2017 MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, March 22 – Saturday, March 25
- IUPUI Natatorium – Indianapolis, IN
- Championship Central
- Psych Sheet
- Event Previews
- Live Results
JumboSwimmer has won the NCAA men’s pick’em contest. He was led by the second best score on the all important last day (the last day is most important because it’s when the big points for the team picks are awarded). He ended with 289 points to beat QQQ…QQ by 1 point (it’s actually 23 Q’s, but I’m not putting all those in the middle of a sentence). Yesterday’s leader, tomato, fell to 8th place as his 123 points today only ranked 106th. The highest score on the last day came from Glogo who had 157. Glogo was aided by correctly picking teams 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9.
As the overall winner, JumboSwimmer receives:
- SwimSwam Magazine Subscription
- FINIS Snapback Hat
- Exclusive FINIS Fifth Stroke T-Shirt
- FINIS Onyx Technical Racing Suit
As the daily winner, Glogo receives:
- SwimSwam Magazine Subscription
- FINIS Snapback Hat
- Exclusive FINIS Fifth Stroke T-Shirt
Thanks to FINIS for sponsoring the contest.
In a true rarity Ryan Murphy was picked by every single entry to win the 200 back (Katie Ledecky wasn’t picked by everyone in any of her events in the women’s competition). It was therefore surprising that he actually trailed at the 150 mark to John Shebat who only 7.3% picked 2nd.
There were a few other surprises. Dylan Carter, 4th in the 100 free, was picked in the top 4 by only 2% of entries. Mauro Castillo Luna, 3rd in the 200 breast, was picked in the top 4 by only 1 person. 77.7% of people had Joseph Schooling in their top 4 in the 200 fly. He was 37th this morning. Texas was not picked by a majority to win the 400 free relay. Only 39.7% had them winning. Florida at 43.3% was actually the most popular pick. USC, who was 3rd, appeared in only 1.1% of picks.
The biggest surprise in the team competition was USC who was 6th. Only 2.4% of entries had them 6th or higher.
Top 20 Overall
| JumboSwimmer | 1 | 289 | 68 | 66 | 39 | 67 | 3 | 156 |
| QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ | 2 | 288 | 34 | 70 | 24 | 69 | 7 | 149 |
| Glogo | 3 | 283 | 55 | 67 | 224 | 59 | 2 | 157 |
| rlotreck | 4 | 277 | 84 | 65 | 88 | 64 | 9 | 148 |
| Nat | 5 | 275.5 | 34 | 70 | 140 | 61.5 | 13 | 144 |
| Harrisongu | 6 | 273.5 | 277 | 55 | 98 | 63.5 | 4 | 155 |
| tomato | 6 | 273.5 | 15 | 74 | 9 | 73.5 | 89 | 126 |
| jrig98 | 8 | 271 | 206 | 58 | 30 | 68 | 11 | 145 |
| KnightSwimz | 9 | 270.5 | 30 | 71 | 44 | 66.5 | 44 | 133 |
| tmaida98 | 10 | 270 | 25 | 72 | 334 | 56 | 16 | 142 |
| usrpt21 | 11 | 269.5 | 206 | 58 | 3 | 79.5 | 50 | 132 |
| Friuti | 12 | 269 | 176 | 60 | 189 | 60 | 7 | 149 |
| DMacNCheez | 13 | 267 | 25 | 72 | 88 | 64 | 52 | 131 |
| Lokermotion | 14 | 265.5 | 68 | 66 | 306 | 56.5 | 14 | 143 |
| DINO | 15 | 265 | 481 | 48 | 52 | 66 | 6 | 151 |
| cxnnxxng | 16 | 264.5 | 3 | 78 | 340 | 55.5 | 52 | 131 |
| Andrew5466 | 17 | 264 | 11 | 76 | 152 | 61 | 81 | 127 |
| Aballz | 18 | 263 | 117 | 63 | 24 | 69 | 52 | 131 |
| mikebottomdoesn’tlikeXman | 19 | 262.5 | 84 | 65 | 76 | 64.5 | 44 | 133 |
| pianoback | 20 | 261.5 | 34 | 70 | 165 | 60.5 | 52 | 131 |
| pianoback | 20 | 261.5 | 557 | 45 | 340 | 55.5 | 1 | 161 |
Top 20 Day 4
| Day 4 Rank | Day 4 Score | |
| pianoback | 1 | 161 |
| Glogo | 2 | 157 |
| JumboSwimmer | 3 | 156 |
| Harrisongu | 4 | 155 |
| RG59 | 5 | 152 |
| DINO | 6 | 151 |
| QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ | 7 | 149 |
| Friuti | 7 | 149 |
| rlotreck | 9 | 148 |
| iLikePsych | 10 | 146 |
| jrig98 | 11 | 145 |
| SinkorSwim | 11 | 145 |
| Nat | 13 | 144 |
| Lokermotion | 14 | 143 |
| completelyconquered | 14 | 143 |
| tmaida98 | 16 | 142 |
| AlecBison | 16 | 142 |
| scohen | 16 | 142 |
| Tommy | 19 | 141 |
| Joe | 19 | 141 |
FYI – The results in the master spreadsheet shows Gunnar Bentz getting 3rd AND 4th place in the 200 Fly when Pace Clark got 4th. As a result the scores are incorrect for those that the error impacted. Not sure how much that would impact the overall standings, if at all.
Wow! Top 20! I think this is my best year yet. Hook ’em.
In the master spreadsheet for the 200 Fly, Gunnar Bentz is listed as both 3rd AND 4th (instead of Pace Clark). So some of the scores may be incorrect as points would be given to those who picked Bentz 3rd or 4th. Anyone who picked Clark 4th did not get those points. (10:40 PM EST)
Good catch. The error has been corrected. This didn’t affect the top of the standings, but it did shuffle the lower places around a bit. Thanks for pointing that out.
Onii-Chan we need you!
Wow picking the teams correctly can nullify screwing up all the individuals. And vice versa :'(
Man, nailing the top 5 really carried me on this last day, 11th overall! Don’t know if I can ever top that again.