2016 Men’s NCAA’s: Cal, Georgia, Texas All +30-35 Points on Friday AM

2016 MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Cal Bears had another big session, but only managed to make up 1.5 points on the meet-leading Texas Longhorns on Friday morning.  Nice swims by Trent Williams in the 200 free (jumping into the top 8 from a non-scoring seed) and Jacob Pebley in the 100 back (who was seeded outside the top 16 after not competing at Pac-12’s) boosted the Bears, while Texas responded with [expected] big jumps from Will Licon in the 400 IM and Townley Haas in the 200 free.  Notably, both schools also gained substantial ground in the 200 medley relay.

Three SEC teams also had great morning sessions, particularly the Georgia Bulldogs, who were an outside smoke in the 200 medley relay.  Tennessee (behind Peter Stevens in the 100 breast) and Florida (Mitch D’Arrigo in the 200 free) were the other notables.

On the other end of the spectrum, a slew of teams took some hits, with Indiana and NC State the biggest victims.  The Hoosiers went from a seeded 29 points in the 100 breast to 9.5, and also slipped in the 200 free and 100 fly.  The Wolfpack had some poor misfortune, with two 9th places (including the medley relay, where they were the top seed) and a 10th place finish.

The biggest movers on the session:

  • Trending up:
    • Georgia Bulldogs: +34 points
    • Cal Golden Bears: +30.5
    • Texas Longhorns: +29
    • Tennessee Volunteers: +29
    • Florida Gators: +15.5
  • Trending down:
    • Indiana Hoosiers: -38 points
    • NC State Wolfpack: -34
    • Arizona Wildcats: -29
    • Auburn Tigers: -28
    • USC Trojans: -17.5
    • UNC Tar Heels: -17.5

Below is a full scoring update coming out of the Friday preliminary 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.

NOTE: WE WILL UPDATE THIS FOLLOWING 3-METER DIVING PRELIMS

Teams Score thru Thursday Fri. seeds Fri. prelims results Fri. difference Fri. diving Sat. Psych sheet Psych final score Updated predicted final
Texas 209 90 119 29 0 158 407.5 486
California 141 109.5 140 30.5 0 95.5 279.5 376.5
NC State 137 97 63 -34 0 128 377 328
Florida 163 72.5 88 15.5 0 64 319.5 315
Georgia 68 60 94 34 0 48 146 210
Alabama 68 56 68 12 0 56.5 179.5 192.5
Auburn 42.5 71 43 -28 0 93 283.5 178.5
Michigan 90 45 31 -14 0 53.5 223.5 174.5
Tennessee 79 29 58 29 0 26.5 70.5 163.5
Indiana 62 72 34 -38 0 66.5 221.5 162.5
Louisville 60 64.5 75 10.5 0 26 151.5 161
Missouri 81 34 42 8 0 30 124.5 153
Stanford 57.5 33 25.5 -7.5 0 35 109 118
USC 53 45.5 28 -17.5 0 23 115.5 104
Ohio St 38 32 26 -6 0 14 60 78
South Carolina 23 0 15 15 0 24 39 62
Arizona 28 38 9 -29 0 14 79 51
Virginia Tech 11 27.5 21 -6.5 0 14 58.5 46
Wisconsin 23 0 2 2 0 20.5 39.5 45.5
Brigham Young 12 6 15 9 0 6 23 33
Penn 6 0 0 0 0 14 14 20
Virginia 0 0 7 7 0 12 12 19
Princeton 8 0 0 0 0 8 21 16
Purdue 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 16
George Washington 0 1 15 14 0 0 1 15
LSU 0 14 15 1 0 0 14 15
Miami (FL) 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
Utah 9 0 0 0 0 4 5 13
Air Force (M) 0 13 13 0 0 0 13 13
Cleveland State 0 6 12 6 0 0 6 12
Pittsburgh 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
Oakland 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 11
UNC 2 20 2.5 -17.5 0 5 33 9.5
UNLV 9 0 0 0 0 0 14 9
Cornell 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 9
Minnesota 4 5 2 -3 0 2.5 17.5 8.5
Duke 0 15 8 -7 0 0 15 8
Yale 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 7
Notre Dame 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 6
Georgia Tech 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Arizona St 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4
Iowa 0 7 3 -4 0 0 13 3
Penn State 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Harvard 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 2
Denver 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 1.5 1.5
Texas A&M 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
West Virginia 0 12.5 0 -12.5 0 0 12.5 0
Florida St 0 9 0 -9 0 0 9 0

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CraigH
8 years ago

Wheels are falling off the bus for NC State. Too bad, they showed so much promise after yesterday’s prelims to hang with the big boys.

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