EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Rutgers has five confirmed tickets for the NCAA Championships in Cleveland.
The Scarlet Knights are confident they will pick up a sixth Tuesday, and they're hoping a seventh somehow falls their way too.
Nick Gravina and Mike VanBrill both went 0-2 at the Big Ten Championships and failed to reach the podium, leaving them empty-handed when the conference handed out its automatic qualifier spots at 184 and 141 pounds, respectively, for the national tournament on March 15-17 in Cleveland. But there's still the committee.
The NCAA Division-1 Wrestling Committee will hand out 47 total at-large bids to nationals on Tuesday to round out the 33-man weight classes, including six at 141 pounds and four at 184 pounds.