Big 12 Championship Brackets Announced as Figueroa Earns Top-Seeding

TEMPE, Ariz. — It's March Matness season.

Richard Figueroa will enter the Big 12 Championships, held at the BOK Center in Tulsa from March 8-9, as the top-seeded 125-pounder, the conference announced on Monday along with brackets. The top-eight in each weight class earned rankings, as No. 1 Figueroa was joined by No. 2 Cohlton Schultz (HWT) and No. 6 Nicco Ruiz (165) as the three Sun Devils tabbed with top-eight listings.

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Figueroa and Schultz will open the tournament with first-round byes, but six Sun Devil wrestlers will be tasked with a top-eight assignment on Saturday.

Sun Devils' session I match-ups (March 8)
125 | No. 1 Richard Figueroa (BYE)
133 | Julian Chlebove vs. No. 2 Dominick Serrano (Northern Colorado)
141 | Daniel Miranda vs. No. 3 Jacob Frost (Iowa State)
149 | Mykey Ramos vs. No. 5 Gavin Drexler (South Dakota State)
157 | Michael Kilic vs. No. 7 James Conway (Missouri)
165 | No. 6 Nicco Ruiz vs. Logan Fowler (Air Force)
174 | --
184 | Shay Addison vs. No. 3 Bennett Berge (South Dakota State)
197 | Jacob Meissner vs. No. 6 Nathan Schon (Iowa State)
HWT | No. 2 Cohlton Schultz (BYE)
 

Richard Figueroa will enter the Big 12 Championships as the top-ranked 125-pounder, as announced this morning by the @Big12Conference ??

Cohlton Schultz and Nicco Ruiz earn two more top-eight seeds for the Sun Devils ?? pic.twitter.com/DUm8QS49Ag

— Sun Devil Wrestling (@ASUWrestling) March 3, 2025

Top Eight Seeds by Weight Class
125 Pounds

1. Richard Figueroa – Arizona State
2. Stevo Poulin – Northern Colorado
3. Jett Strickenberger – West Virginia
4. Troy Spratley – Oklahoma State
5. Tanner Jordan – South Dakota State
6. Antonio Lorenzo – Oklahoma
7. Trever Anderson – Northern Iowa
8. Kysen Terukina – Iowa State

133 Pounds

1. Evan Frost – Iowa State
2. Dominick Serrano – Northern Colorado
3. Julian Farber – Northern Iowa
4. Reece Witcraft – Oklahoma State
5. Kyle Burwick – North Dakota State
6. Cleveland Belton – Oklahoma
7. Derrick Cardinal – South Dakota State
8. Kade Moore – Missouri

141 Pounds

1. Andrew Alirez – Northern Colorado
2. Cael Happel – Northern Iowa
3. Jacob Frost – Iowa State
4. Tagen Jamison – Oklahoma State
5. Mosha Schwartz - Oklahoma
6. Josh Edmond – Missouri
7. Haiden Drury – Utah Valley
8. Julian Tagg – South Dakota State

149 Pounds

1. Colin Realbuto – Northern Iowa
2. Paniro Johnson – Iowa State
3. Willie McDougald – Oklahoma
4. Gabe Willochell – Wyoming
5. Gavin Drexler – North Dakota State
6. Paul Kelly – Cal Baptist
7. Logan Gioffre – Missouri
8. Benji Alanis – Northern Colorado

157 Pounds

1. Cody Chittum – Iowa State
2. Caleb Fish – Oklahoma State
3. Ryder Downey – Northern Iowa
4. Cobe Siebrecht – South Dakota State
5. Jared Hill – Wyoming
6. Vinny Zerban – Northern Colorado
7. James Conway – Missouri
8. Drayden Morton – Cal Baptist

165 Pounds

1. Terrell Barraclough – Utah Valley
2. Peyton Hall – West Virginia
3. Cameron Amine – Oklahoma State
4. Drake Rhodes – South Dakota State
5. Cam Steed – Missouri
6. Nicco Ruiz – Arizona State
7. Jack Thomsen – Northern Iowa
8. Aiden Riggins – Iowa State

 
174 Pounds

1. Dean Hamiti – Oklahoma State
2. Keegan O'Toole – Missouri
3. Gaven Sax – Oklahoma
4. Jared Simma – Northern Iowa
5. Cade DeVos – South Dakota State
6. Brody Conley – West Virginia
7. MJ Gaitan – Iowa State
8. Riley Davis – Wyoming

184 Pounds

1. Parker Keckeisen – Northern Iowa
2. Dustin Plott – Oklahoma State
3. Bennett Berge – South Dakota State
4. Evan Bockman – Iowa State
5. Deanthony Parker Jr. – Oklahoma
6. Eddie Neitenbach – Wyoming
7. Dennis Robin – West Virginia
8. Colton Hawks – Missouri

197 Pounds

1. Luke Surber – Oklahoma State
2. Joseph Novak – Wyoming
3. Wyatt Voelker – Northern Iowa
4. Zach Glazier – South Dakota State
5. Ian Bush – West Virginia
6. Nathan Schon – Iowa State
7. Brian Burburija – Air Force
8. Bradley Hill – Oklahoma

285 Pounds

1. Wyatt Hendrickson – Oklahoma State
2. Cohlton Schultz – Arizona State
3. Lance Runyon – Northern Iowa
4. Seth Nitzel – Missouri
5. Juan Mora – Oklahoma
6. Daniel Herrera – Iowa State
7. Luke Rasmussen – South Dakota State
8. Sam Mitchell - Wyoming

The Big 12 Wrestling Championships are set to begin at 9 a.m. AZT on Saturday, March 8 with two sessions. Sunday will begin with the third session at 11 a.m. AZT before the finals at 7 p.m. AZT. The first three sessions will be carried on ESPN+ with the championship round broadcasted on ESPNU.

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