WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Boilermakers head to College Park, Maryland for the 2024 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, hosted by the Terrapins in the XFINITY Center. The first of four sessions will begin Saturday, March 9 at 10 a.m. ET.
SCHEDULE AND INFO
Stats and live scoring for all sessions will be available on TrackWrestling. All times Eastern.
PURDUE POINTS
• Matt Ramos has won a career-best 13 straight matches dating back to the Cliff Keen Invite in early December.
• Across those 13 wins, he is outscoring opponents 111-31 and has a 24:2 takedown ratio. Five of the wins came against ranked opponents, including victories over No. 1 and No. 2.
• Ramos holds the third-largest WrestleStat ELO advantage at any weight with a 68.15 point gap between him and Patrick Mckee at #2, trailing only Carter Starocci (73.95) and Parker Keckeisen (70.13).
• Joey Blaze has two top-five upsets on the season, most recently pinning Nebraska's Peyton Robb on Jan. 21. He is the first true freshman under Ersland to earn two such wins.
• Brody Baumann leads the team with 87 points in the first period this season, 3.95 per match.
• Purdue has the second youngest lineup in the tournament with an average of 2.7 years of collegiate experience per wrestler, behind only Ohio State with a 2.5 average.
• The Boilermakers are outscoring their opponents by 217 points in the first period and are +146 in back points on the year.
PURDUE PROBABLES
NUMBERS TO KNOW
8 - Matt Ramos went a perfect 8-0 in B1G duals this year and didn't miss a single match. He is the first Boiler to do that in 21 years.
9 - Joey Blaze finished the regular season tied for the most dual wins of any true freshman in the Big Ten with nine.
23 - Ramos is tied for the second most wins over D1 opponents of anyone in the field.
33 - Purdue wrestlers have outperformed their seed 36 times at Big Tens under Ersland, 36% of all entrants.
CHASING HISTORY
This postseason, Matt Ramos has the opportunity to reset the clock in multiple categories for the Boilermakers.
In this Big Ten tournament, the Lockport, Ill., native could be the first Boiler to:
- Win a Big Ten title since Ryan Lange in 2004
- Be a B1G finalist since Devin Schroder in 2021
- Win as a No. 1 seed since Chris Fleeger in 2003
- Win at 125 since Fleeger in '03
He would be the program's 41st champion and the first under Ersland, who has coached three wrestlers to runner-up finishes and put 53 overall on the Big Ten podium. Ramos himself has taken third (2023 at 125) and seventh (2022 at 133) in his two previous Big Ten tournament appearances.
TOURNAMENT TONY
In 10 seasons under Ersland, the Boilermakers have brought their best stuff out at tournament time. He has seen 200 wrestlers climb up a podium in 46 different tournaments for an average of 4.34 per competition.
*denotes an NCAA All-American finish included
FRESHMEN PHENOMS
True freshmen Joey Blaze and Greyson Clark earned spots in the Purdue lineup from day one of and have already shown the talent that made them both top-30 recruits.
Blaze (15-7) made the biggest splash early by knocking off No. 5 Ed Scott of N.C. State in sudden victory. He was the first unranked Boiler to beat a top-5 opponent since Griffin Parriott in 2018. He is one of just five under Ersland to defeat top-5 opposition while unranked themselves.
Clark (13-5) has shown technique beyond his years. He is second on the team trailing only Ramos with 38 back points on 11 near-fall attempts with five bonus point victories to his name.
The duo are also 2-of-8 Big Ten true freshmen currently ranked by InterMat. Blaze is the only B1G true freshman ranked at 157.
2023 BIG TEN TOURNEY LOOKBACK
The Boilermakers finished in ninth place at the 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships with 47 team points after earning four individual placements that all came with automatic qualification.
The No. 3 seed Ramos led the charge for the Boilermakers with a third-place finish at 125 pounds. Parker Filius took fifth in dramatic fashion, Kendall Coleman finished in sixth and freshman Hayden Copass earned seventh on a hectic day in Ann Arbor.
SCHEDULE AND INFO
| Session 1 | 10 AM | BTN | First Round, Quarters, Wrestlebacks |
| Session 2 | 5 PM | B1G+ | Consolation Matches, Wrestlebacks |
| Session 2 | 7 PM | BTN | Semifinals |
| Session 3 | 12 PM | B1G+ | Cons. Semifinals, 7th-Place Matches |
| Session 4 | 4:30 PM | BTN | 1st-, 3rd- and 5th- Place Matches |
PURDUE POINTS
• Matt Ramos has won a career-best 13 straight matches dating back to the Cliff Keen Invite in early December.
