How to watch and follow Iowa, ISU, UNI at the Big Ten and Big 12 Wrestling Championships

Cody Goodwin, Des Moines Register
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It's college wrestling's conference tournament weekend.

The second-ranked Iowa wrestling team is competing at the Big Ten Championships, which are being housed at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Both No. 7 Iowa State and No. 18 Northern Iowa are at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., for the Big 12 Championships.

Both tournaments run Saturday and Sunday.

All three of the state's Division I programs will vie for conference supremacy, both individually and collectively, in two of college wrestling's toughest leagues. Additionally, these conference tournaments serve as qualifiers for the 2023 NCAA Championships, set for March 16-18 at the BOK Center in Tulsa.

Here's how you can follow all the action this weekend:

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2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships Schedule

SATURDAY, March 4

  • Session I: 9AM CT (First Round, Quarterfinals, Wrestlebacks)

  • Session II: 4:30PM CT (Consolation Brackets, Wrestlebacks); 6:30PM CT (Semifinals)

SUNDAY, March 5

  • Session III: 12PM CT (Wrestlebacks, 7th Place Matches)

  • Session IV: 3:30PM CT (Finals, 3rd-, 5th-Place Matches)

2023 Big 12 Wrestling Championships Schedule

SATURDAY, March 4

  • Session I: 10AM CT (First Round, Quarterfinals)

  • Session II: 5PM CT (Semifinals, Wrestlebacks)

SUNDAY, March 5

  • Session III: 12PM CT (Wrestlebacks, 3rd-, 5th-, 7th Place Matches)

  • Session IV: 8PM CT (Finals)

Wrestling Mailbag:Previewing the Big Ten and Big 12 Wrestling Championships

How to watch and follow the Big Ten wrestling tournament on TV and online

BIG TEN NETWORK: Session I, the semifinal portion of Session II, and Sunday's championship matches will all air on Big Ten Network, with wrestling broadcasting veterans Shane Sparks, Jim Gibbons and Tim Johnson anchoring the broadcasts all weekend. Ray Flores will bring additional insight as a matside reporter.

Session I will feature whip-around coverage to the top matchups as well as Big Ten Network's quad box, putting all four mats on TV at the same time. Big Ten Network will carry only the semifinal matches during Session II, which will begin around 6:30PM CT. On Sunday, Big Ten Network will air all the championship matches.

B1G+: Individual mat cameras will be available through B1G+ each session throughout the weekend, as well as the quad box view. B1G+ will also carry the wrestleback matches and consolation bracket matches during Session II on Saturday; the wrestleback matches and 7th-place matches in Session III on Sunday; and the 3rd- and 5th-place matches in Session IV. Click here for Saturday's B1G+ options and here for Sunday.

TRACKWRESTLING: Brackets, bout numbers, stats, live scoring, team scores, and more can be found on the Big Ten tournament's Trackwrestling page, which can be accessed by clicking here.

How to watch and follow the Big 12 wrestling tournament on TV and online

ESPNU: The finals matches of the Big 12 Championships will air on ESPNU on Sunday night.

ESPN+: The rest of the Big 12 tournament — both of Saturday's sessions and Sunday's first session — will air on ESPN+. Individual mat cams are available for each session as well as a multi-view broadcast that will show all four mats at once. Click here for Saturday's ESPN+ options and here for Sunday.

TRACKWRESTLING: Brackets, bout numbers, stats, live scoring, team scores, and more can be found on the Big 12 tournament's Trackwrestling page, which can be accessed by clicking here.

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Updates, videos, photos, stories from the 2023 Big Ten and Big 12 Wrestling Championships

We will have stories, live updates, video interviews, and more from both tournaments all weekend at DesMoinesRegister.com. You can also catch all of our coverage on the Register app (iPhone and Android).

On Twitter: Wrestling writer Cody Goodwin is in Ann Arbor and will provide live updates, results, commentary and more during both tournaments. Be sure to follow him — @codygoodwin — to stay up to date on all the action.

Cody Goodwin covers wrestling and high school sports for the Des Moines Register. Follow him on Twitter at @codygoodwin.

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