The Mat Stats Show by the NWCA

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

Waiting for a friend: A look at the NCAA women's championships - Mat Stats 52

February 18, 2026 • 46 mins
The Mat Stats Show discussed the growth and significance of women's wrestling, highlighting the upcoming NCAA Women's Championship in Coralville, Iowa. The NCAA now has 127 women's wrestling teams, set to surpass rowing in numbers.

The NAIA Women's Championship will be held in Park City, Kansas, with 46 teams and 21 qualifiers per weight class. 

The NCAA Women's Championship will feature 180 wrestlers from six qualifying tournaments....
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Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes. A look at the history of the NCAA - Mat Stats Ep. 51

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...
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Ask what you can do for wrestling - Mat Stats 50

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...
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Don't Stop Believin' - A look at NCAA men's participation statistics - Mat Stats 49

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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These ARE the good old days - a look at HS wrestling participation numbers - Mat Stats 48

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

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On A Clear Day You Can See College Athletics (Part 3 of 3) – Mat Stats 47

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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On A Clear Day You Can See College Athletics (Part 2 of 3) - Mat Stats 46

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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On A Clear Day You Can See College Athletics (Part 1 of 3) - Mat Stats 45

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...
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Looking at the second-year impact of the three-point takedown - Mat Stats 44

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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What's going on? A look at the state of college championships in the U.S. - Mat Stats 43

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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The annual dive into Jason Bryant's D1 Preview Guide - Mat Stats 42

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. 

Order the Mat Talk Online D1 Preview Guide at mattalkonli...
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Exploring the journey to women's collegiate wrestling championships - Mat Stats 41

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.

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Looking at the history of the National Duals - Mat Stats 40

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...
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Be True To Your School: Analyzing the NFHS Participation Stats (Part 2) - Mat Stats 39

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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Be True To Your School: Analyzing the NFHS Participation Stats (Part 1) - Mat Stats 38

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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The impact of the 3-point takedown on college wrestling: Part 3 - Mat Stats 37

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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The impact of the 3-point takedown on college wrestling: Part 2 - Mat Stats 36

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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Live from the NWCA Convention: Taking a look at the Olympic wrestling competition - Mat Stats 35

July 29, 2024 • 26 mins
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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The impact of the 3-point takedown on college wrestling: Part 1 - Mat Stats 34

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...
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Looking at the growth of men's wrestling and men's sports since 1981-92 - Mat Stats 33

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...
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