University of Pittsburgh Athletics
Three Panthers Given Top Seeds as ACC Unveils Championship Brackets
2/23/2021 12:00:00 PM | Wrestling
PITTSBURGH—Three University of Pittsburgh wrestlers were awarded top seeds for Sunday's 2021 ACC Wrestling Championship in Raleigh, N.C., the conference announced Tuesday afternoon.
Pitt's Micky Phillippi (133 pounds), Jake Wentzel (165 pounds) and Nino Bonaccorsi (197 pounds) each were selected as No. 1 seeds after voting by the league's coaches was taken into consideration.
This marks the second straight year and the fourth time overall that the Panthers produced three top seeds in wrestling since joining the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013-14.
Here is a full listing of Pitt's seeds ahead of Sunday's conference championship action:
Wt. Name Seed
125 Colton Camacho 3
133 Micky Phillippi 1
141 Cole Matthews 4
149 Mick Burnett 6
157 Tyler Badgett 6
165 Jake Wentzel 1
174 Jared McGill 5
184 Gregg Harvey 5
197 Nino Bonaccorsi 1
285 Austin Cooley 5
Entries are subject to change until noon on Saturday, Feb. 27.
The NCAA has allocated the ACC 33 automatic bids to the 2021 NCAA Championships that will be handed out on Sunday. The top three finishers in each weight class will qualify for nationals, while the top four wrestlers at 133, 157 and 285 pounds will advance to the NCAA event in St. Louis in March. At-large invitations to nationals for each weight class will be announced by the NCAA after conference championships conclude.
Coverage of the 2021 ACC Wrestling Championship will begin on ACC Network Extra and via the WatchESPN app at 11 a.m. on Sunday from NC State's Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh.
The final matches of every weight class will be broadcast at 7 p.m. on the ACC Network as 10 individuals are crowned as ACC champions live in front of a nationally televised audience.
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Pitt's Micky Phillippi (133 pounds), Jake Wentzel (165 pounds) and Nino Bonaccorsi (197 pounds) each were selected as No. 1 seeds after voting by the league's coaches was taken into consideration.
This marks the second straight year and the fourth time overall that the Panthers produced three top seeds in wrestling since joining the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013-14.
Here is a full listing of Pitt's seeds ahead of Sunday's conference championship action:
Wt. Name Seed
125 Colton Camacho 3
133 Micky Phillippi 1
141 Cole Matthews 4
149 Mick Burnett 6
157 Tyler Badgett 6
165 Jake Wentzel 1
174 Jared McGill 5
184 Gregg Harvey 5
197 Nino Bonaccorsi 1
285 Austin Cooley 5
Entries are subject to change until noon on Saturday, Feb. 27.
The NCAA has allocated the ACC 33 automatic bids to the 2021 NCAA Championships that will be handed out on Sunday. The top three finishers in each weight class will qualify for nationals, while the top four wrestlers at 133, 157 and 285 pounds will advance to the NCAA event in St. Louis in March. At-large invitations to nationals for each weight class will be announced by the NCAA after conference championships conclude.
Coverage of the 2021 ACC Wrestling Championship will begin on ACC Network Extra and via the WatchESPN app at 11 a.m. on Sunday from NC State's Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh.
The final matches of every weight class will be broadcast at 7 p.m. on the ACC Network as 10 individuals are crowned as ACC champions live in front of a nationally televised audience.
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