Did you ever have a large stack of magazines just laying around and no clue what to do with them? Well here at the NWCA/InterMat we have quite the collection of old AWN’s, WIN Magazines and USA Wrestling arranged in chronological order and just sitting around. So we thought that it might be interesting to pull some facts and post them from time to time on the InterMat Blog.
Every year it seems there has been a lot of talk about qualifiers from each conference and how many wildcards. Although that system will now be obsolete we did find the breakdown of qualifiers from 1989, including the spots given to the Division II and Division III wrestlers. We have also included the breakdown of qualifiers from the 2008 NCAA Tournament.
1989 NCAA Qualifiers – Division I
Qualifiers Wild Cards
Big Ten 30 17
Eastern League 30 13
Big Eight 30 11
PAC Ten 20 16
E.I.W.A 20 11
Atlantic Coast 10 18
West Regional 10 11
Big Sky/WAC 10 9
East Regional 10 6
Mid-American 10 6
East Coast 10 1
New England 10 1
Southern 10
Total 330
Division II 10 15
Division III 10 0
Total 35
2008 NCAA Qualifiers – Division I
Atlantic Coast 14
Big Ten 72
Big 12 38
CAA 24
East Regional 11
E.I.W.A 47
EWL 32
Mid-American 19
Pac Ten 38
Southern 15
West Regional 20
Total 330
Another look into the past comes with the All-Time College Wrestling Team from 1928-1988 which are listed below.
All-Time College Wrestling Team (1928-1988)
118 – Gray Simons (Lock Haven State)
126 – Yojiro Uetake (Oklahoma State)
134 – Dan Gable (Iowa State)
142 – Buddy Arndt (Oklahoma State)
150 – Bill Koll (Iowa State Teachers College)
158 – Stanley Henson (Oklahoma State) and Lee Kemp (Wisconsin)
167 – Jack Van Bebber (Oklahoma State)
177 – Dan Hodge (Oklahoma)
190 – Verne Gagne (Minnesota)
Heavyweight (under 250 pounds) – Jess Lewis (Oregon State)
Heavyweight (over 250 pounds) – Chris Taylor (Iowa State)
Now let’s get back to 2008 and talk about wrestling season. November 1st, marks the first official day of competition for the 2008-09 wrestling season. There will be a number of opens and even a few dual meets this weekend taking place across the country. To get a look at what is going on check out the sortable college schedule to see where your favorite team will be this weekend. Also don’t forget to check out www.intermatwrestle.com for individual and team results as the season progresses.
2 Comments
October 31, 2008 at 3:49 pm
I always thought Gray Simons omission from the 75th Anniversary team was unfortunate. I wouldn’t say “travesty,” but Gray is a living legend. His technical skills are still some of the most impressive ever to step on the mat. In some of his old tapes, his shots are so fast, the 8mm can’t catch up.
When we get to the 100th team, Coach Simons needs to be on it.
November 11, 2008 at 12:20 pm
John Smith, Oklahoma State, not on the list of alltime wreslters? How can that be?
OK State class of ‘70