Big 12 Announces Wrestling Pre-Seeds

NORMAN – The Big 12 announced the pre-seeds for the Big 12 Wrestling Championship on Monday afternoon. The championship is slated for March 6-7 at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., and features eight Sooners in the initial pre-seeded weight classes.

For the first time, the Championship was seeded by an independent five-person panel.

Dom Demas and Justin Thomas claim the two seeds at 141 and 157 pounds, respectively. Mitch Moore was named the third pre-seed at 149 pounds after compiling a 7-3 regular-season record. Freshman heavyweight Josh Heindselman is the No. 4 seed, behind three top-15 heavyweights in Gannon Gremmel, Carter Isley and Brian Andrews. At 197 pounds, Jake Woodley owns the fifth seed as he hunts for his third NCAA qualification. Darrien Roberts, seventh at 184 pounds, and Mason Naifeh and Anthony Mantanona, the eighth seeds in their classes, round out the seeded Sooners.

133-pounder Tony Madrigal and Troy Mantanona (165) will wrestle unseeded. Madrigal is ranked 32nd by the NCAA Coaches, one spot above the cut line for the NCAA Championship.

Fans can purchase tickets for the 2021 Big 12 Wrestling Championship online at www.bokcenter.com. All fans will be in POD seating, increasing distancing and minimizing fan crossover when entering and exiting their seats. Fans must purchase all tickets in a selected POD group, available in select section groupings of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 seats. The official OU sections are 105-107 and 311.

This is the sixth neutral-site conference championship for the sport and the fifth in Tulsa. Big 12 Now on ESPN+ will broadcast the first three sessions of the event, while the championship round will air on ESPN2 beginning at 5 p.m. CT.

Players Mentioned

Dom Demas

Josh Heindselman

Tony Madrigal

Anthony Mantanona

Troy Mantanona

Mitch Moore

Mason Naifeh

Darrien Roberts

Justin Thomas

Jake Woodley

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