After a dominating Big Ten Tournament where four wrestlers were crowned individual champions and Penn State locked up its first team title since 2016, three of those four wrestlers have been awarded top seeds in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.
The top-seeded Nittany Lions begin at 157 pounds with two-time NCAA champion Jason Nolf, who has a first-round bye and sits at 26-0 on the season after winning his third Big Ten title last weekend
His teammate at 174 pounds, Mark Hall, is the next Nittany Lion to earn a one-seed and a first-round bye, doing so over one of his most familiar opponents in Arizona State’s Zahid Valencia, who will most likely be seeded No.