OHIO STATE VS. WISCONSIN & ILLINOIS OHIO STATE WRESTLING 2019-20 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS #4 OHIO STATE (5-1, 1-0 B1G) AT #8 WISCONSIN (8-2, 1-2 B1G) 5-1, 1-0 Big Ten Conference JAN. 17 | 9 P.M. ET | MADISON, WIS. | UW FIELD HOUSE Nov. 2 Michigan State Open BROADCAST: BIG TEN NETWORK | LIVE SCORING: TRACKWRESTLING Nov. 10 Stanford W, 29-6 Nov. 15 at Pittsburgh W, 23-12 PROBABLE LINEUPS Nov. 17 Virginia Tech L, 15-21 OHIO STATE BUCKEYES WISCONSIN BADGERS Dec. 1 Cornell (BTN Plus) W, 23-9 (FloWrestling individual rankings used) Dec. 6-7 CKLV Invitational 2nd place Mailk Heinselman (9-9, So.) ............................125 lbs ..................................... Eric Barnett (8-3, Fr.) Jan. 6 Arizona State (FS1) W, 17-16 No. 20 Jordan Decatur (9-2, Fr.) -OR- .............133 lbs ........................... Kyle Burwick (8-2, Fr.) -OR- Jan. 10 Rutgers (BTN Plus) W, 22-13 Dylan Koontz (8-8, r-So.) ...................................................................... Dom Dentino (2-6, r-Fr.) -OR- Jan. 17 at Wisconsin (BTN) 9 p.m. ................................................................................................................No. 1 Seth Gross (17-1, R-Sr.) No. 1 Luke Pletcher (16-0, Sr.) ......................... 141 lbs .....................No. 4 Tristan Moran (14-2, r-Sr.) Jan. 19 Illinois (BTN Plus) 1 p.m. No. 6 Sammy Sasso (14-2, r-Fr.) .......................149 lbs .......................No. 13 Cole Martin (10-5, r-Sr.) Jan. 24 at Iowa (BTN) 9 p.m. Elijah Cleary (11-7, r-Jr.) -OR- ............................157 lbs ...............................Garrett Model (7-9, -OR- Jan. 26 at Minnesota (BTN) 8:30 p.m. Quinn Kinner (5-4, r-Fr.) ..................................................................... Drew Scharenbrock (17-7, r-Fr.) Jan. 31 Maryland (BTN Plus) 7 p.m. No. 12 Ethan Smith (12-6, r-So.) .......................165 lbs ...........................No. 4 Evan Wick (17-2, r-Jr.) Feb. 2 at Nebraska (BTN Plus) 1 p.m. No. 8 Kaleb Romero (11-2, r-So.) ......................174 lbs ..............................Tyler Dow (7-9, r-Fr.) -OR- Feb. 9 Northwestern (BTN Plus) 2 p.m. .................................................................................................................. Jared Krattiger (6-10, r-Fr.) Feb. 15 at Penn State (BTN) 7:30 p.m. Rocky Jordan (20-4, r-Fr.) ................................184 lbs .............. No. 13 Johnny Sebastian (7-3, r-Sr.) Mar. 7-8 Big Ten Championships No. 1 Kollin Moore (16-0, r-Sr.) .........................197 lbs ................... Peter Christensen (6-5, Fr.) -OR- Mar. 19-21 NCAA Championships ...................................................................................................................Taylor Watkins (4-12, r-Sr.) Gary Traub (16-2, r-Jr.) .......................................HWT ........................No. 5 Trent Hillger (15-3, r-So.) All Times Eastern. Home matches in BOLD 98 99 100 Career wins for Career wins for Seasons of Ohio State 5 Luke Pletcher Kollin Moore wrestling, starting in 1921 Five Buckeyes have earned ‘black shirt’ distinction (more info ILLINOIS (4-2, 1-1 B1G) AT #4 OHIO STATE (5-1, 1-0 B1G) on next page). JAN. 19 | 1 P.M. ET | COLUMBUS, OHIO | COVELLI CENTER Kaleb Romero (left) is the latest Buckeye BROADCAST: BTN PLUS | LIVE SCORING: TRACKWRESTLING to do so. PROBABLE LINEUPS OHIO STATE BUCKEYES ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI (FloWrestling individual rankings used) OHIO STATE Mailk Heinselman (9-9, So.) ............................125 lbs ...................No. 24 Justin Cardani (9-5, r-Fr.) WRESTLING ON No. 20 Jordan Decatur (9-2, Fr.) -OR- .............133 lbs ..................No. 8 Travis Piotrowski (15-2, Sr.) SOCIAL MEDIA Dylan Koontz (8-8, r-So.) .................................................................................................................... No. 1 Luke Pletcher (16-0, Sr.) ......................... 141 lbs ................... No. 12 Dylan Duncan (12-5, r-Jr.) No. 6 Sammy Sasso (14-2, r-Fr.) ....................... ................................Mousa Jodeh (2-8, r-Sr.) Twitter: @WrestlingBucks 149 lbs Elijah Cleary (11-7, r-Jr.) -OR- ............................157 lbs ........................No. 22 Eric Barone (8-7, r-Sr.) Instagram: @WrestlingBucks Quinn Kinner (5-4, r-Fr.) ...................................................................................................................... Facebook: /OhioStateUniversityWrestling No. 12 Ethan Smith (12-6, r-So.) .......................165 lbs ..............No. 14 Danny Braunagel (15-4, r-Fr.) OhioStateBuckeyes.com No. 8 Kaleb Romero (11-2, r-So.) ......................174 lbs .................... No. 16 Joey Gunther (11-3, r-Sr.) Rocky Jordan (20-4, r-Fr.) ................................184 