Ohio State was pretty much perfect in the semifinal round of the Big Ten Championships, putting all five title contenders into Sunday's finals. With nine wrestlers still battling for placements on Day 2, the Buckeyes passed Minnesota in the team race, but still stand well behind Penn State.
Perhaps more important than defending the team's back-to-back tournament titles, eight members of the roster punched their tickets to Pittsburgh, earning automatic bids to the NCAA Championships.
Heavyweight Chase Singletary was the only member of the team eliminated from the tournament Saturday, falling to Maryland's Youssif Hemida in the consolation bracket; he'll hope for an at-large bid when those are announced Tuesday.