NCAA Tournament Info & Discussion

[Leonard23]

We have 8 qualifiers. Shawver and White will know Tues if they get at large bids. Brackets will be released Wed.

2026 NCAA DI men's wrestling championships: Selection show info, bracket and schedule

The 2026 DI men's wrestling championships will be held at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, OH on Thursday, March 19 through Saturday, March 21.

www.ncaa.com

 

[SirScarlet]

Nobody had Shawver on the outside looking in on their bingo card at the beginning of the season

Good luck to him and White.

 

[Leonard23]

 

[Leonard23]

 

[Leonard23]

Tracking Every Wrestler Qualified For The 2026 NCAA Tournament - FloWrestling

Tracking every wrestler qualifier for the 2026 Division 1 NCAA Wrestling Tournament.

www.flowrestling.org

5 at large bids available at 133 and 4 at 157

 

[Leonard23]

 

[SirScarlet]

@Leonard23 - thanks for sharing all of the tweets...very helpful!

 

[Leonard23]

 

[Leonard23]

@Leonard23 - thanks for sharing all of the tweets...very helpful!

You're welcome

 

[wngarbarini]

What happened to Soldano?

 

[Leonard23]

Breakdown on at large bids/candidates:





Not sure if 133 gets 4 or 5 at large bids, as he has 4 but Flo has 5

 

[NJwrestling26]

Breakdown on at large bids/candidates:

Wrestling Nomad who is pretty solid with this stuff thinks Shawver gets in but White doesn’t

 

[NJwrestling26]

What happened to Soldano?

Tore up his knee late in the year against UNI , wrestled big 12s in big brace and limped the whole time and took 10th as the 6 seed in a 8 bid weight class, he lost to that same UNI kid for 9th. Probably won’t get a wildcard but you never know , he also applied for a Med RS for last year at Rutgers

 

[PessimisticallyHopefulPragmatist]

What happened to Soldano?

A knee injury?

 

[RUAldo]

Iowa is a dumpster fire by Iowa standards. PSU, OKST and VT have all taken recruits that would have been lay-ups for Iowa. And they’ve done a terrible job in the transfer portal.

 

[Kiddagger311]

Tore up his knee late in the year against UNI , wrestled big 12s in big brace and limped the whole time and took 10th as the 6 seed in a 8 bid weight class, he lost to that same UNI kid for 9th. Probably won’t get a wildcard but you never know , he also applied for a Med RS for last year at Rutgers

Why wouldn’t he get a wildcard ?? Is Soldano too hurt to wrestle? Or are you basing it on taking 10th in 8 bid weight class?? He was ranked 10th and has a win over SCW… not sure why u think he probably won’t get a wildcard.

 

[PessimisticallyHopefulPragmatist]

Why wouldn’t he get a wildcard ?? Is Soldano too hurt to wrestle? Or are you basing it on taking 10th in 8 bid weight class?? He was ranked 10th and has a win over SCW… not sure why u think he probably won’t get a wildcard.

I would think he is a prime candidate for a wildcard. However, if his knee is that bad, he should bow out and hope the medical application is approved.

 

[Leonard23]

Wrestling Nomad who is pretty solid with this stuff thinks Shawver gets in but White doesn’t

Seems 50/50 so we'll see tomorrow.

 

[koleszar]

Wrestling Nomad who is pretty solid with this stuff thinks Shawver gets in but White doesn’t

If not both this would be the best outcome. Even this lesser Shawver could still score us a point or two, whereas White would most likely go 0-2.

 

[Kiddagger311]

Better for optics if qualified whole squad… if White could knock off a guy like Millard he might be able to win a match or two.