The 2024 NWCA All-Star Classic presented by Nike Wrestling will take place on Saturday, November 16, 2024, at 7:00 pm (ET) in Rec Hall on the campus of Penn State. 

• 2024 NWCA All-Star Classic Match Lineup
  
• Subscribe To FloWrestling To Watch More Original Series, Films And Live Events
• How To Watch The 2024 NWCA All-Star Classic On FloWrestling
• Buy tickets for the 2024 NWCA All-Star Classic in State College, PA
• Latest College Wrestling Rankings

This event can be viewed only on FloWrestling and will feature 10 highly ranked Division 1 folkstyle matchups along with a DII vs DIII men's match and 5 cross-divisional women’s freestyle matches.

One of the matchups of the night is a match between 133-pound All-Americans #2 Nasir Bailey and #6 Lucas Byrd. Check out the article below for a full preview and prediction of this incredible match. 

Nasir Bailey, Little Rock

• Hometown: Park Forest, Illinois
• True Sophomore
• 29-4 career record
• 4th place finisher at 2024 NCAAs

Lucas Byrd

• Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
• Redshirt Junior
• 85-19 career record
• Two-time NCAA All-American (5th in 2021 & 5th in 2022)
• Three-time NCAA qualifier

Breaking Down This Matchup

Eight months after Nasir Bailey became the first ever All-American in Little Rock history, he’s giving them their first ever All-Star Classic participant (although Stephen Little will also be at the All-Star Classic and will be technically be wrestling first now that the match order has been released). 

He’ll be taking on Illinois' Lucas Byrd in a bout that is likely to excite fans—Bailey’s dangerous double leg and top game vs Byrd's scrappiness. 

Byrd may still be shaking out the mat-rust, as he missed all of the 2023-24 season due to injury. However, Byrd has already had several tough matches this season, notching  wins over national qualifiers Micah Roes, Julian Chlebove and Brett Ungar at the Journeymen events last weekend, the last two bouts by shutout. 

But missing last season means Byrd never had a chance to wrestle Nasir Bailey, who had a phenomenal season a true freshman for the Trojans. Bailey and teammate Stephen Little were Little Rock's first ever All-Americans, an incredible achievement for head coach Neil Erisman, who has been at the helm of that program since it's inception a mere six years ago. 

It's anybody's guess who will win between the seasoned veteran and the up and coming true sophomore. But that’s what we’ll find out on November 16th.