Big 12 Championships Live Blog: Oklahoma State Looks for Second Straight Title in Tulsa

TULSA — The Cowboys are back in Tulsa on Friday and Saturday in search of a second consecutive Big 12 crown.

We’ll keep you up to date on the Big 12 action here. The opening round starts at 10 a.m. Friday.

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Big 12 Match Order

149: 1 Casey Swiderski (OSU) vs. 6 Caleb Rathjen (UNI)
157: 1 Kaleb Larkin (ASU) vs. 2 Landon Robideau (OSU)
165: 1 Dee Lockett (OSU) vs. 3 Nicco Ruiz (ASU)
174: 1 Alex Facundo (OSU) vs. 3 Cam Steed (MIZZOU)
184: 1 Aeoden Sinclair (MIZZOU) vs. 3 Eddie Neitenbach (Wyoming)
197: 1 Rocky Elam (ISU) vs. 2 Joey Novak (Wyoming)
HWT: 1 Yonger Bastida (ISU) vs. 2 Konner Doucet (OSU)
125: 1 Troy Spratley (OSU) vs. 2 Stevo Poulin (ISU)
133: 1 Jax Forrest (OSU) vs. 2 Kyler Larkin (ASU)
141: 1 Sergio Vega (OSU) vs. 2 Anthony Echemendia (ISU)

Schedule

Session 1: 10 a.m. Friday on ESPN+
Session 2: 5 p.m. Friday on ESPN+
Session 3: 12 p.m. Saturday on ESPN+
Session 4: 7 p.m. Saturday on ESPN+

Team Scores (Final)

	Team	Points
1	Oklahoma State	176
2	Iowa State	144
3	Arizona State	94
4	Missouri	84.5
5	West Virginia	77.5
6	South Dakota State	76.5
7	Oklahoma	73
8	Wyoming	67.5
9	North Dakota State	54.5
10	Northern Iowa	51
11	Air Force	31.5
11	Utah Valley	31.5
13	Cal Baptist	21.5
14	Northern Colorado	15

125: Troy Spratley

Seed (Automatic Qualifications): 1 (5)
Season Record: 12-3

Round 1: Spratley opens his tournament against Utah Valley’s Bridger Ricks. The two met at the start of last season, where Spratley won 6-3.

Spratley is the aggressor early, forcing a stall on the edge of the mat. After they returned to center, the Cowboy secures his opening takedown to take a 3-0 lead. Spratley rides out the rest of the period and leads 3-0 with 1:21 in riding time.

After a bit of a ride, Ricks finally gets his escape only to be taken down again. He leads 6-1 going into the third.

Spratley quickly escapes and goes back on the attack. He picks up a second stall warning on Ricks and then takes him back down.

Result: Spratley 12, Ricks 1

Quarterfinal: Spratley is matched up with Missouri’s Mack Mauger in the quarters. Mauger is the 9 seed. Spratley beat him 19-5 in the dual.

Spratley gets a takedown with about 30 seconds left in the first period to take a 3-0 lead. He’s able to ride Mauger out from there.

Spratley escapes to start the second, taking his lead to 4-0. He then scores on another takedown to make it 7-0. That’s the lead Spratley takes into the third along with 1:30 in riding time.

Spratley’s first point in the third comes from a number of cautions on Mauger. Spratley rides the entire third, winning 9-0 with 3:30 in riding time.

Result: Spratley 9, Mauger 0

Elsewhere in the bracket: A new Big 12 champion will be crowned this year at 125 pounds, as reining champ Jett Strickenberger (West Virginia) fell in his quarterfinal matchup to Ezekiel Witt (North Dakota State). Strickenberger beat Spratley in the finals of this tournament last season.

Semifinal: Spratley will take on 5 seed Conrad Hendriksen (Oklahoma) in the semis. The Cowboy beat the Sooner 3-0 in the Bedlam dual.

Spratley scores first, taking Hendriksen down just over a minute into the bout. He rides the rest of the period.

