Saturday, March 8
Evanston, Ill.
11 AM, 6 PM & 8 PM
Indiana University
vs
Big Ten Championships
Indiana Wrestling to Compete at Big Ten Championships in Evanston
3/7/2025 3:30:00 PM | Wrestling
EVANSTON, Ill. –––– After a third consecutive 7-plus win dual season, Indiana Wrestling is set to compete in the Big Ten Championships this weekend from March 8-9 at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
The Hoosiers have six wrestlers ranked in the top eight of the seed lines.
BIG TENS BREAKDOWN:
-The most exciting time of the season is here as postseason wrestling has arrived. The 2025 Big Ten Wrestling Championships will take place from March 8-9 at the Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill.
-This is the 15th time that Northwestern has hosted the Big Ten Championships in the event's history.
-All 14 Big Ten teams will have a representative at each weight class as they compete for conference supremacy.
-Each day of the tournament will include two sessions with the first day culminating in the semifinal matches at night.
-Sunday afternoon will end with all placing matches and any necessary matches to determine NCAA qualification spots.
SEEDING SITUATION:
-Indiana's tournament seeds have been finalized after the coaches' seeding meeting on Friday.
-The Hoosiers are seeded as follows: No. 6 Jacob Moran (125), No. 8 Angelo Rini (133), No. 8 Henry Porter (141), No. 13 Joey Buttler (149), No. 12 Ryan Garvick (157), No. 7 Tyler Lillard (165), No. 10 Derek Gilcher (174), No. 9 DJ Washington (184), No. 8 Gabe Sollars (197), No. 8 Jacob Bullock (285).
-For Rini, Buttler and Garvick, this will be their first Big Ten Championships.
-Of those returning, Moran, Porter, Lillard, Sollars and Bullock all achieved their highest career Big Ten seed.
CHASING GLORY:
-For the ten wrestlers competing for Indiana at Big Tens, there is opportunity to add to
Indiana's program history and legacy.
-Indiana has 13 Big Ten Team Titles and 53 individual Big Ten Champions in its program
history.
-Indiana is seeking its first Big Ten Champion since head coach Angel Escobedo was an IU wrestler, when he took first place at 125 lbs. in 2010.
-Last season, Indiana had four wrestlers finish on the podium as Brayton Lee (157) finished in fifth while Cayden Rooks (133), Graham Rooks (149) and Nick Willham (285) all got seventh place.
-Indiana took 12th place last year with 33.0 team points.
NEXT STEPS:
-The results at the Big Ten Championships will determine the Hoosiers' path for the pinnacle of the wrestling season: the 2025 NCAA Championships in Philadelphia, Pa.
-Last week, the allocations of automatic bids at each weight class for each conference tournament was distributed by the NCAA.
-For the Big Ten, the number of automatic bids for the Big Ten Championships were announced as follows, 125: 9, 133: 10, 141: 7, 149: 8, 157: 8, 165: 9, 174: 8, 184: 8, 197: 10, 285: 10.
-For each of the last three seasons, Indiana has added another two to their amount of NCAA Qualifiers.
The Hoosiers have six wrestlers ranked in the top eight of the seed lines.
BIG TENS BREAKDOWN:
-The most exciting time of the season is here as postseason wrestling has arrived. The 2025 Big Ten Wrestling Championships will take place from March 8-9 at the Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill.
-This is the 15th time that Northwestern has hosted the Big Ten Championships in the event's history.
-All 14 Big Ten teams will have a representative at each weight class as they compete for conference supremacy.
-Each day of the tournament will include two sessions with the first day culminating in the semifinal matches at night.
-Sunday afternoon will end with all placing matches and any necessary matches to determine NCAA qualification spots.
SEEDING SITUATION:
-Indiana's tournament seeds have been finalized after the coaches' seeding meeting on Friday.
-The Hoosiers are seeded as follows: No. 6 Jacob Moran (125), No. 8 Angelo Rini (133), No. 8 Henry Porter (141), No. 13 Joey Buttler (149), No. 12 Ryan Garvick (157), No. 7 Tyler Lillard (165), No. 10 Derek Gilcher (174), No. 9 DJ Washington (184), No. 8 Gabe Sollars (197), No. 8 Jacob Bullock (285).
-For Rini, Buttler and Garvick, this will be their first Big Ten Championships.
-Of those returning, Moran, Porter, Lillard, Sollars and Bullock all achieved their highest career Big Ten seed.
CHASING GLORY:
-For the ten wrestlers competing for Indiana at Big Tens, there is opportunity to add to
Indiana's program history and legacy.
-Indiana has 13 Big Ten Team Titles and 53 individual Big Ten Champions in its program
history.
-Indiana is seeking its first Big Ten Champion since head coach Angel Escobedo was an IU wrestler, when he took first place at 125 lbs. in 2010.
-Last season, Indiana had four wrestlers finish on the podium as Brayton Lee (157) finished in fifth while Cayden Rooks (133), Graham Rooks (149) and Nick Willham (285) all got seventh place.
-Indiana took 12th place last year with 33.0 team points.
NEXT STEPS:
-The results at the Big Ten Championships will determine the Hoosiers' path for the pinnacle of the wrestling season: the 2025 NCAA Championships in Philadelphia, Pa.
-Last week, the allocations of automatic bids at each weight class for each conference tournament was distributed by the NCAA.
-For the Big Ten, the number of automatic bids for the Big Ten Championships were announced as follows, 125: 9, 133: 10, 141: 7, 149: 8, 157: 8, 165: 9, 174: 8, 184: 8, 197: 10, 285: 10.
-For each of the last three seasons, Indiana has added another two to their amount of NCAA Qualifiers.
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