• 2007 Elite Division Brackets - Final
• 2007 Amateur Division Brackets - Final
• 2007 Elite Division Bout-by-Bout Results
• 2007 Amateur Division Bout-by-Bout Results
• 2008 Tournament Information
• 2007 Tournament Parameters

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Esai Dominguez was named the Outstanding Wrestler at the 2007 Kaufman-Brand Open in the Amateur Division

The Mavericks host the Kaufman-Brand Open at Lee & Helene Sapp Fieldhouse Saturday, in the nation's largest single-day collegiate meet in the nation. The first matches will get underway at 9 a.m. in two divisions, an open and one for 20 & under competitors. The meet will proceed with no set times for semifinals or finals until its conclusion. A total of 32 teams are expected to enter approximately 650 wrestlers in the meet, making it easily the country's largest single-day collegiate meet. Teams entered from NCAA Division I: Air Force, Boise Sate, UC-Davis, Iowa, Iowa State, Lehigh, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northern Iowa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Wyoming, North Dakota State, and South Dakota State. NCAA II: Augustana, Fort Hays State, Minnesota State, Mankato, Nebraska-Omaha, Nebraska-Kearney, Western State. NCAA III: Luther, Northwestern, NAIA: Buena Vista, Dana, Hastings, King College. Junior Colleges: Ellsworth, Iowa Central, Labette, Minnesota West, North Iowa Area.

Bob Nebe (left), accepting the induction into the Kaufman-Brand Hall of Fame for his son RJ Nebe, and UNO assistant coach Ron Higdon..

RJ Nebe became the 15th member of the Kaufman-Brand Hall of Fame at the Nov. 17, 2007 event. Nebe tragically lost his battle with leukemia last March. His father, Bob Nebe, accepted the induction on RJ’s behalf. At UNO, Nebe (177-90) was a five-time All-American wrestler (3, 3, 2, 1, 6 Div. I). And a Division II 177 pound national champion as a senior. He was the Mavericks’ all-time career victory leader with 153 wins (153-31-4) until that mark was broken in 2005 by heavyweight Les Sigman. Nebe wasn’t selfish about his record, serving as a mentor for Sigman. The graduate of Millard North also was a Division I All-American. He placed sixth in 1988 at 177 pounds when the Division II national champion was eligible to compete at Division I Nationals. Nebe was inducted into the UNO Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996 and the NCAA Division II Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1999. After his wrestling career, he teamed with former teammate Brad Hildebrandt to start and build one of the top high school wrestling programs in the nation (Omaha Skutt Catholic). Skutt won a record eight consecutive Nebraska state wrestling championships with Nebe and Hildebrandt teaming to lead the way. Nebe was a great husband, father, son, brother, coach, wrestler, friend, teammate and television commentator, who loved his family (Mary and Mason) and loved the sport of wrestling and the people in it!