The 2023 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships came to a close on Saturday night at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. While there was little drama in the team race -- with Penn State clinching its 10th NCAA team title in 12 years during Saturday morning's medal rounds -- the NCAA finals on Saturday night brought plenty of excitement. The fifth-ever four-time NCAA champion was crowned, two wrestlers from the same school became three-time NCAA champions, and another wrestler snapped a 56-match win streak. Here are five takeaways from the NCAA finals.

A case for Yianni D. being the second-best college wrestler ever

Cornell's Yianni Diakomihalis became just the fifth four-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion ever. That incredible accomplishment puts him among the greatest college wrestlers ever. There are many ways to judge greatness beyond national championships. There are three-time NCAA champions, like Oklahoma State's Yojiro Uetake, and even two-time NCAA champions, like Dan Gable (117-1 record) and T.J. Williams (98-1 record), who belong in the conversation of the greatest college wrestler ever. Factors like quality of competition, dominance, consistency and number of different weight classes play into the GOAT conversation, but when looking at the numbers, a strong case can be made that Yianni is the second-best college wrestler ever. Yianni finished his college wrestling career with a record of 115-2, a winning percentage of .983. His only losses in college wrestling came to Jaydin Eierman and Austin Gomez. He went on to beat Eierman three consecutive times after losing as a true freshman and also defeated Gomez 12-6 last season. Of the five four-time NCAA champions, Yianni's winning percentage ranks second only to Cael Sanderson, who finished his college wrestling career at Iowa State undefeated at 159-0. Uetake was undefeated in college, won three national titles and was twice named Outstanding Wrestler of the national tournament. Yianni is one of three four-time NCAA champions to win a national title as a true freshman. A 2022 world silver medalist in freestyle, Yianni has sights set on achieving greatness on the international level in freestyle. His future is extremely bright in freestyle, but there is no denying that he's in the conversation of top two (or three) greatest college wrestlers ever.

Austin O'Connor will forever be an underappreciated two-time NCAA champion

North Carolina's Austin O'Connor capped off an incredible college wrestling career, finishing his senior season undefeated after handling Penn State's Levi Haines 6-2 in the NCAA finals at 157 pounds. After winning a national championship at 149 pounds in 2021, the UNC wrestler came back from a major injury, which included multiple surgeries, to finish on top of the podium after placing eighth at the NCAAs on one leg last season. He becomes UNC's first five-time NCAA All-American. O'Connor was undefeated in both of his national championship seasons. UNC coaches Coleman Scott (head), Tony Ramos (associate head) and Jamill Kelly (assistant) deserve a lot of credit for developing O'Connor and getting him ready to be at his best in March. O'Connor, despite being a past NCAA champion and undefeated this season, did not climb to No. 1 in the rankings until after the conference tournaments. He was overshadowed by Big Ten wrestlers like Nebraska multiple-time All-American Peyton Robb and Penn State super freshman Haines. O'Connor did not compete until mid-December and did not face a top-10 opponent until mid-February. He might not be the flashiest wrestler, but the Illinois native is extremely skilled and tough. O'Connor shined when it mattered most.

Vito Arujau will be an Olympic medalist in freestyle

As great as Vito is in folkstyle wrestling, he has always favored freestyle wrestling. It's his best and favorite style. Even in his press conference on Saturday night following his dominant 10-4 victory over Penn State's Roman Bravo-Young, which snapped a 56-match win streak, Vito talked about how his dream was never to be a national champion in college. He grew up training under his father Vougar Oroudjov, an Olympic medalist and world champion for the USSR. Vito dreamt of winning world and Olympic gold medals in freestyle wrestling. He's extremely technical, savvy, quick, athletic and creative on the mat. Vito has won age-group world medals in freestyle and reached the finals of the last Olympic Team Trials by defeating Oklahoma State star Daton Fix, a world medalist on the senior level. He eventually fell to Thomas Gilman in two straight matches at the Olympic Team Trials. Last year, Vito advanced to Final X before losing to Gilman again in two straight matches. Gilman is a world champion and Olympic medalist, so Vito will certainly have his work cut out to make the U.S. Olympic team at 57 kilograms in 2024, but don't count him out. Many counted him out at 133 pounds this season with RBY and Fix returning. Vito proved many wrong and might do the same on the senior level in freestyle. He will certainly be a medal threat when he gets on the U.S. team.

The Ivy League is elite in wrestling

While the Ivy League does not have close to the same depth of talent as power conferences like the Big Ten, Big 12, ACC and others, there is no denying that it's an elite wrestling league that produces NCAA champions and All-Americans every year. Thirty percent of the NCAA champions came from the Ivy League this year with Princeton's Patrick Glory, Vito, and Yianni winning NCAA titles. The Ivy League sent 26 wrestlers to Tulsa, crowned three national champions and put six wrestlers on the All-American podium. Cornell has been a national wrestling power for many years. Rob Koll built Cornell into a wrestling powerhouse. Now head coach Mike Grey is doing a tremendous job leading the Big Red. Cornell has won three individual NCAA titles in Grey's first two seasons as head coach. After placing seventh as a team at the 2022 NCAAs, Cornell finished third this season and claimed a team trophy in Tulsa. Cornell consistently produces national champion contenders and All-Americans. Cornell is now the only school in the country to have multiple four-time NCAA champions in Yianni and Kyle Dake. But Cornell is not the only Ivy League school making its mark on the national level. Princeton, coached by Chris Ayres, has become a perennial national wrestling power. Glory (125) broke through on Saturday night and became Princeton's first national champion in wrestling since Brad Glass won a national title for the Tigers in 1951. Quincy Monday was a national finalist last season and this season finished third at 165 pounds in the deepest and most-talented weight class in the country. Penn, under the guidance of Roger Reina, qualified eight wrestlers for the NCAAs, with three seeded in the top 16. Harvard had a wrestler seeded sixth at the NCAAs, Columbia had five wrestlers win at least one match and Brown is on the rise under head coach Jordan Leen, a past NCAA champion for Cornell.

Aaron Brooks will be in the mix for Olympic team spot at 86 kilograms in 2024

Aaron Brooks won his third NCAA title in convincing fashion on Saturday night, beating UNI's top-seeded Parker Keckeisen 7-2 in the finals at 184 pounds. Brooks' talent is undeniable. He was a cadet world champion in freestyle, four-time NHSCA national champion and went 163-2 in high school … before arriving at Penn State. But what the Penn State coaching staff has done to develop him and hone his skills cannot be overlooked. He is dynamic on his feet and can score a lot of different ways. He wrestles freely, seemingly with no pressure while always looking to score points. He served as David Taylor's training partner for the Tokyo Olympics. Brooks did not compete at the 2022 World Team Trials but has made it clear that he has his sights set on winning world and Olympic titles. To make the U.S. team he will have to go through Olympic champion Taylor, Zahid Valencia, Mark Hall and other very talented American freestyle wrestlers. Based on Brooks' rise, it's safe to assume will be in the mix for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team in 2024.