Get ready for collegiate wrestling action on Friday, Dec. 29, and Saturday, Dec. 30 at the 2023 Midlands Championships, featuring the No. 6 Ohio State Buckeyes.
The 59th annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships, set to take place at the NOW Arena in Hoffmann Estates, Ill, will include competitors from 13 ranked teams in the Intermat’s top 30 including No. 3 Missouri, No. 6 Ohio State, No. 9 Virginia Tech, No. 10 Michigan, No. 14 Rutgers, No. 16 Oregon State, No. 17 Pitt, No. 19 Arizona state, No. 20 Penn, No. 23 West Virginia, No. 24 Illinois, No. 28 Lehigh and No. 30 Wisconsin.
If you’re wondering how you can watch the action live, you’ve come to the right place. Big Ten Network veteran wrestling broadcasters Shane Sparks and Jim Gibbons will anchor the Midlands Championships coverage on B1G+.
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Midlands Championships Schedule
| Date | Session | Time (EST) | How to watch |
| Fri, Dec. 29 | Session 1 | 10:30 a.m. | Watch Session 1 |
| Fri, Dec. 29 | Session 2 | 8 p.m. | Watch Session 2 |
| Sat, Dec. 30 | Session 3 | 12 p.m. | Watch Session 3 |
| Sat, Dec. 30 | Session 4 | 7:05 p.m. | Watch Session 4 |
For the first two sessions on Dec. 29, B1G+ will feature 10 individual mat cameras along with whip-around coverage focused on the best action at a given moment.
On Dec. 30, B1G+ will once again be home to individual mat cameras for both the men’s and women’s divisions in sessions three and four, along with the whip-around feed.
The Buckeyes have won one men’s wrestling national championship, in 2015, while finishing as the national runners up five times, including three consecutive years from 2017-2019. Earlier this year, Ohio State took down then ranked-No. 5 Virginia Tech 24-12 in the season opener.
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