University of Missouri
Big 12 Championships
Tigers Travel To Tulsa For Big 12 Championships
3/4/2022 2:30:00 PM | Wrestling
Mizzou will compete in its first Big 12 conference championship since 2012
COLUMIBA, Mo. – The University of Missouri wrestling team begins the 2022 postseason at the Big 12 Championships inside the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday and Sunday. Action from all four mats will stream on ESPN+ with Sunday's championship matches televised on ESPN2.
Schedule
On Saturday, session 1 begins at 11 a.m. CT with preliminary and quarterfinal matches. Session 2 will follow with semifinals and the first two rounds of consolations beginning at 5 p.m. CT.
On Sunday, session 3 will begin at noon CT with consolation place matches. Session 4's final rounds begin at 7 p.m. CT, followed by awards.
Seeding
Freshman Keegan O'Toole and redshirt sophomore Zach Elam were seeded highest amongst Mizzou's entries. O'Toole will be the No. 1 seed at 165 pounds and Elam will be the No. 2 seed at 285 pounds.
Also seeded in the top-4 are juniors Allan Hart (No. 4 at 141 pounds) and Jarrett Jacques (No. 4 at 157 pounds), as well as freshman Josh Edmond (No. 4 at 149 pounds).
Freshman Rocky Elam (No. 5 at 197 pounds), redshirt freshman Noah Surtin (No. 5 at 125 pounds) and redshirt sophomores Peyton Mocco (No. 6 at 174 pounds) and Jeremiah Kent (No. 6 at 184 pounds) round out the seeded Missouri wrestlers. At 133 pounds, redshirt junior Connor Brown is the Tigers' lone unseeded competitor.
Missouri will be competing for 10 of the Big 12's 58 total automatic bids. The conference will send no less than four wrestlers per weight to the NCAA Championships in Detroit March 17-19.
Storylines
- In its first season back in the Big 12, Missouri finished second in the regular season standings. While the conference does not crown a duals champion, the Tigers finished 1.5 wins off the leader Iowa State while competing in the most in-conference duals of any Big 12 program.
- Surtin (125 pounds), Hart (141 pounds), Jacques (157 pounds), O'Toole (165 pounds), Kent (184 pounds) and Zach Elam (285 pounds) all receive byes and will wrestle their first-round matches in the quarterfinals.
- Three of Mizzou's four Big 12 Wrestler of the Week recipients will be competing in Tulsa. O'Toole, Surtin and Kent will all be on the mat for the Tigers. In addition to redshirt freshman Sean Harman, Mizzou let the conference with five weekly award recipients – one of only five schools nationally to do so.
- The Tigers return eight wrestlers from last season's MAC Championships, including 2021 MAC Champions Keegan O'Toole and Rocky Elam. 2020 MAC Champion Jarrett Jacques will also wrestle at the conference tournament.
- For more storylines, see the attached game notes packet…
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MISSOURI
125 – Noah Surtin, RS-Fr. (No. 5 seed)
133 – Connor Brown, RS-Jr. (Unseeded)
141 – Allan Hart, Jr. (No. 4 seed)
149 – Josh Edmond, Fr. (No. 4 seed)
157 – Jarrett Jacques, Jr. (No. 4 seed)
165 – Keegan O'Toole, Fr. (No. 1 seed)
174 – Peyton Mocco, RS-So. (No. 6 seed)
184 – Jeremiah Kent, RS-So. (No. 6 seed)
197 – Rocky Elam, Fr. (No. 5 seed)
285 – Zach Elam, RS-So. (No. 2 seed)
Players Mentioned
