On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman
speaks with Kevin Jackson, the Olympic gold medalist and two-time world
champion freestyle wrestler, who is the head wrestling coach for the legendary Iowa
State Cyclones (http://www.cyclones.com/SportSelect.dbml? DB_OEM_ID=10700&SPID=4248&SPSID=46632).
This weekend, February 11 and 12, the 2012 NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals, the
national dual meet championship for Division I NCAA wrestling, will take place
with a new format, which has been dubbed Mat Mayhem. There will be four
regional tournaments, each featuring six of the top teams in the U.S. The
winners of each tournament will face each other on February 19, making Mat
Mayhem a college wrestling version of the Final Four in college basketball. The
four regional tournaments will be held Saturday, February 11, at Rutgers in New
Brunswick, New Jersey, and Sunday, February 12, at Iowa State in Ames, Iowa, at
Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and at Cornell in Ithaca, New York.
Iowa State has received the number three seed for the National Duals Midwest
Regional in their home building, Hilton Coliseum. The first round will begin at
11 a.m. CST with Iowa State vs. Wisconsin on Mat 1 and Northern Iowa vs.
Virginia Tech on Mat 2. Both Iowa and Oregon State will have first-round byes.
The winner of Northern Iowa/Virginia Tech will face Iowa in the second round
beginning at 1 p.m. CST. Oregon State will square off against the winner of
Iowa State/ Wisconsin in round two. The final round will begin at 3 p.m. CST.
with the championship bout and extra match between the losing first-round teams.
We spoke with Coach Jackson by phone Thursday afternoon about Mat Mayhem and
how he expects Iowa State to do.
"College wrestling is as good as it has been," said Coach Jackson. Besides
having better coaches than ever, he explained, "the wrestling has gotten
better."
We also discussed the overall performance of the Iowa State team, which has a
large percentage of freshmen who have been starting, as well as some key
starters who have been sidelined with injuries. But with the success of Andrew
Sorenson, the return of Jerome Ward and Chris Spangler, and the maturation of
this young team, Coach Jackson expects them to be peaking just as the season
approaches the Big 12 and NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. We also
discussed the upcoming U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials in April, what wrestling
needs to do to make it easier for fans to watch it, and more.
There is a special section on Mat Mayhem on TheMat.com (http:// www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=24658).
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