Brackets And Seeds Announced For 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The full brackets and seeds for the upcoming NCAA Wrestling Championships were announced on Wednesday (March 13) and the Cavaliers have four wrestlers in the field, led by No. 13 seed Justin McCoy who earned his fifth-straight NCAA Championship bid.
The NCAA Championships will be held at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri., from March 21-23.
McCoy earned his fifth consecutive berth to the NCAA Championships and is coming off a runner-up finish at the ACC Championship this past weekend. He is the first five-time selection in the program’s history after becoming the program’s 14th four-time NCAA qualifier a year ago.
Nick Hamilton, Krystian Kinsey and Marlon Yarbrough all earned their first bid to the NCAA Championships.
McCoy has a first-round matchup with Brody Conley of a West Virginia, a rematch of a bout from the quarterfinals of the Midlands Championships this season. McCoy won that meeting with an 11-6 decision. Kinsey also has a rematch in his opening bout as he will face second-seeded Trent Hidlay of NC State.
VIRGINIA’S OPENING ROUND MATCHUPS
133: No. 23 seed Marlon Yarbrough vs. No. 10 seed Aaron Nagao (Penn State)
165: No. 30 seed Nick Hamilton vs. No. 3 seed Julian Ramirez (Cornell)
174: No. 13 seed Justin McCoy vs. No. 20 seed Brody Conley (West Virginia)
197: No. 31 seed Krystian Kinsey vs. No. 2 seed Trent Hidlay (NC State)