Fun Facts: NCAA Division I Championship Finals
Congratulations to the NCAA for a wonderful championship in Madison Square Garden! For all you college wrestling trivia fans, here are some fun facts about the Saturday night Division I finals:
- Total number of match points scored: 103
- By winner: 65
- Match points by period:
- 1st: 24
- 2nd: 36
- 3rd: 41
- OT: 2
- Average margin of victory: 2.7 points
- Excluding 149 pound match: 1.8 points
- Percentage of periods with no scoring: 9.7 % (3 of 31)
- Total number of
- Takedowns: 26
- Near falls: 1
- Reverses: 0
- Takedown + escapes, percentage of all match points: 87%
- First takedown winners: 7
- 3rd period comebacks: 1
- Points scored in the last 10 seconds of any period: 11
- # of matches won by red: 8
- Probability of red winning 8 of 10 matches with random color assignment: 4.4%
Stats provided by Takedown Scoring and Stats.