DUAL 8: BEDLAM Feb. 7, 2021 | 1 p.m. Lloyd Noble Center (11,562) | Norman, Okla. TV: Fox Sports Oklahoma OKLAHOMA 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS u 23 CONFERENCE TITLES u 67 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS u 185 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS u 276 ALL-AMERICANS 2021 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 19/20 OKLAHOMA SOONERS 5/6 OKLAHOMA ST. COWBOYS (5-3, 2-2 BIG 12) (7-0, 3-0 BIG 12) J8 No. 11 ARIZONA STATE L, 20-12 Head Coach: Lou Rosselli vs Head Coach: John Smith J17 Bucknell W, 29-9 Record at OU: 39-33 (5th season) Record at OKST: 446-65-6 (30th season) J17 West Virginia* W, 21-9 J24 No. 13 Iowa State* L, 18-16 J24 No. 19 Northern Iowa* L, 23-13 OKLAHOMA PROJECTED STARTERS J31 South Dakota State* W, 21-13 J31 Little Rock W, 34-6 MASON NAIFEH TONY MADRIGAL J31 No. 21 Stanford W, 21-12 125 R-Sr. • Tulsa, Okla. 133 Jr. • Oak Park, Ill. Union HS Oak Park River Forest HS F7 No. 5 OKLAHOMA STATE* 1 p.m. F14 Oregon State+ TBD Record MD TF Falls Record MD TF Falls 1-6 0 0 0 3-5 0 0 1 F14 Fresno State*+ TBD F21 No. 5 Oklahoma State* 5 p.m. DOM DEMAS MITCH MOORE M6-8 Big 12 Championships# All Day 141 R-Jr. • Columbus, Ohio 149 Jr. • St. Paris, Ohio M18-21 NCAA Championships$ All Day Dublin Coffman HS Virginia Tech Record MD TF Falls Record MD TF Falls HOME | Away 7-1 2 1 0 7-1 0 0 2 All times Central and subject to change. Home duals held inside Lloyd Noble Center. JUSTIN THOMAS TROY MANTANONA * Conference Dual 157 R-Sr. • Huntington Beach, Calif. 165 So. • Palm Desert, Calif. + Fresno, Calif. Calvary Chapel HS San Francisco State # Held at BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. Record MD TF Falls Record MD TF Falls $ Held at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Mo. 6-2 0 1 0 2-0 0 0 1 OU COMMUNICATIONS ANTHONY MANTANONA Wrestling Contact .........................................Josh Poteet DARRIEN ROBERTS 174 R-Jr. • Palm Desert, Calif. 184 So. • Bethlehem, Pa. Email ................................................ [email protected] Palm Desert HS Wyoming Seminary Prep Cell ..................................................... (405) 880-5315 Office ..................................................(405) 325-3671 Record MD TF Falls Record MD TF Falls 4-4 0 1 0 6-2 0 1 0 DUAL COVERAGE INFO TV: Fox Sports Oklahoma JAKE WOODLEY JOSH HEINDSELMAN PXP: Chad McKee 197 R-Jr. • Pittsburgh, Pa. 285 R-Fr. • Piedmont, Okla. Analyst: Jack Spates North Alleghany HS Piedmont HS Live Stats: TrackWrestling.com Record MD TF Falls Record MD TF Falls OKLAHOMA QUICK FACTS 5-3 2 1 0 5-3 0 0 1 Official Name: University of Oklahoma BEDLAM: A SCENE OF UPROAR AND CONFUSION Location: Norman, Okla. Founded: 1890 X The No. 19/20 Oklahoma Sooners are set to host the Enrollment: 30,903 No. 5/6 Oklahoma State Cowboys on Sunday in the Nickname: Sooners Lloyd Noble Center in the 181st edition of Bedlam. Colors: Crimson and Cream X Bedlam returns to Lloyd Noble Center for the first President: Joseph Harroz, Jr. time since 2004, after 16 years of contest’s inside Athletics Director: Joe Castiglione historic McCasland Field House. Sport Administrator: Jason Leonard X The two historic programs have met nearly every Arena: McCasland Field House (4,640) year since 1920 and were named the greatest Lloyd Noble Center (11,562) (OSU) and fourth-greatest (OU) wrestling programs in history by the NCAA. The term “Bedlam” originated from the rowdy wrestling matches between the two schools, and then grew to Official@OU_WRESTLING Website: SoonerSports.com accompany all sports. X The two programs have produced a combined 743 All-America honors, 209 individual national champions, 61 Olympians and 41 team national championships - all marks are more than any other rivalry in the country. DUAL 8: BEDLAM COACHING STAFF 19/20 OKLAHOMA VS. 5/6 OKLAHOMA STATE PROJECTED MATCHUPS Head Coach: Lou Rosselli (Edinboro ‘93) 125 POUNDS Mason Nafieh (1-6) ......................................................................................... No. 19/19 Trevor Mastrogiovanni (7-1) : 39-33 (5th season) Career Record 133 POUNDS Oklahoma Record: Same No. NR/31 Tony Madrigal (3-5) .................................................................................................. Reece Witcraft (5-3) 141 POUNDS Assistant Coaches: Michael Lightner No. 7/8 Dom Demas (7-1) ..................................................................................................................Dusty Hone (4-2) 149 POUNDS (Oklahoma, ‘01), Nick Heflin (Ohio State, ’14) No. 13/19 Mitch Moore (7-1))...........................................................................................No. 4/4 Boo Lewallen (7-0) 157 POUNDS Volunteer Assistant: Hunter Stieber (Ohio No. 12/11 Justin Thomas (6-2) ............................................................. No. 8/9 Wyatt Sheets (2-1) -or- Jaylin Harper (5-1) State, ‘15) 165 POUNDS Troy Mantanona (2-0) .................................................................................................. No. 5/3 Travis Wittlake (7-0) 174 POUNDS 2019-20 RECAP Anthony Mantanona (4-4) .............................................................................................No. 14/28 Dustin Plott (6-0) 184 POUNDS Dual Record: 5-7 No. NR/30 Darrien Roberts (6-2) ....................................................................................No. 7/11 Dakota Geer (6-1) 197 POUNDS Conference Record: 3-6 No. 13/12 Jake Woodley (5-3) ....................................................................................... No. NR/27 A.J. Ferrari (7-0) 285 POUNDS Big 12 Championship Finish: 6th No. 21/28 Josh Heindselman (5-3) ........................................................................... No. NR/26 Austin Harris (5-2) NCAA Finish: Canceled. Rankings are Flo/Track Wrestling (Feb. 2). Starters Returning/Lost: 9/1 NCAA Qualifiers Returning/Lost: 5/1 SOONER SNIPPETS NWCA COACHES POLL X The Sooners (5-3, 2-2 Big 12) are looking for their first The Sooners appear in the NWCA Bedlam win since 2013. Despite dropping both Bedlam duals Coaches Poll for the fifth-consecutive OU WRESTLING HISTORY in 2019-20, the two contests were the closest since Rosselli week, arriving at No. 19 this week. arrived in Norman. Rosselli’s team is coming off a trio of National Championships: 7 wins in Little Rock, Ark., on Jan. 31, including a triumph over RK TEAM RECORD PTS then-No. 20 Stanford. 1 Iowa (14) (3-0) 350 1936, 1951, 1952, 1957, 1960, 1963, 1974 X Rosselli’s squad returns all but one wrestler who saw 2 Michigan (3-0) 330 Conference Titles: 23 action in 2019-20, featuring a lineup that showcases six 3 NCST (5-0) 319 NCAA qualifiers, two All-Americans and a pair of UWW/ 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1948, U23 national champions. The Sooners added 2019 ACC 4 Penn St. (2-0) 310 Freshman of the Year Mitch Moore to the roster via transfer 5 Oklahoma St.* (7-0) 291 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, from Virginia Tech. Moore is a two-time NCAA qualifier at 6 Missouri (9-0) 283 141 pounds and competes for OU at 149 pounds. 1960, 1967, 1968, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1999, 2002 7 Nebraska (4-1) 266 8 Virginia Tech (7-0) 256 10+Win Seasons: 45 LAST TIME OUT 9 Illinois (4-1) 232 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965,1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, X The Sooners put on a clinic in Little Rock on Jan. 31. They 10 Arizona St.* (2-0) 219 opened the day with a decisive 21-13 win in Big 12 play over 11 Ohio St. (4-1) 208 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, South Dakota State behind a pin from Tony Madrigal. 12 Iowa St.* (6-2) 188 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, X Oklahoma then turned around with a 34-6 win over Little Rock where five Sooners won via tech fall, the most for a 13 Minnesota (4-2) 174 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, Rosselli team in his time at the helm. The Sooners won the 14 North Carolina (2-2) 163 final eight matches by a combined score of 95-8. 15 Pittsburgh (3-2) 151 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, X The team’s final test of the day was No. 20 Stanford. After 16 Northern Iowa* (3-2) 145 falling into a 12-3 hole early on, the Sooners used a pin at 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 165 from Troy Mantanona to jump start some Sooner Magic 17 Wisconsin (1-3) 107 that allowed Oklahoma to rattle off five straight wins to 18 Purdue (2-3) 94 All-Americans: 276 clinch a 21-12 upset over the Cardinal. 19 OKLAHOMA (5-3) 86 Individual National Champions: 67 20 Virginia (2-2) 61 Individual Conference Champions: 185 SOONERS IN THE RANKINGS 21 Navy (3-1) 60 22 Stanford* (4-2) 35 X Oklahoma appears the polls as the Sooners ride a three-dual 23 Michigan St. (1-2) 33 winning streak that includes a win over ranked Stanford. The NWCA tabs OU as the No. 19 team in the country, while 24 Rutgers (0-4) 32 Intermat calls the Sooners 18th, Flo names Oklahoma No. 25 Lehigh (2-2) 27 20 in their dual rankings. Track ranks Oklahoma 29th in its tournament rankings. * indicates 2021 dual opponent X The three primary individual rankings selected a host of Sooners to place inside the top 25. FloWrestling tabs five Oklahoma starters as top-25 wrestlers in their respective weight class, while Track Wrestle ranks seven Sooners inside the top 33. X Every Sooners’ starter has appeared in at least one poll this season except for Troy Mantanona (165) who made his debut on Jan. 31. 2 2021 OKLAHOMA WRESTLING @OU_WRESTLING DUAL 8: BEDLAM #THERISE IS HERE X The OU program has been a program on #TheRise since Lou Rosselli took over the program, which in turn resulted in the highest preseason ranking (No. 14/Intermat) since coming to Norman. X Fans can see the hash tag #TheRise on OU wrestling’s social media this season and interact with the program by using the hash tag.