National Duals Invitational announces first 16-team field full of NCAA wrestling powers
The field for the National Duals Invitational is set.
The first-of-its-kind college wrestling tournament announced the 16 teams that will compete in the inaugural event later this year.
The field: Arizona State, Arkansas-Little Rock, Cornell, Illinois, Iowa, Lehigh, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, NC State, Nebraska, Northern Iowa, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Virginia Tech and Wyoming.
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The tournament is set for Nov. 15 and 16 at the BOK Center in Tulsa.
On the line will be $1 million in prize money.
'The National Duals Invitational is about elevating the sport,' tournament director Matt Surber said in a release. 'We want to create an event that wrestlers dream of competing in — something that brings national attention, rewards programs and grows wrestling's footprint.
'We look forward to an exciting weekend of high-stakes duals and incredible competition.'
More: How Wyatt Hendrickson's NCAA upset created momentum for new National Duals Invitational
The most noticeable absence in the National Duals Invitational field is Penn State, the four-time defending national champion. The Nittany Lions received an automatic invitation to compete as did the other top 12 teams at this past spring's NCAA Championships. But with Penn State declining a spot, five teams instead of the intended four were selected at random from the teams that finished from 13th to 24th at NCAAs.
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Those five are Arizona State, Arkansas-Little Rock, Lehigh, Missouri and Wyoming.
The 16 programs in the National Duals Invitational field have combined in their history to win more than 60 NCAA team titles and claim more than 450 individual national champs.
Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. on May 23 through Ticketmaster and the BOK Center box office.
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