2016 NCAA Division 1 Wrestling Tournament

Most Dramatic Moments Of The 2015 NCAA Tourny

Most Dramatic Moments Of The 2015 NCAA Tourny

Every year the NCAA Tournament is the greatest wrestling show this country has to offer, and this year there's no bigger stage for it. "The World's Most Fam

Mar 16, 2016 by Kyle Bratke
Most Dramatic Moments Of The 2015 NCAA Tourny
Every year the NCAA Tournament is the greatest wrestling show this country has to offer, and this year there's no bigger stage for it. "The World's Most Famous Arena," Madison Square Garden plays host to #MarchMatness for the first time.

If you could only use one word to describe the NCAA Wrestling Tournament to someone who has never seen it would, "dramatic." Every year we are treated to storylines, upsets, controversy, and moments we will never forget that Hollywood couldn't even write. Before those moments take place this year, let's take a look back at the most dramatic moments of the 2015 NCAA Wrestling Tournament. 


The Comeback Of The Tournament

Mastriani entered the NCAA Tournament as the 7-seed, and quickly found himself in 7-0 first period hole, and 9-2 third period deficit with just 50 seconds remaining. Mastriani didn’t put panic, he just put his head down and went to work. Mastriani forced sudden victory with a takedown in the closing seconds, and then came out on top of a scramble in OT to complete the best comeback of last year’s NCAA Tournament. 


The Ups and Downs Of The Blood Round

Year in and year out the blood round is maybe the most exhilarating round of the tournament. It is a roller coaster ride of pure joy after achieving All-American status, and the heartbreak of being so close and having your dream crushed. No match last year encompassed those emotions more than Dan Neff and Tywan Claxton. In the final tiebreaker trailing by a point with 5 seconds left, Neff executed a perfect granby to score a reversal as time ran out. 



Kevin Jack Out Of Nowhere

Heading into the NCAA Tournament, everyone expected a rematch of the 2014 NCAA Finals between Devin Carter and Logan Stieber in the semis, but someone forget to tell that to Kevin Jack. An unseeded true freshman Jack had his redshirt pulled a month before the tournament, and caught fire when it mattered most and shocked the wrestling world. Jack upset 5-seed Josh Dziews of Iowa in round 1, 12-seed Joey Ward of North Carolina in round 2, and pulled one of the biggest upsets of the tournament with his thrilling win over returning finalist Devin Carter. Jack quickly became a household name.  



Tomasello Gets Revenge

After losing to Waters earlier in the season, Tomasello had a game plan this time around. Instead of going underneath Waters like he had last time, Tomasello took neutral in the third, and picked up two takedowns, including one in the last ten seconds to punch his ticket to the finals. It also had huge team race implications as Ohio State picked up big finals points. 


Dylan Ness Says Goodbye

For four years Dylan Ness won the hearts of wrestling fans across the country with his wide open exciting style of wrestling. It was a style wrestling needed, and one that wrestling fans hated to say goodbye too. After suffering an injury in the semifinals to Brian Realbuto, Dylan Ness came out Saturday morning to say goodbye to the Minnesota faithful, and received a standing ovation from the 18,000 in the attendance. 

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“I just want some ice cream."

It wasn’t the fact that Kyven Gadson beat Kyle Snyder, but in the way that he did it. Gadson electrified St Louis with his patended “Gadson” and pinned the young buck. Garson followed that up by hitting the whip, and by telling the world he just wanted some ice cream.



#FreeIanMiller

The scoring debacle heard round the world. Ian Miller beat Brian Realbuto, but at the same time really didn’t. Knowing that score was wrong, Kent State coaches tried to talk to the officials about the error, but were told to sit down. Miller should have won the match 10-9, and it never should have gone to sudden victory. The NCAA admitted there was a scoring error, but because the Kent State coaches never challenged they decided to uphold the decision of the match. Realbuto went on to make the finals, while Miller finished fourth. Hear the explanation from the NCAA, Kent State head coach Jim Andrassy, and Ian Miller himself



Zeke Moisey With No Regard For Human Life

From unseeded to an NCAA finalist. Zeke Moisey was the story of NCAA tournament last season, and capped his cinderella run off with the moment of the tournament. Moisey needed just 52 seconds to pack heavy favorite Thomas Gilman of Iowa, and cause the roof to come off of the place.