Very detailed Flo article on NCAA qualifiers for this year:
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Actually, relative to populationConclusion of By the Numbers analysis:
PA WRESTLING RULES!!!!
Hey it's not our fault people don't want to live in Iowa!Actually, relative to population
The next most requested topic after NQs by state is NQs by state per capita. Here we express that topic in the number of qualifiers per million inhabitants of the state as per the 2022 census estimates.
STATE NQ/1M
Iowa 5.0
Alaska 4.1
Pennsylvania 3.5
Oklahoma 3.2
West Virginia 2.8
Illinois 2.5
New Jersey 2.5
Minnesota 2.1
Missouri 1.9
Ohio 1.9
Time for TnT to add a chapter on Alaska to the 3-ring recruiting binder.Actually, relative to population
The next most requested topic after NQs by state is NQs by state per capita. Here we express that topic in the number of qualifiers per million inhabitants of the state as per the 2022 census estimates.
STATE NQ/1M
Iowa 5.0
Alaska 4.1
Pennsylvania 3.5
Oklahoma 3.2
West Virginia 2.8
Illinois 2.5
New Jersey 2.5
Minnesota 2.1
Missouri 1.9
Ohio 1.9
It's also not our fault that TnT finally recognized that their best option for shoring up a collapsing program was to start recruiting more heavily in the state that historically produces the best quality wrestlers.Hey it's not our fault people don't want to live in Iowa!
The per capita argument is the one Europeans always make when we’re leading the medal count at the Olympics. It’s a losers argument.NQs per capita is meaningless, but NQs/Wrestling Participants for each state would be of some interest.
I had seen some of those statistics before. Seems like the gap in qualifiers between PA and the next best state is closer than in some years past. And I think some of us have been talking about how Illinois high school wrestling has been rising for years. You’d think Univ of Illinois should be capitalizing on that.
Alaska = Iowa or Iowa > AlaskaActually, relative to population
The next most requested topic after NQs by state is NQs by state per capita. Here we express that topic in the number of qualifiers per million inhabitants of the state as per the 2022 census estimates.
STATE NQ/1M
Iowa 5.0
Alaska 4.1
Pennsylvania 3.5
Oklahoma 3.2
West Virginia 2.8
Illinois 2.5
New Jersey 2.5
Minnesota 2.1
Missouri 1.9
Ohio 1.9
NQs per capita is meaningless, but NQs/Wrestling Participants for each state would be of some interest.
Edit new to this idk how to get this spreadsheet to work but states are in order alphabetically
PA could have half as many qualifiers and still would be outpacing Iowa, West Virginia surprisingly 2nd ahead of nj, Ohio, Illinois, OklahomaPA wins again!