NCAA Wrestling Championships 2014: Dates, TV Schedule, Live Stream and Rankings

The 2014 NCAA wrestling championships are one of the most exciting collegiate events sports fan will witness all year, and the competitiveness of the top stars in each weight class makes this must-watch television.

There will be 330 of the top wrestlers in the nation doing battle in Oklahoma City to determine the champion for each and every weight class. Three time-defending NCAA Champion Penn State will be looking to take another title home.

The Nittany Lions will face a stiff test at this year’s championships from perennial powerhouses like Oklahoma State and Iowa, both of which boast 10 legitimate contenders apiece, according to Roger Moore of NCAA.com.

Here is all the vital viewing information every wrestling fan needs and a breakdown of the defending champions for the casual fans looking to get into the sport.

Where: Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, Okla.

When: Thursday, March 20, through Saturday, March 22

Watch: ESPN and ESPN U

Live Stream: WatchESPN

Full Bracket for Each Weight Class: NCAA.com

Weight	Rank	Name	School
Weight	Rank	Name	School
Weight	Rank	Name	School
Weight	Rank	Name	School
Weight	Rank	Name	School
Weight	Rank	Name	School
Weight	Rank	Name	School
Weight	Rank	Name	School
Weight	Rank	Name	School
Weight	Rank	Name	School
125	1	Nahshon Garrett	Cornell
125	2	Nicholas Megaludis	Penn State
125	3	Dylan Peters	Northern Iowa
125	4	Martin(Josh) Martinez	Air Force
125	5	Jesse Delgado	Illinois
125	6	Bradley Taylor	Wisconsin
125	7	David Terao	American
125	8	Edward Klimara	Oklahoma State
125	9	Robert Deutsch	Rider
125	10	Evan Silver	Stanford
125	11	Tyler Cox	Wyoming
125	12	Kory Mines	Edinboro
125	13	Joey Dance	Virginia Tech
125	14	Conor Youtsey	Michigan
125	15	Anthony Zanetta	Pittsburgh
125	16	Jamie Franco	Hofstra
125	17	Darian Cruz	Lehigh
125	18	Paul Petrov	Bucknell
125	19	Brandon Jeske	Old Dominion
125	20	Corey Keener	Central Michigan
125	21	Earl Hall	Iowa State
125	22	Caleb Richardson	Pennsylvania
125	23	Barlow McGhee	Missouri
125	24	Nick Herrmann	Virginia
125	25	Nick Roberts	Ohio State
125	26	Samuel Brancale	Minnesota
125	27	Jared Germaine	Eastern Michigan
125	28	David White	Binghamton University
125	29	Tim Lambert	Nebraska
125	30	Brendan	Campbell
125	31	Nathan Kraisser	North Carolina
125	32	Trey Andrews	Northern Colorado
125	33	Ares Carpio	Arizona State
133	1	Aaron (A.J.) Schopp	Edinboro
133	2	Jonathon Morrison	Oklahoma State
133	3	Joe Colon	Northern Iowa
133	4	Tony Ramos	Iowa
133	5	Tyler Graff	Wisconsin
133	6	Johnni DiJulius	Ohio State
133	7	Mason Beckman	Lehigh
133	8	David Thorn	Minnesota
133	9	Cody Brewer	Oklahoma
133	10	Joe Roth	Central Michigan
133	11	Zane Richards	Illinois
133	12	James Gulibon	Penn State
133	13	Ryan Mango	Stanford
133	14	Mackenzie McGuire	Kent State
133	15	Mark Grey	Cornell
133	16	Rosario Bruno	Michigan
133	17	Nick Soto	Chattanooga
133	18	Matt Manley	Missouri
133	19	Jamel Hudson	Hofstra
133	20	Colton Rasche	Navy
133	21	Shelton Mack	Pittsburgh
133	22	Nick Wilcox	Bloomsburg
133	23	Dennis Gustafson	Virginia Tech
133	24	Vincent	Dellefave
133	25	Jose Mendoza	CSU Bakersfield
133	26	Sam Sherlock	Clarion
133	27	Devon Lotito	Cal Poly
133	28	Cody Wheeler	Lock Haven
133	29	Vincent Pizzuto	Eastern Michigan
133	30	Chuck Zeisloft	Rider
133	31	Joe Martinez	Virginia
133	32	Nathan Pennesi	West Virginia
133	33	Troy Heilmann	North Carolina
141	1	Zain Retherford	Penn State
141	2	Chris Mecate	Old Dominion
141	3	Josh Dziewa	Iowa
141	4	Logan Stieber	Ohio State
141	5	Mitchell Port	Edinboro
141	6	Laike Gardner	Lehigh
141	7	Evan Henderson	North Carolina
141	8	Zach Horan	Central Michigan
141	9	Christopher Dardanes	Minnesota
141	10	Joseph Spisak	Virginia
141	11	Luke Vaith	Hofstra
141	12	Richard Durso	Franklin & Marshall
141	13	Anthony Collica	Oklahoma State
141	14	Edgar Bright	Pittsburgh
141	15	Todd Preston	Harvard
