I am not going to argue the fact that Kansas has a different style of wrestling but to blame the lack of D1 wrestlers on the style is in my opinion wrong.
Just a little information to think about
Oklahoma St. 12 of the 32 or 37.5% of the wrestlers are from Oklahoma
OU 10 of the 30 or 30% of the wrestlers are from Oklahoma
Nebraska 15 of the 39 or 38.5% wrestlers are from Nebraska
Iowa State 17 of the 27 or 63% of the wrestlers are from Iowa
Missouri 12 of the 31or 39% of the wrestlers are from Missouri
The rest of the teams roster are then made up of wrestlers from a variety of states which could lead us to argue that a teams roster is dominated by athletes from that state. So the lack of a D1 program in Kansas could be a reason for not as many D1 wrestlers.


Matt Sims
Colby High School