I understand the no match no win concept - There though has been times where during a dual a coach may not send a wrestler out to wrestle even though he has one at a certain weight. Should the kid that went out to the mat be punished on his win / loss record in a case like this. At a dual meet some time back there where three teams, at one of the weights all three teams had wrestlers. In one of the duals they wrestled but when came time to wrestle the other team neither team would send their wrestlers to the mat "One coaches comment was it would be like sending the chickens to the wolf". But again when we get close to regionals and state after everyone regular seasons are wrapped up how to some kids have these 40 + match seasons with mostly wins - If they are that good most their tournaments would consist of 3 or sometimes 4 matches?
It depends on how many teams are in a tournament and how full the tournament brackets are and if they are doing pool rounds first before the championship brackets. In four of my son's tournaments this season he had 24 total matches and he won all four of those tournaments. That is an average of six matches per tournament in those four tournaments. He has 35 matches total so far this season with league this week where he will get five more matches that will put him at 40 matches, then regionals and hopefully state. Last year he had a 41-8 record after state so he had 49 matches last year.
