Paced by Eric Barnett’s historic performance, the Wisconsin Badgers placed 18th at the 2024 NCAA Championships held March 21-23 in Kansas City, Missouri.
Wisconsin qualified five wrestlers for the three days of competition. All five had at least one win and contributed team points in their tournament appearances. See here for the Day 1 recap and here for the Day 2 recap.
Day 3 Action
The headliner, and only Badger to make it to Day 3, was super-senior Eric Barnett. After causing about a million heart attacks in his quarterfinal and semifinal matches, the 125-pounder beat the 2-seed from Lehigh to advance to the 3rd place match with a 9-1 major decision (bonus points!