor this. If they end up wrestling simultaneously, we can each take one to cover for PBP

Yep, I figured that might be the case.

 

[GregPickel]

No black or green mats this year I see.

EDIT - Those looks grey but could be black.

They are black and blue mats with the NCAA logo in the middle.

 

[GregPickel]

Just an early warning to @Tom McAndrew and everyone else: The WiFi here is not great, so apologies in advance for any delays.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

And the 1st wrestler pinned at NCAAs is Nolan Wertanen of Michigan (Hunter Leake of Cal Baptist pinned him)

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Marcello Milani (Cornell) gets a TD in SV to win 4-1 over Caleb Weiand (MSU). So Milani will wrestle Lilledahl in R1. Tough one for Weiand, as he was so, so close to getting a TD at the end of regulation, but the buzzer sounded just before he got the TD.

 

[GregPickel]

Luke Lilledahl has his first round opponent. He'll face Marcello Milani in Round 1 after the Cornell wrestler beat Caleb Weiand of Michigan State 4-1 in sudden victory. That 125-pound match will come up a bit later in this session.

 

[PSUFANinVA]

Just an early warning to @Tom McAndrew and everyone else: The WiFi here is not great, so apologies in advance for any delays.

I guess ESPN is using the same wifi to display the scores on the Matcast.

 

[Karl_Havok]

Braeden Davis is in the hole on mat 4.