Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody breaks down the Big Ten tournament pre-seeds, and also catches up with Iowa coach Tom Brands and Hawkeye wrestlers Spencer Lee and Alex Marinelli ahead of this weekend’s Big Ten Championships.

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• Iowa wrestling is off pause and ready for the Big Ten Championships: https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/wrestling/2021/03/01/iowa-wrestlers-back-covid-19-pause-ready-big-ten-championships-tom-brands-spencer-lee-alex-marinelli/6862163002/ 

• Wrestling Mailbag: Grand View goes for No. 10, wrestling recruiting, early Big Ten tournament thoughts: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa/wrestling/2021/03/02/wrestling-mailbag-grand-view-no-10-recruiting-big-ten-more-iowa-hawkeyes-spencer-lee-nick-mitchell/6862720002/ 

• Two-time heavyweight state champ Chet Buss commits to Northern Iowa: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/northern-iowa/uni-panthers/2021/03/01/wrestling-two-time-heavyweight-state-champ-chet-buss-commits-northern-iowa-north-butler-clarksville/6866929002/

• Lookahead: Teams and wrestlers to watch for the ’21-22 high school wrestling season: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/02/24/iowa-high-school-state-wrestling-teams-wrestlers-watch-2021-22-four-time-champions/6801801002/

• Wrestling Mailbag: Final thoughts on the 2021 state tournament, and looking toward the college postseason: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/02/23/iowa-high-school-wrestling-mailbag-state-tournament-college-postseason-2021-hawkeyes/4555933001/

• Big Ten Championships Pre-Seeds: https://bigten.org/news/2021/3/2/big-ten-wrestling-pre-seeds-announced.aspx 

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