141	16	Lavion Mayes	Missouri
141	17	Tyler Small	Kent State
141	18	Daniel Neff	Lock Haven
141	19	Danny Sabatello	Purdue
141	20	Sam Speno	North Carolina State
141	21	Shyhiem Brown	Maryland
141	22	Nick Lester	Oklahoma
141	23	Undrakhbayar Khishignyam	The Citadel
141	24	Colin Johnston	West Virginia
141	25	Tyson Dippery	Rutgers
141	26	Noah Forrider	Ohio
141	27	Joe Locksmith	Navy
141	28	Jeff Canfora	Pennsylvania
141	29	Gabe Moreno	Iowa State
141	30	Nick Flannery	Buffalo
141	31	Jesse Thielke	Wisconsin
141	32	Matt Bystol	Columbia
141	33	Cole Mendenhall	Wyoming
149	1	Nick Dardanes	Minnesota
149	2	Drake Houdashelt	Missouri
149	3	Kendric	Maple Oklahoma
149	4	Christopher Villalonga	Cornell
149	5	David Habat	Edinboro
149	6	Augustus Sako	Virginia
149	7	Jake Sueflohn	Nebraska
149	8	Eric Grajales	Michigan
149	9	Joshua Kindig	Oklahoma State
149	10	Dyllan Cottrell	Appalachian State
149	11	Brody Grothus	Iowa
149	12	Mitchell Minotti	Lehigh
149	13	Alexander Richardson	Old Dominion
149	14	Jason Tsirtsis	Northwestern
149	15	Tywan Claxton	Ohio
149	16	Zach Neibert	Virginia Tech
149	17	Ian Paddock	Ohio State
149	18	Scott Sakaguchi	Oregon State
149	19	Bryce Busler	Bloomsburg
149	20	Mike Racciato	Pittsburgh
149	21	Matthew Frisch	The Citadel
149	22	Macaulay Maldarelli	Lock Haven
149	23	Justin Arthur	Clarion
149	24	Alex Kocer	South Dakota State
149	25	Cody Ruggirello	Hofstra
149	26	Christian Barber	North Carolina
149	27	Michael Depalma	Kent State
149	28	Rylan Lubeck	Wisconsin
149	29	Mike Morales	West Virginia
149	30	Brian Hamann	North Carolina State
149	31	Frank Goodwin	Maryland
149	32	Luke Goettl	Iowa State
149	33	Scott Mattingly	Central Michigan
157	1	James Green	Nebraska
157	2	Alex Dieringer	Oklahoma State
157	3	Derek St. John	Iowa
157	4	Dylan Ness	Minnesota
157	5	Roger Pena	Oregon State
157	6	Dylan Alton	Penn State
157	7	Ian Miller	Kent State
157	8	Isaac Jordan	Wisconsin
157	9	Nestor Taffur	Boston U.
157	10	Joseph LaVallee	Missouri
157	11	Brian Murphy	Michigan
157	12	Taylor Walsh	Indiana
157	13	Blaise Butler	Virginia
157	14	Brian Realbuto	Cornell
157	15	Johnny Greisheimer	Edinboro
157	16	Thomas Gantt	North Carolina State
157	17	Cody Pack	South Dakota State
157	18	Zach Brunson	Illinois
157	19	Ronnie Garbinsky	Pittsburgh
157	20	Raamiah Bethea	Pennsylvania
157	21	Luke Smith	Central Michigan
157	22	Brandon Zeerip	Eastern Michigan
157	23	Robert Burg	Navy
157	24	Tristan Warner	Old Dominion
157	25	Andy McCulley	Wyoming
157	26	Paul Hancock	Army
157	27	Austin Matthews	Clarion
157	28	Mitchell Polkowske	Northern Colorado
157	29	Alex Hudson	Chattanooga
157	30	Spartak Chino	Ohio
157	31	John Nicholson	Iowa State
157	32	Anthony Perrotti	Rutgers
157	33	Immanuel Kerr-Brown	Duke
165	1	David Taylor	Penn State
165	2	Nick Moore	Iowa
165	3	Tyler Caldwell	Oklahoma State
165	4	Cooper Moore	Northern Iowa
165	5	Steven Monk	North Dakota State University
165	6	Corey Mock	Chattanooga
165	7	Dylan Palacio	Cornell
165	8	Nicholas Sulzer	Virginia
165	9	Turtogtokh Luvsandorj	The Citadel
165	10	Pierce Harger	Northwestern
165	11	Zach Toal	Missouri
165	12	Michael Moreno	Iowa State
165	13	Austin Wilson	Nebraska
165	14	Joseph Booth	Hofstra
165	15	Jim Wilson	Stanford
165	16	Jackson Morse	Illinois
165	17	Peyton Walsh	Navy
165	18	Josh Veltre	Bloomsburg
165	19	Ryan Leblanc	Indiana
165	20	Daniel Zilverberg	Minnesota
165	21	Daniel Yates	Michigan
165	22	Casey Kent	Pennsylvania
165	23	Dakota Friesth	Wyoming
165	24	Harrison Hightower	Ohio
165	25	Josh Houldsworth	Columbia
165	26	Jacob Kemerer	Lock Haven
165	27	Austin Trott	Gardner-Webb
165	28	Chris Moon	Virginia Tech
165	29	Mitchell Wightman	Boston U.
165	30	Joseph Brewster	South Dakota State
165	31	Clark Glass	Oklahoma
165	32	Geno Morelli	Pittsburgh
165	33	Ramon Santiago	Rider
174	1	Andrew Howe	Oklahoma
174	2	Chris Perry	Oklahoma State
174	3	Michael Evans	Iowa
174	4	Robert Kokesh	Nebraska
174	5	Mathew Brown	Penn State
174	6	Logan Storley	Minnesota
174	7	Tanner Weatherman	Iowa State
