Baseball being my second favorite sport & the sport I follow the closest after wrestling, it broke my heart to read that the Paladins were discontinuing their program.  A rich tradition which included NCAA tournament appearances in 65', 69', 79', 91' & 05'.  SOCON championships won...

A small private Division I school in New York City, today we look at some of the best wrestlers in the history of Wagner.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a...

In recent times the wrestling community is saddened and angered by the elimination of wrestling at Old Dominion University.&nbsp; The alma mater of one of our most prolific &amp; talented journalist, Jason Bryant.&nbsp; Yet if you look back on the history of collegiate wrestling, this isn't the firs...

The first time I ran across Cal State Los Angeles in my research, I thought that it was simply a typo of UCLA.&nbsp; A tournament from the early 1970's out in California had a number of wrestlers in the finals with (UCLA) written beside their name.&nbsp; One wrestler in the bracket had (CSULA) writt...

&nbsp;A school that had success at various levels, The Lake Superior State Lakers, were one of the best teams that the state of Michigan ever lost.&nbsp; A seventh place finish at the NCAA Division III championships in 1974.&nbsp; A eighth place finish at the 1978 NAIA tournament, followed up by a s...

First off Mr. Skoda I want to say that I feel that your article was well written &amp; I enjoyed reading it.&nbsp; However, I take issue with the title "<span style="color: #1d2933; font-family: &quot;Yahoo Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">ASU Wrestling...

New Hampshire wrestling began in the 1966-1967 season &amp; came to an end after the 1990-1991 season due to severe budget cuts, that also saw an elimination of Women's Tennis.&nbsp; During the last five seasons of New Hampshire wrestling, the wildcats put together a dual record of 60-20, including ...

Now for a look at the seniors at 141 lbs that I have followed the past 4-5 years.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><img alt="Wrestling: No. 4 Ohio Stat...

We are still feeling the effects of Eastern Michigan's loss as we watched former Eagles compete for new teams this season such as Noah Gonser who went on to Campbell &amp; Sa'Derian Perry who went on to Old Dominion.&nbsp; Yet on the other side of the state opposite of Ypsilanti, Kalamazoo suffered ...

Those of us in the wrestling world are well aware of the dynasty of Cal Poly wrestling.&nbsp; We know all of the great accomplishments that the Mustangs have had in NCAA Division II &amp; NCAA Division I wrestling.&nbsp; Yet did you know that the other Cal Poly also used to have a wrestling team?&nb...

Dropped after the 1981-1982 season, The Warriors of Winona State were a very competitive team from the late 1950's through the mid 1970's. During that 17 year period, Winona State won four&nbsp; Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference championships and finished in the top ten eleven times at the NAI...

Today we take a look at Britt Malinsky's favorite former wrestling program, the Seton Hall Pirates.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://1...

Throughout Facebook and Twitter a list of the 10 best one time NCAA Division I Champions is going around.&nbsp; First off I want to say that I have no problem with this list.&nbsp; The names on it deserve to be on it for various reasons.&nbsp; &nbsp;There list includes....<br /><br />Kenny Monday of...

Today wrestling in the state of Arizona is down to three varsity wrestling programs.&nbsp; Two NAIA and one NCAA Division I. Yet at one time all four of Arizona's Division I programs fielded wrestling and the Lumberjacks of Northern Arizona were one of them.&nbsp; Today we take a look a three of the...

For the most part I am in sync with the NCAA qualification process. I think it is as fair as they can make it &amp; while I'm not 100% in agreement with the allocations, I agree with most of their decisions. There are a few guys staying home that I feel earned an at large bid, but for the most part ...

This weight class is insane. Matter of fact if we resurrected Noah Webster &amp; showed him 2020 BIG 10 184 lbs he might even let us use it as an example in the dictionary.&nbsp; &nbsp;I'm talking parity out the wazoo and everyone seems to have lost to and beaten everyone.&nbsp; Throw the names into...

Another small college in Ohio, Denison's best years on the mat were during the late 60's when the Big Red won championships in both the Ohio Athletic Conference &amp; the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-capti...

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.&nbsp; It was the 1986-1987 wrestling season for head coach Scott Bliss of the Montana Grizzlies.&nbsp; He had recently been informed that the BIG SKY was no longer going to sponsor wrestling &amp; that rival Montana State had announced that this w...

Another small program in Minnesota that we lost after the 1991-1992 season, Gustavus Adolphus saw their best years on the mat throughout the 50's and 60's. They won the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team title in 1965, 1966 &amp; 1967.&nbsp; Today we take a look at their best.<br /><...

