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2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships

Last Updated: Mar 1, 2023 · 4:11 PM EST

The 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships take place March 4-5, 2023, at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The University of Michigan is playing host to the 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships for the first time since 2010.

The host Wolverines are the defending team champions, but rank fifth among Big Ten teams in the final NWCA coaches poll of the regular season.

No. 1 Penn State looks to take its first Big Ten title since 2019, while No. 2 Iowa goes for its record 38th team title. No. 4 Nebraska is also in the mix seeking its first-ever Big Ten wrestling team title. The Cornhuskers are looking for their first team title since winning the Big 12 in 2009.

The wrestling championships begin Saturday, March 4, with the first-round, quarterfinal, semifinal and wrestle-back matches happening during Sessions I and II. The wrestling championships end Sunday, March 5, with seventh-place matches and consolation semifinals during Session III. First, second and third place matches highlight Session IV.

The Big Ten Network will have live streaming coverage of all four sessions at the 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships.

2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships

Saturday, March 4

10 a.m. Session I (First round, quarterfinals, wrestle-backs)
5:30 p.m. Session II (Consolation matches, wrestle-backs)
7:30 p.m. Session II (Semifinals)

Sunday, March 5

11 a.m. Session III (Consolation semifinals), 7th place matches)
3:30 p.m. Session IV (1st, 3rd and 5th-place matches)

During the 2022 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, the University of Michigan won the tournament behind performances from 125-pounder Nick Suriano and 184-pounder Myles Amine.

Big Ten team wrestling titles by year

2022: Michigan
2021: Iowa
2020: Iowa
2019: Penn State
2018: Ohio State
2017: Ohio State
2016: Penn State
2015: Ohio State and Iowa
2014: Penn State
2013: Penn State
2012: Penn State
2011: Penn State
2010: Iowa
2009: Iowa
2008: Iowa
2007: Minnesota
2006: Minnesota
2005: Illinois
2004: Iowa
2003: Minnesota
2002: Minnesota
2001: Minnesota
2000: Iowa
1999: Minnesota
1998: Iowa
1997: Iowa
1996: Iowa
1995: Iowa
1994: Iowa
1993: Iowa
1992: Iowa
1991: Iowa
1990: Iowa
1989: Iowa
1988: Iowa
1987: Iowa
1986: Iowa
1985: Iowa
1984: Iowa
1983: Iowa
1982: Iowa
1981: Iowa
1980: Iowa
1979: Iowa
1978: Iowa
1977: Iowa
1976: Iowa
1975: Iowa
1974: Iowa
1973: Michigan
1972: Michigan State
1971: Michigan State
1970: Michigan State
1969: Michigan State
1968: Michigan State
1967: Michigan State
1966: Michigan State
1965: Michigan
1964: Michigan
1963: Michigan
1962: Iowa
1961: Michigan State
1960: Michigan
1959: Minnesota
1958: Iowa
1957: Minnesota
1956: Michigan
1955: Michigan
1954: Purdue
1953: Michigan
1952: Illinois
1951: Ohio State
1950: Purdue
1949: Purdue
1948: Purdue
1947: Illinois
1946: Illinois
1945: Purdue
1944: Michigan
1943: Indiana
1942: Purdue
1941: Minnesota
1940: Indiana
1939: Indiana
1938: Michigan
1937: Illinois
1936: Indiana
1935: Illinois
1934: Indiana

Four-time Big Ten champions

Alex Marinelli, Iowa — 2019-2022 (165)
Isaiah Martinez, Illinois — 2015-16 (157), 2017-18 (165)
Nathan Tomasello, Ohio State — 2015-16-18 (125), 2017 (133)
Logan Stieber, Ohio State — 2012-13 (133), 2014-15 (141)
David Taylor, Penn State — 2011 (157), 2012-14 (165)
Ed Ruth, Penn State — 2011-12 (174), 2013-14 (184)
Kellen Russell, Michigan — 2008-12 (141)
Mike Ironside, Iowa — 1995-98 (134)
Jim Heffernan, Iowa — 1983, 1985-87 (155)
Duane Goldman, Iowa — 1983-84 (177), 1985-86 (190)
Barry Davis, Iowa — 1981-82 (118), 1983-84 (126)
Ed Banach, Iowa — 1980-82 (177), 1983 (190)
Mike DeAnna, Iowa — 1977-79, 1981 (167)
Tom Milkovich, Michigan State — 1970-71 (134), 1972-73 (143)
Joe Scarpello, Iowa — 1947-50 (175)
Arnold Plaza, Purdue — 1947, 1949-50 (121), 1948 (114.5)
Verne Gagne, Minnesota — 1944 (175), 1947 (285), 1948 (191), 1949 (285)

Most individual champions

9: Iowa, 1983
8: Iowa, 1985
7: Iowa, 1981; Iowa 1982; Iowa, 1984; Iowa, 1986
6: Michigan State, 1969; Iowa, 1978; Iowa, 1979; Iowa, 1987; Iowa, 1992; Iowa, 1995

Most Big Ten titles by coach

21: Dan Gable, Iowa
9: Cliff Keen, Michigan
8: W.H. Thorn, Indiana
7: Paul Prehn, Illinois; Grady J. Peninger, Michigan State
6: H.E. Kenney, Illinois; J. Robinson, Minnesota; C.C. Reeck, Purdue; Cael Sanderson, Penn State; Tom Brands, Iowa.

Fastest fall, all matches

16 seconds: Robert Kokesh (Nebraska) over Taylor Massa (Michigan) — 174 quarterfinals (2015)
18 seconds: Elijah Oliver (Indiana) over Zeke Moisey (Nebraska) — 125 first round (2019)
20 seconds: Austin Gomez (Wisconsin) over Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) — 149 semifinals (2022)
23 seconds: Bart Cheselvig (Iowa) over Keith Bollman (Illinois) — 177 quarterfinals (1992); Tony Dallago (Illinois) over Braden Atwood (Purdue) — 184 consolation first round (2012)
25 seconds: Shawn Whitcomb (Michigan State) over George Fraher (Purdue) — 285 quarterfinals (1980); J Jaggers (Ohio State) over Nick Bertucci (Purdue) — 141 consolation first round (2012)

Fastest fall, championship match

43 seconds: Mike Potts (Michigan State) over Al Jenson (Minnesota) — 285 (1984)
47 seconds: Ed Banach (Iowa) over Jim Kleinhans (Wisconsin) — 177 (1980)
50 seconds: Jack Riley (Northwestern) over Erickson (Chicago) — 285 (1931); Jack Panning (Minnesota) over Bill Reinbolt — 177 (1973)

Alex Hickey

Alex Hickey is an award-winning writer who has watched Big Ten sports since it was a numerically accurate description of league membership. Alex has covered college football and basketball since 2008, with stops on the McNeese State, LSU and West Virginia beats before being hired as Saturday Tradition's Big Ten columnist in 2021. He is an Illinois native and 2004 Indiana University graduate.