Spratley escapes early in the second to made his lead 4-0. That’s all the scoring in the period.

Hendriksen selects neutral in the third. Spratley takes him down for a second time, taking a 7-0 lead. He rides out from there and wins 8-0 to advance to the finals.

Result: Spratley 8, Hendriksen 0

Final: It’s 1 seed vs. 2 seed, as Spratley will take on Iowa State’s Stevo Poulin in the final. Spratley beat Poulin 3-1 on Feb. 1. The two also wrestled at NCAA’s last season, a bout Spratley won 2-1.

Spratley gets in on a leg almost instantly, but Poulin does a nice job to fend him off for a stalemate. The period ends scoreless.

Poulin escapes after 17 seconds in the second to take a 1-0 lead. Spratley gets in deep on another single leg, but Poulin somehow fends it off and takes his 1-0 lead into the third.

Poulin gets too high on his ride, and Spratley pops out the backside and scores a reversal to take a 2-1 lead with about a minute and a half to wrestle. Spratley gets a tilt worth two points. Poulin escapes, but Spratley has 1:07 in riding time.

Result: Spratley 5, Poulin 2

133: Jax Forrest

Seed (Automatic Qualifications): 1 (8)
Season Record: 9-0

Round 1: The 133-pound bracket got shuffled a bit when Iowa State’s Evan Frost was replaced with Garrett Grice. Grice gets Forrest in the first round.

Forrest is on a pressure early, forcing a stall call. Forrest gets a takedown and goes right into that ball-and-chain tilt to build a 7-0 lead. He tilts again, gets four more nearfall points and leads 11-0. Then he does it again and closes out his first match at the Big 12 Championships with a 15-0 first-period tech.

Result: Forrest 15, Grice 0

Quarterfinal: Forrest gets South Dakota State’s Cale Seaton in the quarters. Seaton is the 8 seed,

Forrest almost instantly scores a takedown. Seaton escapes just to be taken down again. Another Seaton escape sets up another Forrest takedown. And again. A tilt gives Forrest four nearfall points before he lets Seaton back up and takes him down again, winning 19-4 in the first period.

Result: Forrest 19, Seaton 4

Semifinal: Forrest will take on 5 seed Julian Farber (Northern Iowa) in the semis. Forrest beat the Panther with a 19-4 tech on Jan. 30.

Farber becomes the first wrestler to make it out of the first period against Forrest at this event, but Forrest quickly ends the match in the second, winning via tech fall 21-6 to move to the finals.

Result: Forrest 26, Farber 6

Final: One of the most anticipated finals of the weekend will see Forrest wrestle Arizona State freshman Kyler Larkin. Larkin has technically lost one match this year, but it was a medical forfeit. The two wrestled as high schoolers at the 2024 Missouri Border Brawl, where Forrest won 10-6.

Larkin gets in on a leg, but the scrambling Forrest gets a takedown out of the exchange. Larkin gets out after 1:04 in riding time from Forrest, who leads 3-1. A slick slide-by gives Forrest takedown No. 2. He finishes the period on top with a 6-1 lead and 1:30 in riding time.

Forrest gets his ball-and-chain tilt and scores four nearfall points to extend his lead to 10-1. He does it again and leads 12-1 after two more back points. He leads 12-1 with more than three minutes in riding time after two.

Forrest reverses to start the third. He lets Larkin up and will search for a match-clinching takedown.

Result: Forrest 15, Larkin 2

141: Sergio Vega

Seed (Automatic Qualifications): 1 (7)
Season Record: 15-0

Round 1: Vega opens his tournament against North Dakota State’s Michael Olson. The two are scoreless after one. Olson got in on a leg but Vega scrambled to control but was unable to secure a takedown before the clock expired.

Vega escapes quickly to take a 1-0 lead. That’s all the period provides.

Olson selects neutral not wanting to go under the freshman. Vega scores on a takedown early in the period to take a 4-0 lead. Olson gets hit with a stalling warning as Vega continues to work on top. He picks up four nearfall points and beats Olson 9-0 with riding time.

