Zac Brunson
NCAA championship record, 2014–2017. Regular-season results are not included.
Zac Brunson wrestled for Illinois at four NCAA championships, 2014–2017, and went 11–9. Brunson placed sixth at 174 lb in 2017.
NCAA career
Every NCAA bout · 20
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 · 174 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Jacob Morrissey · Purdue (IN) | 10 | No seed listed | MD 12–1 |
| Round of 16 | W | Jake Residori · Southern Illinois Edwardsville | 10 | No seed listed | Dec 6–2 |
| Quarterfinal | L | Brian Realbuto · Cornell (NY) | 10 | 2 | Fall 1:12 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | Jadaen Bernstein · Navy (MD) | 10 | No seed listed | MD 12–2 |
| Consolation round 5 | W | Kyle Crutchmer · Oklahoma State | 10 | 7 | Dec 8–5 |
| Consolation semifinal | L | Zahid Valencia · Arizona State | 10 | 1 | Fall 1:36 |
| 5th-place bout | L | Brian Realbuto · Cornell (NY) | 10 | 2 | Fall 1:15 |
| 2016 · 174 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Keaton Subjeck · Stanford (CA) | 5 | No seed listed | Dec 3–1 |
| Round of 16 | L | Nathan Jackson · Indiana (IN) | 5 | 12 | MD 1–10 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Nick Wanzek · Minnesota | 5 | No seed listed | Dec 9–2 |
| Consolation round 3 | L | Blaise Butler · Missouri | 5 | 3 | Dec 2–3 |
| 2015 · 174 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Ryan Wolfe · Rider (NJ) | 11 | No seed listed | Dec 5–2 |
| Round of 16 | L | Logan Storley · Minnesota | 11 | 6 | Dec 0–4 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Jadaen Bernstein · Navy (MD) | 11 | No seed listed | Dec 6–2 |
| Consolation round 3 | W | Johnny Eblen · Missouri | 11 | 4 | Disqualification |
| Consolation round 4 | L | Robert Kokesh · Nebraska | 11 | 1 | MD 0–8 |
| 2014 · 157 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Thomas Gantt · North Carolina State | 16 | No seed listed | Dec 10–9 |
| Round of 16 | L | James Green · Nebraska | 16 | 1 | MD 3–14 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Justin DeAngelis · Oklahoma | 16 | No seed listed | Dec 10–5 |
| Consolation round 3 | L | Anthony Perrotti · Rutgers (NJ) | 16 | No seed listed | Fall 4:29 |
Scoring · 2014 to 2017
The sums over the bouts in scope.
| Opponent | Round | Result | Score | Mat time | TD | E | R | NF | Stall | RT | Pts | Sheet | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | A | F | A | F | A | F | A | D | C | F | A | F | A | ||||||
| 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jacob Morrissey · Purdue (IN) | Round of 32 | W Major decision | 12–1 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | Sheet |
| Jake Residori · Southern Illinois Edwardsville | Round of 16 | W Decision | 6–2 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | Sheet |
| Brian Realbuto · Cornell (NY) | Quarterfinal | L Fall | – | 1:12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Sheet |
| Jadaen Bernstein · Navy (MD) | Consolation round 4 | W Major decision | 12–2 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | Sheet |
| Kyle Crutchmer · Oklahoma State | Consolation round 5 | W Decision | 8–5 | 7:00 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | Sheet |
| Zahid Valencia · Arizona State | Consolation semifinal | L Fall | – | 1:36 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | Sheet |
| Brian Realbuto · Cornell (NY) | 5th-place bout | L Fall | – | 1:15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | Sheet |
| 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Keaton Subjeck · Stanford (CA) | Round of 32 | W Decision | 3–1 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Sheet |
| Nathan Jackson · Indiana (IN) | Round of 16 | L Major decision | 1–10 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | Sheet |
| Nick Wanzek · Minnesota | Consolation round 2 | W Decision | 9–2 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | Sheet |
| Blaise Butler · Missouri | Consolation round 3 | L Decision | 2–3 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | Sheet |
| 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ryan Wolfe · Rider (NJ) | Round of 32 | W Decision | 5–2 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | Sheet |
| Logan Storley · Minnesota | Round of 16 | L Decision | 0–4 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Sheet |
| Jadaen Bernstein · Navy (MD) | Consolation round 2 | W Decision | 6–2 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | Sheet |
| Johnny Eblen · Missouri | Consolation round 3 | W Disqualification | – | 6:52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | Sheet |
| Robert Kokesh · Nebraska | Consolation round 4 | L Major decision | 0–8 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | Sheet |
| 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Gantt · North Carolina State | Round of 32 | W Decision | 10–9 | 7:00 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | Sheet |
| James Green · Nebraska | Round of 16 | L Major decision | 3–14 | 7:00 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | Sheet |
| Justin DeAngelis · Oklahoma | Consolation round 2 | W Decision | 10–5 | 7:00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | Sheet |
| Anthony Perrotti · Rutgers (NJ) | Consolation round 3 | L Fall | – | 4:29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | Sheet |
TD takedowns · E escapes · R reversals · NF near-fall points · Stall stalling drawn / called · RT riding-time points · Pts points; F for, A against.
How these are counted
Every figure here is counted from the scoring record, bout by bout, from the counts on each scoring sheet.
A bout counts once for each side: a wrestler's for columns are their own counts and the against columns are the opponent's; a team's are the sums over its qualifiers' bouts that year.
- Takedowns
- For: takedowns scored. Against: takedowns allowed.
- Escapes
- For: escapes. Against: escapes allowed.
- Reversals
- For: reversals. Against: reversals allowed.
- Near-fall points
- For: near-fall points. Against: near-fall points allowed.
- Stalling calls
- For: drawn, the stalling calls against the opponent. Against: called, the stalling calls against this side.
- Riding-time points
- For: riding-time points. Against: riding-time points allowed.
- Points
- For: points scored. Against: points allowed.
Points is the sum of every scoring row credited to that side, penalties and riding time included; points allowed is the opponent's sum. Cautions, penalty points and the tiebreak riding-time rows are carried in the data and shown on the bout page, not in these tables.
Statistics include only bouts whose scoring sheet is reconciled: the sheet's rows add up to every printed period total and to the scoreboard. A sheet that does not reconcile, and a bout with no wrestling, are left out, and the scoring record's hub says how many and why.
The scoring record begins in 2012, the first championship with full bout-level data: every bout's scoring sheet, not only its result. Earlier championships have their brackets and results in the record, but not their scoring sheets.
Totals are the sums over the bouts in scope. Per qualifier divides the totals by the record's qualifier count for that program and year, the same count the program page prints (team rows only). Per bout divides the totals by the bouts in scope. Per 7 min is the totals times 420 divided by the sum of the mat time, in seconds, over the bouts in scope: one pooled rate, never a mean of per-bout rates. A bout with no mat time is left out of both the numerator and the denominator of that unit, and the page says how many are left out.
Rates list wrestlers with three or more bouts; a wrestler with fewer is left out of the per-bout and per-7-minute lists.
Cite this page: “Zac Brunson”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_mwgvuzkjagor2psu/zac-brunson