Projected 24-25 Badger Roster & Starters

[DocWrestling]

Any school making wrestling a priority will look more appealing but how many will that be  It will be interesting but I am thinking no more than maybe 10 programs will offer more than 10 scholarships.  Will schools like Edinboro or Lehigh invest in wrestling?  If they offer 15-20 scholarships will they be better than Big Ten teams like UW cutting scholarships.  Problem is that number of scholarships for men and women are going to have to remain even. For every scholarship you want added in a non-revenue sport like wrestling you would have to add another scholarship in a non-revenue women's sport also.

UW maybe be in a better spot than other Big Ten schools simply because we already do not have a baseball team.  Will other Big Ten teams drop wrestling or baseball?

It is my belief that there will be much fewer D1 wrestlling scholarships available as a whole across the country going forward.  Scholarships in all non-revenue sports are going to decline as a whole and many sports will get cut or pushed to "club" level.

[dad 2 5]

Does anyone know who the starters are this weekend?

[Kirk Nelson]

https://uwbadgers.com/news/2024/10/31/wrestling-wisconsin-wrestling-opens-the-season-against-ohio.aspx

125 - Nicolar Rivera
133 - Zan Fugitt
141 - Brock Bobzien or Carson Exferd
149 - Joseph Zargo or Royce Nilo
157 - Luke Mechler
165 - Cale Anderson
174 - Luke Condon
184 - Dylan Russo
197 - Niccolo Colucci
HWT - Braxton Amos or Gannon Rosenfeld

If Zargo and Amos are going to redshirt, it looks like Nilo @ 149 and Rosenfeld @ 285 will start

[VQOriginal]

NAIA will be a great option. We've been looking to see what's out there ourselves. His commitment to Virginia is still valid. But we are planning for a complete fall out as well. Can't trust the NCAA at this point.

[npope]

NAIA will be a great option. We've been looking to see what's out there ourselves. His commitment to Virginia is still valid. But we are planning for a complete fall out as well. Can't trust the NCAA at this point.

What are you talking about?

[VQOriginal]

NAIA will be a great option. We've been looking to see what's out there ourselves. His commitment to Virginia is still valid. But we are planning for a complete fall out as well. Can't trust the NCAA at this point.

What are you talking about?

What exactly are you confused about. The statement is pretty clear.

[VQOriginal]

Would the wrestling programs at schools without a football team now be more stable and more appealing to recruits?  Would NAIA schools look more stable and appealing to recruits?

NPope,

I was replying to this⬆️⬆️⬆️

[npope]

Would the wrestling programs at schools without a football team now be more stable and more appealing to recruits?  Would NAIA schools look more stable and appealing to recruits?

NPope,

I was replying to this⬆️⬆️⬆️

Whose commitment to Virginia? Nothing is clear about your statement.

[littleguy301]

Would the wrestling programs at schools without a football team now be more stable and more appealing to recruits?  Would NAIA schools look more stable and appealing to recruits?

NPope,

I was replying to this⬆️⬆️⬆️

Good thinking!

I believe if the Badgers footbal team stumbles to the finish line this year, we are going to see some major problems in secondary sports this year. Under the new rules sports like football have to share way less money to other programs and we all know that footbal at wisconsin basically funds most programs. So if the football makes little money they just may keep it all! That would be a major problem for wrestling.

This isn't all the NCAA either. They realize the problems of court rulings and all the stuff that are coming down!

[VQOriginal]

Would the wrestling programs at schools without a football team now be more stable and more appealing to recruits?  Would NAIA schools look more stable and appealing to recruits?

NPope,

I was replying to this⬆️⬆️⬆️

Whose commitment to Virginia? Nothing is clear about your statement.

NPope,

My son Liam Crook.

[npope]

Would the wrestling programs at schools without a football team now be more stable and more appealing to recruits?  Would NAIA schools look more stable and appealing to recruits?

NPope,

I was replying to this⬆️⬆️⬆️

Whose commitment to Virginia? Nothing is clear about your statement.

NPope,

My son Liam Crook.

Okay - thanks. That helps with context. I live out-state and do not know more than a couple of posters personally, i.e., beyond their poster-name.

[Gutwrench]

Great to see the team competing again.  All the guys put in so much work, I'm sure it's nice to go against a dude with a different colored singlet for a change.  Big wins by a few of the guys, and Melcher mixing it up with a highly ranked guy.  Keep building Badgers!

[Sudden Death]

100% agree Gutwrench

[MNR]

I was impressed with Mechler as well.

[Hugh]

It is Mechler, not Melcher