Result: Vega 9, Olson 0

Quarterfinal: Vega gets West Virginia’s Jordan Titus in the quarters. Titus is the 9 seed. Vega beat Tutus 5-1 in December.

Vega scores a first-period takedown. He takes a 3-0 lead and 1:14 in riding time into the second.

Vega reverses to start the second, pushing his lead to 5-0. Consecutive stall calls makes it 6-0, Vega. Titus gets on the board with a late escape but trails 6-1 entering the third.

Vega opens the third with a takedown. He’s looking for a cradle before letting Titus up. He takes Titus back down and lets him back up. The Mountaineer looks gassed. Vega takes him down once more and wins it 16-3 with north of three minutes in riding time.

Result: Vega 16, Titus 3

Semifinal: Vega draws 4 seed Julian Tagg (South Dakota State) in the semis. They didn’t wrestle during the regular season. Tagg entered the weekend at 16-4 this season.

Vega took a 1-0 lead into the third, where Tagg selected neutral. Vega secured a match winning takedown after working for much of the period for it. He wins it 4-0 to advance to his first Big 12 final.

Result: Vega 4, Tagg 0

Final: Vega gets a rematch of his most competitive contest of the season, as he’ll take on fellow Sunnyside High (AZ) alum Anthony Echemendia. The two wrestled on Feb. 1, where Vega won 4-2 with a late takedown. Echemendia is 19-2 on the year with his only other loss coming to national No. 1 Jesse Mendez (Ohio State).

The first period ends scoreless.

Echemendia gets out quickly in the second to take a 1-0 lead, which is how the period ends.

Vega escapes to tie it at 1. Riding time isn’t a factor.  We’re going to OT.

To tiebreakers we go.

Vega gets out in 18 seconds and nearly scores a takedown. It’ll come down to reaction time, OSU throws a brick. Call stands, no takedown.

Vega rides him out and wins it.

Result: Vega 2, Echemendia 1

149: Casey Swiderski

Seed (Automatic Qualifications): 1 (5)
Season Record: 10-5

Round 1: Wrestling in his first match since Feb. 1, Swiderski opens his first Big 12s as a Cowboy against West Virginia’s Willie McDougald. The two wrestled twice in 2024 when Swiderski was at Iowa State and McDougald was at OU. Swiderski won both of those bouts.

Coming off injury, Swiderski has his left knee wrapped. The first period ends scoreless.

McDougald escapes after 27 seconds of riding time for Swiderski. Swiderski picked up two cautions in that ride before letting McDougald up. McDougald gets hit with a stall on the edge of the mat but takes a 1-0 lead into the third.

Swiderski escapes quickly to start the third, tying the match at 1. David Taylor is calling for a stall in Swiderski’s corner. Swiderski nearly scores on a takedown but the wrestlers were deemed out of bounds. Swiderski is applying all the pressure. McDougald gets hit with a stall that gives Swiderski a 2-1 lead.

Result: Swiderski 2, McDougald 1

Quarterfinal: Swiderski gets 8 seed Gabe Willochell (Wyoming) in the quarters. Willochell had a first-round bye. They wrestled twice in 2024, with Swiderski winning each by bonus.

Swiderski gets a takedown to take a 3-0 lead. Willochell escapes. Swiderski gets close to a takedown late in the period but time expires. He leads 3-1.

Swiderski lets Willochell up to start the third, cutting the Cowboys’ lead to 3-2. Swiderski gets in on a leg; Willochell fights it off, eventually forcing a stalemate. Willochell then gets in on a leg but Swiderski fights it off until the period ends. He leads 3-2.

Willochell lets Swiderski up to start the third; the Cowboy leads 4-2. Swiderski get hit with a stall that the Cowboy corner was none too pleased with. Swiderski gets a takedown on the edge of the mat to ice it. He wins 7-2.

Result: Swiderski 7, Willochell 2

Semifinal: Swiderski gets 4 seed Maxwell Petersen (North Dakota State). Petersen was 12-5 coming into the tournament.