Varsity high school wrestling wouldn't appear in the state for another 61 years.&nbsp; Another Division I program wouldn't show up for another 71 years.&nbsp; Of all the former collegiate wrestling programs that I have studied, Arkansas State is perhaps the most mysterious.<br /><br />In some ways I...

When you do an in depth thorough study on the history of collegiate wrestling you soon learn how important it is to the sport for conferences to officially sponsor.&nbsp; In many cases a conference making a decision to sponsor wrestling leads to schools within that conference adding programs.&nbsp; ...

Started by the legendary Gary Kurdelmeier in the 1991-1992 season Georgia State wrestling only last seven seasons.&nbsp; Yet in that seven seasons, under both Kurdelmeier &amp; later head coach Keith Watson, the Panthers accomplished quite a bit.&nbsp; They won the 1995 East Regional team title &amp...

The Yellow Jackets had wrestling at two different times during the history of their athletics.&nbsp; They began wrestling in the 1947-1948 season &amp; then dropped it for a period of time before reinstating the program in the 1963-1964 season.&nbsp; Georgia Tech would then drop wrestling again afte...

Another program we lost in the land of the Mormons was the University of Utah.&nbsp; While not as prominent of a team as was Utah State, they still produced a fair number of quality wrestlers. Let's take a look at some of them.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="...

This one has been tough to write about.&nbsp; Tough because over all Nebraska-Omaha was such a great team. Arguably the best team that we ever lost.&nbsp; Eight national team titles. One in NAIA and seven in NCAA Division II.&nbsp; As I began writing about some of their best wrestlers, I soon realiz...

Whenever anyone thinks of collegiate wrestling in the state of Idaho, they think of two programs. The legendary North Idaho Cardinals, one of the best teams in NJCAA wrestling (Currently ranked #3 in the country with seven wrestlers ranked in the top ten) &amp; the once prominent Boise State Broncos...

When University president Gail Fullerton &amp; athletic director Vern Wagner announced that after 52 years Spartan wrestling was coming to an end, San Jose State offered the only ROTC in the state of California.&nbsp; Mike Christy the head coach of nearby Leland High School said that with SJSU wrest...

Three time Pacific Coast Conference South Division champions the Aztecs of San Diego State were always a solid team on the west coast.&nbsp; A part of the mystery that often comes with these dropped programs is that I'm not exactly sure of all the times SDSU had wrestling and when they did not. I kn...

Now I meant every word I said on my post about Eastern Washington.&nbsp; They are not only one of the best collegiate programs the state of Washington ever had, they're one of the best NAIA programs period.&nbsp; Yet, you know who was even better?&nbsp; Central Washington.<br /><br />The Orcas forma...

Another of the great wrestling programs that we lost over the years, Eastern Washington University competed at both the Division II and Division I levels during their time, but it was at the NAIA level that the Eagles really soared.&nbsp; As a team they finished as the 1977 NAIA champions taking sec...

The first PAC-12 wrestling tournament was held in 1963.&nbsp; The team champions? The Washington State Cougars.&nbsp; Like nearly all of the schools in the evergreen state, Washington State no longer has a wrestling program and like nearly all of the schools in the evergreen state, Washington State ...

If anyone is as angry and upset over the loss of college wrestling programs as I am, it is who I'm about to talk about now.&nbsp; The George Washington Colonials began wrestling during the 1968-1969 season and ended after the 1988-1989 season.&nbsp; There best wrestler?<br /><br /><table align="cent...

When it comes to the history of Black Squirrel wrestling which unfortunately came to an end after the 1976-1977 season, there's one name that clearly sticks out above the rest.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; mar...

Pennsylvania in so many ways is disputably known as "The Wrestling State."&nbsp; Ohio enjoys claiming the same title &amp; you'll always get Iowans &amp; New Jerseyites to claim the same thing.&nbsp; One thing all Pennsylvanians seem to know, even those who don't follow wrestling is that they produc...

Sometimes wrestling can be wrestling's own worst enemy and from what I have been able to gather, allegedly that is the case with the University of Texas El Paso's wrestling program.<br /><br />The idea of a Division I athletic director wanting to field a wrestling program from scratch is downright f...

I can't tell you much about Texas A&amp;M's wrestling program.&nbsp; All I can tell you is that they had a wrestling program back in the 1950's, they had twelve wrestlers participate in the NCAA wrestling championships.&nbsp; I can provide you their names, the year and the weight class.<br /><br />H...