174	8	Stephen Doty	Virginia
174	9	Tyler Wilps	Pittsburgh
174	10	Mike Ottinger	Central Michigan
174	11	Hayden Zillmer	North Dakota State University
174	12	Bryce Hammond	CSU Bakersfield
174	13	Mark Martin	Ohio State
174	14	Collin Zeerip	Michigan
174	15	Elliot Riddick	Lehigh
174	16	Caleb Marsh	Kent State
174	17	Joe Latham	Oregon State
174	18	Cody Caldwell	Northern Iowa
174	19	Tony Dallago	Illinois
174	20	Scott Liegel	Wisconsin
174	21	Billy Curling	Old Dominion
174	22	Connor Brennan	Rider
174	23	George Pickett	Cornell
174	24	Brian Harvey	Army
174	25	Pete Renda	North Carolina State
174	26	Mike Dessino	Bloomsburg
174	27	Patrick Kissel	Purdue
174	28	Kyle Meyer	Stanford
174	29	Mike England	Missouri
174	30	Shane Hughes	Columbia
174	31	Jakob Scheffel	West Virginia
174	32	Eric Morris	Harvard
174	33	John Nething II	South Dakota State
184	1	Gabriel Dean	Cornell
184	2	Jimmy Sheptock	Maryland
184	3	Edward Ruth	Penn State
184	4	Kevin Steinhaus	Minnesota
184	5	Sam Wheeler	Kent State
184	6	Lawrence Thomas	Pennsylvania
184	7	Timothy Dudley	Nebraska
184	8	Kenny Courts	Ohio State
184	9	Ophir Bernstein	Brown
184	10	Jack Dechow	Old Dominion
184	11	John Eblen	Missouri
184	12	John Rizqallah	Michigan State
184	13	Nick Vetterlein	Virginia Tech
184	14	Nolan Boyd	Oklahoma State
184	15	Clint Morrison	Rider
184	16	Alex Utley	North Carolina
184	17	Jonathan Fausey	Virginia
184	18	Lazarus Reyes	Illinois
184	19	Victor Avery	Edinboro
184	20	Austin Morehead	Oregon State
184	21	Blake Stauffer	Arizona State
184	22	Fred Garcia	Lock Haven
184	23	Kurtis Julson	North Dakota State University
184	24	Lucas Sheridan	Indiana
184	25	Ryan Tompkins	Army
184	26	Zachary Diekel	Lehigh
184	27	Phillip Joseph	Eastern Michigan
184	28	Benjamin Stroh	Wyoming
184	29	Zach Nevills	Stanford
184	30	Zack Hernandez	Columbia
184	31	Cameron Croy	Harvard
184	32	Mac Mancuso	West Virginia
184	33	John Lampe	Chattanooga
197	1	Scott Schiller	Minnesota
197	2	Morgan McIntosh	Penn State
197	3	Christian Boley	Maryland
197	4	J'Den Cox	Missouri
197	5	Nick Heflin	Ohio State
197	6	Phillip Wellington	Ohio
197	7	Taylor Meeks	Oregon State
197	8	Travis Rutt	Oklahoma
197	9	Kyven Gadson	Iowa State
197	10	Alex Polizzi	Northwestern
197	11	Dan Scherer	Stanford
197	13	Richard Perry	Bloomsburg
197	13	Braden Atwood	Purdue
197	14	Nick Bonaccorsi	Pittsburgh
197	15	Jace Bennett	Cornell
197	16	Chris Penny	Virginia Tech
197	17	Zach Nye	Virginia
197	18	Daniel Mitchell	American
197	19	Brandon Palik	Drexel
197	20	Abram Ayala	Princeton
197	21	John Bolich	Lehigh
197	22	Conner Hartmann	Duke
197	23	Donald Mcneil	Rider
197	24	Shane Woods	Wyoming
197	25	Vincent Pickett	Edinboro
197	26	James Fox	Harvard
197	27	Nick McDiarmid	Michigan State
197	28	Timothy McCall	Wisconsin
197	29	Cole Baxter	Kent State
197	30	Paul Rands	Navy
197	31	Bryce Barnes	Army
197	32	Francis Mattiace	Pennsylvania
197	33	Kevin Beazley	Old Dominion
285	1	Adam Coon	Michigan
285	2	Adam Chalfant	Indiana
285	3	Nick Gwiazdowski	North Carolina State
285	4	Anthony Nelson	Minnesota
285	5	Connor Medbery	Wisconsin
285	6	Mike McClure	Michigan State
285	7	Jeremy Johnson	Ohio
285	8	Spencer Myers	Maryland
285	9	Austin Marsden	Oklahoma State
285	10	William Smith	Rutgers
285	11	Justin Grant	Bloomsburg
285	12	Jonathan Gingrich	Penn State
285	13	Amarveer Dhesi	Oregon State
285	14	Ernest James	Edinboro
285	15	Adam Fager	Utah Valley University
285	16	J.T Felix	Boise State
285	17	Patrick Tasser	Pittsburgh
285	18	Eloheim Palma	Campbell
285	19	Joe Stolfi	Bucknell
285	20	Devin Mellon	Missouri
285	22	Ross Larson	Oklahoma
285	22	Blake Herrin	American
285	23	Dawson Peck	Chattanooga
285	24	Ethan Hayes	Virginia
285	25	Ty Walz	Virginia Tech
285	26	Chris Lopez	Illinois
285	27	Collin Jensen	Nebraska
285	28	Blaize Cabell	Northern Iowa
285	29	Tyler Deuel	Binghamton University
285	30	Riley Shaw	Cleveland State
285	31	Evan Daley	Clarion
285	32	Nick Tavanello	Ohio State
285	33	Jacob Aiken-Phillips	Cornell

