Wrestleknownothing Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Who says freshman need time to acclimate to college? Try telling that to the crop that landed in 2015. Homework Assignment The title of the table might not be strictly true. I came up with this list from the list of the top 230 scoring wrestlers. So all the ones and twos are missing from my totals. I doubt that has any impact on 2015's status as the year of the freshman, but it certainly could impact the order of every year after that given how tightly bunched they all become. Sooooo, if there is anyone out there who wants to complete the calcs, here is your chance. Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestleknownothing Posted August 28, 2023 Author Share Posted August 28, 2023 Another way to think about freshman dominance is to focus on the entire career and then work backwards. You can argue that the top year for freshman is actually the year when the most career top scorers began. There were four years that contributed 6 wrestlers to the eventual top 230. Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestleknownothing Posted August 28, 2023 Author Share Posted August 28, 2023 And for the completests in the crowd, the years 1970, 1988, 1997, and 2008 were the only freshman-eligible years that did not contribute any wrestlers to the top 230 career scorers at the NCAA tournament. Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idaho Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Some talented freshman coming up. Sponsored by INTERMAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestleknownothing Posted August 28, 2023 Author Share Posted August 28, 2023 Freshman AAs in 2023: Eddie Ventresca 7th @ 125 Aaron Nagao 5th @ 133 Lachlan McNeil 4th @ 141 Brock Hardy 6th @ 141 Shayne Van Ness 3rd @ 149 Caleb Henson 5th @ 149 Levi Haines 2nd @ 157 Michael Caliendo 7th @ 165 Who breaks into the top 230 all-time scorers? Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ionel Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Well sure but how many of those were really freshman? If talking "hit the ground running" I'd expect it to be year one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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