2020 BIG XII Preview = 141 lbs

Despite a fluke loss by fall to West Virginia's Caleb Rea,  Oklahoma's Dom Demas looks poised to win his second BIG XII title with a take on all challengers approach. While he's had a few scares throughout wrestling within the conference, he's had his hand raised in ten of eleven matches.

A challenger to his title is likely to be Iowa State's Ian Parker who after getting annihilated by Demas at the beginning of the season 19-4 technical fall, recently narrowed the gap in a 3-1 loss in overtime.

As to the rest of the weight class it leaves itself open to a variety of possibilities.

The top 5 qualify for the NCAA tournament & while that seems a tall order for Rea mentioned earlier, besides the fall over Demas he also owns a 2-1 tiebreaker victory over Clay Carlson of South Dakota State.  Another contender for a place on the award stand although I don't see it being any higher than sixth is Northern Colorado's Chris Sandoval.

Despite wrestling twenty-six matches this season D.J. Llorn of Fresno State hasn't faced much competition within the conference. It'll be interesting to see how he matches up against opponents for the first time.

Dusty Hone of Oklahoma State & Michael Blockhus of Northern Iowa are two wrestlers I am anxious to see compete at this tournament.   Hone nearly upset Demas in a tight 4-3 loss & Blockhus took Demas into the tiebreakers before ultimately losing 9-3.

Should be an interesting weight class.

How I would seed?

#1 Dom Demas sophomore Oklahoma
# 2 Ian Parker junior Iowa State
#3 Michael Blockhus freshman Northern Iowa
#4 Dusty Hone freshman Oklahoma State
#5 Clay Carlson freshman South Dakota State
#6 D.J. Lloren junior Fresno State
#7 Dylan Droegemueller freshman North Dakota State
#8 Lenny Peterson junior Air Force