Noteworthy facts from the NCAA Divisoin I Championships

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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
03/17/2001


Minnesota is the first team to have ten All-Americans.     With five All-Americans, Oklahoma has the most since 1988.      Maurice Worthy is the first All-American for Army since 1987, and the first finalist since Dennis Semmel in 1986.    Illinois has three finalists their most since 1938.    Dave Esposito is the first finalist for Lehigh since Matt Ruppel won a title in 1990.      Home states of All-Americans  8-Ohio  7-Pennsylvania, Illinois, New Jersey  6-Minnesota, Iowa  5-California, Oklahoma  4-Michigan  3-Washington  2-Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Missouri  1-Arizona, Utah, Indiana, New Mexico, Massachusetts, Maryland, Arkansas, Nevada, Wisconsin, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon    It's Not Over Until It's Over    Maximum points the leading teams can score today, exclusive of bonus points:  38 - Minnesota  25.5 - Oklahoma State  22.5 - Iowa        Previous Meetings of the NCAA Finalists    125-Abas 14-1 (Fresno State) over Strittmater (Iowa) in the Midlands Final    133-Juergens (Iowa) and Thompson (Oklahoma State) have not met this season    141-Schwab (Iowa) and Lightner (Oklahoma) have not met this season    149-Tirapelle (Illinois) 6-2 over Esposito (Lehigh) in the Midlands Final    157-Williams (Iowa) and Snyder (Nebraska) have not met this season    165  Heskett (Iowa State) 5-3 over Pritzlaff (Wisconsin) in the Missouri Open Final  Pritzlaff 3-2 over Heskett in the NWCA All-Star dual              174-Koschek (Edinboro) and Worthy (Army) have not met this season    184  Sanderson (Iowa State) 14-3 over Cormier in the National Duals  Sanderson 10-2 over Cormier in a conference dual  Sanderson 8-3 over Cormier in the Big 12 Final    197-Munoz (Oklahoma State) and Quirk (Illinois) have not met this season    285  Rowlands (Ohio State) 3-2; sv over Lockhart (Illinois) in the LasVegas Invite  Rowlands 3-2 over Lockhart in a conference dual  Lockhart 4-3 over Rowlands in the Big 10 Semifinal