Most visitors leave Las Vegas on the wrong side of the ledger, but for Ohio State's wrestling team, Sin City has been quite kind over the past two seasons. The No. 2 Buckeyes head back to America's Playground this weekend to defend their back-to-back Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational championships and will face some of the best wrestlers in the country.
Ohio State is one of 42 teams to enter the two-day tournament, including more than 30 D-I schools. The Buckeyes may enter as the two-time defending event champions, but they face a loaded field in what is arguably this season’s most-competitive regular season tournament: eleven of the Top-20 teams in the country will be in Vegas with more than 100 nationally-ranked wrestlers taking the mats.