Iowa and Iowa State still have all nine wrestlers alive and are tied for second place with 24 1/2 points after the first day of the 2024 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in Kansas City.
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Iowa and Iowa State still have all nine wrestlers alive and are tied for second place with 24 1/2 points after the first day of the 2024 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in Kansas City.
Photos from the second session of the 2024 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.
A 12-0 run essentially sealed second-seeded Iowa State’s 82-65 first-round NCAA tournament win Thursday over 15th-seeded South Dakota State. ISU shot a torrid 58 percent overall and 47.3 percent from 3-point range.
Photos from the first day of the 2024 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.
Competing in the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships for the first time can be a challenge for some and success for others. Iowa State, Iowa and Northern Iowa learned that Thursday during the first round of the 2024 nationals held in T-Mobile Center.
Audi Crooks stands front and center for No. 7-seed Iowa State and Wednesday was named an honorable mention All-American — the first freshman in program history to earn such accolades.
Hason Ward’s journey to Iowa State included a stop at Virginia Commonwealth as well as a visa-related ordeal. But now that he’s in his second and final season with the Cyclones, he’s become one of the team’s major X-factors off the bench.
Here’s a look at the schedule, TV and streaming guide and Iowa info for the 2024 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
For the third time, Iowa’s Caitlin Clark is an Associated Press first-team All-American selection in women’s basketball. She is a unanimous first-team selection (the only one) by the 35-person AP media panel.
Yonger Bastida scored bonus points in three of his four wins at the Big 12s, helping Iowa State win the team title for the first time since 2009. Now he sets his sights on the national tournament, where he’s ISU’s highest seed (No. 2) and poised to make a big run for the first time since attaining All-America honors at 197 in 2022.
Taylor Mouser started his coaching journey “from the ground up,” becoming an integral part of the Iowa State’s recruiting efforts early on. Now, as offensive coordinator, he’ll get to serve as a general manger of sorts himself, helping to shape and guide the Cyclones’ roster through spring ball (which begins Thursday), then fall camp, and finally, game days in 2024.
Iowa State head coach Bill Fennelly chuckled slightly when he saw who his team would play to begin the NCAA tournament. That’s because the seventh-seeded Cyclones will face No. 10 seed Maryland, coached by one of his former assistants, Brenda Frese.
Iowa State will face the program that gave T.J. Otzelberger his first college head coaching job — South Dakota State — in Thursday’s first-round NCAA tournament game in Omaha. And suffice it to say, Otzelberger’s ties to the 15th-seeded Jackrabbits and head coach Eric Henderson still run deep.
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