If you read the first article in this series on Syracuse, you know that in many ways this project for me has been like an episode of UNSOLVED MYSTERIES.&nbsp; A ton of questions, few clues and even fewer answers.<br /><br />When it comes to the University of Texas Longhorn wrestling program, not muc...

It's funny to me to hear some say after Iowa broke the scoring record that, "The Midlands is a Shadow of what it used to be" because while it's not the incredibly tough tournament that it was 25 years ago, it's the toughest it has been in probably the last 10 years.&nbsp; Everyone has different meas...

Sometimes the first round match-ups aren't always the greatest.&nbsp; Of course their will be some huge upsets but things don't really start to get exciting until round two &amp; its the Quarter-finals when we start seeing the really good stuff.&nbsp; Yet, if you study the brackets there are always ...

A few scattered duals and two opens with the RENO TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS to cap things off for week six of collegiate wrestling.<br /><br />Not wanting another 3-2 squeeker&nbsp; Hayden Hidlay of North Carolina State did not keep it close at all as he dismantled Matt Zovistoski 16-3<br /><br /><br ...

Surely you would think that if someone won the NCAA title, that they'd have won their conference title too right?&nbsp; It makes sense.&nbsp; The NCAA Division I&nbsp; title is the most coveted crown in all of collegiate wrestling.&nbsp; The toughest title to win.&nbsp; &nbsp;Yet if you had to guess...

It's hard to believe that as soon as one huge tournament ends in Las Vegas we head back to Nevada again for another annual tournament in the Silver state.&nbsp; This time it's in Reno for the annual RENO TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS.&nbsp;<br /><br />Looking quite a bit different than it has in years pas...

&nbsp;I guess with Christmas being around the corner, the collegiate wrestling season decided to spoil us wrestling fans.&nbsp; What a gift week 6 was!<br /><br />What a thrill it was to see Lehigh break their attendance record with 6,047 fans in attendance to watch the Mountain Hawks take on the Ni...

Well that was short and sweet.&nbsp; One of the shortest weeks in collegiate wrestling but none the less, quite a few things worth noting!!<br /><br />Ricky Padilla of Fresno State sure took it to Austin Matthews of Northern Colorado in the Bulldog Vs Bear dual.&nbsp; &nbsp;I was also surprised to s...

Another tournament overshadowed by the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, the Cougar Clash held by Southern Illinois-Edwardsville looks to be a good little tournament with some exciting and competitive matches.&nbsp;<br /><br /><br /><b>125 lbs&nbsp;</b><br /><br />#5 Rayvon Foley of Michigan State ...

With all focus on the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational it'd be easy to forget all of the other great competitions going on this weekend.&nbsp; One of which will be the PATRIOT OPEN hosted by George Mason.<br /><br />Let's take a look at the weight classes<br /><br /><br /><b>125 lbs&nbsp;</b><br />...

Week Four of wrestling is complete and I have to say I feel as strong about the state of college wrestling as I ever have.<br /><br />The first dual meet at Arkansas-Little Rock!&nbsp; I think most understand how important this is to the growth of college wrestling.&nbsp; I would call it one of the ...

Even though both Columbia and Gardner Webb will be participating in this year's Road Runner Open it is essentially the battle of California at the Division I level.&nbsp; &nbsp;What a site it'd be if Fullerton,&nbsp; Northridge, California, Long Beach State, Sacramento State, San Diego State, San Jo...

A favorite among the fans of the northeast is the Keystone Classic hosted by the university of Pennsylvania. This year's tournament looks to be quite different from prior year's with a greater number of teams participating.&nbsp; &nbsp;What interest me most about a tournament like this is the opport...

In 18 years of following collegiate wrestling as I have, this is undisputed, the toughest I have ever seen the Navy Classic look.&nbsp; A tournament that in years past you had to win in order to have much merit on your ranking or significance within your season. Today, it's loaded enough to wear pla...

Surprises, upsets &amp; eye openers.&nbsp; Week three of collegiate wrestling has been every bit if not better than week one and week two.<br /><br />In dual action I continue to be surprised Dack Punke of Missouri isn't wrestling well. He lost yet another match that I felt he should have won.&nbsp;...

It's more than obvious when looking up and down the lineup that head Coach Kevin Ward is working hard to make his team one of the best in Army history.&nbsp; They're taking on all comers and their home invitational with two of the nations top 25 teams is no exception.&nbsp; It looks to be one of the...

Week three of collegiate wrestling approaches.&nbsp; With many tournaments already said and done, we now take a look at the Wolfpack Open hosted by North Carolina State.&nbsp; While not as loaded as some of the other tournaments we've seen so far this season, there are still some interesting events ...

