Facts, Trends, and Numbers from the 2024 NCAA Championships

With the at-large's announced on Tuesday and brackets released Wednesday, the NCAA Championships are officially looming. And now, less than a week away. Before we get into the meat and potatoes of our previews, here's a fun look at the NCAA Tournament and its competitors (individuals/teams). It's some of the facts, trends, numbers, and overall randomness that you never thought to look up about the participants of the 2024 NCAA Championships.

Conference-Related Notes

Since 2011, 13 different freshmen have captured Big Ten titles. Seven have wrestled for Penn State. They are David Taylor, Ed Ruth, Bo Nickal, Aaron Brooks, Levi Haines, and now Braeden Davis and Mitchell Mesenbrink. 

The others are Silas Allred (‘23), Kollin Moore (‘17), Nathan Tomasello (‘15), Isaiah Martinez (‘15), Jason Tsirtsis (‘14), and Logan Stieber (‘12). The last time there were two from the same school, in the same year, was Taylor/Ruth in 2011.  

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