Strangest Wrestling Statistic?

[mcpat]

Which is the strangest wrestling statistic?

 

[LorenzoFan]

Gary Barton! Couldn't win D2s for Clarion but managed to win D1s while being unseeded

 

[wrestleknownothing]

What a great list. Can I choose them all?

 

[El-Jefe]

Chris Perry won a national title with 2 total takedowns in 5 matches. And one of those takedowns was in OT.

 

[Cali_Nittany]

Larry Quisel (4 seed) of Boise State getting upset in the first round and running off 8 straight wins on the backside to get 3rd place in the 1999 tournament. The only wrestler ever to win 8 matches in a single tournament (with the exception of PD3 in his imagination). Going through the 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8 seeds to do it.

Also, fun fact, the championship for that weight class was 1 seed Casey Cunningham over 3 seed Clint Musser.

 

[amattaro]

Cael Sanderson: 0 dubs against me.

 

[Cowbell Man]

Matt Reiss, NC State, True Freshman 1980 won the NCAA championship at 167 as an unseeded wrestler. Placed 8th the next year and DNP the final two years.

 

[Cowbell Man]

Also: Dean Heil wins 2 and forces a rule change. So did Tab Thacker. Lol.

 

[Agoodnap]

Matt Reiss, NC State, True Freshman 1980 won the NCAA championship at 167 as an unseeded wrestler. Placed 8th the next year and DNP the final two years.

Except for actually winning a title, it sure looks like an Iowa resume.

 

[STAND with PRIDE]

Anthony Cassar
Made ONE state tourney-Won that
Made ONE NCAA tourney-Won that too

 

[STAND with PRIDE]

Chris Perry won a national title with 2 total takedowns in 5 matches.

T-Shirt couldnt have had many more.
Or Heil

 

[Cowbell Man]

T-Shirt couldnt have had many more.
Or Heil

Even Hans Gruber didn’t have the “hang on” skills of Dean Heil.

 

[El-Jefe]

T-Shirt couldnt have had many more.
Or Heil

Perry 2013 (RS JR):
- R1: dec Weishoff 5-4, no takedowns (both wrestlers scored 2 reversals)
- R2: dec Fausey 4-0, 1 takedown
- Qtrs: dec Heflin 3-2 TB1, 0 takedowns (3 escapes)
- Semis: dec Kokesh 4-2 SV, 1 takedown in OT of course
- Finals: dec Brown 2-1 TB1
5 matches, 2 takedowns, 1 takedown in regulation.

Tsirtsis 2014 (true FR):
- R1: dec Busler 4-1, 1 takedown
- R2: dec English 4-3, 1 takedown (English took him down first!)
- Qtrs: dec Maple 2-1 TB1, 0 takedowns
- Semis: dec Houdashelt 2-1 TB1, 0 takedowns
- Finals: dec Kindig 3-1 SV, 1 takedown
5 matches, 3 takedowns. Both of his non-scoring matches were against national champs.

Heil 2016 (RS SO):
- R1: dec Gasca 4-3, 1 takedown
- R2: dec Cruz 4-1, 1 takedown
- Qtrs: dec Ward 8-3, 1 takedown
- Semis: dec Ashnault 8-3, 3 takedowns
- Finals: dec Meredith 3-2, 0 takedowns (2 escapes + stalling point)
5 matches, 6 takedowns.

Heil 2017 (RS JR):
- R1: dec Zacherl 6-5, 2 takedowns
- R2: dec Prince 9-5, 3 takedowns
- Qtrs: dec Eierman 6-5, 2 takedowns
- Semis: dec Ashnault 4-2, 1 takedown
- Finals: dec DeCamillo 6-3, 2 takedowns
5 matches, 10 takedowns.

Perry made Heil look like Mesenbrink by comparison.

 

[PAHURDLER]

16 wrestlers at 125lbs at 2025 Big Tens, all named Willings.

Winner of the bracket isn’t one of them.

 

[tullfan68]

Gary Barton! Couldn't win D2s for Clarion but managed to win D1s while being unseeded

Barton won when it counted! that was a great finals match!!