Buckeyes Set for 2024 NCAA Championships

2024 NCAA Brackets | Ohio State Notes | NCAA Championships Information/Tickets | Scoring/Results

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Tom Ryan, now in his 18th season as the head coach of the Buckeyes, leads Ohio State into the 2024 NCAA Championships this week at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The first session starts Thursday with the finals set for Saturday night. Matches will be available on ESPN and ESPN+.

Ohio State's nine NCAA wrestling qualifiers learned their seeds and first-round opponents last Wednesday.

The Buckeyes qualified wrestlers in 7-of-10 weight classes last weekend at the 2024 Big Ten Wrestling Championships at the XFINITY Center in College Park, Maryland. Click HERE for the recap.

Ohio State added two more to its NCAA lineup this year when the NCAA announced redshirt freshmen Brendan McCrone (125) and Nic Bouzakis (133) earned at-large bids.

The Buckeyes will send three Top 10 seeds to Kansas City with 2024 Big Ten Champion Jesse Mendez leading the way with a No. 1 seed at 141. Freshman Rocco Welsh (174) is a No. 6 seed while redshirt freshman Nick Feldman (HWT) is the No. 9 seed.

Ryan has sent nine or more wrestlers to the national tournament eight times during his 18-year Ohio State career (2007-present).

Six Buckeyes headed to Kansas City are in their freshman season at Ohio State, the most for Ryan during his Ohio State career.

Ohio State has had 147 NCAA Qualifiers under Ryan. The Buckeyes have earned 70 All-America honors and have finished in the Top 5 nine times. Fourteen teams have finished among the Top 10.

The 2015 team won the NCAA title and five teams have placed second.

Ohio State took fourth in the 2023 NCAA Championships.

2024 NCAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE
(all times Eastern and subject to change)
Session 1 - Championship 1st Round/Thursday/March 21/Noon/ESPNU/ESPN+
Session 2 - Championship 2nd Round/Thursday/March 21/7 p.m./ESPN/ESPN+
+ Consolations
Session 3 - Championship QF Round/Friday/March 22/Noon/ESPNU/ESPN+
+ Consolations
Session 4 - Championship SF Round/Friday/March 22/8 p.m./ESPN/ESPN+
+ Blood Round
Session 5 - Medal Round/Saturday/March 23/11 a.m./ESPNU/ESPN+
Session 6 - Championship Finals/Saturday/March 23/7 p.m./ESPN/ESPN+

2024 Ohio State NCAA Qualifiers
Wt | InterMat Rk./2024 NCAA seed/Name (Yr.)/2023-24 Record/At NCAA Championships
125 | No. 29/29-seed - Brendan McCrone (R-Fr.)/19-11/1st Appearance
vs. 4-seed Matt Ramos (Purdue/25-5)

133 | No. 13/16 seed - Nick Bouzakis (R-Fr.)/23-9/1st Appearance
vs. 17-seed Braxton Brown (Maryland/21-10)

141 | No. 1/1 seed - Jesse Mendez (So.)/25-2/2nd Appearance
NCAA History: 2023 (14-seed/5-3/6th)
vs. 33-seed Todd Carter (Gardner Webb/26-11) or 32-seed Kal Miller (Maryland/12-10)

149 | No. 12/14 seed - Dylan D'Emilio (R-Sr.)/24-11/4th Appearance
NCAA History (rcd. 7-7): 2021 (30-seed/2-2), 2022 (17-seed, 1-2), 2023 (17-seed, 4-3/6th)
vs. 19-seed Joseph Zargo (Wisconsin/20-9)

157 | No. 27/32 seed - Isaac Wilcox (Sr.)/20-10/1st Appearance
vs. 33-seed Nick Stampoulos (Buffalo/22-17)

174 | No. 6/6 seed - Rocco Welsh (Fr.)/22-5/1st Appearance
vs. 27-seed Danny Wask (Navy/23-11)

184 | No. 17/18 seed - Ryder Rogotzke (Fr.)/19-8/1st Appearance
vs. 15-seed Reece Heller (Pittsburgh/20-6)

197 | No. 19/23 seed - Luke Geog (R-Fr.)/15-9/1st Appearance
vs. 10-seed Silas Allred (Nebraska/24-7)

HWT | No. 6/9 seed - Nick Feldman (R-Fr.)/24-6/1st Appearance
vs. 24-seed Keaton Kluever (Hofstra/15-5)

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