Swiderski puts together his best match of the tournament thus far, taking Petersen down five times to win 16-3 to advance to the finals.

Result: Swiderski 16, Petersen 3

Elsewhere in the Bracket: Swiderski will get 6 seed Caleb Rathjen (Northern Iowa) in the semis after Rathjen upset 2 seed Jacob Frost (Iowa State) 4-3 in the other semi.

Final: Swiderski will wrestle a Panther who upset his way to the final. Northern Iowa’s Caleb Rathjen, the 6 seed, took out 3 seed David Evans (Utah Valley) and 2 seed Jacob Frost (Iowa State) to get into the final. Swiderski beat Rathjen 9-2 in the dual on Jan. 30.

Swiderski scores the first takedown, and Rathjen gets out in 21 seconds — 3-1, Swiderski.

The Cowboy gets up to start the second to extend his lead to 4-1. He has that and four seconds of riding time entering the third.

Swiderski builds his riding time above a minute before Rathjen escapes. Swiderski gets hit with consecutive stall calls to cut his lead to 4-3, which is how he wins it.

Result: Swiderski 5, Rathjen 3

157: Landon Robideau

Seed (Automatic Qualifications): 2 (5)
Season Record: 14-1

Round 1: Robideau had a bye in the opening round. He’ll wrestle the winner of Teague Travis (Missouri) and Cael Rahnavardi (Northern Iowa). Update: Travis won. Robideau beat Travis 4-0 on Jan. 23.

Quarterfinal: These two wrestled off in Stillwater, the wrestled in Columbia and now they’re wrestling in Tulsa.

Robideau gets an early takedown off an errand Travis shot. Travis escapes, making it 3-1. That’s how the first period ends.

Robideau gets a slick reversal on the edge of the mat to start the second, pushing his lead to 5-1. Travis escapes to make it 5-2. Robideau gets his second takedown to take an 8-2 lead.

Travis chooses neutral to start the third. Robideau takes him down to go up 11-2. Travis escapes but gets taken down again. With riding time, the Cowboy wins it 15-3.

Result: Robideau 15, Travis 3

Semifinal: Vinny Zerban, Iowa State’s 3 seed, had to medically forfeit his quarterfinal, which means Robideau gets South Dakota State’s Cael Swensen in the semis. Swensen came into the weekend at 20-5.

Robideau beats Swensen 11-2 with a takedown in each period. He’ll get 1 seed Kaleb Larkin in the final.

Result: Robideau 11, Swensen 2

Final: This is another bout the wrestling world is looking forward to, as Robideau gets Arizona State’s Kaleb Larkin (brother of the guy Forrest wrestles). Larkin got the 1 seed in this bracket and enters the bout at 21-2. The two didn’t wrestle during the teams’ dual back in November.

Larkin strikes first with a takedown with about a minute left in the first period. Robideau is unable to escape and trails 3-0 down 58 seconds in riding time going into the second.

Larkin is up instantly in the second, taking his lead to 4-0. Larkin is quite a bit longer than Robideau. Robideau gets his takedown to cut into Larkin’s lead. The Cowboy freshman is down 4-3 entering third.

Robideau selects neutral after being unable to get out from under the longer Larkin in the first period. Robideau gets in on a leg late, but Larkin is able to fend him off and wins it 4-3.

Result: Larkin 4, Robideau 3

165: Dee Lockett

Seed (Automatic Qualifications): 1
Season Record: 13-1

Round 1: Lockett opens his run with a match against Northern Colorado’s Kilian Schultz, who comes to Tulsa with a 7-10 record on the year.

Lockett gets the match’s first takedown with about a minute left in the opening period. Lockett rides out the remainder of the period and has a 3-0 lead and 52 seconds in riding time going into the second.

Lockett scores on a reversal. Schultz escapes. It’s 5-1 as the officials go to the monitor to look at something. The score stays the same, and they’re wrestling again. Schultz gets hit with a stall warning as Lockett attempts a blast double on the edge of the mat. The second period ends with Lockett leading 5-1.

