Don't Stop Believin' - A look at NCAA men's participation statistics - Mat Stats 49
From The Mat Stats Show by the NWCA by Jason Bryant, Glenn Gormley and Kevin Hazard
December 3, 2025 · 46 min
About this episode
The episode analyzes NCAA men's wrestling participation statistics from 1981-82 to 2024-25 and discusses the impact of new roster cap limits.
The MatStats boys analyze the participation numbers of Men’s NCAA Wrestling from 1981-82 to 2024-25. How the new roster cap limits on D1 will affect the numbers and the possibilities to help augment the losses from the roster cap limits. Slideshow for Episode 49: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/slideshow49.pdf NCAA Stats & Participation Report: Link About Mat Stats Welcome to the NWCA’s latest venture to help our favorite sport. Glenn Gormley, Jason Bryant and Kevin Hazard outline their effort to bring statistical analysis to wrestling. Mat Stats is the NWCA’s attempt to bring wrestling up to speed with so many other sports by incorporating stats. It is the same sport, the wrestlers are just older and better. Mat Stats by the NWCA is a monthly podcast by the National Wrestling Coaches Association Apple Podcasts | Spotify | iHeartRadio | Podcast Addict | Castbox | RSS
People in this episode
Hosts: Glenn Gormley, Jason Bryant, Kevin Hazard
Topics covered
- NCAA wrestling
- participation statistics
- roster cap limits
Keywords
- wrestling
- statistics
- NCAA
- roster cap
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Don't Stop Believin', Mat Stats by the NWCA
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