To no ones surprise Sammy was named the top seed at the 2021 NCAA Wrestling Tournament in St. Louis at 149lns
Other Buckeye seeding
125- Malik Heinselman- 10th seed
141-Dylan D'Emilio- 30th seed
149- Sammy Sasso- 1st seed
165- Ethan Smith- 7th seed
174- Kaleb Romero- 7th seed
184- Rocky Jordan- 24th seed
Tate Orndorff- 21st seed
To show how strong the B1G was this year, of the ten weight classes the conference had 9 of the 10 wrestlers with a top seed. The only non B1G wrestler with a top seed was Daton Fix of Oklahoma State at 133lbs.
Top Seeds
125- Spencer Lee- Iowa
133- Daton Fix- Oklahoma St.
141-Jordan Eierman-Iowa
149- Sammy Sasso- Ohio State
157-Ryan Deakin- Northwestern
165-Alex Marinelli- Iowa
174- Michael Kemerer- Iowa
184-Aaron Brooks- Penn St.
197- Myles Amine-Michigan
285- Gable Steveson- Minnesota
Iowa has four top seeded wrestlers