2018 MEN’S NCAA SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, March 21 – Saturday, March 24
- Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center – Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Prelims 10 AM / Finals 6 PM (Central Time)
- Defending champion: Texas (3x) (results)
- Psych Sheet
- Championship Central
- Event-by-Event Previews
- Team Power Rankings: Final Edition
- Live Stream
- Live Results
UPDATE Diving has been added to the tables below. The article text still reflects the scores when the article was published before diving had concluded. The projections still do not include the mile
Adding projected prelims points to real scores as of yesterday gives Indiana a small 1 points advantage over Texas. They lead 426 to 425. Cal are lurking in 3rd with 404.5. These projections are missing the mile and diving which don’t have prelims/haven’t completed yet.
Texas led the morning with 119 projected points tonight on 5 up and 3 down. Cal were next with 113 projected points on 6 up 1 down. NC State were next with 112 on 4 up 2 down. Indiana managed 101 projected points on 3 up 3 down.
USC had the best morning vs the psych sheet gaining 15 points. Cal were next best adding 13 points. Auburn had the biggest drop off this morning losing 35 points against the psych sheet. Next was Ohio State who dropped 28.
Score Projections
| Day 4 Prelims With Diving | Day 4 Prelims Swimming Only | Psych Points Day 4 | Difference | Projected Day Final Score Missing the Mile | |
| Texas | 144 | 119 | 126 | -7 | 450 |
| Indiana | 115 | 101 | 107 | -6 | 440 |
| California | 113 | 113 | 100 | 13 | 404.5 |
| NC State | 112 | 112 | 124 | -12 | 364 |
| Florida | 83 | 83 | 75 | 8 | 329 |
| USC | 71 | 59 | 44 | 15 | 252 |
| Alabama | 39 | 39 | 36 | 3 | 100 |
| Auburn | 35 | 33 | 68 | -35 | 91.5 |
| Michigan | 34 | 34 | 62 | -28 | 135.5 |
| Minnesota | 32 | 19 | 30 | -11 | 67 |
| Georgia | 32 | 32 | 19.5 | 12.5 | 130 |
| Stanford | 29 | 29 | 41.5 | -12.5 | 194 |
| Texas A&M | 29 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 74 |
| Miami | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Arizona | 27 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 65 |
| Louisville | 24 | 24 | 44 | -20 | 142.5 |
| Tennessee | 18 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 115 |
| Denver | 17 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 35 |
| Ohio St | 17 | 11 | 36 | -25 | 29 |
| Purdue | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| Virginia | 15 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 25 |
| Cornell | 14 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 29 |
| Harvard | 12 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 56 |
| South Carolina | 10 | 10 | 22 | -12 | 51.5 |
| Florida St | 6 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 30 |
| Wyoming | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| LSU | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Towson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Hawaii | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Duke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Up Downs
| Individual | Relays | 200 Back | 100 Free | 200 Breast | 200 Fly | 400 Free Relay | Platform Diving | |
| Texas | 6/4 | 1/0 | 3/1 | 2/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 1/1 |
| California | 6/1 | 1/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2/0 | 3/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Indiana | 4/3 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 |
| NC State | 4/2 | 1/0 | 0/2 | 3/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| USC | 3/1 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 |
| Florida | 3/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Georgia | 2/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Minnesota | 2/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Miami | 2/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/0 |
| Texas A&M | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Michigan | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Stanford | 1/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Arizona | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Tennessee | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 |
| Denver | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Harvard | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Cornell | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Auburn | 0/4 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 |
| Louisville | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Alabama | 0/2 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Virginia | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| South Carolina | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Purdue | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 |
| Ohio State | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Hawaii | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Towson | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| LSU | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Wyoming | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Duke | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Florida St | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
Big last dive by Cornish to move up in B Final and pick up 6 points for UT.
Possible points tonight from diving: 12-29 for UT and 11-20 for IU
Looks like 1 up/1 down for Texas and 1 up for Indiana in diving.
UT finished 1 and 12 and IU diver finished 5th.
Cal had the keys to the kingdom 100 freestylers really needed to come through
As a Cal fan this is what broke my heart. We have (had?) so much potential in this event that didn’t materialize.
I see 3 outcomes for the SwimSwam posters/commenters following Saturday evening’s finals:
— If Texas wins: Longhorn fanboys declare Eddie Reese the greatest coach of anything in the history of the universe, “ZOMG it was all in *the plan*”. Other Monday-morning psychologists further analyze Schooling and decide that a Texas team comeback at NCAAs completes his redemption arc story or whatever. Cal fans get mad because Texas only won because of diving or something. Everyone else posts more Schooling jokes for the next 17 years and a small and vocal subset of posters continue to fawn over Dean Farris.
— If Indiana wins: SwimSwam crashes with 80,000 people (me included) posting here in celebration simultaneously, and the sound barrier… Read more »
No matter what happens, everyone will know deep in their hearts that diving doesn’t belong with swimming. Some are just a little more honest with themselves than others.
Isn’t this just another version of the 2016 election – popular vote vs. electoral votes. At the end of the day, you play with the rules as they exist or you change the rules. No way of knowing whether or not a team with no divers would win if the diving was eliminated because the teams with the divers would recruit differently.
No, some are just more butthurt than others. Saying swimming and diving don’t go together is like saying throwing and jumping events don’t belong with track.
But swimming and diving don’t go together, they just happen to often take place at the same facility. It’s like deciding a swim meet w/ a slam dunk contest.
I’d be fine w/ separating track from field, though that does bone decathletes. (Which, unlike swimmers and divers, do compete in both at very high levels. Same w/ jumpers and sprinters. It’s the same kinda skill.)
All track & field events use objective measurements to determine an athlete’s skill. Diving is judged sport. It’d be more like throwing gymnastics in with track and field.
Can I upvote this twice?
Cal really needed a better showing from its 100 freestylers.
It must have been a shock for Hoffer and Lynch to not even make the B final.
The competition is too close to not swim well in the prelims.
That was a killer. I think Cal lost the meet in the 100 free prelims. That’s an event where they should’ve had at least another 1 up & another 1down.
Indiana has 3 up 3 down not 3/1
Thanks. Fixed the typo.
Imagine texas had any sort of decent breastroker….
They will next year.. with Whitley!
But remember, other top teams don’t have breaststrokers either… Like NC state and Florida. Using versatile swimmers to fill in those gaps.
Except that Reece is going to Cal.
Whoops. My bad.. Hard to keep straight between Cal and Texas, where the top recruits are going ?