The Mat Stats Show by the NWCA
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.
Episodes
January 21, 2026 • 70 mins
The Mat Stats Show, hosted by Jason Bryant, Glenn Gormley, and Kevin Hazard, discussed the current state of college wrestling, particularly the dominance of Penn State and the potential of Ohio State. They highlighted the upcoming NCAA Women's Wrestling Championships in 2028 and the recent drop of men's wrestling, golf, and swimming at Cal Baptist due to “financial constraints.”
The show also covered the NCAA's evolution, its curre...
The show also covered the NCAA's evolution, its curre...
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December 23, 2025 • 50 mins
The discussion on Episode 50 of Mat Stats digs into the growth and challenges of collegiate wrestling. Key points include the significant growth of NCAA wrestling teams, with 137.5% of the increase coming from D2 and D3 schools. The University of Utah's $500 million investment from Otro Capital is highlighted, despite a $17 million loss in 2023-2024.
The conversation emphasizes the need for small donations, sponsorships, and NIL dea...
The conversation emphasizes the need for small donations, sponsorships, and NIL dea...
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December 3, 2025 • 45 mins
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
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Slideshow for Episode 49: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/slideshow49.pdf NCAA Stats & Participation Report: Link
About Mat Stats
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October 31, 2025 • 50 mins
MatStats does it s annual dive into HS wrestling. We look at the participation numbers, if having a separate coach for the girls helps, the number of forfeits, states HS numbers and number of college teams, how the 3-point TD rule has affected HS wrestling & analyze the state of HS wrestling.
Slideshow for Episode 48: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/MatStats48slideshow-1.pdf
About Mat Stats
Welcome to th...
Slideshow for Episode 48: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/MatStats48slideshow-1.pdf
About Mat Stats
Welcome to th...
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September 16, 2025 • 60 mins
In this three-part series, MatStats does a business study using stats and financial data to help the viewers understand the drastic changes in college sports. It is so confusing, it is tough to understand the business of college sports in 2025. MatStats investigates how we got here, the financials of college athletic departments, and who is making money from this. Hopefully MatStats has educated the viewers enough to provide us wit...
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September 3, 2025 • 76 mins
In this three-part series, MatStats does a business study using stats and financial data to help the viewers understand the drastic changes in college sports. It is so confusing, it is tough to understand the business of college sports in 2025. MatStats explores the revenues, expenses, & profits of college athletic departments in Part 1. In Part 2 we dive into Revenue Sharing, NIL, & roster limits. In Part 3 we will disc...
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July 29, 2025 • 74 mins
In this three-part series, MatStats does a business study using stats and financial data to help the viewers understand the drastic changes in college sports. It is so confusing, it is tough to understand the business of college sports in 2025.
MatStats explores the revenues, expenses, & profits of college athletic departments in Part 1. In Parts 2 & 3 we dive into Conference realignment, Revenue Sharing, NIL, roster li...
MatStats explores the revenues, expenses, & profits of college athletic departments in Part 1. In Parts 2 & 3 we dive into Conference realignment, Revenue Sharing, NIL, roster li...
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May 28, 2025 • 54 mins
Episode #44 is our annual follow up of a statistical analysis of how the new 3-point takedown has affected our sport. MatStats analyzes the number of scoring moves, total points per match, Margin of Victory, the change in the frequency of majors & techs, and is it time to adjust the MOV needed for a major and tech?
Slideshow for Episode 44: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MatStatsEp44.pdf
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Slideshow for Episode 44: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MatStatsEp44.pdf
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April 23, 2025 • 62 mins
The MatStats crew looks where we have been and where we are as a table setter for a future show on where we are going and how to be prepared. We analyze historical statistics with attendance at the NCAA Championships, participation numbers at National tourneys, NCAA Men’s number of teams and participants.
Slideshow for Episode 43: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/MatStats43Slideshow.pdf
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Slideshow for Episode 43: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/MatStats43Slideshow.pdf
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March 12, 2025 • 62 mins
It’s the annual stats mound of news, notes, facts, data and more as co-host Jason Bryant talks about his annual mega-collection of stats for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. With over 250 pages, “The Guide,” as it’s become known, hits every pertinent stat and figure for the upcoming NCAA championships and also puts together history that’s available no place else.
