2016 NCAA Brackets
- Champion seed breakdown: Five top seeds and one each of #2, #3, #5, #7, and unseeded
- 52 pins and 8 tech falls in the tournament
- 43 teams had at least one All-American
- 52 out of 58 teams scored team points
- Two wrestlers (Stageberg, 125, Concordia; Cook, 184, La Crosse) slid from the semis to 6th place
- One wrestler (Warner, 141, York) lost a pigtail and still placed
- 16 wrestlers lost their first match and still placed
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125 |
Denny |
Whitewater |
4th |
133 |
Weinmann |
La Crosse |
3rd |
133 |
Campo |
Wartburg |
7th |
141 |
Warner |
York |
5th |
141 |
Giblin |
Rhode Island |
8th |
149 |
Gaccione |
JWU |
8th |
157 |
Cannon |
Messiah |
4th |
157 |
Bova |
Wabash |
8th |
165 |
Hojnacki |
Messiah |
6th |
165 |
Velez |
Ithaca |
7th |
174 |
Sibblies |
Centenary |
6th |
174 |
Beaman |
St. Olaf |
7th |
174 |
Hamann |
TCNJ |
8th |
184 |
Conrad |
Rhode Island |
7th |
197 |
Watson |
Loras |
8th |
285 |
Wright |
Messiah |
6th |
- Nine #1 seeds placed (Arnold, 149, Ursinus)
- Seven #2 seeds placed (Jordan, 125, JWU; Puca, 174, Cortland; Chorzepa, 184, Williams)
- All ten #3 seeds placed
- Nine #4 seeds placed (Herring, 165, TCNJ)
- Only one wrestler was pinned in both of his matches (Martin, 141, Cornell)
- Ben Swarr (Messiah, 174) beat the #1, #2, and #3 seeds at his weight
- Riley Lefever (Wabash, 184) was the only wrestler to score bonus points in every match
- Logan Meister (Ferrum, 157) became the first All-American from his school
- Nathan Pike (NYU, 133) became the first finalist from his school
- David Welch (Roger Williams, 197) became the first champion from his school