Oklahoma State will send nine wrestlers to the NCAA tournament next week after 157-pound redshirt sophomore Wyatt Sheets did not receive one of the 45 at-large bids by the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee on Tuesday.
Illinois’ Eric Barone, Ohio’s Zac Carson, North Carolina’s Joshua McClure and Oklahoma’s Justin Thomas received at-large bids at 157. Iowa State’s Chase Straw beat Thomas 3-2 in the Big 12 Championship title match for the conference’s lone automatic bid Sunday in Tulsa. Sheets took fourth at the Big 12 tournament.
The at-large selections were made by the committee using head-to-head competition, quality wins, results against common opponents, winning percentage, rating percentage index, coaches ranking and conference tournament finish.