Sooners Receive Seeding for NCAA Championships

NORMAN - The NCAA Wrestling Championships selection committee revealed the brackets and seeds for the 2024 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on Wednesday evening. Oklahoma will send five wrestlers to the tournament, scheduled to be held at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City from March 21-23.

Stephen Buchanan was the lone Sooner to earn a top-10 seed, clocking in at No. 8 in the 197-pound bracket. Oklahoma heavyweight Josh Heindselman joined Buchanan in earning a top-15 seed, representing OU as the No. 11 seed in the 285-pound bracket. The redshirt senior and Piedmont, Okla., native is set to compete in his fourth NCAA Wrestling Championships event.

The trio of Jace Koelzer (No. 29 at 133 pounds), Willie McDougald (No. 21 at 149 pounds) and Jared Hill (No. 28 at 157 pounds) rounded out the Sooner seeding for the national tournament.

Seeding and Opening Matchups:

133: No. 29 Jace Koelzer vs. No. 4 Dylan Shawver (Rutgers)
149: No. 21 Willie McDougald vs. No. 12 Ethen Miller (Maryland)
157: No. 28 Jared Hill vs. No. 5 Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa)
197: No. 8 Stephen Buchanan vs. No. 25 Benjamin Smith (Cleveland State)
285: No. 11 Josh Heindselman vs. No. 22 Matthew Cover (Princeton)