2017 MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, March 22 – Saturday, March 25
- IUPUI Natatorium – Indianapolis, IN
- Prelims 10AM/Finals 6PM (Eastern Time)
- Defending Champion: Texas (results)
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- Live stream: Wednesday/Thursday Prelims & Finals, Friday/Saturday Prelims / Friday/Saturday finals on ESPN3
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Following day 2 finals of the 2017 Men’s NCAA Championships, the defending champion Texas longhorns have burst into the lead. Texas not only swept the relays, but also won 2 of the individual races. Senior Clark Smith redeeemed his 2015 title in the 500 free, leading a 1-2 finish with teammate Townley Haas. Fellow Longhorn senior Will Licon successfully defended his title in the 200 IM after tying with Florida’s Mark Szaranek. Texas now leads the meet by 82.5 points.
The battle for 2nd should be a close one. Cal currently holds the runner up position, but Florida is just 4.5 points back. The NC State Wolfpack and Indiana Hoosiers round out the top 5 on today’s scoreboard, and aren’t out of reach of a top 3 spot by any means.
TEAM SCORES THROUGH DAY 2:
1. Texas 225.5 2. California 143 3. Florida 138.5 4. NC State 123 5. Indiana 121 6. Stanford 105 7. Southern Cali 75 8. Univ of Georgia 73 9. Missouri 71.5 10. Auburn 69.5 11. Louisville 57 12. South Carolina 40 13. Michigan 39 14. Arizona State 34 15. Purdue 33 16. Alabama 32 17. Texas A&M 23 18. Wisconsin 21 19. Tennessee 19 20. Ohio St 17 21. University of Miami 14 22. Lsu 12 22. Notre Dame 12 24. Arizona 10 25. Florida State 7 26. UNC 6 26. Harvard 6 28. Kentucky 4 28. Virginia Tech 4 28. Northwestern 4 31. Penn St 2 31. Hawaii 2 33. Pittsburgh 1
It will be interesting to see if Texas would have needed to swim on Saturday to win the,meet. I have gone through every event, including diving, and one,year they would have tied, the other year they would have won outright. I moved Texas swimmers out, and,Cal swimmers up, for the additional points
on Saturday, the Horns were just that dominant. Amazing talent, amazing coach. Next year will be very difficult for a 4-peat. Shebat and Harty will be a great backstroke duo with Murphy gone, but Will Licon and Jack Conger (Clark too) will be almost impossible to replace. Does Joseph Schooling stay for his sr. year? 3 for 3 on nattys. What’s left for him?
>3 for 3 on nattys. What’s left for him?
4 for 4?
I think the title of the article agrees with you.
Yes, and this was all but foregone before the meet even started.
My predictions pre-meet were(excluding diving):
Texas 500, Cal 400, NC St 330, Florida 320
Those predictions, which I made simply by quickly going event by event doing likely up/downs and then predicting relay finishes, had the teams at these totals after day 2(actual day 2 total):
Texas 210(225.5), Cal 156(143), NC St 153(123), Florida 150(138.5)
Texas is currently at 225.5, and subtracting the 12 diving points puts them at 213.5, or just 3.5 points above the predicted pace needed to reach 500.
Cal, by virtue of the Josa DQ, and by falling off a bit in tonight’s final swims, is off pace by 13 points,… Read more »