No. 18 UNC Heads to Big 12 Championships

Saturday, March 8

Tulsa, Okla.

University of Northern Colorado

Big 12

3/6/2025 3:41:00 PM | Wrestling

Big 12 Brackets

Five Bears Earn Seeds

By: Michael High, Assistant Athletics Director for Strategic Communications

GREELEY, Colo. – No. 18 Northern Colorado (11-6, 4-4 Big 12) heads to Tulsa, Okla., Saturday and Sunday for the Big 12 Championships at the BOK Center.

Sessions I, II and III of the Big 12 Championships will be available for streaming on ESPN+ with Mike Leslie and Hardell Moore on the call, while Sunday night's championship session is set for an ESPNU broadcast with a crew of Mike Couzens and Rock Harrison.

The Big 12 Championships are divided into four sessions. Each day consists of a morning and evening session.

Full Schedule (all times MT)
Saturday, March 8
Session I: Preliminary & Quarterfinal Matches – 9 a.m. on ESPN+
Session II: Semifinal & Consolations Quarterfinal Matches – 4 p.m. on ESPN+

Sunday, March 9
Session III: Consolation Semifinal & Placement Matches – 11 p.m. on ESPN+
Session IV: Championship Matches – 7 p.m. on ESPNU

Seeds and Matchups
125 | #2 Stevo Poulin vs. Bridger Ricks (Utah Valley)
133 | #2 Dominick Serrano vs. Julian Chlebove (Arizona State)
141 | #1 Andrew Alirez vs. Cole Brooks (Wyoming)
149 | #8 Benji Alanis vs. Alec Viduya (Air Force)
157 | #6 Vincent Zerban vs. John Wiley (Oklahoma)
165 | Clayton Ulrey vs. 4 Drake Rhodes (South Dakota State)
174 | Aydin Rix-McElhinney vs. 4 Jared Simma (Northern Iowa)
184 | AJ Heeg vs. 1 Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa)
197 | Andrew Donahue vs. 7 Brian Burburija (Air Force)
285 | Jose Valdez vs. 3 Lance Runyon (Northern Iowa)

Big 12 Allocations (At-Large Spots)
125: 7 (4)
133: 6 (4)
141: 7 (4)
149: 4 (6)
157: 6 (7)
165: 7 (4)
174: 6 (4)
184: 7 (5)
197: 4 (4)
HWT: 4 (4)

The Big 12 received 61 pre-allocations in last week's announcement by the NCAA, the second-most of any conference in the country. That number has slightly decreased to 58, however, due to three allocated wrestlers across the league not entering the tournament field. Those allocations represent the number of Big 12 Championship placers at each weight that will automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships. After all the conference tournaments have been concluded, the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee will select the remaining 46 at-large qualifiers, which will be announced on March 11.

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