2015 NCAA Championships Bracket ![]()
EVANSTON, Ill. - The NCAA released the official brackets for the 2015 NCAA Championships, which will take place next weekend at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo. from March 19-21.
The brackets are available by clicking the link at the top of the page.
Six Northwestern wrestlers were selected to compete on the national stage after receiving automatic bids for their performances during the Big Ten Championships last weekend at Ohio State.
Defending national champion Jason Tsirtsis received the No. 2 seed at 149 lbs. after winning his second straight Big Ten title. Heavyweight, and first time Big Ten champion, Mike McMullan also received the No. 2 seed in his weight class.
Tsirtsis (34-1) will take on unseeded Daniel Neff (21-12) of Lock Haven in the first round. McMullan (27-2) faces Wyoming's Tanner Harms (18-10) in the final match of the first round on opening day.
The rest of the Wildcats in contention for national titles are No. 7 Pierce Harger (165), No. 11 Alex Polizzi (197), Dominick Malone (133) and Jameson Oster (141). Complete first and second round matchups can be found below.
All matches at the 2015 NCAA Championships are available on the ESPN family of networks, and the finals will be televised live on ESPN at 7 p.m. Saturday night.
133: Dominick Malone (NU) vs. No. 13 Cody Brewer (OU)
Faces winner of No. 4 Johnni DiJulius (OSU) vs. Ian Nickell (CSB)/Troy Heilmann (UNC)
141: Jameson Oster (NU) vs. No. 15 Jamel Hudson (HOFS)
Faces winner of No. 2 Mitchell Port (EDIN) vs. Mitchell Bengtson (NDSU)
149: No. 2 Jason Tsirtsis (NU) vs. Daniel Neff (LH)
Faces winner of No. 15 Bryant Clagon (RID) vs. Ryan Mosley (GW)
165: No. 7 Pierce Harger (NU) vs. Nick Moore (Iowa)
Faces winner of No. 10 Jim Wilson (STAN) vs. Mitchell Polkowske (NCOL)
197: No. 11 Alex Polizzi (NU) vs. Jake Tindle (SIUE)
Faces winner of No. 6 Nathan Burak (Iowa) vs. Vincent Pickett (EDIN)
285: No. 2 Mike McMullan (NU) vs. Tanner Harms (WYO)
Faces winner of No. 15 Ross Larson (OU) vs. Jacob Henderson (ODU)
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