Every week brings another critical match at the heavyweight class in the chase for the Division I NCAA Title.  Mocco will wrestle Lowney.  Rowlands tops Lockhart.  Crump hands Mocco his first collegiate loss.  Huml knocks off Lowney.  Hynek is able to stand in against the best and Brink is just getting healthy.  Anticipated match-ups now occur weekly, and rematches prove to be even more interesting.       The heavyweight division is a convoluted scramble to see what athlete will capture the gold.  In a team title race the performance of the heavyweight may mark the distinction between bringing home some hardware and negotiating with the feelings of regret.      No weight class this year has the depth or parity as the heavyweights.  It is a talented field with returning All-Americans prominently displayed in the national rankings.  But for many coaches and a few of the wrestlers the excitement of the chase for the title is being marred by the success of wrestlers achieving victory through defense.      In the final match of the NCAA Championships in 2001, even a few fans' emotions boiled over.  In a match that fell into the pattern of a low scoring struggle, the two athletes: John Lockhart from Illinois, and Tommy Rowlands wrestled to the flip of the coin.  In a stroke of luck that would make the Illinois' giant want to head to the craps tables in Vegas, Lockhart received the choice for the third time in as many days.      Once the flip was determined there seemed to be little doubt that Lockhart would garner the NCAA Title.  Rowlands, the true freshman, seemed to have locked up the popular vote with the fans in attendance at Carver Hawkeye during the first three periods.  Lockhart rarely took an offensive shot but on the few instances he did, was near the edge of the mat, a tactic often characterized as a "safe-shot".      Many fans in the stand grew tired of this defensive posture during the match, and began to boo and urge the referee to make a stalling call.  During the 30 second tiebreaker Rowlands needed things to go his way, as Lockhart had already proven his escaping abilities.      Off the whistle Lockhart bulled towards a standup and the leaner Rowlands dropped to a single leg.  But, before Rowlands could even venture a chance to elevate the leg and break down Lockhart, referee Mike Allen, called the Ohio State freshman for stalling.      At the time it was almost too much for the crowd to take; a chorus of jeers cascaded down the seats.  At that moment it was clear to Rowlands that in order to capture the title he would have to ride out his bear-sized opponent with a traditional deep waste, dropping to an ankle would lead to a loss by another quick stalling call.      The escape was quick and easy for Lockhart.  The title was his.      As Lockhart and his coaching staff celebrated his climb to the top, the litany of boos and jeers were evident.  With another dubious sudden-victory match in the books, it left many of the Division I coaches wondering about wrestling in the heavyweight class.    Head Coach of Iowa Jimmy Zalesky, while reflecting on last season's tournament, voiced a little frustration with the final bout.  "I don't like the sudden-death tiebreaker.  Before the match was wrestled I heard that the Illinois strategy was to take the match to sudden death.  It looked to me that Rowlands outwrestled Lockhart in the finals."      Russ Helickson, in his 32nd year of coaching and 16th at Ohio State.  Prefaced his comments as all coaches did when speaking on other teams and their heavyweights.  "John Lockhart is one of the nicest human beings on the planet, and I have no grudge against Illinois.  But, I did not think stalling was called consistently in that match."      "If an opponent doesn't shoot then he ought to be called.  It is impossible to take an opponent down if they don't reciprocate in action and risk.  When a big heavyweight wrestles from a defensive posture, it is like shooting into a brick wall."      Defensive victories seem to be the talk of the heavyweight world at this time.  Virtually every heavyweight in the nation has been a part of a match that falls into the traditional low scoring affair.  Fingers are being pointed but few coaches will speak freely about disliking a particular opponent's style of staying on the defense.      Many coaches feel that the flip-of-the-coin match actually hurts a wrestler on offense, giving a heavyweight wrestler with less-prowess, a way to earn a victory.  While many will deride a flip-of -the-coin win, the winner still gets his hand raised with the accolades that will inevitably follow.      Increasingly there is a frustration with this style of earning the honors. J. Robinson, Head Coach for last year's National Championship team the Minnesota Gophers, is fond of saying the answer to this problem is already there-it's the name of the sport.      "Wrestling, that's what the referees have to make the heavyweights do.  The tools are already there for them; they just have to use them.  Right now referees are rewarding the wrong style of wrestling.  Who's Shooting, who's just looking to run-around and get a go-behind?  Getting someone to the edge and shooting is not attacking", stated Robinson.       The feeling among many coaches is that referees are unwilling to make an early stalling call that will force wrestling in a match.  Thereby, coaches see that the defensive posture can be a winning tactic.  Without admitting to want to coach their kids to wrestle on the defense many coaching staffs are struggling with the degree of risk their heavyweights should take.      When asked if he is ready to slow down Rowland's frenetic pace of shooting developed from his high school days where he wrestled 125 as a freshman, 160, 189 and 215 in his final season Hellickson responds, "if I teach him to take less shots then I ruin him as a person."      Hellickson admits that he is nearing that slippery slope of coaching the defensive style, but even Rowlands is still sticking to his game plan.  "I don't want to be that kind of wrestler", said Rowlands, "I want to tire my opponents out and still take shots.  I just wish people would see that pressure is not necessarily offense."      With wins at the heavyweight class, inevitably there will be detractors raising the defensive wrestler card.  Whispers abound about what heavyweight wins because of their defense.  Talented and heralded newcomer Steve Mocco has surely felt the speculation regarding his offensive style.      Mocco, barrel-chested and powerful, is much shorter than many of the top opponents he'll face.  His most prolific offensive takedown is a foot prop; rarely will he drop to a knee to capture an opponent's legs.      Zalesky, when characterizing his wrestler's style made it clear that he is not about to coach the freshman phenom to the defensive.  "The Iowa mentality is we will out-wrestle anybody.  If my guy is stalling then I want him called.  If I had my way there would be no flip of the coin, we would turn the clock off and let them wrestle to a takedown."      Mocco earned a double overtime victory against Rowlands at the Midlands Tournament when the flip of the coin went his way.  In broaching the subject of defense Zalesky, is not ready to say that his man is winning from a defensive style.  "With Stevie, I think it is more a matter of confidence with him now.  We do want him to open up more on these guys, but you have to remember he is only a true freshman."      Oklahoma Coach Jack Spates' wrestler also looms large in the heavyweight division.  Leonce Crump, a native of Louisiana, pulled off an unsuspecting 4th place finish at last season's NCAA Championships as a freshman.      The youthful but massive Crump has lost in overtime to Lockhart of Illinois, and scored an important victory against last year's runner-up Rowlands.  What made the victory over the highly regarded Rowlands was that the match went to the flip of the coin and Crump lost the toss, but was still able to ride out the Buckeye.      At the National Duals, Rowlands and Crump locked horns in the wildest dual finish of the tournament.  To pull his te