2006 NCAA Wrestling Championships

Oklahoma City hosted the 2006 NCAA Wrestling Team Championship from March 16-March 18, 2006. 64 teams vied for the NCAA team championship, and over 320 wrestlers competed for individual honors. Oklahoma State University crowned 2 individual champions (Johny Hendricks at 165 pounds and Jake Rosholt at 197 pounds) and 4 other Cowboys qualified as All-Americans as the Cowboys earned a dominant victory in the tournament. It was the 4th consecutive NCAA tournament victory by the Cowboys, and their 34th NCAA team wrestling championship overall.

The 2006 tournament team results

Rank School Points
1Oklahoma State122.5
2Minnesota84
3Oklahoma80.5
4Iowa70
5Cornell62
6Arizona State 61.5
7Michigan57.5
8Edinboro56
9Lehigh53.5
9Penn State 53.5
11Hofstra52.5
12Penn51
13Iowa State 48.5
13Northwestern48.5
15Missouri45
16Nebraska40.5
17American40
18Indiana35
18Michigan State 35
20Purdue34
21Wisconsin33.5
22Oregon33
23Cal Poly 32
24Boise State 31.5
25Illinois29
26Central Michigan 26
27West Virginia 23
28Northern Iowa 20.5
29Virginia Tech 18.5
30Tennessee - Chattanooga 15
31Harvard14
31North Carolina - Greensboro 14
33The Citadel 13
34Navy12

Rank School Points
35Pittsburgh10
36Northern Illinois 9
37Stanford8.5
37Wyoming8.5
39Kent State 8
40California - Davis 7
41Army6.5
41Cal State - Fullerton 6.5
41Oregon State 6.5
44Columbia6
45Ohio State 5.5
46Buffalo5
47Cal State - Bakersfield 4.5
49North Carolina 4.5
49Bloomsburg4
49Cleveland State 4
49Eastern Illinois 4
49Lock Haven 4
49Slippery Rock 4
54Fresno State 3
55Gartner-Webb2.5
55Old Dominion 2.5
55Duquesne2.5
58Drexel2
58Eastern Michigan 2
58North Carolina State 2
61Maryland1
61Rider1
63Sacred Heart 0.5
64Air Force 0
64Millersville0
64Brown0
64George Mason 0
64James Madison 0

The Championship finals (with NCAA champions in bold)

Weight class Championship Match (Champion in boldface)
125 lbs Joe Dubuque, Indiana DEC Troy Nickerson, Cornell, 8-3
133 lbs Matthew Valenti, Penn DEC Christopher Fleeger, Purdue, 3-2
141 lbs Nate Gallick, Iowa State DEC Teyon Ware, Oklahoma, 3-2
149 lbs Dustin Schlatter, Minnesota DEC Tyler Eustice, Iowa, 4-0
157 lbs Ben Cherrington, Boise State DEC Brian Stith, Arizona State, 7-3
165 lbs Johny Hendricks, Oklahoma State DEC Brian Churella, Michigan, 9-8
174 lbs Ben Askren, Missouri MAJOR Jake Herbert, Northwestern, 14-2
184 lbs Shane Webster, Oregon, DEC Roger Kish, Minnesota, 3-2
197 lbs Jake Rosholt, Oklahoma State DEC Phil Davis, Penn State, 10-3
285 lbs Cole Konrad, Minnesota DEC Steve Mocco, Oklahoma State, 5-2; TB2

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