Another week has gone by in collegiate wrestling and what a fun and exciting one it was!&nbsp; Tons action and excitement throughout both duals and tournaments.<br /><br />The Tarheels of North Carolina continue to show that they're sick of being known as "The Basketball school with wrestling."&nbsp...

What an exciting week it was last week for collegiate wrestling!&nbsp; Some fantastic tournaments with some great wrestling!&nbsp; This weekend looks to provide every bit the excitement and one of those tournaments to look forward to is the Mountaineer Open hosted by Appalachian State.&nbsp;<br /><b...

First off before we get started, lets make a few things clear.<br /><br /><b>WHAT THIS IS </b>is a look at NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA &amp; NJCAA (CCCAA) programs in all fifty states + Washington D.C. and seeing where wrestling is offered and where it is not.&nbsp;<br...

Holy cow! Only one week into college wrestling season and what a week!&nbsp; Marquee matches! Upsets! We're starting off with a bang!<br /><br />Where do I even begin?<br /><br />Let's start with <b>South Dakota State's Seth Gross</b>.&nbsp; Everyone's been wondering how he'll look coming back off t...

I was asked the other day how many NAIA wrestling programs we have lost over the years.&nbsp; It's a great question and a difficult one to answer.&nbsp; I for one don't think it's fair to list programs of schools, when the school itself no longer exist.&nbsp; &nbsp;For example Dana, South Dakota Spr...

I I don't think this tournament is going to be as locked and loaded as the Michigan State or Southeast Open but there is still quite a bit here that could prove to be rather interesting.<br /><br /><u style="font-weight: bold;">125 lbs&nbsp;</u><br /><br />#7 Michael McGee of Old Dominion should the...

Hosted by Virginia Tech, the Southeast Open looks to be another season opener with some excitement. From a bird's eye view, the beginning battles for what could prove to be just shy of half a year wars between conference foes of both the ACC and the Southern Conference. An opportunity for those curr...

This past Friday 10-18-2019 St. Olaf a small college in Northfield, Minnesota announced that after 71 years they would be discontinuing their wrestling program.&nbsp; Athletic director Ryan Bowles stated one of the reasons as to why is St. Olaf's inability to be competitive.<br /><br />Now there is ...

I'll start off by saying this.&nbsp; I'm not an insider.&nbsp; I have no inside information.&nbsp; &nbsp;I simply take information available to me and deduce it to the best of my ability.&nbsp; Last year's or prior year's results mixed with current rosters. These are assumptions and guesses, nothing...

To my knowledge in the history of ACC wrestling only one school that no longer has wrestling won a title.&nbsp; If this is incorrect, please let me know.<br /><br />Clemson 1991

The Southern Conference continues to sponsor wrestling to this day.&nbsp; We unfortunately have lost teams over the years though due to their schools dropping the sport.&nbsp; Some of these schools won SOCON titles.&nbsp;<br /><br /><br />William and Mary (5) 1968, 1969, 197, 1971, 1977<br /><br />E...

The PAC-12 remains a Division I conference to this day producing NCAA All American and Champions year in and year out.&nbsp; &nbsp;Unfortunately over the years we've lost some of our teams, many of which won PAC-12 titles.<br /><br /><br /><b>PAC-12 Championships won by Schools that No Longer Have w...

The Old Dominion Athletic Conference formed in 1976, at one time sponsored wrestling.&nbsp; I'm not sure when they started sponsoring wrestling or when they stopped sponsoring wrestling.<br /><br />I was only able to find information regarding a few tournaments.&nbsp; One of which was won by Lynchbu...

The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association formed in 1888, sponsored wrestling from teh 1969-1970 season through the 1980-1981 season.&nbsp; While I searched for results from all 12 tournaments I was only able to find information regarding the 1980 tournament.<br /><br />The 1980 tournament w...

At one time the MEAC (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) sponsored wrestling.&nbsp; I'm not exactly sure when they started or when they stopped.&nbsp; All I know is that I have information regarding MEAC wrestling from 1974-1981.<br /><br />IF you have any information of MEAC wrestling prior to the 19...

Of all Collegiate wrestling tournaments, opens and invites this has to be the one that puzzles me the most.&nbsp; From 1974 through 1979 there was a tournament held in Texas, made up of strictly Texas teams.&nbsp; A few of these teams like Texas El-Paso &amp; Richland Community College were varsity ...

The Yankee Conference formed in 1946 ran through the 1996-1997 season.&nbsp; I believe the conference began sponsoring wrestling in the early 1970's and I'm not sure when they stopped sponsoring wrestling.&nbsp; I imagine it was long before the 1996-1997 season, seeing nearly all of the teams in the...

