Three Hawkeyes receive top pre-seeds for Big Ten tournament

The University of Iowa received three top seeds for the upcoming conference tournament.

Thomas Gilman, Brandon Sorensen and Sammy Brooks earned top pre-seeds for this weekend's Big Ten Championships, which the conference announced Monday. The Big Ten tournament is Saturday and Sunday at Ohio State's St. John Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

Gilman and Brooks are sophomores at 125 and 184. Sorensen, who red-shirted last season, is a freshman at 149. None of them were in the Hawkeyes' postseason lineup last year.

All 10 Hawkeyes received pre-seeds that were seventh or better. Along with the top-seeded trio, three-time conference finalist Mike Evans (174) is third and Nathan Burak at 197 and heavyweight Bobby Telford are each fourth. All-American Cory Clark is fifth at 133. Josh Dziewa is sixth at 141. Mike Kelly and Nick Moore, a Big Ten runner-up last year, are seeded seventh at 157 and 165, respectively.

The host Buckeyes also have three No. 1 seeds in Logan Stieber (141), Bo Jordan (165) and 197-pounder Kyle Snyder. The other top seeds include Minnesota's Chris Dardanes (133), Isaiah Martinez, of Illinois, at 157, Nebraska 174-pounder Robert Kokesh and Wisconsin's heavyweight Connor Medbery.

125 lbs.

1. Thomas Gilman, IOWA

2. Jesse Delgado, ILL

3. Nathan Tomasello, OSU

4. Tim Lambert, NEB

5. Jordan Conaway, PSU

6. Conor Youtsey, MICH

7. Garrison White, NU

Luke Welch, PUR

133 lbs.

1. Chris Dardanes, MINN

2. Ryan Taylor, WIS

3. Jimmy Gulibon, PSU

4. Johnni DiJulius, OSU

5. Cory Clark, IOWA

6. Zane Richards, ILL

7. Danny Sabatello, PUR

8. Rossi Bruno, MICH

9. Eric Montoya, NEB

10. Scott Delvecchio, RU

11. Geoff Alexander, MD

Dom Malone, NU

13. Garth Yenter, MSU

14. Alonzo Shepherd, IND

141 lbs.

1. Logan Stieber, OSU

2. Nick Dardanes, MINN

3. Anthony Abidin, NEB

4. Steven Rodrigues, ILL

5. Anthony Ashnault, RU

6. Josh Dziewa, IOWA

7. Jameson Oster, NU

8. Nick Lawrence, PUR

9. Kade Moss, PSU

10. George Fisher, MICH

11. Javier Gasca III, MSU

12. Shyhiem Brown, MD

13. Jessie Thielke, WIS

14. Sean Brown, IND

149 lbs.

1. Brandon Sorensen, IOWA

2. Jason Tsirtsis, NU

3. Hunter Stieber, OSU

Ken Theobold, RU

5. Alec Pantaleo, MICH

6. Zack Beitz, PSU

7. Justin Arthur, NEB

8. Rylan Lubeck, WIS

157 lbs.

1. Isaiah Martinez, ILL

2. Dylan Ness, MINN

3. James Green, NEB

4. Brian Murphy, MICH

5. Doug Welch, PUR

6. Josh Demas, OSU

7. Mike Kelly, IOWA

Anthony Perrotti, RU

9. Luke Frey, PSU

10. Louis Mascola, MD

11. Luke Blanton, IND

12. TJ Ruschell, WIS

13. Ben Sullivan, NU

14. Travis Curley, MSU

165 lbs.

1. Bo Jordan, OSU

2. Isaac Jordan, WIS

3. Taylor Walsh, IND

4. Pierce Harger, NU

5. Jackson Morse, ILL

6. Garett Hammond, PSU

7. Nick Moore, IOWA

8. Nick Wanzek, MINN

9. Austin Wilson, NEB

10. Pat Robinson, PUR

11. Nick Visicaro, RU

12. Garrett Sutton, MICH

13. Roger Wildmo, MSU

14. Justin Alexander, MD

174 lbs.

1. Robert Kokesh, NEB

2. Matt Brown, PSU

3. Mike Evans, IOWA

4. Logan Storley, MINN

5. Zach Brunson, ILL

6. Mark Martin, OSU

7. Chad Welch, PUR

8. Frank Cousins, WIS

9. Taylor Massa, MICH

10. Nathan Jackson, IND

11. Josh Snook, MD

Phil Bakuckas, RU

13. Nick Proctor, MSU

184 lbs.

1. Sam Brooks, IOWA

2. Dom Abounader, MICH

3. Ricky Robertson, WIS

4. Brett Pfarr, MINN

5. Kenny Courts, OSU

6. TJ Dudley, NEB

7. Nikko Reyes, ILL

Matt McCutcheon, PSU

9. John Rizqallah, MSU

10. Patrick Kissel, PUR

11. Anthony Pafumi, RU

12. Mitch Sliga, NU

13. Matt Irick, IND

14. Tony Gardner, MD

197 lbs.

1. Kyle Snyder, OSU

2. Morgan McIntosh, PSU

3. Scott Schiller, MINN

4. Nathan Burak, IOWA

5. Aaron Studebaker, NEB

6. Max Huntley, MICH

7. Alex Polizzi, NU

8. Timmy McCall, WIS

9. Braden Atwood, PUR

10. Nick McDiarmid, MSU

11. Jeff Koepke, ILL

12. Hayden Hrymack, RU

13. Rob Fitzgerald, MD

14. Luke Sheridan, IND

285 lbs.

1. Connor Medbery, WIS

2. Adam Coon, MICH

3. Mike McMullan, NU

4. Bobby Telford, IOWA

5. Jimmy Lawson, PSU

6. Michael Kroells, MINN

7. Spencer Myers, MD

8. Billy Smith, RU

9. Nick Tavanello, OSU

10. Brooks Black, ILL

Collin Jensen, NEB

12. Chris Nash, MSU

13. Garret Goldman, IND

14. Gelen Robinson, PUR

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