Big 12 Wrestling Seeds and Brackets Announced

IRVING, Texas – The Big 12 Conference announced the 2024 Championship seeding and brackets ahead of this weekend's Championship in Tulsa, Okla. The Wolverines were led by No. 14 Evan Bockman, who earned the No. 4 seed, and 141-pounder Haiden Drury was awarded the No. 7 seed.

Bockman was the only Wolverine to get a first-round bye and will wrestle his first match in the quarterfinals during the Saturday morning session. He will face the winner of California Baptist's Eli Sheeren or No. 21 in the country and No. 5 seeded Wyatt Voelker of UNI. He picked up wins over both potential foes in the regular season with a 4-2 decision over Voelker and a 17-2 tech fall over Sheeren to close out the regular season.

The seventh-seeded Drury will wrestle North Dakota State's No. 31 Gavin Drexler in the first round. He beat Drexler 8-7 in Orem back in early February as part of his eight-match winning streak. His potential second-round matchup will be an unfamiliar foe in either Oklahoma's Kaden Smith or No. 2 seeded Tagen Jamison from Oklahoma State, who is currently No. 8 in the national rankings.

Utah Valley First Round Matchups

• 125: Yusief Lillie (UVU) vs. No. 3 Stevo Poulin (Northern Colorado)
• 133: Kase Mauger (UVU) vs. No. 4 Derrick Cardinal (South Dakota State)
• 141: No. 7 Haiden Drury (UVU) vs. Gavin Drexler (North Dakota State)
• 149: James Emmer (UVU) vs. No. 2 Willie McDougald (Oklahoma)
• 157: Alex Emmer (UVU) vs. No. 2 Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa)
• 165: Jaxon Garoutte (UVU) vs. No. 8 Cooper Voorhees (Wyoming)
• 174: Mahonri Rushton (UVU) vs. No. 8 Brody Conley (West Virginia)
• 184: Jacob Armstrong (UVU) vs. No. 6 Sam Wolf (Air Force)
• 197: No. 4 Evan Bockman (UVU) vs. BYE
• 285: Chase Trussell (UVU) vs. No. 6 Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa)

Missouri is the defending Big 12 team champion and has two No. 1 seeds in the field. Iowa State and South Dakota State each earned two No. 1 seeds. The Tigers were joined by Oklahoma State, with their entire lineups seeded in the bracket. The complete brackets can be viewed at the link at the top.

The Big 12 Championships will feature four sessions from the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. The first session starts at 9:00 a.m. MT on Saturday, Mar. 9. The first three sessions will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, with the finals scheduled for Sunday, Mar. 10 at 6:30 p.m. MT on ESPN2.