Soooooo the big 12’s just got more difficult….
ASU wrestling - Big 12
- Thread starter JM4CY
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Love the addition of asu wrestling.
Iron sharpens iron
There’s gonna be some DYNAMITE matches.
Bring Oregon State with them? (Wrestling only)
And Stanford or what is happening with them?
Conference still won’t be on par with the Big 10, but it’s closing the gap
I don't think the Big 12 can take everyone. That'd be 19 teams.
Probably some wheeling and dealing to end up with two conferences -- a Big 12 and some type of "Mountain" something.
Agreed. Then kick out those weird ones we added out west if we have to make room for them.
Come on in. We'll make room. Not too excited about their other sports but this is very good for B12 Wrestling
I'll trade them Utah Valley and Cal Baptist for Oregon State and Stanford...
2023 NCAA All-Americans from Pac-12 Wrestling
Brandon Courtney, ASU - 125 (3rd)****
Michael McGee, ASU - 133 (3rd)***
Kyle Parco, ASU - 149 (4th)***
Shane Griffith, STAN - 165 (5th)****
Trey Munoz, OSU - 184 (6th)*
Bernie Truax, POLY - 197 (4th)***
Cohlton Schultz, ASU - 285 (7th)***
* - Denotes number of career All-America accolades
To be fair, they almost got completely forgotten. I wonder what the future of the Stanford AD looks like now.
Best thing for Big 12 wrestling is to pick up Oregon State and make it 14 schools. Best thing for college wrestling is to split the conferences up geographically. (Yesterday might have been the death knell for Stanford wrestling, though.) Something like this makes good sense:
Big 12 (n=10)
Full Membership (n=4)
Iowa State
Oklahoma State
West Virginia
Arizona State (former Pac 12)
Affiliates (n=6)
Missouri
Oklahoma
Northern Iowa
North Dakota State
South Dakota State
Arkansas Little Rock (former Pac 12)
Pac X (n=9)
Full Membership (n=2)
Oregon State
Stanford
Affiliates (n=7)
Cal Poly
CSU Bakersfield
Air Force (former Big 12)
Northern Colorado (former Big 12)
Wyoming (former Big 12)
Utah Valley (former Big 12)
Cal Baptist (former Big 12)
and 2022 @157
- 6th-Jacori Teemer, Arizona State
That’s what my assumption was. Where the hell are they getting their money for transfers?
Iowa, Penn State lead DI wrestling attendance in 2022-23
Iowa and Penn State lead this National Wrestling Media Association list of average attendance for 71 DI wrestling programs.
www.ncaa.com
14th in the nation in attendance. 2150 per meet. Would rank 4th in B12, ahead of Mizzou.