2026 NCAA Championship Session I Thread

[DWKeller]

Hah! That would have been dream technology when I was in school. I had to rely on my TI-50 hand calculator and we programmed computers using punched cards!

I dropped the p cards at PSU in the winter/snow - how we have evolved

 

[Efejle]

All I know is there is no chance in hell I am playing that Shane Sparks drinking game today

 

[mcpat]

90 mins before start time and not open?

Doors opened at 10:30

 

[Fatwoodchuck]

I never found the time for that. Unfortunately.

I had all my brackets filled out on paper and lost just over half of them, I have no clue were they went and I am really bummed out about it.

 

[mh-larch]

Sorry to ask. Track mat assigments was free for B10's. On Track/Flo Arena it is prompting me to login. Is there a free option to track mat assigments?

Edit - Just found it...I'm in Bracket Assigments

 

[fortheglory94]

Watched Elmo talking to Louden in the hotel room before the Shute match, check. Now fired up and ready to man battle station. Good luck fellas, let's get go get another title.

 

[dbldoofus]

Sorry to ask. Track mat assigments was free for B10's. On Track/Flo Arena it is prompting me to login. Is there a free option to track mat assigments?

I logged in. I am not paying Flo, tho. So I think it might be free? We shall see. I set up alerts for the PSU wrestlers and am about to add Evans, too.

 

[backdrft76-1]

Doors opened at 10:30

Make us jealous and post a pic from your seat!

 

[Nikko57]

I'm currently using flo. Should be free. I'm not paying. On bout assignments.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Sorry to ask. Track mat assigments was free for B10's. On Track/Flo Arena it is prompting me to login. Is there a free option to track mat assigments?

Edit - Just found it...I'm in Bracket Assigments

https://www.flowrestling.org/nextgen/events/15175319/bout-schedule

 

[backdrft76-1]

Don't forget about Bubba.

He posts only PSU mat assignments if you're interested.

https://bubbaland.net/wrestling/NCAA_Wrestling_Championships_2026.htm

 

[GregPickel]

Hello from Rocket Arena. We are 30 minutes from action.

 

[mcpat]

Make us jealous and post a pic from your seat!

Paid $273 for this seat. All-sessions.

 

[Ruby Tues]

Paid $273 for this seat. All-sessions.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Basch & @WillieTheBrain streaming from 11:30 - noon

 

[WV lion]

What mat is Carton vs Pletcher? I don't see it.

Beating dead horse

 

[CentexLion]

WOWY is live!!!!

 

[Nikko57]

Byers on

 

[Dogwelder]

I had all my brackets filled out on paper and lost just over half of them, I have no clue were they went and I am really bummed out about it.

I blame Corby!

 

[AgSurfer]

Paid $273 for this seat. All-sessions.

Nice picture. If you zoom in carefully, you'll see Angelo Ferrari with a measuring tape seeing how far he has to back slide on his knee to reach the outer circle.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Byers is up and running on LionVision

 

[Bob_Anderson]

Make us jealous and post a pic from your seat!

 

[manatree]

Had to laugh that the last song on WOWY before switching to Ironhead was Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive.”

 

[dbldoofus]

Nice picture. If you zoom in carefully, you'll see Angelo Ferrari with a measuring tape seeing how far he has to back slide on his knee to reach the outer circle.

I'd have figured a guy like him is measuring something else....

 

[trufan]

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Had to laugh that the last song on WOWY before switching to Ironhead was Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive.”

Was Tom Brands singing it?

 

[GregPickel]

Penn State wrestling has perfect start at the 2026 NCAA Wrestling Championships

Penn State wrestling is on the mat for session one of the 2026 NCAA Championships. Follow along here for live updates.

www.on3.com

 

[GregPickel]

Hav fun, @GregPickel

Thank you! Looking forward to following the tournament with you and everyone else.

 

[BVSt.Paul]

Hoping someone will post mat assignments on this thread as they come up. My toggling back and forth skills have significantly eroded.

 

[Shpsu]

I hope Mesenbrink treats being on top like freestyle and cuts guys if he doesn't turn them in 10-15 seconds. He's been piling up too much RT instead of teching guys. He has to take the doubt out of the Hodge voting and teching his way through nationals would do it imo.

Looked like he is trying to turn/pin more than he did in the past.

 

[ClarkstonMark]

 

[Corby2]

Hoping someone will post mat assignments on this thread as they come up. My toggling back and forth skills have significantly eroded.

Matcast on ESPN+ will have all 8 matches so you can watch there on 1 device and have another for individual mats.

 

[creamery freak]

Hoping someone will post mat assignments on this thread as they come up. My toggling back and forth skills have significantly eroded.

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[ClarkstonMark]

 

[Goggles Paisano]

Paid $273 for this seat. All-sessions.

What are those? Ants? ;-)

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[ClarkstonMark]

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I’m right behind the huge Blaze clan

 

[Tom McAndrew]

The #1 seeds will face the winners of the pigtail matches between the #32 vs. #33 matches. The rules mandate a break for wrestlers between matches, so it's possible that Blaze will wrestle 1st, as Luke's opponent may be on a mandated break before Blaze wrestles.

 

[mcpat]

I’m right behind the huge Blaze clan

 

[trufan]

Note to ESPN, don't shrink the screen with basketball stuff, we aren't interested.

 

[GregPickel]

The 2026 NCAA Wrestling Championships are underway​

There are currently no mat assignments for Penn State wrestlers due to the pigtail matches. We will update this page when the first one is available. But, it will likely be a bit.