The Big Ten did big things at college wrestling’s National Duals Invitational Saturday and Sunday in Tulsa as Ohio State thumped Iowa 27-12 to win the $200,000 pot while Nebraska placed fourth, Minnesota fifth and Illinois seventh.

Host Oklahoma State, under coach David Taylor, the former Penn State NCAA champion and Olympic champion, lost an 18-16 semifinal match to Iowa and then defeated Nebraska 33-6 to place third and earn $150,000 out of the $1 million purse sponsored by Paycom of Oklahoma.

The eight other teams in the 16-team field were Lehigh, Michigan, Arizona State, Cornell, Little Rock, North Carolina State, Northern Iowa and Wyoming.

There were plenty of competitive matches between teams that don’t typically meet as 10 matches were decided by 11 points or fewer.

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