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February 19, 2025 • 57 mins
MatStats does a shout out to the NCAA for approving women’s wrestling a championship sport. We do a quick history of women’s intercollegiate sports organizations. MatStats dives into the chronology of women’s national tourneys and the numbers in the 2024-2025 women’s teams, conferences and national tourneys. We also explain how you become an NCAA sport and the growth of NCAA women’s wrestling.
Slideshow for this Episode: https://...
Slideshow for this Episode: https://...
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January 16, 2025 • 55 mins
MatStats does a recap and brief history of the NWCA/USMC National Duals. We do an analysis on past tourneys. We find out how many new teams are here and how many states. We also show how competitive this tourney is and how important it is for our sport. MatStats show how much this event has grown under the leadership of the NWCA.
Slideshow for this Episode: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/slideshow40.pd...
Slideshow for this Episode: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/slideshow40.pd...
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December 18, 2024 • 74 mins
MatStats does its second annual assessment of HS wrestling numbers. We analyze the participation numbers and growth of wrestling. Part 1 deals with the National Federation of High School (NFHS) participation numbers over the years. Part 2 analyzes the state survey and questionnaire that the NWCA sent to all 50 states. A play on the Beach Boys famous song, MatStats is true to our schools' numbers and provides in depth analysis.
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December 11, 2024 • 46 mins
MatStats does its second annual assessment of HS wrestling numbers. We analyze the participation numbers and growth of wrestling. Part 1 deals with the National Federation of High School (NFHS) participation numbers over the years. Part 2 analyzes the state survey and questionnaire that the NWCA sent to all 50 states. A play on the Beach Boys famous song, MatStats is true to our schools' numbers and provides in depth analysis.
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October 16, 2024 • 40 mins
MatStats takes on the new rule change for Takedowns in collegiate wrestling. We do our normal statistical analysis of how the new rule has affected our sport. The gang shoots deep into the Men’s NCAA D1 & D2 Championships to see what results we can find. It is such an important topic that we are doing a three-part series.
Slideshow for this Episode: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/slideshowEp37.pdf
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Slideshow for this Episode: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/slideshowEp37.pdf
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September 18, 2024 • 57 mins
MatStats takes on the new rule change for Takedowns in collegiate wrestling. We do our normal statistical analysis of how the new rule has affected our sport. The gang shoots deep into the Men’s NCAA D1 & D2 Championships to see what results we can find. It is such an important topic that we are doing a two-part series.
Slideshow for this Episode: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/slideshow36.pdf
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Slideshow for this Episode: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/slideshow36.pdf
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Mat Stats is live at the NWCA Convention with hosts Kevin Hazard and Glenn Gormley talking about the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris. Co-host Jason Bryant joins remotely and provides some backstory on some of the wrestlers who have college connections competing in the field for other countries.
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July 23, 2024 • 57 mins
MatStats takes on the new rule change for Takedowns in collegiate wrestling. We do our normal statistical analysis of how the new rule has affected our sport. The gang shoots deep into the Men’s NCAA D1 & D2 Championships to see what results we can find. It is such an important topic that we are doing a two-part series.
Slideshow to accompany this episode is here: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/slid...
Slideshow to accompany this episode is here: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/slid...
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June 12, 2024 • 69 mins
The boys at MatStats deliver a statistical state of the sport address. MatStats concentrates on Men’s NCAA wrestling. We are all aware women’s wrestling is booming.
The gang dives into the data and analyze the numbers to help educate the viewers and wrestling fans on where the sport is on the collegiate level and where it was.
Slideshow to accompany this episode is here: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/sli...
The gang dives into the data and analyze the numbers to help educate the viewers and wrestling fans on where the sport is on the collegiate level and where it was.
Slideshow to accompany this episode is here: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/sli...
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The gang at MatStats uses data and stats to determine who had the best collegiate wrestling team since 1974. The battle comes down to the old Iowa teams and the 2024 Penn State team. If you want to have an educated opinion on the best team since 1974, MatStats provides a stats and analytics education for the viewers.
Slideshow to accompany this episode is here: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/slideshow32....
Slideshow to accompany this episode is here: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/slideshow32....
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