Virginia Tech’s Caleb Henson is the defending national champion and the No. 1 seed. He joined former Bound Brook two-time state champion Mekhi Lewis as the Hokies' only national title winners last year.

Another title would be Penn State’s fourth straight and 12th in the past 14 tournaments. And while Penn State has an opportunity to crown at least five — if not more — individual champions, it also has a shot to become the first team since 2001 to place 10 All-Americans, something that’s been done once since the tournament’s inception in 1928.

Two of the top college wrestlers of all-time met the media together on the eve of the NCAA Championships in Philadelphia.