2000 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.
The 2000 NCAA championships had 10 weights and 640 bouts. Iowa won the team title with 116 points; Iowa State was second with 109.5.
Most falls in the least time: Antonio Garay, Boston College (MA) · 3 falls in 8:54
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 125 | Jeremy Hunter (2)Penn State | Penn State | Dec 7–3 over Steve Garland (8), Virginia |
| 133 | Eric Juergens (1)Iowa | Iowa | Dec 3–1 over Cody Sanderson (2), Iowa State |
| 141 | Carl Perry (8)Illinois | Illinois | Dec 5–3 over Michael Lightner (2), Oklahoma |
| 149 | Tony Davis (1)Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa | Dec 5–1 over Adam Tirapelle (2), Illinois |
| 157 | Brett Matter (2)Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Dec 4–2 over Larry Quisel (5), Boise State (ID) |
| 165 | Donny Pritzlaff (2)Wisconsin | Wisconsin | Dec 4–2 over Joe Heskett (1), Iowa State |
| 174 | Byron Tucker (1)Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Dec 3–0 over Josh Koscheck (3), Edinboro (PA) |
| 184 | Cael Sanderson (1) · 2nd titleIowa State | Iowa State | MD 19–6 over Vertus Jones (2), West Virginia |
| 197 | Brad Vering (2)Nebraska | Nebraska | Dec 2–1 over Zach Thompson (4), Iowa State |
| 285 | Brock Lesnar (1)Minnesota | Minnesota | Dec 3–2 over Wes Hand (3), Iowa |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 2000
Head coach for the 2000 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa | Jim Zalesky | 116 |
| 2 | Iowa State | Bobby Douglas | 109.5 |
| 3 | Minnesota | J Robinson | 80 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | Jack Spates | 69.5 |
| 5 | Oklahoma State | John Smith | 66.5 |
| 6 | Illinois | Mark Johnson | 59.5 |
| 7 | Lehigh (PA) | Greg Strobel | 46.5 |
| 8 | Nebraska | Tim Neumann | 45.5 |
| T9 | Pennsylvania | Roger Reina | 44 |
| T9 | Wisconsin | Barry Davis | 44 |
| 11 | Northern Iowa | Mark Manning | 42 |
| 12 | Boise State (ID) | Mike Young | 41.5 |
| 13 | Michigan | Joe McFarland | 38 |
| 14 | Michigan State | Tom Minkel | 36.5 |
| 15 | Edinboro (PA) | Tim Flynn | 36 |
| T16 | Arizona State | Lee Roy Smith | 32 |
| T16 | Penn State | Troy Sunderland | 32 |
| 18 | Pittsburgh (PA) | Rande Stottlemyer | 29.5 |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | Keith Mourlam | 27.5 |
| 20 | Central Michigan | Tom Borrelli | 25.5 |
Show all 72 teams
6 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 2000 scoring rules.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 73* | Citadel (SC) | Rob Hjerling | 0* |
| 73* | Drexel (PA) | Jack Childs | 0* |
| 73* | Howard (DC) | Paul Cotton | 0* |
| 73* | Millersville (PA) | Floyd Hitchcock | 0* |
| 73* | Slippery Rock (PA) | Steve Roberts | 0* |
| 73* | Wyoming | Steven Suder | 0* |
Cite this page: “2000 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/2000/