Minnesota is ranked 15th entering the NCAA meet after finishing 11th last season.
NCAA wrestling championships
Thursday-Saturday, Tulsa, Okla.
TV schedule
11 a.m. Thursday on ESPNU; 6 p.m. ESPN
11 a.m. Friday on ESPNU; 7 p.m. ESPN
10 a.m. Saturday on ESPNU; 6 p.m. ESPN
Defending champion: Penn State. Gophers finished 11th last year.
InterMat tournament rankings: 1. Penn State, 2. Iowa, 3. Nebraska, 4. Missouri, 5. Cornell, 6. Iowa State, 7 Ohio State, 8. North Carolina State, 9. Arizona State, 10. Michigan ... 15. Gophers.
Gophers in the tournament
125 pounds: No. 11 seed Patrick McKee, sr., 12-7. Finished sixth in Big Ten tournament. Finished fifth at 125 in NCAAs last year and third in 2021.
133: No. 8 Aaron Nagao, fr., 18-4. Finished as Big Ten runner-up, falling 5-2 to two-time national champ Roman Bravo-Young of Penn State.
141: No. 20 Jake Bergeland, sr., 14-9. Placed eighth at Big Ten and making second NCAA appearance.
149: No. 11 Michael Blockhus, sr., 17-5: Big Ten runner-up after falling 7-5 in sudden victory to Ohio State's Sammy Sasso. Making his fourth NCAA appearance.
165: No. 28 Andrew Sparks, jr., 15-9: Making second NCAA appearance, receiving an at-large bid after finishing ninth in Big Ten.
174: No. 8 Bailee O'Reilly, sr., 18-5: Placed fourth in Big Ten, making second NCAA appearance.
184: No. 9 Isaiah Salazar, jr., 16-2: Took fourth in Big Ten and will wrestle in third NCAA tournament.
197: No. 22 Michial Foy, sr., 15-10: Placed eighth in Big Ten and will appear in second NCAA tournament.
Hwt: No. 32 Garrett Joles, sr., 15-14: Placed 10th in Big Ten and received at-large bid to NCAAs.
Despite trips to Ohio State (reigning national champion) and Oregon (reigning Big Ten champion), the 2025 schedule is set up for P.J. Fleck’s program to take another step forward.
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