The episode, titled "Rock ‘N’ Roll High School (Part 1)," features special guest Dr. Jackie Paquette from the NWCA, who will discuss recent trends in high school wrestling participation. The episode will explore the growth in the number of high school wrestlers, with particular attention to the increases in both boys and girls participation. Key insights from the episode include an examination of the relationship between high school wrestling numbers and various factors, such as state population and the number of NCAA & NAIA wrestling teams. The episode will also address the distinction between boys wrestling as a mature industry and girls wrestling as a growth industry, reflecting the historical and emerging trends in the sport. Listeners can expect detailed statistical analysis and correlations, exploring how these trends have evolved over the years and what they might indicate for the future of wrestling at the high school level. The episode sets the stage for a comprehensive exploration of high school wrestling's current state, its growth, and its impact on the broader wrestling community. Full Slideshow: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/matstats-25-slideshow.pdf 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 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/state-of-wrestling/id1483075950 | https://spotify/ | https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-state-of-wrestling-by-the-51337720/ | http://podplayer.net/?podId=2449934| https://castbox.fm/channel/id2404935?country=us | https://www.spreaker.com/show/4082079/episodes/feed

In this episode, MatStats discusses the robust state of collegiate wrestling, showcasing a surge in the number of teams and participants, especially in smaller private schools and NCWA, underscoring the positive impact of women's wrestling on the sport. Key trends revealed include a notable growth in NCAA D2 and D3 divisions and a 6.28X higher rate of new teams compared to reinstated ones from 2000 to 10/5/23. The episode also delves into the potential impacts of NCAA D1 conference realignment and the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) rule on wrestling, suggesting a focus on small private schools and women's teams for future growth. Full Slideshow: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/matstats-25-slideshow.pdf Sticker Mule wants to make sure your team, program, company or project is set to go with quality graphics and promotional materials. With custom sizes and styles, let Sticker Mule take care of your brand today. Check out this wrestling-friendly business today at https://www.stickermule.com/custom-stickers 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 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/state-of-wrestling/id1483075950 | https://spotify | https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-state-of-wrestling-by-the-51337720/ | http://podplayer.net/?podId=2449934| https://castbox.fm/channel/id2404935?country=us | https://www.spreaker.com/show/4082079/episodes/feed

MatStats provides the viewers with a preview of the World Wrestling Championships in Serbia 9/16-9/24/23. MatStats also offers some stats from the past World Championships. Think Globally, Root Locally! USA! USA! USA! Slideshow Link: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/matstats24-ss.pdf Sticker Mule wants to make sure your team, program, company or project is set to go with quality graphics and promotional materials. With custom sizes and styles, let Sticker Mule take care of your brand today. Check out this wrestling-friendly business today at https://www.stickermule.com/custom-stickers 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 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/state-of-wrestling/id1483075950 | https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvNDA4MjA3OS9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk | https://spotify | https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-state-of-wrestling-by-the-51337720/ | http://podplayer.net/?podId=2449934| https://castbox.fm/channel/id2404935?country=us | https://www.spreaker.com/show/4082079/episodes/feed

The boys from MatStats explore what colleges the Men & Women Wrestlers form the Worlds & Olympics attended. It is a common thread across sports to say what college an athlete went to. It is such a big part of our conversations that the NFL announces which college the player went to for every draft pick. MatStats wants to let the viewers what colleges are producing the most World & Olympians from 2014 - 2023. Slideshow Link: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/MatStats23ss.pdf Sticker Mule wants to make sure your team, program, company or project is set to go with quality graphics and promotional materials. With custom sizes and styles, let Sticker Mule take care of your brand today. Check out this wrestling-friendly business today at https://www.stickermule.com/custom-stickers 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 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/state-of-wrestling/id1483075950 | https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvNDA4MjA3OS9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk | https://spotify | https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-state-of-wrestling-by-the-51337720/ | http://podplayer.net/?podId=2449934| https://castbox.fm/channel/id2404935?country=us | https://www.spreaker.com/show/4082079/episodes/feed

The boys at MatStats deliver a statistical primer on who has won the most collegiate wrestling titles in various categories. This includes Men’s, Women’s, NCAA, NAIA, WCWA, NCWC. MatStats wants the viewers to be educated on many subjects. Slideshow Link: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/slideshow22.pdf 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 Associationhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/state-of-wrestling/id1483075950 | https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvNDA4MjA3OS9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk | https://spotify | https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-state-of-wrestling-by-the-51337720/ | http://podplayer.net/?podId=2449934| https://castbox.fm/channel/id2404935?country=us | https://www.spreaker.com/show/4082079/episodes/feed

