Eric Bates

Wrestler record · 1971–1972 · Illinois State

Archive-scoped NCAA championship results from 1971 to 1972. These are tournament records, not a complete college-career record.

2tournaments

8recorded wins

5recorded losses

0individual titles

0recorded falls

NCAA career

Eric Bates NCAA tournament career, one row per year
Year	School	Weight	Seed	Finish	W–L	Matches
1972	Illinois State	177	None recorded	6th	4–3	7 bouts
1971	Illinois State	167	No. 1	5th	4–2	6 bouts

Sorted by tournament year and documented round order. Match IDs are never used to infer chronology.

Eric Bates recorded NCAA championship matches
Weight	Stage	Result	Opponent	Seed	Opp. seed	Score	Method	Match link
1972
177	Round of 32	W	Bob Orwig · Air Force (CO)	0 · recorded zero	0 · recorded zero	7–0	Dec	Open
177	Round of 16	W	Dan Strode · Oklahoma State	0 · recorded zero	No. 5	8–4	Dec	Open
177	Quarterfinal	L	Bill Murdock · Washington (WA)	0 · recorded zero	No. 4	0–2	Dec	Open
177	Consolation round 4	W	Tom Hutchinson · Lehigh (PA)	0 · recorded zero	0 · recorded zero	15–6	Dec	Open
177	Consolation round 5	W	Sam Hieronymus · Washington State	0 · recorded zero	0 · recorded zero	6–4	Dec	Open
177	Consolation semifinal	L	Albert Sye III · Arizona	0 · recorded zero	0 · recorded zero	2–9	Dec	Open
177	5th-place bout	L	Warren Reid · Oklahoma	0 · recorded zero	0 · recorded zero	1–2	Dec	Open
1971
167	Round of 32	W	Sam Spring · Montana State	No. 1	0 · recorded zero	6–0	Dec	Open
167	Round of 16	W	Mike Roberts · Auburn (AL)	No. 1	No. 9	12–2	Dec	Open
167	Quarterfinal	W	Bill Murdock · Washington (WA)	No. 1	0 · recorded zero	10–2	Dec	Open
167	Semifinal	L	Andy Matter · Penn State	No. 1	No. 4	0–6	Dec	Open
167	Consolation semifinal	L	Tom Corbin · Oklahoma	No. 1	0 · recorded zero	0–2	Dec	Open
167	5th-place bout	W	Joe George · Nebraska	No. 1	0 · recorded zero	5–1	Dec	Open