The State University of New York Athletic Conference formed in 1958 used to sponsor wrestling as an official sport of the conference.&nbsp; I think it's stupid that they no longer do, considering that 5 of the 11 teams still have a wrestling program.&nbsp; (At one time I know that 10 of the 11 teams...

I can't find much concerning the Northern Illinois Conference.&nbsp; &nbsp;I think it may have been what eventually formed into the Northern Athletic Collegiate Conference (NACC) but that didn't form until 2006 and I can't find any prior history as to what it was called before.<br /><br />Never the ...

The Big West which originally formed in 1969 as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association at one time sponsored wrestling.&nbsp; They may have sponsored wrestling right from the get go and had a tournament in 1970 but the first one I was able to find was 1971.&nbsp;<br /><br />I only have results from ...

From what I have been able to find the Florida Championships was a tournament that began in the 1969-1970 season when the University of Florida added wrestling to their athletics.&nbsp; I believe it ended after Florida dropped wrestling after the 1978-1979 season.&nbsp; I was only able to find resul...

I don't know much about the Metropolitan Championships.&nbsp; &nbsp;I simply know when studying the history of Montclair State wrestling that it is a tournament that they used to win a lot.&nbsp; How many times, I don't know for sure.&nbsp; I was only able to confirm three, but I think they won it a...

I don't know much about the Southern California Intercollegiate Wrestling Championships other than the tournament was held in Southern California during the 60's and 70's and it involved teams from all Divisions.&nbsp; &nbsp;Not sure when it started or when it ended.<br /><br /><b>Schools that no lo...

Honestly I have no idea what the Great Lakes tournament was.&nbsp; At first I thought it might be the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. I know that isn't right cause I have records going back to 1968 and the GLIAC wasn't formed until 1972.&nbsp; Then I thought it might be the Great La...

The USA South Athletic Conference formally known as the Dixie Conference was formed in 1963.&nbsp; (other conferences also used the name Dixie as well, but this is the one that had wrestling.)<br /><br />When exactly the conference began to sponsor wrestling and when exactly it stopped sponsoring wr...

The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) established in 1932 began sponsoring wrestling in the 1955-1956 season.&nbsp; The conference still sponsors wrestling today with 9 of the 16 schools fielding wrestling programs.<br /><br /><br /><b>Schools that No Longer have Wrestling That have won...

Formed in the 1962-1963 season, the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference was at one time known as the Collegiate Athletic Conference.&nbsp; I'm not exactly sure when they first began sponsoring wrestling or when they stopped.&nbsp; All I know is that they did sponsor wrestling at one time.&nbsp;<...

I have no idea what the First Colonies tournament was.&nbsp; If it was a conference, an open, an invitational...I have no idea.&nbsp; I can find nothing on it other than a few teams that no longer have wrestling that won it.<br /><br />You have any more information on it, I'd much appreciate it.<br ...

The CAA (Colonial Athletic Association) sponsored wrestling from 1991-1992 through 2012-2013.<br /><br />James Madison which no longer has wrestling won titles in 1999 and in 2000.

Not to be confused with Tri-State Conference which was made up of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Ohio (I guess Quad-State didn't sound as good to them)<br /><br />Not to be confused with Tri-State Conference which is made up of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota (I guess Quad-State d...

The Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) formed in 1924, began sponsoring wrestling in the 1966-1967 season.&nbsp; The conference still sponsors wrestling to this day.<br /><br /><b>MIAA Team Championships won by Schools that No Longer Have wrestling&nbsp;</b><br /><br />Northwes...

The Missouri College Athletic Union existed from 1924 through the 1970-1971 season.&nbsp; When exactly they first started sponsoring wrestling, I do not know.&nbsp; &nbsp;They had wrestling up until the end though.&nbsp;<br /><br />What's confusing is that there is a school, called Graceland that wo...

The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference formed in 1920, sponsored wrestling from the 1946-1947 season through the 2002-2003 season.&nbsp; For the most part the conference was dominated by Augsburg and St. John's, both of whom still have wrestling to this day.&nbsp;<br /><br />There were a ...

The Empire 8 made up of strictly NCAA Division III Schools in New York was originally known as the ICAC (Independent Collegiate Athletic Conference).&nbsp; &nbsp; It was formed during the 1964-1965 school year and sponsored wrestling from the get go.&nbsp; &nbsp;As to win Empire 8 dropped wrestling ...

