Indiana University Athletics
Saturday, March 7
University Park, Pa.
10 AM, 5 PM & 7 PM
Indiana University
vs
Big Ten Championships
No. 20 Indiana Ready for 2026 Big Ten Championships
3/4/2026 8:00:00 AM | Wrestling
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––– After two roughly weeks off, Indiana Wrestling will compete again as it set for the 2026 Big Ten Championships this weekend (March 7-8) in University Park, Pa.
Penn State will house the event in the Bryce Jordan Center with Session I and II taking place on Saturday (March 7) which will get the tournament through the semifinals. On Sunday (March 8), the consolation brackets will finish out and all placing matches will occur.
REGULAR SEASON REWIND:
-Indiana closed out its 2025-26 regular season with a 20-16 win over Purdue at Wilkinson Hall (Feb. 20) and had four Hoosiers wrestle in the Patriots Last Chance Open (Feb. 22).
-The Hoosiers went 9-5 in their dual schedule and were 4-4 in the Big Ten. Both records were the best in quite some time and the best of Angel Escobedo's head coaching tenure at IU.
-It was the first time since 2009-10 that Indiana won 4-or more Big Ten matches and the first time that the program reached 9-plus dual victories since 2016-17.
-The Hoosiers charted three ranked dual wins on the season (No. 22 Little Rock, No. 27 Army and No. 15 Wisconsin) and notched their fourth-straight win over Purdue.
BATTLE AT BIG TENS:
-The Hoosiers were given the following Pre-Seeds ahead of the Big Ten Championships: No. 4 Jacob Moran (125), No. 12 Blaine Frazier (133), No. 9 Henry Porter (141), No. 11 Joey Buttler (149), No. 11 Bryce Lowery (157), No. 9 Tyler Lillard (165), No. 6 Derek Gilcher (174), No. 9 Sam Goin (184), No. 8 Gabe Sollars (197) and No. 14 Caleb Marzolino (285).
-For seven of the Hoosiers this will be a return trip to the Big Ten Championships. Bryce Lowery, Sam Goin and Caleb Marzolino will all be competing in their first conference championship meet.
-Moran and Porter will seek to make it back on the podium after the duo took fifth and eighth place, respectively at last year's championships.
-Derek Gilcher previously made it on the podium when he got eighth place at 157 lbs. in 2023.
-Everyone else from the field will seek their first time on the podium at Big Tens.
B1G HOOSIER HISTORY:
-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.
-Under Angel Escobedo, the Hoosiers have had two semifinalists. Graham Rooks (149) and Brayton Lee (157) reached the semifinals at Big Tens in 2023 and 2024, respectively.
-Last season, Indiana had four wrestlers finish on the podium as Jacob Moran (125) took fifth, Angelo Rini (133) and DJ Washington (174) got seventh and Henry Porter (141) got eighth.
-It marked back-to-back years of four podium finishers at Big Tens for Indiana.
MARCH MATNESS:
-The results at the Big Ten Championships will determine the Hoosiers' path for the pinnacle of wrestling season: the 2026 NCAA Championships in Cleveland, Ohio.
-Last week, the allocations of automatic bids for the Big Ten Championships were announced as follows, 125: 9, 133: 8, 141: 7, 149: 9, 157: 8, 165: 9, 174: 10, 184: 8, 197: 10, 285: 9.
-Indiana has qualified six wrestlers the past two seasons, which is the most in one season under Angel Escobedo.
Penn State will house the event in the Bryce Jordan Center with Session I and II taking place on Saturday (March 7) which will get the tournament through the semifinals. On Sunday (March 8), the consolation brackets will finish out and all placing matches will occur.
REGULAR SEASON REWIND:
-Indiana closed out its 2025-26 regular season with a 20-16 win over Purdue at Wilkinson Hall (Feb. 20) and had four Hoosiers wrestle in the Patriots Last Chance Open (Feb. 22).
-The Hoosiers went 9-5 in their dual schedule and were 4-4 in the Big Ten. Both records were the best in quite some time and the best of Angel Escobedo's head coaching tenure at IU.
-It was the first time since 2009-10 that Indiana won 4-or more Big Ten matches and the first time that the program reached 9-plus dual victories since 2016-17.
-The Hoosiers charted three ranked dual wins on the season (No. 22 Little Rock, No. 27 Army and No. 15 Wisconsin) and notched their fourth-straight win over Purdue.
BATTLE AT BIG TENS:
-The Hoosiers were given the following Pre-Seeds ahead of the Big Ten Championships: No. 4 Jacob Moran (125), No. 12 Blaine Frazier (133), No. 9 Henry Porter (141), No. 11 Joey Buttler (149), No. 11 Bryce Lowery (157), No. 9 Tyler Lillard (165), No. 6 Derek Gilcher (174), No. 9 Sam Goin (184), No. 8 Gabe Sollars (197) and No. 14 Caleb Marzolino (285).
-For seven of the Hoosiers this will be a return trip to the Big Ten Championships. Bryce Lowery, Sam Goin and Caleb Marzolino will all be competing in their first conference championship meet.
-Moran and Porter will seek to make it back on the podium after the duo took fifth and eighth place, respectively at last year's championships.
-Derek Gilcher previously made it on the podium when he got eighth place at 157 lbs. in 2023.
-Everyone else from the field will seek their first time on the podium at Big Tens.
B1G HOOSIER HISTORY:
-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.
-Under Angel Escobedo, the Hoosiers have had two semifinalists. Graham Rooks (149) and Brayton Lee (157) reached the semifinals at Big Tens in 2023 and 2024, respectively.
-Last season, Indiana had four wrestlers finish on the podium as Jacob Moran (125) took fifth, Angelo Rini (133) and DJ Washington (174) got seventh and Henry Porter (141) got eighth.
-It marked back-to-back years of four podium finishers at Big Tens for Indiana.
MARCH MATNESS:
-The results at the Big Ten Championships will determine the Hoosiers' path for the pinnacle of wrestling season: the 2026 NCAA Championships in Cleveland, Ohio.
-Last week, the allocations of automatic bids for the Big Ten Championships were announced as follows, 125: 9, 133: 8, 141: 7, 149: 9, 157: 8, 165: 9, 174: 10, 184: 8, 197: 10, 285: 9.
-Indiana has qualified six wrestlers the past two seasons, which is the most in one season under Angel Escobedo.
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