The MatStats gang provides data and stats to help settle bar arguments on what team was the best NCAA Men’s team ever and what was the greatest dynasty ever. One of the MatStats boys is a former bar owner. Nothing he likes more than an educated bar discussion on the greatest wrestling teams ever. Slideshow Link: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ep21-slideshow.pdf 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 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/state-of-wrestling/id1483075950 | https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvNDA4MjA3OS9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk | https://spotify | https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=472496&refid=stpr | https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-state-of-wrestling-by-the-51337720/ | http://podplayer.net/?podId=2449934| https://castbox.fm/channel/id2404935?country=us | https://www.spreaker.com/show/4082079/episodes/feed

The boys at MatStats offer suggestions on how to better feature the “lost” dual meet and how to draw more fans.We need to make the dual meet more fun.We need to co-market/co-brand the dual meet.The students on campus do not get enough opportunities to see a dual meet. It has become a forgotten part of the sport. Slideshow: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MatStats20_doc.pdf Attendance Report: https://www.nationalwrestlingmedia.com/2023/04/hawkeyes-lead-division-i-in-wrestling-attendance-for-16th-straight-season/ 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 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/state-of-wrestling/id1483075950 | https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvNDA4MjA3OS9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk | https://spotify | https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=472496&refid=stpr | https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-state-of-wrestling-by-the-51337720/ | http://podplayer.net/?podId=2449934| https://castbox.fm/channel/id2404935?country=us | https://www.spreaker.com/show/4082079/episodes/feed

For the 11th year in a row, Jason Bryant is producing the massive Mat Talk Online Division I Championship Digital Preview Guide. A staple at the head table and on press row for over a decade, Glenn Gormley, Kevin Hazard and Bryant dive into some of the things in this year’s guide as they build towards the upcoming Division I championships in Tulsa. There’s a lot of statistical things about the tournament discussed, including its origins. Order the Mat Talk Online Preview Guide at http://wrestlingpreviewguide.com and use the discount code “matstats” at checkout to save 20 percent! 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 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/state-of-wrestling/id1483075950 | https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvNDA4MjA3OS9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk | spotify:show:1qiD8Fh6wT3vgTAjC8GJL0 | https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=472496&refid=stpr | https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-state-of-wrestling-by-the-51337720/ | http://podplayer.net/?podId=2449934| https://castbox.fm/channel/id2404935?country=us | https://www.spreaker.com/show/4082079/episodes/feed

R-E-S-P-E-C-T On this Episode, the MatStats boys do their monthly statistical analysis on women’s collegiate & girls HS wrestling. Where it is today, how it compares with other sports & where it seems to be heading. MatStats shows that men & women wrestling have a symbiotic relationship and can and need to help each other. We are all wrestlers. Get the PDF of the slideshow: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/matstats18ppt.pdf 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 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/state-of-wrestling/id1483075950 | https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvNDA4MjA3OS9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk | spotify:show:1qiD8Fh6wT3vgTAjC8GJL0 | https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=472496&refid=stpr | https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-state-of-wrestling-by-the-51337720/ | http://podplayer.net/?podId=2449934| https://castbox.fm/channel/id2404935?country=us | https://www.spreaker.com/show/4082079/episodes/feed

The MatStats boys research the conference qualifiers. They inform the viewers how you qualify for the Men’s & Women’s NCAA & NAIA national championships. The gang also does a statistical dive into the inordinate number of defaults in the placement bouts in the NCAA Men’s (D1, D2, & D3) conference qualifiers. They explain why this happens and how other sports are affected. Get the PDF of the slideshow: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/MatStats17slideshow.pdf 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 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/state-of-wrestling/id1483075950 | https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvNDA4MjA3OS9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk | spotify:show:1qiD8Fh6wT3vgTAjC8GJL0 | https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=472496&refid=stpr | https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-state-of-wrestling-by-the-51337720/ | http://podplayer.net/?podId=2449934| https://castbox.fm/channel/id2404935?country=us | https://www.spreaker.com/show/4082079/episodes/feed