TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Big Ten Championships
Saturday, March 4 to Sunday, March 5 / Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall / Bloomington, Indiana
Notes / Go All The Way / Brackets, Results / Tournament Central / NCAA Allocations
Session I
Saturday, March 4 / 10 a.m. ET
Competition through quarterfinals and consolation first round
Live Video: Mat 1 / Mat 2 / Mat 3 / Mat 4
Session II
Saturday, March 4 / 6 p.m. ET
Competition through the championships semifinals and competition up to, but not including, consolation semifinals
Live Video: Mat 1 / Mat 2 / Mat 3 / Mat 4
Session III
Sunday, March 5 / Noon ET
Consolation semifinals, seventh-place matches
Live Video: Mat 1 / Mat 2 / Mat 3
Session IV
Sunday, March 5 / 3 p.m. ET / BTN
Championship finals, third- and fifth-place matches
Live Video: Third-Place Mat / Fifth-Place Mat
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The entire season comes down to what happens over the course of two days at the Big Ten Wrestling Championships. Purdue's wrestlers will go to battle on four mats Indiana's Simon Skojdt Assembly Hall in the first of two sessions Saturday starting at 10 a.m. ET. Their goal: earn a berth to the NCAA Championships.
Six Boilermakers are seeded in two-day tournament that runs through Sunday. Their highest seeded wrestler is Jacob Morrissey, tabbed No. 7 at 174 pounds. Luke Welch and Christian Brunner are seeded eighth at 133 and 197 pounds, respectively.
Five weight classes have all 14 competitors seeded due to the fact the Big Ten received nine or more NCAA Championships qualifier allocation slots. These weight classes include 133, 141, 157, 174 and 184. Half of Purdue's seeded wrestlers are in a weight class that is seeded 1-14. Alex Griffin is No. 10 at 157 pounds, Tanner Lynde at No. 11 at 184 and Kyle Ayersman is No. 12 at 141.
| PURDUE LINEUP | |||||
| WEIGHT | SEED | NAME | YEAR | RECORD | HOMETOWN |
| 125 | Ben Thornton | RS So. | 24-12 | Stoddard, Wis. | |
| 133 | 8 | Luke Welch | RS Jr. | 18-11 | Newburgh, Ind. |
| 141 | 12 | Kyle Ayersman | RS Sr. | 15-11 | Dyer, Ind. |
| 149 | Nate Limmex | RS Fr. | 11-13 | Ada, Mich. | |
| 157 | 10 | Alex Griffin | RS Sr. | 22-10 | Lafayette, Ind. |
| 165 | Dylan Lydy | RS Fr. | 16-17 | Indianapolis, Ind. | |
| 174 | 7 | Jacob Morrissey | RS Jr. | 14-8 | Oconto Falls, Wis. |
| 184 | 11 | Tanner Lynde | RS Sr. | 14-15 | Delphi, Ind. |
| 197 | 8 | Christian Brunner | Fr. | 20-13 | East Dundee, Ill. |
| 285 | Tyler Kral | RS Sr. | 21-14 | Crown Point, Ind. | |
Head Coach / Tony Ersland
Head Assistant Coach / Tyrel Todd
Assistant Coach / Kendric Maple
Volunteer Assistant Coach / Jake Sueflohn
ENTERING THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Purdue has four wrestlers with 20+ wins entering the Big Ten Championships: Ben Thornton (24), Alex Griffin (22), Christian Brunner (20) and Tyler Kral (21) ... Thornton, Griffin and Luke Welch have each surpassed 200 total points scored with 236, 276 and 217, respectively.
- Last season Chad Welch was the only Boilermaker that had 20+ wins and 200+ points going into Big Tens ... Welch had 26 wins and 209 total points through 31 matches.
- This will be the first Big Ten Championships for half of Purdue's lineup: Kyle Ayersman, Nate Limmex, Dylan Lydy, Jacob Morrissey and Brunner ... Brunner is the first true freshman to wrestle at Big Tens for the Boilermakers since Drake Stein (174) in 2012.
- Per pre-seed information, Purdue is one of eight teams that will have five or more wrestlers competing in their first-ever Big Ten Championships ... two weight classes, 165 and 197, have nine wrestlers wrestling in the event for the first time.
PURDUE'S RECENT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS
- In 2016, a trio of Boilermaker redshirt seniors placed in Iowa City: Danny Sabatello, 141, 5th; Chad Welch, 165, 5th; and Drake Stein, 197, 8th.
- A look back at how the Boilermakers have placed in the team standings and the individual finishes of those that will be competing at the 2017 Big Ten Championships.
| YEAR | TEAM | POINTS | NAME | WEIGHT | SEED | PLACE | RECORD |
| 2014 | 11th | 34.5 | Alex Griffin | 157 | 9 | DNP | 1-3 |
| Tanner Lynde | 184 | -- | DNP | 0-2 | |||
| 2015 | 10th | 37.5 | Luke Welch | 125 | T-7 | DNP | 1-2 |
| Tyler Kral | 285 | 14 | DNP | 0-2 | |||
| 2016 | 10th | 34 | Ben Thornton | 125 | -- | DNP | 0-2 |
| Luke Welch | 133 | 11 | DNP | 1-2 | |||
| Alex Griffin | 149 | 6 | DNP | 1-2 | |||
| Tanner Lynde | 184 | -- | DNP | 1-2 | |||
| Tyler Kral | 285 | -- | DNP | 0-2 |
PURDUE'S BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY
- At least one Boilermaker has placed at the Big Ten Championships since 1980 ... they have had their 197-pounder place for 13 straight years.
- Thirty Boilermakers have won at least one Big Ten title and there have been a total of 40 conference championships won ... the last Big Ten champ for Purdue was Ryan Lange ... Lange won back-to-back titles at 174 pounds in 2004 and 2005 ... he is one of five two-time champs for the Boilermakers.
- Arnold Plaza is the program's only four-time champ (1947, 1948, 1949, 1950) ... Bob Marshall is the only Purdue grappler to capture three titles (1960, 1961, 1962).
- Eighty Purdue wrestlers have advanced to the finals in program history ... Colton Salazar was the last finalist for the Boilermakers, finishing second at 157 in 2010.
- Since Salazar in 2010, Purdue's highest finishes have been third-place showings from Ivan Lopouchanski (149) in 2013 and Cashé Quiroga (133) in 2014.
- The most placewinners Purdue has had at the Big Ten Championships is eight (1993, 2003, 2004) ... six team titles have been won in the program history (1942, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1954).
- The highest team finish in the past decade was sixth in 2010.
| ALL-TIME BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS PLACEWINNERS | |
| PLACE | NO. |
| Champion | 40 |
| Runner-up | 40 |
| Third | 47 |
| Fourth | 56 |
| Fifth | 35 |
| Sixth | 35 |
| Seventh | 21 |
| Eighth | 27 |
| Total Placewinners | 301 |