Lockett lets Schultz up to start the third, making it 5-2. Lockett has 1:05 in riding time. Schultz gets hit on a second stall, pushing Lockett’s lead to 6-2. He then works hard to secure a takedown on the edge of the mat to make it 9-2.

Result: Lockett 10, Schultz 2

Quarterfinal: Lockett’s tournament continues against 8 seed Marcus Espinoza-Owens (South Dakota State). Espinoza-Owens beat 9 seed Zyon Trujillo in the opening round.

No score in the first period.

Lockett lets Espinoza-Owens up to start the second, and Lockett then takes him down, taking a 3-1 lead. The Jackrabbit escapes, cutting Lockett’s lead to 3-2.

Lockett reverses to start the third. Espinoza-Owens escapes.

Result: Lockett 5, Espinoza-Owens 3

Semifinal: Lockett gets 5 seed Connor Euton (Iowa State) in the semis. Lockett beat Euton via a 12-3 major decision in the dual.

Lockett had to go into concussion protocol in the first period, but he returned to the mat to a big cheer from the BOK crowd. Lockett scored a takedown not long after that ovation that the OSU corner had to get reviewed for it to count.

Lockett escapes in the second … and then a tornado warning paused all the festivities in BOK.

Fans are allowed back to their seats. The matches will resume at 7:10 p.m., where Lockett will be up 4-0 going into the third period.

Lockett might call for a tornado warning in every match. He gets two takedowns in the third. That pair with a riding time point gives him an 11-2 major decision to get into the finals.

Result: Lockett 11, Euton 2

Final: Lockett will get Arizona State’s Nicco Ruiz, the 3 seed, in the final. Ruiz is 20-5 this season.

Lockett and Ruiz finish the open period scoreless with little action.

Ruiz gets out after a 14-second ride, taking a 1-0 lead. That’s how the period ends.

Lockett gets out to tie the match at 1. Lockett gets hit with a stall warning. We’re going to sudden victory.

Lockett gets in on a leg on the edge of the mat, a scramble ensues that eventually stalemates. The ASU corner calls for a review, but the call stands. We’ll go to ride outs to determine a winner.

Ruiz goes down first and gets out in five seconds. Lockett selects neutral to chase a takedown. He doesn’t get it and falls 2-1 in tiebrekers.

Result: Ruiz 2, Lockett 1 (TB-1)

174: Alex Facundo

Seed (Automatic Qualifications): 1 (7)
Season Record: 14-5

Round 1: Facundo has a bye in the opening round and will wrestling the winner of Riley Davis (Wyoming) and Cael Valencia (Arizona State) in the quarterfinals. Update: Davis won.

Quarterfinal: Facundo’s tournament starts against 9 Riley Davis (Wyoming).

Facundo scores the first takedown, Davis escapes. Facundo takes him down again, taking a 6-1 lead, which he holds to the end of the period.

Davis gets out to start the second period, but Facundo takes him down again, extending his lead to 9-2. Davis escapes, but Facundo gets takedown No. 4 as time expires in the period. He leads 12-3 with 1:25 in riding time going into the third.

The third period starts in neutral. Facundo catches Davis in a body lock and gets another takedown before going back to neutral. Davis gives up a stall point but is able to fight off the tech.

Result: Facundo 17, Davis 4

Semifinal: Facundo will wrestle 4 seed MJ Gaitan (Iowa State) in the semifinal. Facundo beat Gaitan 4-2 in the dual.

Facundo wins it 7-3 with takedowns in the first and third periods. He’ll get a rematch with Missouri’s Cam Steed in the final. He beat Steed 2-1 in the dual on Jan. 23.

Final: Facundo gets an Oklahoman in the 174-pound final. Missouri’s Cam Steed, the 3 seed, is a redshirt junior from Collinsville. Steed was an All-American last season. The two wrestled in January, where Facundo won 2-1.

Scoreless after one.