The Evergreen Conference made up of schools from Idaho, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia existed from 1938-1984.&nbsp; I believe they began sponsoring wrestling during the 1965-1966 season.&nbsp;<br /><br />I think but am not for certain that Central Washington won every single conference tit...

Lake Forest had wrestling from 1955-1956 through 1974-1975. When exactly they started hosting an invitational I do not know.&nbsp; I would figure that they kept hosting it yearly through 1975, but I can only find results for it from 1965 through 1969.<br /><br />Of teams that no longer have wrestlin...

I know very little about the North Central Invitational other than it was a college wrestling tournament that was held in Chicago one year.&nbsp; In 1963 it was won by The University of Illinois-Chicago which no longer has wrestling.&nbsp;

I know very little about the Phoenix College Invitational Tournament other than it was held at Phoenix College and that Phoenix College won it in 1963.&nbsp; I imagine the tournament probably stopped being held when Phoenix College dropped their wrestling program.&nbsp; I have no idea when that was....

The SDIC (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) was a conference made up of mostly NAIA schools from South Dakota, although two northwestern Iowa schools joined in the last years of the conference.&nbsp; The conference started in 1917 and ran through the 1999-2000 season.<br /><br />As to when SD...

The Pacific Northwest Conference was a conference consisting of small colleges from Washington, Idaho and Oregon that lasted from 1926 to 1984.&nbsp;<br /><br />Essentially I have no idea when Pacific Northwest Conference wrestling began or when it ended. I only know that both Whitman and Lewis &amp...

This is another one that gets a little confusing.&nbsp; The Western Athletic Conference&nbsp; is made up of mainly schools that are today Division I but earlier in their history were Division II or another division lower than Division I.<br /><br />I think at one time the WAC had both a Division I a...

The Wisconsin States University Conference (WSUC) eventually combined with the Wisconsin Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Conference to form the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC).&nbsp; I believe that WSUC titles won are considered the same was WIAC titles won, as Wisconsin Whitew...

The OCC (Oregon Collegiate Conference) ran from 1950-1970.&nbsp; &nbsp;From what I have been able to gather the conference began sponsoring wrestling in the early 1960's and sponsored it right up to the end when the conference disbanded.<br /><br />Of the teams that no longer have wrestling programs...

The Big Sky Conference formed in the 1962-1963 season sponsored wrestling right from the get go.&nbsp; With teams dropping left and right, the last Big Sky conference tournament was held in 1987.<br /><br />I have all the information regarding the team champions.<br /><br /><br />Montana State (4)&n...

The WVIAC (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) ran from 1924-2013 and in regards to wrestling I know very little about it. Practically nothing.<br /><br />All I know is that there was a WVIAC tournament held in 1962 and another in 1970<br /><br />Fairmont State won both.

The Northern California Athletic Conference which was known at one time as the Far Western Conference ran from 1925 to 1998.&nbsp; I believe the conference began sponsoring wrestling in the early 1960's or late 1950's.&nbsp; &nbsp;I don't think they sponsored wrestling through 1998.&nbsp; I'm not su...

The North Dakota Collegiate Athletic Conference began in 1931 and disbanded after the 1999-2000 season.&nbsp; As to when they began sponsoring wrestling I have no idea.&nbsp; I also am uncertain if they sponsored wrestling up until the end.&nbsp; I don't know.&nbsp; All I do know is that Valley City...

It started off as the Hoosier Conference in the 1948-1949 season and with addition of Ohio Teams in the 1969-1970 season became known as the Hoosier/Buckeye Conference.&nbsp; It ended after the 1985 season.<br /><br />As to when the conference added wrestling as a sponsored sport, I have no idea.&nb...

The Indiana Collegiate Conference ran from the 1950-1951 season through the 1978-1979 season.&nbsp; While they did sponsor wrestling, I'm not sure if they sponsored it during their entire run.&nbsp; I can't find any information for Indiana Collegiate Conference wrestling prior to the 1960-1961 seaso...

The Interstate Intercollegiate Individual Invitational more commonly known as the 4-I was a tournament that started in 1936 and to my knowledge ended in 1969.&nbsp; From what I have been able to gather I think it was one of the few tournaments that still took place during World War II, when nearly e...

The Presidents Athletic Conference began in the 1955-1956 season and to my knowledge wrestling has always been a part of the conference.&nbsp; &nbsp;While their have been teams that have dropped their wrestling programs throughout the years, I believe the only team to have ever won a Presidents Athl...

