Long title droughts

[IronChef 1,071]

I saw this tweet today from Minnesota, and I was struck by the fact that the last Gopher champ was Tony Nelson in 2013. If you had asked me when the last Minnesota champ had been, I probably would have guessed later than 2013, even if I couldn't say who it was. 

Got me thinking about last champs. Here's a list of the last Division I champ for each team. The 2021 champs last wins were Iowa (2019), Penn State (2019), OK St. (2017), Iowa State (2015), Minnesota (2013), Stanford (2004), UNC (1995). Please let me know if there are errors in the table below

Team	Last Champ
Air Force	1967
American	2007
Appalachian State	none
Arizona State	2019
Army	1963
Bellarmine	none
Binghamton	none
Bloomsburg	1987
Brown	none
Bucknell	none
Buffalo	none
Cal Poly	1976
Campbell	none
Central Michigan	1999
Chattanooga	none
Clarion	1996
Cleveland State	none
Columbia	none
Cornell	2019
CSU Bakersfield	1999
Davidson	none
Drexel	none
Duke	none
Edinboro	2009
Franklin & Marshall	none
Gardner-Webb	none
George Mason	none
Harvard	2010
Hofstra	1977
Illinois	2016
Indiana	2008
Iowa	2021
Iowa State	2021
Kent State	2011
Lehigh	2017
Little Rock	none
LIU	none
Lock Haven	1997
Maryland	1969
Michigan	2012
Michigan State	2009
Minnesota	2021
Missouri	2017
Navy	1973
Nebraska	2011
North Carolina	2021
North Carolina State	2018
North Dakota State	none
Northern Colorado	none
Northern Illinois	1960
Northern Iowa	2019
Northwestern	2014
Ohio	1998
Ohio State	2018
Oklahoma	2015
Oklahoma State	2021
Oregon State	1996
Penn State	2021
Pennsylvania	2007
Pittsburgh	2008
Presbyterian	none
Princeton	1951
Purdue	1992
Rider	none
Rutgers	2019
Sacred Heart	none
South Dakota State	2018
Southern Illinois Edwardsville	none
Stanford	2021
The Citadel	none
Utah Valley	none
Virginia	none
Virginia Tech	2019
VMI	none
West Virginia	2005
Wisconsin	2010
Wyoming	1960

 

Edited May 26, 2021 by IronChef

[Chucktown_Luke 37]

I think Virginia is the most surprising team to never have a national champion.

Edited May 27, 2021 by Chucktown_Luke
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[Henry 102]

So what team that hasn't had a champion this century is most likely to end the drought? Oregon State? Purdue? Maryland? 

Hard to believe it's been over 20 years for Central Michigan. 

[IronChef 1,071]

49 minutes ago, Chucktown_Luke said:

I think Virginia is the most surprising team to never have an national champion.

When I made the list, I was thinking the same thing. 

[Swayz 152]

I think it would be neat to know most recent finalist too Air Force had to be 2003 I would guess. 

[ugarte 515]

Gwiz leaving for NC State kept that "none" at Binghamton.

[klehner 730]

2 hours ago, Henry said:

So what team that hasn't had a champion this century is most likely to end the drought? Oregon State? Purdue? Maryland? 

Hard to believe it's been over 20 years for Central Michigan. 

Princeton hasn't won since 1951?  Patrick Glory has an outside shot of ending that (but just an outside shot).

[Swayz 152]

The west coast drought (outside of this year)  is disheartening,  especially with how populated that area is .   California,  Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada,  and Utah combined have less DI opportunities that North Carolina if I am not mistaken. 

Edited May 26, 2021 by Swayz

[Idaho 1,322]

5 minutes ago, Swayz said:

The west coast drought (outside of this year)  is disheartening,  especially with how populated that area is .   California,  Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada,  and Utah combined have less DI opportunities that North Carolina if I am not mistaken. 

There are 7 D1 wrestling teams in NC? 

[Swayz 152]

12 minutes ago, Idaho said:

There are 7 D1 wrestling teams in NC? 

Yes.   They have 3 in the ACC 4 in the SoConn

When compared 1 on 1 vs California for 4 year programs per division North Carolina also has  more DII,  more DIII,   and more NAIA options one on one than a state with 1 hs tournament and 27.7 million more people! 

