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After starting the season on the bench, and getting pinned in last month's Bedlam dual, the fact OSU's Jack Jensen (184) earned All-American honors is impressive. Jensen became one of four OSU All-Americans Friday night.

"That was pretty low,” he said of his late-season Bedlam loss. "It was a tough couple of weeks there. I just got back into the lineup and then I came home and had a wrestle-off with Cody (Hill) that went into a tiebreaker and then my last Bedlam dual is a pin going the wrong way. Coach always says anything can happen at this tournament.”

•Perry wins second title: Stillwater native Chris Perry (165) ended his Iowa career with a 5-2 decision over Michigan's Eric Tannenbaum Saturday night.

Perry defeated OSU's Johny Hendricks in last year's finals.

He won't be the last Perry in the college ranks. Younger brother Chris is a three-time Oklahoma champion and will be the state's most sought-after wrestler next season, with Perry likely to go to OSU or follow in his brother's footsteps.

•Ervin wraps up career: Former Weatherford wrestler Scott Ervin's journey is over at Appalachian State.

Ervin won three state championships from 2001-03 but couldn't find an in-state school to offer him a scholarship because of a back injury that required fusing two discs together after his senior year.

"I think that scared some schools off,” Ervin said. "OU was interested before I had the surgery but they dropped off. I didn't have a lot of opportunities.”

Ervin plans to finish his degree and coach wrestling, possibly in Weatherford. ASU, located in Boone, N.C., wasn't on his radar screen.

"I didn't even know what state it is in,” he said. "But I wouldn't have had it any other way. It was a great time.”

•Big 12 fizzles: While the Big 12 is fairly well represented in the overall team scores, the conference put just two wrestlers in the finals — Oklahoma State's Coleman Scott (133) an Iowa State's Jake Varner (184).

•St. Louis a worthy host: The tournament was well attended in St. Louis' Scottrade Center. The attendance for the final day was 16,154 and the six-day total was more than 90,000, the third highest attendance at an NCAA Championships.

The arena seats 20,000, and attendance for most sessions has been heavy. Next year's tournament will also be in St. Louis followed by Omaha (2010) and Philadelphia (2011).

Oklahoma City hosted the event successfully in 2006, and All Sports Association Executive Director Tim Brassfield said then the group would likely bid to host the event again, possibly for two consecutive years.

By Matt Patterson