NCAA Brackets
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IOWA CITY, Iowa – Four University of Iowa wrestlers are seeded sixth or better at their respective weights, it was announced Wednesday on the NCAA Selection Show on NCAA.com. The 2023 NCAA Championships will be held March 16-18 at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla.
Three-time NCAA champion Spencer Lee and Real Woods are top seeds at 125 pounds and 141 pounds, respectively. Tony Cassioppi is the No. 4 seed at 285 and Patrick Kennedy is the No. 6 seed in his first NCAA Tournament at 165.
Senior Max Murin is the No. 8 seed at 149, Nelson Brands is the No. 11 seed at 174, Abe Assad is No. 12 at 184, Cobe Siebrecht (157) and Jacob Warner (197) are No. 14 seeds and junior Brody Teske is the No. 24 seed at 133.
The Hawkeyes are one of our teams in the nation, along with Oklahoma State, Missouri and Virginia Tech, to have all 10 wrestlers competing in the NCAA Championships.
Iowa’s seeds and opening round opponents are listed below.
The 2023 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship will be held March 16-18 at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Evening sessions are all on ESPN. Day sessions are on ESPNU. Single mat coverage of every match is available on WatchESPN.
IOWA'S FIRST ROUND NCAA MATCHUPS (# indicates tournament seed)
125 - #1 Spencer Lee (UI) vs. #32 Tanner Jordan (SDSU)/#33 Tucker Owens (Air Force)
133 - #24 Brody Teske (UI) vs. #9 Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh)
141 - #1 Real Woods (UI) vs. #32 Jack Maida (American)/#33 McGwire Midkiff (NDSU)
149 - #8 Max Murin (UI) vs. #25 Ryan Burgos (Edinboro)
157 - #14 Cobe Siebrecht (UI) vs. #19 Garrett Model (Wisconsin)
165 - #6 Patrick Kennedy (UI) vs. #27 Will Formato (Appalachian State)
174 - #11 Nelson Brands (UI) vs. #22 Alex Faison (NC State)
184 - #12 Abe Assad (UI) vs. #21 Giuseppe Hoose (Buffalo)
197 - #14 Jacob Warner (UI) vs. #19 Cameron Caffey (Michigan State)
285 - #4 Tony Cassioppi (UI) vs. #29 Jaron Smith (Maryland)
Three-time NCAA champion Spencer Lee and Real Woods are top seeds at 125 pounds and 141 pounds, respectively. Tony Cassioppi is the No. 4 seed at 285 and Patrick Kennedy is the No. 6 seed in his first NCAA Tournament at 165.
Senior Max Murin is the No. 8 seed at 149, Nelson Brands is the No. 11 seed at 174, Abe Assad is No. 12 at 184, Cobe Siebrecht (157) and Jacob Warner (197) are No. 14 seeds and junior Brody Teske is the No. 24 seed at 133.
The Hawkeyes are one of our teams in the nation, along with Oklahoma State, Missouri and Virginia Tech, to have all 10 wrestlers competing in the NCAA Championships.
Iowa’s seeds and opening round opponents are listed below.
The 2023 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship will be held March 16-18 at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Evening sessions are all on ESPN. Day sessions are on ESPNU. Single mat coverage of every match is available on WatchESPN.
IOWA'S FIRST ROUND NCAA MATCHUPS (# indicates tournament seed)
125 - #1 Spencer Lee (UI) vs. #32 Tanner Jordan (SDSU)/#33 Tucker Owens (Air Force)
133 - #24 Brody Teske (UI) vs. #9 Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh)
141 - #1 Real Woods (UI) vs. #32 Jack Maida (American)/#33 McGwire Midkiff (NDSU)
149 - #8 Max Murin (UI) vs. #25 Ryan Burgos (Edinboro)
157 - #14 Cobe Siebrecht (UI) vs. #19 Garrett Model (Wisconsin)
165 - #6 Patrick Kennedy (UI) vs. #27 Will Formato (Appalachian State)
174 - #11 Nelson Brands (UI) vs. #22 Alex Faison (NC State)
184 - #12 Abe Assad (UI) vs. #21 Giuseppe Hoose (Buffalo)
197 - #14 Jacob Warner (UI) vs. #19 Cameron Caffey (Michigan State)
285 - #4 Tony Cassioppi (UI) vs. #29 Jaron Smith (Maryland)
Thank Blair!
Lee- Wish Ramos was on Glory's side of the bracket...let them two beat the crap outta each other
Teske - injured season and didn't even get 15 matches....get what you get.
Woods - Hardy in the semis....could be a war to get to the finals.
Murin - tough draw...again...
Seibricht - if he was healthy...he could make a nice run to the podium.
Kennedy - 165 as whole is ridiculous.
Brands - lack of offense is gonna hurt him...his defense will keep in 90% of his matches.
Assad - Would be great if he could get on a run in the backside to the podium.
Warner -
Cass - him being seeded 4th is mind numbing, Hendrickson from AF seeded 2?
Iowa is gonna have to come out firing...if they start slow on Thursday....it make for a long weekend for Hawk fans. Heard something a few years ago as it relates to the tournament...."you can't win the tournament on Thursday, but you certainly can lose it"
I will say that I thought Iowa looked really tough at the B1G tournament last weekend...hopefully it carries over to the national tournament.
I think Iowa is gonna have to start hitting the tournaments outside of the Midwest...like going to the Southern Scuffle or Cliff Keen in Vegas. They have to hit some of these tournaments to get some of those head-to-head matchups that would pay off now when it comes to seeding...just an opinion (assuming Iowa would win those
Lee- Wish Ramos was on Glory's side of the bracket...let them two beat the crap outta each other
Teske - injured season and didn't even get 15 matches....get what you get.
Woods - Hardy in the semis....could be a war to get to the finals.
Murin - tough draw...again...
Seibricht - if he was healthy...he could make a nice run to the podium.
Kennedy - 165 as whole is ridiculous.
Brands - lack of offense is gonna hurt him...his defense will keep in 90% of his matches.
Assad - Would be great if he could get on a run in the backside to the podium.
Warner -
Cass - him being seeded 4th is mind numbing, Hendrickson from AF seeded 2?
Iowa is gonna have to come out firing...if they start slow on Thursday....it make for a long weekend for Hawk fans. Heard something a few years ago as it relates to the tournament...."you can't win the tournament on Thursday, but you certainly can lose it"
I will say that I thought Iowa looked really tough at the B1G tournament last weekend...hopefully it carries over to the national tournament.
I think Iowa is gonna have to start hitting the tournaments outside of the Midwest...like going to the Southern Scuffle or Cliff Keen in Vegas. They have to hit some of these tournaments to get some of those head-to-head matchups that would pay off now when it comes to seeding...just an opinion (assuming Iowa would win those
Hate PSU, but 2 time champ Brooks is a 3 seed with one loss this year? Max Dean is a 9 seed? What a joke. Big Ten teams would better off not wrestling each other.