 

 

[IronChef 1,071]

There are 7 D1 wrestling teams in NC? 

Duke, UNC, NC State, Campbell, Gardner Webb, App State, Davidson

[Swayz 152]

3 minutes ago, IronChef said:

Duke, UNC, NC State, Campbell, Gardner Webb, App State, Davidson

A majority have not had an NCAA DI champ,  but these teams do see some DI success periodically.   UNC, DUKE and NCState from ACC are obviously the cream of the crop from NC,  but Campbell and App State aren't to far behind.   GW and Davidson are lower tier, but academically very stringent like Duke and not the biggest draw, but have had some wonderful individuals come out of the programs.  

[lu1979 558]

4 hours ago, Henry said:

So what team that hasn't had a champion this century is most likely to end the drought? Oregon State? Purdue? Maryland? 

Hard to believe it's been over 20 years for Central Michigan. 

My guess would be Princeton or Navy.  Princeton has been bringing in some high caliber recruits - they need one to break through - and Navy has Kolat coaching and I think he is going to develop some high end talent.  Also Cal Poly still has a few years left with Truax and I thought he was real impressive last year.  174 will be loaded but can he jump levels and overtake the field? 

[southend 239]

This just verifies, the rich get in richer this non revenue sport. Thus perpetuating the decline in D1 school numbers. Not the only factor.

[Wrestle81 82]

Many schools have almost zero chance, especially with regional training centers and wrestlers ability to transfer.

[Drake_Mallard 371]

33 minutes ago, southend said:

This just verifies, the rich get in richer this non revenue sport. Thus perpetuating the decline in D1 school numbers. Not the only factor.

You watch college football recently? Their system also perpetuates itself. Same 3-5 teams every single year

[hammerlockthree 2,581]

1 hour ago, Drake_Mallard said:

You watch college football recently? Their system also perpetuates itself. Same 3-5 teams every single year

You don't see the weakness in this comparison?

The OP was right, I can't believe minny had a drought that long.

[Idaho 1,322]

5 hours ago, IronChef said:

Duke, UNC, NC State, Campbell, Gardner Webb, App State, Davidson

Well dang... I need to study my NC geography. 

 

[Drake_Mallard 371]

6 hours ago, hammerlockthree said:

You don't see the weakness in this comparison?

The OP was right, I can't believe minny had a drought that long.

Nah, I do. I was more just making an observation.

[iGranby 221]

14 hours ago, ugarte said:

Gwiz leaving for NC State kept that "none" at Binghamton.

Not to knock Binghamton or any coaches theyve had since (I think the current staff will get a champ if they keep on what they have going now) - but I dont think Gwiz becomes what he is now/in college without Pat Pop, and Beasley. He certainly could have obviously, but to jump from 8th, to champ 2x + another finals appearance (losing only to Snyder in a TIGHT one) is pretty insane, and I just dont know if it happens without that staff. 

[TobusRex 2,107]

Might as well face it: without JRob the Gophers ain't jack ****. 

[TobusRex 2,107]

1 hour ago, iGranby said:

Not to knock Binghamton or any coaches theyve had since (I think the current staff will get a champ if they keep on what they have going now) - but I dont think Gwiz becomes what he is now/in college without Pat Pop, and Beasley. He certainly could have obviously, but to jump from 8th, to champ 2x + another finals appearance (losing only to Snyder in a TIGHT one) is pretty insane, and I just dont know if it happens without that staff. 

Gwiz probably would've went 8th, 6th, 5th, 4th at NCAAs if he'd stayed at Binghamton. 

[iGranby 221]

5 minutes ago, TobusRex said:

Gwiz probably would've went 8th, 6th, 5th, 4th at NCAAs if he'd stayed at Binghamton. 

So specific, hahah. Im reading what youre writing, though. 

[Swayz 152]

12 hours ago, Idaho said:

Well dang... I need to study my NC geography. 

 

also...  4 DII,  1 DIII,  and 2 NAIA programs in NC.   

[Drew87 349]

2 hours ago, TobusRex said:

Might as well face it: without JRob the Gophers ain't jack ****. 

This. I don’t know the full deal of whatever happened, but it is a real disservice to the wrestling community that he is not more present and accessible.  He is as relevant and important as John Smith or Dan Gable, but I think a heck of a lot more thoughtful about life as a human being rather than just wrestling.