The NCAA Wrestling Tournament is getting underway Thursday, and the action is bound to be intense throughout.

Heading into the action in Detroit, a number of B1G wrestlers are expected to show out and headline the field. In particular, Minnesota’s Gable Steveson and Michigan’s Myles Amine are a pair of Olympic medalists looking to take home a national title on the mat.

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That duo is just a few of the B1G faces to hit the mat. According to Tom VanHaaren with ESPN, the conference boasts the most wrestlers in the competition with 7 No. 1 seeds from the B1G.

Those No. 1 seeds are Gable Steveson (285 lbs.), Myles Amine (184), Michigan’s Nick Suriano (125), and a quartet of Penn State wrestlers in Max Dean (197), Carter Starocci (174), Nick Lee (141), and Roman Bravo-Young (133).

VanHaaren also pointed out the sheer volume of B1G wrestlers competing compared to the rest of the field:

Its 88 wrestlers are 30 more than the next closest conference (Big 12), and 46 more than the next closest with the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association.

Stay tuned to see who takes home top honors in the nation.