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Rutgers & Big Ten at the NCAA Wrestling Championships: Preview

It’s the final weekend of the collegiate season as teams gather in Cleveland for the NCAA Wrestling Championships. Rutgers is sending six wrestlers to the tournament, for of whom were seeded last week when the brackets were released.

Penn State is the defending team champion, with champions at 149, 157, 165, 174 and 184 pounds last year. But they were the second place finisher at the Big Ten Championships to Ohio State, and the NCAAs is even crazier when it comes to declaring a team champ. Getting wrestlers through, picking up bonus points, having somebody else knock off the team you’re fighting with.