lbs ...................No. 11 Zac Braunagel (13-5, r-Fr.) No. 1 Kollin Moore (16-0, r-Sr.) .........................197 lbs ..........................Matt Wroblewski (7-8, r-So.) Gary Traub (16-2, r-Jr.) .......................................HWT ....................................Luke Luffman (11-4, Fr.) OHIO STATE VS. WISCONSIN & ILLINOIS FLOWRESTLING RANKINGS (tournament-based) NEWS, NOTES No. Team Points Prev. 1 Iowa 144.5 1 2 Penn State 78 2 & NUGGETS 3 Ohio State 57 4 4 Wisconsin 54 10 HISTORY WITH THE BADGERS 5 Minnesota 51 3 The Buckeyes have won the last three duals against CENTURIAL SEASON 6 Princeton 45.5 10 Wisconsin and are 6-2 since Tom Ryan came to Columbus Ohio State wrestling began competing 7 Arizona State 44 5 in 2006. Overall, the Badgers own a 29-22-1 advantage in back in 1921, making 2019-20 the 100th 8 Northwestern 43 8 the all-time series which started in 1925. season in program history. 9 Purdue 42 6 10 Nebraska 39.5 7 HISTORY WITH THE FIGHTING ILLINI Ohio State’s last loss to Illinois came in 2011. The Buckeyes 11 Lehigh 36.5 13 UNIVERSITY INFORMATION are riding a five-dual winning streak which has also pushed 12 NC State 35.5 12 them ahead in the all-time ledger, 35-33. Location ..............................Columbus, Ohio 13 Virginia Tech 35 15 Population ..................................... 1.7 million Iowa State 35 9 POSTSEASON PROGNOSTICATION Founded .................................................. 1870 15 Oklahoma State 31.5 16 Ohio State and both of its opponents this week are ranked Joined Big Ten ........................................ 1912 16 Northern Iowa 28 14 higher by Flowrestling (tournament-based) than by the First Season of Big Ten Play .............. 1913 17 Virginia 23.5 17 NWCA Coaches Poll (dual-based). The Buckeyes are slotted Enrollment ............................................ 61,170 18 Michigan 21.5 21 third in Flowrestling’s NCAA Championships prediction Nickname .......................................Buckeyes 19 North Carolina 20.5 18 while Wisconsin comes in right behind at No. 4 and Illinois Colors .................................Scarlet and Gray 20 Pittsburgh 20 19 cracking the top-25 this week. President .......................... Michael V. Drake 21 Stanford 18 22 Director of Athletics ...............Gene Smith Central Michigan 18 23 LUKE PLETCHER - LEVELING UP SWA ..........................................Janine Oman 23 Oklahoma 14 19 When facing top-25 opponents this season Luke Pletcher Faculty Rep. ................... John E. Davidson Cornell 14 25 has risen to the occasion in a big way. He’s outscored the Website ...............OhioStateBuckeyes.com 25 Illinois 13.5 NR higher-tiered competition by a combined tally of 103-41 (+61), good for a victory margin average of 7.75 points per top-25 win. That makes him just a quarter point per win shy of averaging a major decision vs. nationally-ranked NWCA COACHES POLL adversaries. Whoa. (dual-based) No. Team (First) Record Points Prev. MO(O)RE BUCKEYE BONUS POINTS Kollin Moore has recorded bonus points in 13 of 16 bouts 1 Iowa (14) 6-0 350 1 with seven major decisions, four tech falls and two pins. 2 Penn State 5-1 319 3 He’s averaging 15.8 points per bout (not including the pins) 3 Virginia Tech 6-0 316 4 with a +142 point differential (221-79) in the 14 ‘non-pin’ 4 Ohio State 5-1 305 5 bouts. 5 NC State 8-0 299 6 6 Arizona State 8-1 278 7 Moore and Luke Pletcher are slotted No. 6 & 8, COVELLI CENTER 7 Nebraska 5-1 266 2 respectively, in the latest FloWrestling ‘Hodge Trophy’ 8 Wisconsin 8-2 258 8 rankings (presented annually to the best wrestler in the Seating Capacity .................................. 4,177 9 Oklahoma State 5-1 245 9 country). Square Feet ...................................... 100,00+ 10 Pittsburgh 5-1 209 10 Home Matches in 2019-20 .......................8 11 Minnesota 6-3 197 15 FLAIR FOR THE DRAMATIC Ohio State Record ...................................0-0 12 Lehigh 6-3 181 14 In four matches contested on center stage at the Covelli Address .................2640 Fred Taylor Drive 13 North Carolina 8-1 175 17 Center, Gary Traub has pulled ahead for three wins in the .....................................Columbus, OH 43210 final five seconds of regulation or in sudden victory. His 14 Purdue 8-2 166 18 7-minute (or longer) motor has earned him the nickname 15 Northwestern 2-3 149 13 ‘Gas Tank Gary.’ In his lone home defeat, he elevated a leg 16 Iowa State 4-3 129 11 against 6th-ranked Tanner Hall (Arizona State) and narrowly 17 Princeton 2-4 124 12 missed out on a bout-tying takedown which spilled out of 18 Northern Iowa 2-3 99 16 bounds as time expired. 19 Cornell 5-4 87 19 20 Army West Point 6-2 83 20 KALEB ROMERO JOINS ELITE COMPANY 21 Campbell 3-2 70 NR Kaleb Romero ditched his old gray attire and exchanged