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No. 3 Jimmy Kennedy earned the No. 3 seed at the 2009 Big Ten Championships and will face Wisconsin's Tom Kelliher in the pigtail round. Kennedy has pinned Kelliher twice this season.
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March 6, 2009
2009 Big Ten Championships Brackets 
Brackets for the 2009 Big Ten Championships were announced Friday, with all of the preliminary seeds remaining the same after the Big Ten coaches' meeting. No. 2 Mike Poeta is the top seed at 157 pounds, while No. 3 Jimmy Kennedy is the No. 3 seed at 133. No. 8 John Wise (HWT), No. 12 Jordan Blanton (184) and No. 15 Roger Smith-Bergsrud (165) also earned the No. 4 seed at their respective weight classes.
In addition, John Dergo (174) and Patrick Bond (197) earned the No. 5 seed in their classes, Ryan Prater is the No. 7 seed at 141 and B.J. Futrell (125) and Eric Terrazas (149) grabbed No. 8 seeds.
Futrell, Kennedy and Wise received pigtail matches through a computerized draw, with Futrell facing Michigan State's Eric Olanowski, Kennedy squaring off against Wisconsin's Tom Kelliher and Wise taking on Penn State's Cameron Wade. Futrell defeated Olanowski, 9-7, in the final dual of the regular season, while Kennedy has pinned Kelliher twice this season. Wise has never faced Wade as the Illini didn't wrestle Penn State in a dual this year.
Action begins Saturday at 10 a.m. (CT) in the Bryce Jordan Center with pigtail matches and quarterfinal bouts. The second session of the championships will begin at 5 p.m. and the first two rounds of consolation matches and semifinal bouts will take place during that session. On Sunday, the consolation semifinals and seventh-place matches will begin at 11 a.m., and the championship, third-place and fifth-place bouts will take place at 1 p.m. and will be broadcast live on the Big Ten Network. Live updates will be available here, while FightingIllini.com will have results after each round of action.
