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Scarlet Knights look to punch tickets to NCAA Championships in front of home crowd at the RAC

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Ten Scarlet Knights look to lock up NCAA bids in their home arena as No. 25 Rutgers wrestling hosts the 2020 Big Ten Conference Championships Saturday and Sunday at the RAC. The first three sessions of the tournament will stream live via BTNPlus/FloWrestling, with the championship matches during Session IV on Sunday broadcast live at 3:30 p.m. ET on BTN.

This marks the first time RU will host the prestigious Big Ten Wrestling Championships since it joined the conference in 2014 and the first conference wrestling tournament at the RAC since the 2013 EIWA Championships. All four sessions of the Big Ten Championships have been sold out for months, as fans looking to attend are encouraged to purchase tickets from Stub Hub, the official fan-to-fan ticket marketplace of the Scarlet Knights.

All 10 weight classes were pre seeded for the conference championships, as No. 5 Billy Janzer (184), No. 7 Sammy Alvarez (133), No. 7 Jordan Pagano (184) and No. 8 Nicolas Aguilar (125) all secured top-eight pre-seeds. These seeds will be confirmed and finalized in bracket form by league coaches on Friday, March 6 prior to the start of the tournament.

Day One Schedule
9 a.m. ET	Doors Open to Public
10 a.m. ET	Session I (BTNPlus) - Opening Round, Prelimis & Quarterfinals
*Arena Closed Between Sesssion I & II*
2:30 p.m. ET	Jersey Boardwalk Music & Food Festival Opens
5:30 p.m. ET	Doors Open To Public
6 p.m. ET	Jersey Boardwalk Music & Food Festival Closes
6:30 p.m. ET	Session II (BTNPlus) - Semifinals & Consolations

Day Two Schedule
11 a.m. ET	Doors Open to Public
Noon ET	Session III (BTNPlus) - Consolation Semifinals & Seventh-Place Matches
3:30 p.m. ET	Session IV (BTN) - First, Third and Fifth-Place Matches

Projected Big Ten Championships Lineup
125: 19/23/24 Nicolas Aguilar (20-9)
133: 9/9/8 Sammy Alvarez (23-7)
141: JoJo Aragona (11-9)
149: Gerard Angelo (14-11)
157: Michael VanBrill (16-16)
165: Brett Donner (16-14)
174: Willie Scott (9-7)
184: 16/15/18 Billy Janzer (19-7)
197: 14/14/19 Jordan Pagano (22-7)
HWT: Alex Esposito (17-12)
Rankings: Intermat/FloWrestling/TheOpenMat

What to Know
• Eight RU wrestlers will make their Big Ten Championship debuts on Saturday, as only Pagano and Michael VanBrill (157) have previously competed in the country's toughest conference postseason event. The group includes two true freshman and three redshirt freshman.
• Rutgers enjoyed an historic showing at last year's Big Tens, as Anthony Ashnault (149) and Nick Suriano (133) secured individual titles in Minneapolis. It gave the Scarlet Knights two individual titles at the same conference tournament since RU joined the historic wrestling league in 2014-15.
• Rutgers closed out its dual season with a 10-7 record and No. 25 ranking in the final NWCA Coaches' Poll. It marks the ninth time the program has finished ranked in the coaches' poll under head coach Scott Goodale.
• Rutgers has filled four or more automatic bids allotted to the conference since 2015, as five Scarlet Knights secured AQ spots at last year's championships. RU is looking to send five or more competitors to nationals for the sixth consecutive season, with this year's NCAA tournament held from March 19-21 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.

2020 NCAA Wrestling Championships Conference Allocations
Conference	125	133	141	149	157	165	174	184	197	HWT	Total
ACC	3	5	3	2	5	4	4	3	1	5	35
Big 12	4	8	5	5	5	4	5	5	6	7	54
Big Ten	8	7	8	10	6	8	9	10	6	7	79
EIWA	7	2	5	4	3	6	4	4	6	3	44
MAC	3	5	5	5	6	2	4	3	4	4	41
PAC-12	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	3	1	16
SoCon	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	14
Total Qualifiers	28	29	29	29	28	27	29	28	27	29	283

After all of the conference tournaments have concluded, the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee will meet in-person to select the remaining 47 at-large qualifiers, which will be announced on March 10, while brackets and seeding will be announced on NCAA.com at 6 p.m. on March 11. All weight classes will consist of 33 wrestlers. The at-large selections will be made based on the following criteria: head-to-head competition; quality wins; coaches' ranking; results against common opponents; RPI; qualifying event placement; and winning percentage.

Rutgers Wrestling is presented by Eat Clean Bro, an Official Partner of Rutgers Athletics.

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