2016 Men’s NCAA Scoring Projections: Longhorns Likely Secure Title

2016 MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Wednesday, March 23 – Saturday, March 26
• McAuley Aquatic Center – Atlanta, GA
• Prelims 10AM/Finals 6PM (Eastern Time)
• Defending Champion: Texas (results)
• Championship Central
• Live stream: Wednesday/Thursday prelins & finals, Friday/Saturday prelims / Friday/Saturday finals on ESPN3
• Live results

With six individuals and their 400 free relay slated to swim in A-finals tonight, the Texas Longhorns all but wrapped up their second straight NCAA title this morning.  The Longhorns didn’t have a particularly amazing session (they gained just 0.5 points from their seeds), but with their existing 95-point cushion, combined with more likely scoring from diving and the 1650, it was more than enough.

Cal continued their excellent meet with a solid 10.5-point bump from their seeds to likely lock up second place in the team standings, while Florida and NC State will have a tight battle for third place tonight.

Outside the top four, the Alabama Crimson Tide continued to roll coming off last night’s 200 medley relay, registering a 24.5-point gain.  SEC rival Georgia also put together another very good session, moving up 23 points from expectations.  On the the other end of the spectrum, Auburn fell nearly 50 points from their seeds.

The biggest movers on the session:

• Trending up:
  • Alabama Crimson Tide: +24.5 points
  • Georgia Bulldogs: +23
  • Cal Golden Bears: +13.5
  • Louisville Cardinals: +13
  • Tennessee Volunteers: +12.5

• Trending down:
  • Auburn Tigers: -48 points
  • Purdue Boilermakers: -16
  • NC State Wolfpack: -15
  • Ohio State Buckeyes: -13

Below is a full scoring update coming out of the Saturday morning session.  We’ve also included each teams’ psych sheet scoring to better represent how each particular team is performing relative to their seeds.  The final column shows–if seedings hold tonight–what each team’s new projected final score would be.