Facundo gets caught in a cradle and gives up four nearfall points but avoids getting pinned. He gets out after the restart but trails 4-1. That’s how the period ends.

Facundo rides long enough to get Steed’s riding time under a minute before letting him up. He then gets a takedown and quickly releases Steed, who then gets hit with a stall warning. Steed came close to a counterattack takedown on the edge of the mat that the official didn’t initially give, but after a review they say he got it. Steed leads 9-4. Facundo gets out, then Steed gets hit with a second stall, making it 9-6, but Steed fends him off from there and takes it 10-6 with riding time.

Result: Steed 10, Facundo 6

184: Zack Ryder

Seed (Automatic Qualifications): 2 (8)
Season Record: 10-6

Round 1: Ryder opens his tournament against Cal Baptist’s David Alonso, who is 2-13 on the season.

After having Alonso bounce on a leg for a bit, Ryder scores a takedown on the edge of the mat to take an early 3-0 lead. Alonso escapes, and Ryder taks a 3-1 lead into the second.

The Cowboys’ first fall of the day comes from Ryder. He sticks Alonso in the second. It’s Ryder’s second pin of the season.

Result: Ryder via fall

Quarterfinal: Ryder wrestles 7 seed Isaac Dean (Iowa State) in the quarters. These two didn’t wrestle in the dual, as Ryder got injured in the dual before. Dean beat OSU backup Trevor Dopps 5-1 in that dual in what was Dean’s last match before this weekend.

While fighting off a first-period takedown attempt, Ryder appears to have reaggravated the shoulder injury that saw him miss that Iowa State dual. Injury time is needed, but he returns. Because of the injury time, Dean chooses bottom. He escapes and takes a 1-0 lead. That’s how the first period ends.

Ryder nearly scores a reversal to start the second, but Dean keeps wrestling to fend it off. Ryder stays down and needs more injury time. Dean gets a point, but Ryder restarts on bottom. The Cowboy escapes to cut Dean’s lead to 2-1. Ryder puts some pressure on and forces a stall call.

Dean escapes to start the third, pushing his lead to 3-1. Ryder gets taken down. He escapes with time dwindling but loses 6-2.

Consolation Round 2: Ryder will wrestle Arizona State’s Shay Addison in his first match on the consolation side. Addison was 8-8 entering the weekend. Addison lost his first round match to top-seeded Aeoden Sinclair (Missouri) before beating Air Force’s Brian Burburija 11-1.

Ryder forced two early stall calls and then took Addison down to go up 4-0. Addison escapes, making it 4-1 before Addison gets hit with another stall, giving Ryder a 5-1 lead. Ryder’s shoulder gets hurt again, and he briefly calls for some injury time. Addison gets an escape after selecting bottom. Ryder takes a 5-2 lead into the second.

Addison escapes, making it 5-3, but Ryder is up to 1:43 in riding time. That’s how the second ends.

Ryder escapes and battles to a 7-3 win, basically with one arm.

Result: Ryder 7, Addison 3

After securing his spot at nationals, Ryder has injury defaulted out of the tournament. Taylor said Friday night that Ryder’s shoulder dislocated four times on the opening day of the event.

197: Cody Merrill

Seed (Automatic Qualifications): 3 (8)
Season Record: 13-3

Round 1: Merrill gets Utah Valley’s Kael Bennie to open things up. Bennie is 13-13 on the year.

Bennie gets hit with an early stall call, but the first period ends scoreless.

Merrill, rocking a shaved head, escapes early in the second. He scores on a powerful takedown to take a 4-0 lead. That’s how the second ends.

Bennie selects bottom to start the third … bad idea. Merrill somewhat easily locks up a riding time point before releasing Bennie. Merrill scores a second takedown as the time expires to win 8-1.

Result: Merrill 8, Bennie 1

Quarterfinal: Merrill techs 11 seed Karson Tompkins (Air Force) 22-6. He’ll get a highly touted semifinal against 2 seed Joey Novak (Wyoming) on Friday evening.