The CCIW (College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) started off as the College Conference of Illinois in 1946, later during the 1956-1957 school year when a couple of Wisconsin schools joined it became the College Conference of Illinois &amp; Wisconsin.&nbsp;<br /><br />The conference began spon...

The Mid-Western Conference was short lived as the conference only existed for two seasons. 1970-1971 and 1971-1972.&nbsp; Made up of schools from Indiana and Illinois, wrestling was one of the sports that was sponsored.&nbsp;<br /><br />Southern Illinois Carbondale won the 1971 team title.<br /><br ...

Formed in 1921 the Midwest Conference still exist to this day. Only one of their members Cornell College currently has wrestling.&nbsp; I'm not sure when the Midwest Conference first started wrestling and I don't know when they stopped.&nbsp; &nbsp;What I do know is two times when a school that no l...

To my understanding the first Pete Willson&nbsp; Wheaton Invitational was held in the 1955-1956 season.&nbsp; It is a tournament that is still held to this day.&nbsp;<br /><br />I only have information on the Wheaton Invitational between 1956 and 1981, as well as the last few years which has been wo...

Formed in 1902 the Ohio Athletic Conference still exist to this day.&nbsp; From what I have been able to find the conference first began sponsoring wrestling in the 1955-1956 season.&nbsp; They still sponsor wrestling.&nbsp; Baldwin-Wallace has won the last four championships.<br /><br />I have resu...

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) formed in 1912 was originally made up of historically black colleges &amp; I believe (but don't know for sure) that when they began wrestling in the 1953-1954 season they were the first historically black conference to sponsor wrestling.<br /><...

Not to be confused with the current Skyline Conference composed of strictly New York schools, the Skyline Conference was a conference in the western part of the United States that ran from the 1938-1939 season through the 1961-1962 season.<br /><br />It's a little confusing as I'm not for certain bu...

The IIAA was originally known as the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference consisting of a ton of teams from Illinois. It was formed in 1908 and disbanded after the 1969-1970 season.&nbsp; In the 1949-1950 season two schools from Michigan, Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan joined the conf...

The Mid-American Conference is still alive and well producing great teams and great individual wrestlers.&nbsp; Unfortunately since it began wrestling in the 1951-1952 season, some of the schools have dropped wrestling.<br /><br />Here are the Schools to have won a Mid-American Conference Team Title...

From what I was able to find the Pacific Coast Conference was a conference that formed in 1915 and disbanded in 1959.&nbsp; &nbsp;I'm not sure when the conference started wrestling, but I know that results go back further than what I have them for.&nbsp; &nbsp;The earliest I have is 1927, but I know...

The Middle Atlantic Conference was founded in 1912.&nbsp; The first wrestling tournament that I have been able to find was in 1941.&nbsp; I think there is more information regarding Middle Atlantic Conference wrestling between 1941 &amp; 1963, but I haven't been able to find it yet.<br /><br />In 19...

This one gets a bit confusing.<br /><br />From what I have been able to find what we know today as the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) was founded in 1909.&nbsp; Today it is strictly a NCAA Division II conference with official members and affiliate members.&nbsp; The first RMAC wrestling t...

I really have no idea when the first NEIWA (New England Intercollegiate Wrestling Association) tournament was held.&nbsp; I believe like the EIWA tournament it may be older than the NCAA tournament itself.&nbsp; I found an article once stating that Harvard was going to hold the conference wrestling ...

From what I have been able to find, The Mason Dixon Conference Ran from 1936 through 1974.&nbsp; Ironically enough, I have found wrestling information up through 1977.&nbsp; So I'm not sure if 1974 is recorded incorrectly by the sources I've found or if perhaps wrestling kept the name in spite of th...

I'm not exactly sure when the first Southeastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association tournament was held.&nbsp; It may have very well been 1948, as that is the first one that I can find.&nbsp; What I do know is that it is said that Auburn won 25 SEIWA team titles. I've read that numerous times whe...

At the present moment many collegiate fans look at HWT as a duet.&nbsp; Two thoroughbred greyhounds racing among the pack.&nbsp; As the season progresses fans may discover the band has a third, maybe even a fourth member. That there may be one or two more dogs in the fight.&nbsp;<br /><br /><table a...

197 as it seems it has been since I started following Division I collegiate wrestling is the weight with the most opportunity for guys who haven't yet, to do so.&nbsp; Guys who haven't won national titles yet. Guys who haven't made All American yet.&nbsp; Guys who haven't won conference titles yet.&...

Ironically enough two of the most likely finalists are most likely to redshirt this season.&nbsp; Arizona State's Zahid Valencia a two time NCAA champion at 174 lbs will most likely be taking an Olympic redshirt and last year's 184 lbs NCAA runner up Max Dean of Cornell will be taking a regular reds...

