Twitter/@Hawks_Wrestling Iowa wrestler Pat Lugo.
The No. 1 Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling team will visit the No. 22 Michigan Wolverines in Big Ten action on Saturday.
The match is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET and will be televised on the Big Ten Network. If you don’t have cable or don’t have BTN, you can watch a live stream of Penn State vs Iowa on your computer, phone, Roku, Fire TV Stick, or other streaming device via one of the following cable-free, live-TV streaming services:
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FuboTV
Big Ten Network is one of the 95-plus live TV channels included in the main FuboTV bundle, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can then watch a live stream of Iowa vs Michigan on your computer via the FuboTV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, or other supported device via the FuboTV app.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV comes with 30 hours of cloud DVR space, as well as a 72-hour look-back feature, which will allow you to watch the match on-demand within three days of its conclusion, even if you don’t record it.
AT&T TV Now
AT&T TV Now (formerly DirecTV Now) offers six different channel bundles. Of those, the “Max,” “Choice,” “Xtra,” and “Ultimate” bundles all include the Big Ten Network, and the “Max” bundle comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for AT&T TV Now, you can then watch a live stream of Iowa vs Michigan on your computer via the AT&T TV Now website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, or other compatible streaming device via the AT&T TV app.
If you can’t watch live, AT&T TV Now — no matter what channel package you choose — comes with included cloud DVR.
Hulu With Live TV
Hulu With Live TV comes with Hulu’s extensive on-demand library of TV shows and movies and 60-plus live TV channels, including Big Ten Network:
Once signed up for Hulu With Live TV, you can then watch a live stream of Iowa vs Michigan on your computer via the Hulu website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Echo Show, or other streaming device via the Hulu app.
If you can’t watch live, Hulu With Live TV comes with 50 hours of cloud DVR space, as well as the option to upgrade to “Enhanced Cloud DVR,” which gives you 200 hours of space and the ability to fast-forward through commercials.
Iowa vs Michigan Preview
The dual will likely feature a trio of matches contested by opponents ranked in their weight class’s top 10 by InterMat: at 149 pounds, No. 2 Pat Lugo of Iowa is slated to take on No. 9 Kanen Storr; Iowa’s Kaleb Young, No. 5 at 157 pounds, should face No. 9 Will Lewan; and at heavyweight, No. 2 Mason Parris of Michigan is expected to go up against No. 3 Tony Cassioppi.
“Every match is a big match,” Lugo said this week, according to The Daily Iowan. “The next match is always the most important. That’s the way we look at it as individuals and as a team. We do the same routine, no matter if it’s the number one ranked guy or a guy that’s not in the Big Ten or something like that.”
Cassioppi clinched the Hawkeyes’ 19-17 victory over the No. 2 Penn State Nittany Lions on Jan. 31, taking a 7-0 decision over No. 15 Seth Nevills. Two days later, he earned a major decision over Christian Rebottaro in the team’s 32-3 drubbing of the Michigan State Spartans. The Hawkeyes improved to 10-0 on the season and 7-0 in the Big Ten.
“He’s a fun guy to watch for sure for the fans, especially as a heavyweight,” Cassioppi’s teammate, 174-pound No. 1 Michael Kemerer, said of the redshirt freshman, per The Daily Iowan. “Some people leave during the heavyweight match, don’t like watching heavyweights, but with him I think everyone’s staying, and I kind of knew it would be that way.”
Parris also recently secured a late victory over a ranked team. He pinned Alex Esposito of the No. 25 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 77 seconds into their match to guide the Wolverines to a 21-16 win, a 6-3 record, and a 5-1 mark in the conference.
“It was great to get a team win, it took a team effort to get that win,” Wolverines head coach Sean Bormet said, according to The Michigan Daily. “The lightweights were really gritty. … Once we got to heavyweight, Mason as our anchor, I could see that determined look on his face and knew there was going to be some fireworks early.”
Projected Lineups
Iowa vs Michigan
125 pounds: No. 1 Spencer Lee (12-0) vs No. 19 Jack Medley (13-9)
133 pounds: Paul Glynn (4-2) vs Joey Silva (3-0) OR Austin Assad (4-6)
141 pounds: No. 9 Max Murin (10-1) OR Carter Happel (7-5) vs Cole Mattin (13-8)
149 pounds: No. 2 Pat Lugo (15-1) vs No. 9 Kanen Storr (16-3)
157 pounds: No. 5 Kaleb Young (13-2) vs No. 9 Will Lewan (15-4)
165 pounds: No. 2 Alex Marinelli (14-1) vs Tyler Meisinger (6-8) OR Reece Hughes (2-5)
174 pounds: No. 1 Michael Kemerer (10-0) vs Max Maylor (3-11)
184 pounds: No. 9 Abe Assad (19-5) OR Cash Wilcke (11-3) vs No. 20 Jelani Embree (15-7)
197 pounds: No. 6 Jacob Warner (12-3) vs Jackson Striggow (15-6)
Heavyweight: No. 3 Tony Cassioppi (15-0) vs No. 2 Mason Parris (22-0)