Big 10 Wrestling on BTN Wed., May 6

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8:00 AM: WRESTLING: 2020 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT FINALS
This is the most recent event in the marathon (it was barely two months ago, albeit in the long-ago days of "crowds" and "actual live sports") and has been replayed a few times, but it's still a fun watch. Iowa capped off a dominant performance (and, as it happened, a dominant overall season) with four wrestlers in the finals. Anytime you get to see Spencer Lee do his thing is a treat and this was also the final installment in the epic Alex Marinelli-Vincenzo Joseph rivalry that produced multiple classic matches

5:00 PM: WRESTLING: 2020 -- #1 IOWA VS #2 PENN STATE
This was one of the most-hyped and most-anticipated wrestling duals in several years and, improbably, it managed to live up to the hype. An early injury default by Austin DeSanto put Iowa in an early hole, but that ended up just setting the stage for an incredibly dramatic finish. The Joseph-Marinelli and Hall-Kemerer matches were about as good as it gets for college wrestling matches and the atmosphere for this dual was unparalleled.

11:00 PM: WRESTLING: 2020 -- #1 IOWA VS #4 OHIO STATE
Honestly, this is a bit of an odd choice. It was a Top 5 showdown, but this didn't have near the drama or the atmosphere of the Iowa-Penn State throwdown. It would have been fun to see BTN dig in their vault and find an older dual to spotlight here, frankly. Still, it's another chance to see Spencer Lee, Austin DeSanto, Alex Marinelli, Michael Kemerer, et al. do their thing, which is never a bad thing.