NCAA wrestling championships: Live updates, results for OU Sooners, OSU Cowboys on Day 1

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Oklahoma State wrestling team begins its pursuit of a top-five finish at the NCAA Wrestling Championships on Thursday at T-Mobile Center.

All 10 Cowboy wrestlers qualified for the event. OU sent five wrestlers to the tournament.

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Konner Doucet gives OSU seventh win of round

OSU heavyweight Konner Doucet rode out the entire second period, scoring nearfall points in the closing seconds, then got a third-period reversal for a 5-0 win.

Doucet, the No. 12 seed, advanced over 21st-seeded Dayton Pitzer of Pittsburgh, who entered the tournament with just five losses.

OSU finishes the first round with seven wins in 10 matches and scored 10 points, good for ninth place after the first session. Penn State leads the way with 15.5 points.

—Scott Wright, Staff writer

OU’s Josh Heindselman advances

OU finished the first round with three wins in five matches, capped by heavyweight Josh Heindselman’s 4-2 win over Matthew Cover of Princeton.

Heindselman, the No. 11 seed, is set for a rematch of the Big 12 Championships’ third-place match from two weeks ago with Missouri’s Zach Elam. Elam won that meeting with a major decision.

—Scott Wright, Staff writer

OSU’s Luke Surber drops opener

An injury-plagued season landed OSU’s Luke Surber as the No. 27 seed at 197 pounds, which led to a difficult draw this week.

Surber dropped his opening match, 6-0, to sixth-seeded Lou Deprez of Binghamton, moving Surber into the elimination round on Thursday night.

—Scott Wright, Staff writer

OU’s Stephen Buchanan with bonus-point win

WIth one match to go, OU has a 2-2 record in the first round.

The Sooners got bonus points from 197-pounder Stephen Buchanan. The No. 8 seed scored an 18-1 technical fall over Benjamin Smith of Cleveland State.

Buchanan had four takedowns and two nearfalls, closing out the match 16 seconds into the third period.

—Scott Wright, Staff writer

OSU’s Dustin Plott cruises to technical fall

OSU 184-pounder Dustin Plott — whose primary goal this week is a rematch with top-seeded Parker Keckeisen of Northern Iowa in the championship match — started his NCAA action with an 18-2 technical fall in two periods.

Plott needed just 35 seconds for his first takedown, then rode out the rest of the first period, trying to work his way toward back points.

The second period was much of the same, along with a couple of allowed escapes to pile up points. Plott looked to be close to a pin as the second period expired. But the nearfall points he scored in doing so gave him the tech fall.

The third-seeded Plott is the second OSU wrestler to post bonus points on Thursday, along with Daton Fix.

—Scott Wright, Staff writer

OSU’s Izzak Olejnik advances, Brayden Thompson comes up short

Appearing in his fifth NCAA Championship but his first with OSU, seventh-seeded Izzak Olejnik made a first-period takedown stand on his way to a 5-0 win in his opening match at 165 pounds.

Moments later, the Cowboys suffered their second loss of the first round when 174-pounder Brayden Thompson’s upset bid came up just short.

Thompson, the No. 25 seed, was pursuing a takedown in the final minute, but couldn’t close it, suffering a 4-3 loss to eighth-seeded Adam Kemp of Cal Poly.

The Pokes are 5-2 through the first seven matches of the opening round.

—Scott Wright, Staff writer

OSU’s Teague Travis advances, will face No. 1 seed

OSU 157-pounder Teague Travis will get a shot at Penn State star Levi Haines.

Travis, the No. 16 seed, moved on with a first-round win over 17th-seeded Brock Mauller of Missouri. Power by a pair of second-period takedowns, Travis built a lead and finished off a 7-2 decision.

Travis will take on the undefeated Haines in Thursday night’s action.

—Scott Wright, Staff writer

OU’s Jared Hill comes up short in upset bid

Wrestling the No. 5 seed, Ryder Downey of Northern Iowa, OU 157-pounder Jared Hill got to the third period in a scoreless tie.

But with Downey choosing to start the third period in the down position, he escaped and took Hill down, which gave Downey all he needed for a 4-1 decision.

Hill will be in an elimination match Thursday night.

—Scott Wright, Staff writer

OSU’s Jordan Williams wins with late nearfall

The health of OSU 149-pounder Jordan Williams doesn’t appear to be an issue.

Two weeks after suffering a shoulder injury that resulted in an injury default in the Big 12 finals, Williams scrambled his way to a 12-5 decision in Thursday’s first round.

The No. 20 seed, Williams was tied at 5 with Iowa’s 12th-seeded Caleb Rathjen, but the two found themselves in a late scramble. Williams came out on top, working his way into a cradle hold for a takedown and nearfall points.

—Scott Wright, Staff writer

Late takedown saves OU’s Willie McDougald

OU 149-pounder advanced with a 5-4 upset decision over Maryland’s 13th-seeded Ethan Miller.

McDougald, the No. 21 seed, trailed 4-2 in the closing seconds, with only a pair of escapes to his credit. But he recorded a takedown with :03 on the clock to secure the win and advance to Thursday night’s second round.

—Scott Wright, Staff writer

OSU’s Daton Fix wins, Tagen Jamison upset

The Cowboys suffered their first loss of the opening round when a riding time point turned out to be the difference in a 9-8 loss for Cowboy 141-pounder Tagen Jamison against Indiana’s Danny Fongaro.

Jamison escaped with 15 seconds left to tie the match at 8, but could not score a last-second takedown and was defeated. He’ll be back in action Thursday night in an elimination match.

At 133 pounds, top-seeded Daton Fix cruised to technical fall victory in his opening match against Dyson Dunham of VMI.

Fix scored early, piled on riding time and looked to be on his way to a major decision. But in the final 10 seconds, Fix scored a takedown and nearfall for an 18-1 technical fall.

—Scott Wright, Staff writer

OSU’s Troy Spratley opens with win

Troy Spratley opened the Cowboys’ run at the NCAA Championships with a 6-0 decision over Max Gallagher of Penn. Spratley rode Gallagher for the entire second period and scored four nearfall points along the way.

—Scott Wright, Staff writer

OU’s Jace Koelzer suffers 10-0 loss

After his run from unseeded at the Big 12 Championships to earning an automatic bid to this week’s event, OU 133-pounder Jace Koelzer suffered a 10-0 loss to Dylan Shawver of Rutgers in his opening match. Koelzer will be in an elimination match Thursday night.

—Scott Wright, Staff writer

NCAA wrestling brackets

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How to watch NCAA Wrestling Championships

Session 1, 11 a.m. Thursday

TV: ESPNU

How to watch online: Watch ESPN (here's how to stream it live)

Session 2, 6 p.m. Thursday

TV: ESPN

How to watch online: Watch ESPN (here's how to stream it live)

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When is the NCAA Wrestling Championships?

2024 Big 12 Wrestling Championship Schedule

Thursday, March 21

Session 1: Opening round, 11 a.m. (ESPNU and ESPN+)

Session 2: Second round and elimination matches, 6 p.m. (ESPN and ESPN+)

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