What to Watch: Penn State Seniors Say Goodbye

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Penn State’s wrestling team has two of the biggest stars in the sport with seniors David Taylor and Ed Ruth, and each will be wrestling in his final collegiate match this weekend.

Together, the duo has carried the Nittany Lions over the past three years and amassed an incredible 260-6 record, 95 pins and 222 bonus-point victories.

Ruth is a two-time defending champion in the 184-pound weight class and Taylor is looking for his second career NCAA title at 165 pounds. The duo has been the key to Penn State’s success, and the program would like to send them out on top.

Taylor spoke to Moore on NCAA.com about his mindset heading into the tournament:

"

You’ve got to beat five guys. Whoever that is in front of you, you never know what can happen, who you're going to wrestle. You can’t really look forward to it. All you can look forward to is the first round and when you win, you go to the next round. It’s been an incredible experience. It’s hard to imagine not putting on a Penn State singlet. The national tournament is going to be an emotional week.

"

For No. 3-ranked Ruth, the road to another national title will be tough. Both Gabriel Dean of Cornell and Jimmy Sheptock of Maryland are ranked higher than Ruth (No. 1 and No. 2, respectively) and performing well.

Taylor is the clear favorite in the 165-pound division, ranking No. 1 over No. 2 seed Nick Moore of Iowa and No. 3 seed Tyler Caldwell of Oklahoma State. Both seniors will have the chance at glory.

*Stats via NCAA.com.

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