North Carolina's Austin O'Connor won the Tar Heels' first individual NCAA Wrestling Championship since 1995, defeating Ohio State's Sammy Sasso in a controversial 3-2 decision Saturday night in St. Louis.
It all came down to a takedown in the match's waning seconds that officials on the mat didn't call.
Had Sasso been awarded the takedown, he would have become the 16th man in Ohio State history to win an individual title. Instead, he'll come back to Columbus as one of the team's three newest All-Americans, joining Ethan Smith and Tate Orndorff as top-eight finishers at this year's tournament.