Three things stick out when looking over 165 lbs.&nbsp; One of the toughest weight classes to win with an assortment of eligible title contenders. A weight class that was full of upsets, particularly end of the year upsets last season.&nbsp; While tough to win, not as tough to qualify in. One of the...

149 lbs is a fun weight class. One that puts the poise and experience of well seasoned veterans against the ready from the get go youth of some of the nations toughest freshmen and sophomores.&nbsp; Plenty of juniors and seniors to make this a notch for the upperclassmen &amp; plenty of underclassme...

And now it's time for 133 lbs! Ironically enough a weight class I feel has less parity over all than 125 lbs, yet at the same time a larger pool of potential candidates for the national title.&nbsp; The greatest question of all, that will have the most effect on the outcome is who all will redshirt?...

***HUGE THANK YOU TO Al Fontes who helped out tremendously by providing much of the information in this section.****<br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">OUTSTANDING WRESTLER&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><b>DIABLO VALLEY (Pl...

As always what an outstanding tournament! Full of great action and exciting wrestling!&nbsp; When you follow the sport as closely and passionately as I do, you can't help but get caught up in all of the great stories that make this sport magical.&nbsp; Some that define triumph and success. Other tha...

Wise individuals often give the advice that one should not discuss a problem unless they can properly address it with a solution. Perhaps that is so, but despite not having a perfect solution, seed protection is too big of a problem in NCAA Division I wrestling for me to ignore.&nbsp; <br /><br />It...

For the most part I'm pretty content and satisfied with the NCAA qualification process. Matter of fact, I'll go as far to say that not only do I support it, I often praise it. For the most part I'm not going to raise to much of a fuss because I believe in most cases the best 33 wrestlers per weight ...

Let's be perfectly clear about something before I begin.&nbsp; When I say backups, I mean backups. I mean guys that legitimately sought and fought for a varsity spot in the&nbsp; 2018-2019 and ended up losing it to another wrestler on their team. I DO NOT mean guys who are currently redshirting and ...

One of my favorite in season tournaments is about to take way!&nbsp; Looks to be a great tournament with a ton of great matches.&nbsp; Let's take a look at each weight class.<br /><br /><br /><h2><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">125 lbs&nbsp;</span></u></h2><br /><div class="separator" style="cl...

&nbsp;<u style="color: blue; font-size: xx-large; font-weight: bold;">NCAA DIVISION I&nbsp;</u><br />1. Men's Basketball - 347<br />2. Women's Basketball - 345<br />3. Women's Cross Country - 344<br />4. Women's Outdoor Track - 334<br />5. Women's Volleyball - 330<br />6. Women's Soccer - 329<br />7...

Paul Fox 7th-DNP-3rd<br />Joe Smith 2nd-2nd<br />Jack Mueller 2nd-1st<br />Max Thomsen 3rd-5th<br />Jordan Kutler 1st-2nd<br />Taylor Lujan 7th-3rd<br />Alan Clothier 6th

It's no secret nor is there any argument that when it comes to sports, wrestling is different than the rest.&nbsp; You have football, baseball, and basketball. You have the rest, and then you have wrestling.&nbsp; In many ways we pride ourselves on these differences. We have no quarrels with our con...

@ 133 Ben Thornton (Purdue) over #8 Montorie Bridges (Wyoming) - WRONG<br />@ 133 Scott DelVecchio (Rutgers) over #14 Kobin Myers (Edinboro) - WRONG<br />@ 141 Henry Pohlmeyer (South Dakota State) over #11 Mike Carr (Illinois) - WRONG<br />@141 Tommy Thorn (Minnesota) over #10 Mason Smith (Central M...

This is never a fun topic to discuss or write about. Wrestlers who deserve to be wrestling at the NCAA tournament that will either be staying home or watching from the stands. I'm writing this as fair and objectively as I can based on this year's results. Even though it breaks my heart that neither ...

There are two lists that a collegiate wrestling fan adds to every year that he would just as soon&nbsp; never add to again.&nbsp; One of those lists is "Greatest wrestlers to never win an NCAA title."&nbsp; The other is "Best wrestlers to never All American."&nbsp; Truth is, you'd much rather see a ...

The Wrestling Insider owner and operator, and also friend of mine Mike Houston is doing a comprehensive study on why athletes decide to discontinue their time in wrestling before their senior year of high school.&nbsp;<br /><br />To help Mike out, I'm going to go back to my time in wrestling from 7t...