Most undermanned team to win NCAAs?

[Ponzi]

This is a question--I don't know the answer.

What is the team with the smallest number of qualifiers to win the NCAAs? Or place in the top 4?

 

[Threadkilla]

I think Penn State had 6 at least one year.   

[PortaJohn]

In 1936 Oklahoma won the tournament with a team total 16 points and 'i believe only 5 wresters 

[SetonHallPirate]

26 minutes ago, Ponzi said:

This is a question--I don't know the answer.

What is the team with the smallest number of qualifiers to win the NCAAs? Or place in the top 4?

 

I know the answer to the first question...Arizona State with 7 in 1988 is the lowest since they started having qualifiers. Not sure about top four.

[11986]

I think Iowa St only had 5 qualifiers when they placed 2nd in 1996. 

[Antitroll2828]

Ben Askren always brags that when he was coaching at ASU they only had 5 qualifiers and 3 AAs and finished 6th as a team 

[Antitroll2828]

Rutgers finished 9th with just 2 AAs and 5 qualifers ( one was a 33 seed injury replacement)

[WrestlingFan89]

21 minutes ago, Antitroll2828 said:

Rutgers finished 9th with just 2 AAs and 5 qualifers ( one was a 33 seed injury replacement)

They should get a special trophy for that 

[scourge165]

Minnesota with 10 AAs and no Champs is noteworthy...in the "only wrong answers" type of way.

[Threadkilla]

8 minutes ago, scourge165 said:

Minnesota with 10 AAs and no Champs is noteworthy...in the "only wrong answers" type of way.

https://youtu.be/9fvHOTxbsc8

2001

[scourge165]

1 hour ago, Threadkilla said:

https://youtu.be/9fvHOTxbsc8

2001

Great video. Thank you for posting that.

Awesome coaching job by the Minnesota staff to keep everyone in it after such a brutal round and a couple things I didn't know. Hahn getting upset and coming all the way back to win 6 matches and the Nail in the Coffin, plus taking the Trophy around to all the Bars IN Iowa...hilarious!

[Ponzi]

21 hours ago, scourge165 said:

Minnesota with 10 AAs and no Champs is noteworthy...in the "only wrong answers" type of way.

But, so far, no correct answers.

[scourge165]

3 hours ago, Ponzi said:

But, so far, no correct answers.

Have you found the correct answer? 5 seems like a likely answer.

 

Should break it up into the "modern" era vs the...less modern era. I mean, Indiana won one with 14 points. 

Spending just a few minutes, I see Iowa State won in 1933 with 4 qualifiers. 3 Champs and a DNP.

OSU had 3 and a 3rd place finisher. They tied for the title. 

Still, just 7 weights, but 4 champs and they were team champs. So that'd seem to be the right answer.

 

Going post 1972(When Freshmen were eligible to compete) 5 seems likely. 

Could have been a team that won in the early years with 3, but I found 4 and I was done looking. 

[Tripnsweep]

On 3/4/2023 at 10:27 PM, Antitroll2828 said:

Ben Askren always brags that when he was coaching at ASU they only had 5 qualifiers and 3 AAs and finished 6th as a team 

2 of those were NCAA champions and an 8th place finisher. 

[Idaho]

9 hours ago, Ponzi said:

But, so far, no correct answers.

You said you didn't know the answer in the OP.... so how do you know there are no correct answers? 

If a tree falls....

[Ponzi]

3 minutes ago, Idaho said:

You said you didn't know the answer in the OP.... so how do you know there are no correct answers? 

If a tree falls....

Sorry, it looks like SetonHallPirate got it.