The final night of men’s NCAA concluded, and the Longhorns officially climbed back to the top in a year of coaching and conference changes. Stay tuned for Andrew’s more comprehensive full-meet analysis, but for now, let’s look into how teams fared on the final night of competition.
When looking at psych sheet comparisons, team patterns closely resembled those of the first three days. For example, California, Indiana, and Georgia continued to top the biggest gains list. Cal’s +33 gain in the 200 back, comes as no surprise, seeing as Olympic finalists Mewen Tomac and Keaton Jones were seeded to not score.
Georgia’s +12 gain in the same event, on the other hand, would’ve been a little less expected coming into the meet. Ruard Van Renen posted an incredible 2.5 second lifetime best (1:39.54 to 1:37.08) to make it into the A-final after being seeded at #22. Van Renen is just one of many examples of the Bulldogs making large, perhaps unexpected strides this weekend.
The 200 back was key for some of the biggest point gainers, and it was also key for some of the biggest point losers. ACC teams NC State, Florida State, and Virginia suffered the biggest point losses of the night. Percentage-wise, the latter two are probably more noteworthy, seeing as they only scored a small fraction of their predicted points. Both the Seminoles and Cavaliers lost double-digit points after not having finalists in the 200 back despite being seeded to do so. Florida State also lost some ground in the 400 free relay, where they finished just outside of the scoring range
The University of Florida, which suffered some of the biggest losses the first three days, had somewhat of a rebound on the final night. Though they still lost points to their psych score, the magnitude wasn’t drastic at -14. The Gators even had a positive delta in the mile thanks to Gio Linscheer’s best time and 9th place finish.
Day 4 Overall
| Team | Night 4 Score | Predicted Score | Over/Under |
| Cal | 158 | 126 | +32 |
| UGA | 61 | 39 | +22 |
| Indiana | 116 | 98 | +18 |
| Louisville | 31 | 18 | +13 |
| Arizona | 14 | 1 | +13 |
| Minnesota | 13 | 2 | +11 |
| VT | 45 | 35 | +10 |
| Alabama | 23 | 13 | +10 |
| Tennessee | 104 | 96 | +8 |
| Michigan | 16 | 12 | +4 |
| USC | 19 | 16 | +3 |
| Kentucky | 24 | 21 | +3 |
| Yale | 15 | 13 | +2 |
| ASU | 76 | 75.5 | +1 |
| Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Army | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SMU | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LSU | 12 | 13 | -1 |
| Cornell | 6 | 7 | -1 |
| Harvard | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| Penn | 17 | 20 | -3 |
| Princeton | 0 | 4 | -4 |
| Brown | 11 | 16 | -5 |
| Georgia Tech | 0 | 5 | -5 |
| TAMU | 6 | 12 | -6 |
| Stanford | 43 | 50 | -7 |
| Cal Baptist | 4 | 12 | -8 |
| UNC | 4 | 13 | -9 |
| OSU | 8 | 18 | -10 |
| Auburn | 0 | 10.5 | -11 |
| Texas | 117 | 128.5 | -12 |
| Florida | 82 | 96 | -14 |
| Virginia | 2 | 18 | -16 |
| NC State | 52 | 68.5 | -17 |
| FSU | 6 | 27 | -21 |
Mile
| Team | Predicted | Actual | Difference |
| Texas | 39 | 29 | -10 |
| Florida | 2 | 9 | 7 |
| Cal | 17 | 16 | -1 |
| Indiana | 11 | 20 | 9 |
| Tennessee | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ASU | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| NC State | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| UGA | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Stanford | 12 | 1 | -11 |
| Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FSU | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VT | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OSU | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alabama | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| TAMU | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Auburn | 4 | 0 | -4 |
| Yale | 13 | 15 | 2 |
| Arizona | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LSU | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| USC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 21 | 24 | 3 |
| Penn | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cal Baptist | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Army | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Princeton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornell | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia Tech | 5 | 0 | -5 |
| SMU | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 6 | 6 |
200 back
| Team | Predicted | Actual | Difference |
| Texas | 37.5 | 31 | -6.5 |
| Florida | 17 | 14 | -3 |
| Cal | 28 | 61 | 33 |
| Indiana | 27 | 20 | -7 |
| Tennessee | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ASU | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NC State | 9 | 3 | -6 |
| UGA | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Stanford | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FSU | 11 | 0 | -11 |
| VT | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OSU | 2 | 0 | -2 |
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alabama | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| TAMU | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Auburn | 3.5 | 0 | -3.5 |
