UPDATED: All six National Duals pairings have been released
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01/04/2011
The National Wrestling Coaches Association has released brackets for all six divisions at the upcoming NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Jan. 8-9.
Brackets for the Division I, III and NAIA tournaments were released first with Cornell, Augsburg and Notre Dame College selected as each respective tournament's top seed.
Later today, brackets for Div. II, NJCAA and WCWA tournaments were also released.
In Division I, Cornell is followed by Oklahoma State, Wisconsin and Minnesota to round out the top four. The Big Red will draw Ohio State in the opening round, with the winner facing either #8 Missouri or host Northern Iowa.
Fifth-seeded Boise State will face Iowa State in the opening round in the top bracket, with the winner facing the winner of the Minnesota-Northern Illinois dual.
Wisconsin will draw late addition South Dakota State in the first round, with the winner facing either #6 Oregon State or first-timer American University. The rest of the Division I bracket will see #7 Virginia Tech face Central Michigan with the winner facing either #2 Oklahoma State or Purdue.
In Div. II, defending national champion Nebraska-Omaha has the first seed, with St. Cloud State getting No. 2, Augustana receiving No. 3 and Western State coming in at No. 4.
In Division III, Augsburg is again the top seed having returned to the top of the Division III rankings this week, aided by the return of several returning All-Americans for the second semester.
Second-seeded Wartburg is followed by third-seeded St. John's, while UW-La Crosse is the fourth seed. Early round matches to watch include La Crosse's opener with Delaware Valley and the Wilkes vs. Ithaca dual.
In its last year in the NAIA, Notre Dame College looks for a repeat championship. The Falcons are the top seed, followed by second-seeded McKendree, third-seeded Grand View of Iowa and fourth-seeded Great Falls.
The top four seeds in the NJCAA draw are No. 1 Harper, No. 2 Labette, No. 3 Northwestern Wyoming and No. 4 Clackamas.
Seven teams are entered in the WCWA Women's College tournament, including two-time defending WCWA national team champions Oklahoma City University.
Brackets
Division I
Division II
Division III
NAIA
NJCAA
WCWA
For video coverage and all the brackets, check out the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals page by Clicking Here