• Across those 13 wins, he is outscoring opponents 111-31 and has a 24:2 takedown ratio. Five of the wins came against ranked opponents, including victories over No. 1 and No. 2.
• Ramos holds the third-largest WrestleStat ELO advantage at any weight with a 68.15 point gap between him and Patrick Mckee at #2, trailing only Carter Starocci (73.95) and Parker Keckeisen (70.13).
• Joey Blaze has two top-five upsets on the season, most recently pinning Nebraska's Peyton Robb on Jan. 21. He is the first true freshman under Ersland to earn two such wins.
• Brody Baumann leads the team with 87 points in the first period this season, 3.95 per match.
• Purdue has the second youngest lineup in the tournament with an average of 2.7 years of collegiate experience per wrestler, behind only Ohio State with a 2.5 average.
• The Boilermakers are outscoring their opponents by 217 points in the first period and are +146 in back points on the year.
PURDUE PROBABLES
| Wt. | Wrestler | Seed |
| 125 | Matt Ramos (R-Jr.) | 1 |
| 133 | Dustin Norris (R-So.) | 11 |
| 141 | Greyson Clark (Fr.) | 12 |
| 149 | Marcos Polanco (R-Sr.) | 11 |
| 157 | Joey Blaze (Fr.) | 8 |
| 165 | Stoney Buell (R-So.) | 7 |
| 174 | Brody Baumann (R-Fr.) | 10 |
| 184 | James Rowley (R-Fr.) | 12 |
| 197 | Ben Vanadia (R-So.) | 9 |
| 285 | Hayden Filipovich (R-So.) | 14 |
NUMBERS TO KNOW
8 - Matt Ramos went a perfect 8-0 in B1G duals this year and didn't miss a single match. He is the first Boiler to do that in 21 years.
9 - Joey Blaze finished the regular season tied for the most dual wins of any true freshman in the Big Ten with nine.
23 - Ramos is tied for the second most wins over D1 opponents of anyone in the field.
33 - Purdue wrestlers have outperformed their seed 36 times at Big Tens under Ersland, 36% of all entrants.
CHASING HISTORY
This postseason, Matt Ramos has the opportunity to reset the clock in multiple categories for the Boilermakers.
In this Big Ten tournament, the Lockport, Ill., native could be the first Boiler to:
- Win a Big Ten title since Ryan Lange in 2004
- Be a B1G finalist since Devin Schroder in 2021
- Win as a No. 1 seed since Chris Fleeger in 2003
- Win at 125 since Fleeger in '03
He would be the program's 41st champion and the first under Ersland, who has coached three wrestlers to runner-up finishes and put 53 overall on the Big Ten podium. Ramos himself has taken third (2023 at 125) and seventh (2022 at 133) in his two previous Big Ten tournament appearances.
TOURNAMENT TONY
In 10 seasons under Ersland, the Boilermakers have brought their best stuff out at tournament time. He has seen 200 wrestlers climb up a podium in 46 different tournaments for an average of 4.34 per competition.
| Placewinner Totals | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | In-Season | Post-Season | Total |
| Champion | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| Runner-Up | 21 | 4* | 25 |
| Third | 25 | 3 | 28 |
| Fourth | 18 | 2 | 20 |
| Fifth | 24 | 11 | 35 |
| Sixth | 16 | 11 | 27 |
| Seventh | 13 | 13* | 26 |
| Eighth | 6 | 11 | 15 |
| Totals | 145 | 55 | 200 |
FRESHMEN PHENOMS
True freshmen Joey Blaze and Greyson Clark earned spots in the Purdue lineup from day one of and have already shown the talent that made them both top-30 recruits.
Blaze (15-7) made the biggest splash early by knocking off No. 5 Ed Scott of N.C. State in sudden victory. He was the first unranked Boiler to beat a top-5 opponent since Griffin Parriott in 2018. He is one of just five under Ersland to defeat top-5 opposition while unranked themselves.
Clark (13-5) has shown technique beyond his years. He is second on the team trailing only Ramos with 38 back points on 11 near-fall attempts with five bonus point victories to his name.
The duo are also 2-of-8 Big Ten true freshmen currently ranked by InterMat. Blaze is the only B1G true freshman ranked at 157.
2023 BIG TEN TOURNEY LOOKBACK
The Boilermakers finished in ninth place at the 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships with 47 team points after earning four individual placements that all came with automatic qualification.
The No. 3 seed Ramos led the charge for the Boilermakers with a third-place finish at 125 pounds. Parker Filius took fifth in dramatic fashion, Kendall Coleman finished in sixth and freshman Hayden Copass earned seventh on a hectic day in Ann Arbor.