| Yale | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia | 12 | 0 | -12 |
| LSU | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| USC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Penn | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cal Baptist | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Army | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Princeton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornell | 7 | 6 | -1 |
100 free
| Team | Predicted | Actual | Difference |
| Texas | 13 | 22 | 9 |
| Florida | 30 | 20 | -10 |
| Cal | 16 | 19 | 3 |
| Indiana | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Tennessee | 35 | 41 | 6 |
| ASU | 19.5 | 19 | -0.5 |
| NC State | 8.5 | 0 | -8.5 |
| UGA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanford | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FSU | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VT | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| OSU | 2 | 0 | -2 |
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alabama | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TAMU | 7 | 0 | -7 |
| Auburn | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yale | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LSU | 11 | 12 | 1 |
| Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| USC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Penn | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cal Baptist | 12 | 4 | -8 |
200 breast
| Team | Predicted | Actual | Difference |
| Texas | 15 | 10 | -5 |
| Florida | 13 | 7 | -6 |
| Cal | 17 | 13 | -4 |
| Indiana | 34 | 37 | 3 |
| Tennessee | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ASU | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NC State | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UGA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanford | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FSU | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VT | 17 | 16 | -1 |
| OSU | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louisville | 18 | 27 | 9 |
| Alabama | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TAMU | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| Auburn | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yale | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LSU | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brown | 16 | 11 | -5 |
| UNC | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| USC | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Penn | 20 | 17 | -3 |
200 fly
| Team | Predicted | Actual | Difference |
| Texas | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cal | 18 | 19 | 1 |
| Indiana | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 21 | 23 | 2 |
| ASU | 17 | 16 | -1 |
| NC State | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UGA | 31 | 32 | 1 |
| Stanford | 15 | 18 | 3 |
| Michigan | 12 | 16 | 4 |
| FSU | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| VT | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OSU | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alabama | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TAMU | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Auburn | 3 | 0 | -3 |
| Yale | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LSU | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNC | 9 | 0 | -9 |
| USC | 16 | 13 | -3 |
| Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Penn | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cal Baptist | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Army | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Princeton | 4 | 0 | -4 |
| Cornell | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SMU | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 7 | 5 |
| Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harvard | 1 | 0 | -1 |
400 free relay
| Team | Predicted | Actual | Difference |
| Texas | 24 | 24 | 0 |
| Florida | 34 | 32 | -2 |
| Cal | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| Indiana | 26 | 28 | 2 |
| Tennessee | 40 | 40 | 0 |
| ASU | 32 | 34 | 2 |
| NC State | 28 | 26 | -2 |
| UGA | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| Stanford | 22 | 14 | -8 |
| Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FSU | 10 | 0 | -10 |
| VT | 18 | 22 | 4 |
| OSU | 14 | 8 | -6 |
| Louisville | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Alabama | 12 | 18 | 6 |
| TAMU | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Auburn | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yale | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Virginia | 6 | 2 | -4 |
| LSU | 2 | 0 | -2 |
Excited to see Drew Hitchcock next year, especially getting a couple years with Luca
So proud of the Dawgs, they haven’t had an NCAAs where they over performed like this in a while. Neil Versfeld is proving to be the right guy post-Bauerle.
They only had 4 individual scorers too! That backstroker guy whose name escapes me at the moment really overperformed.
Confused on how your a UGA fan but dont know they got 4th 4 years ago.
Georgia men had a terrific meet. Congrats