Semifinal: Merrill gets a highly anticipated final against 2 seed Joey Novak (Wyoming). They didn’t wrestle this season. Novak is ranked third nationally, while Merrill sits in seventh.

After a scoreless first, Merrill scores a reversal earlier in the second to go up 2-0. Novak escapes after a 40-secpnd ride, cutting Merrill’s lead to 2-1.

Novak escapes to start the third. Brutally, Merrill has 57 seconds in riding time. Tied at 2. A scramble ensues late in the third, but Merrill fights it off, forcing sudden-victory.

Merrill gets in on a shot, but Novak wins the ensuing scramble, securing a takedown and winning the match. OSU challenges, but the call stands.

Results: Novak 5, Merrill 2 (SV)

Consolation Semifinals: Merrill gets a fun match in the consi semis, matching up against 4 seed Bennett Berge (South Dakota State). Berge came into the weekend ranked sixth nationally at 197, one spot above Merrill.

Merrill starts quickly, scoring a takedown about 30 seconds in to take a 3-0 lead. Berge escapes after Merrill racks up 1:01 in riding time. He takes a 3-1 lead into the second.

Merrill gets out quickly to start the second, growing his lead to 4-1. He still has 57 seconds in riding time.

Berge selects neutral in the third, and can’t get his takedown. Merrill gets the upset and wins 4-1. He’ll wrestle for third.

Result: Merrill 4, Berge 1

Third-Place Match: Merrill secures third place with a 6-4 win against Oklahoma’s DJ Parker. Merrill was taken down early in the first but escaped and got a takedown to take a 4-3 lead into the second. The two traded escape points in the final two periods, and Merrill earned his final tally because of riding time.

Result: Merrill 6, Parker 4

HWT: Konner Doucet

Seed (Automatic Qualifications): 2 (6)
Season Record: 14-2

Round 1: Doucet starts with Northern Colorado’s Enzo Cappabianca, who is 0-19 this season.

Doucet gets an early takedown and a turn to lead 5-0, which is how the first ends.

Doucet escapes and takes Cappabianca down again to start the second. The second period ends with Doucet up 10-0. He has two minutes in riding time.

Doucet works for a turn and gets it, adding four nearfall points to go up 14-0. The riding time point gives him a 15-0 tech.

Result: Doucet 15, Cappabianca 0

Elsewhere in the Bracket: Former Cowboy Christian Carroll, the 3 seed. Drops his opening round matchup to Shilo Jones (North Dakota State) in sudden-victory. Carroll was the 3 seed and could’ve matched up with Doucet in the semis.

Quarterfinal: Doucet gets 7 seed Jarrett Stoner next. Stoner had a bye in the opening round. Doucet beat him 4-1 in the dual.

Doucet rolled to a 17-2 tech fall, his second tech in as many matches Friday.

Result: Doucet 17, Stoner 2

Semifinal: Luke Rasmussen, the 11 seed from South Dakota State, has put together a somewhat magical run to the semifinals, taking out the 6 seed and the 14 seed.

Doucet strikes first with a takedown. He takes a 3-1 lead and 1:07 in riding time into the second.

Doucet wins it 4-2 to advance to his first Big 12 final.

Result: Doucet 4, Rasmussen 2

Final: Doucet will take on national No. 1 Yonger Bastida in the heavyweight final. Basitda is 24-0 this season, which includes a 6-2 win against Doucet on Feb. 1. Bastida has won with bonus in 12 of his past 13 matches, with the only exception being that bout with Doucet.

Bastida got in deep on a leg, but Doucet did a good job of flattening his hips and stuffing it. That was the most notable action of the first period.

Doucet escapes eight seconds into the second period to take a 1-0 lead.

Doucet gets with a stall warning late in the second. Bastida then gets in on a leg and is able to finish right as the period ends, taking a 3-1 lead to the third.

Doucet puts on a bit of a ride before Bastida breaks free and pushes his lead to 4-1, which is how it ends.

Result: Bastida 4, Doucet 1