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It is not a tournament. It is an invitational dual match showcasing the best teams in the country. The Big Ten is loaded and is the host sort of. They take 8 top schools from the Big Ten, the dual regular season champ from 7 other conferences (VT from ACC) and one at large school.

It works kind of like the Big Ten-ACC challenge in basketball where there is a pairing based on rankings. The teams are seeded but they match the tope Big Ten team against the highest rank non-Big Ten team and so on. Only one dual match is wrestled.

The champion can only come from the top two teams....in this case the Penn State vs opp winner. All others are essentially wrestling for pride.

I think I got this right.

(In response to this post by cyberobb99)

Posted: 02/15/2016 at 08:01AM

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Can someone please explain to a casual observer how post-season duals work? -- cyberobb99 02/15/2016 07:36AM

Answer -- Hokie Flyer 02/15/2016 08:01AM

Link inside -- Hokie Flyer 02/15/2016 08:02AM

Thanks for the info. Too bad we won't get another shot at #1, but..... -- cyberobb99 02/15/2016 09:45AM

The mathups will generally be set by the NWCA Coaches Poll ... -- hokietony 02/15/2016 10:15AM

Sounds like your call on the poll was right. -- nvpbrown 02/15/2016 11:09AM

NCS would be the at large. VT is an auto qualifier. ** -- IV_Hokie12 02/15/2016 10:55AM

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