2023 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 1 Scoring Analysis

2023 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Though we’re just two events in, the opening night of the Men’s NCAA Championships gives us a glimpse into who’s swimming well and who maybe didn’t hit their taper.

Arizona State holds the overnight lead after placing second in both the 200 medley and 800 free relays, though after coming in as the top seed in the latter, the Sun Devils actually sit -6 relative to their psych sheet points thus far.

Indiana leads the way at +24, having placed fifth in the 200 medley and fourth in the 800 free after coming in seeded 13th and sixth, respectively.

Lousiville, Stanford, Texas, Alabama and Notre Dame are also in the double-digit positives, while Michigan, Ohio State, Tennessee, Georgia and Texas A&M are at the opposite end of the spectrum.

DAY 1 PERFORMERS RELATIVE TO SEED

Team Score Relative To Seed
Indiana +24
Louisville +16
Stanford +14
Texas +12
Alabama +10
Notre Dame +10
NC State +8
Cal +4
Wisconsin 4
Virginia 2
Virginia Tech 0
Auburn -4
Arizona -4
Arizona State -6
Florida -6
Missouri -6
Texas A&M -10
Georgia -14
Tennessee -16
Ohio State -18
Michigan -22

Michigan was seeded 10th but failed to score in the 200 medley relay, while they also dropped four spots to take 15th in the 800 free relay.

Ohio State fell from the eighth seed into 16th in the 200 medley relay, and Tennessee dropped from being the top-seeded team in the medley down into sixth.

TEAM SCORES – THRU DAY 1

Rank Team Score Versus Seed
1 Arizona State 68 -6
2 NC State 66 +8
3 Cal 62 +4
4 Florida 60 -6
5 Indiana 58 +24
6 Texas 50 +12
7 Louisville 42 +16
8 Auburn 40 -4
9 Stanford 38 +14
10 Alabama 26 +10
10 Tennessee 26 -16
12 Virginia 22 +2
13 Georgia 20 -14
14 Notre Dame 10 +10
15 Texas A&M 8 -10
15 Virginia Tech 8
17 Missouri 6 -6
18 Wisconsin 4 +4
18 Michigan 4 -22
20 Ohio State 2 -18

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BUPWAA
11 months ago

TN + OSU DOIN WHAT THEY DO EVERY YEAR

Timekeeper
11 months ago

With Hobson and Carroza in that form, Texas could very easily start the session with 3 A finalists in the 500. They are going to keep going way up in points if they stay in that form. Hobson is seeded with a 4:13 lol

Andrew
11 months ago

Incoming funny comment from feeling blue…

Greg
11 months ago

Correction – Virginia is +4. The difference between 8th and 9th is four points in relays.

Admin
Reply to  Greg
11 months ago

They were seeded tied for 8th. So that’s a seed at 20 points.

Apathetic
11 months ago

Michigan’s backstroker slipped HARD, so I may not read too much into their loss of points.

Blanket
Reply to  Apathetic
11 months ago

If he had repeated his split from Big Tens they would’ve been top 8.

Andrew
Reply to  Apathetic
11 months ago

When they’re minus 100 at the end of the meet, I’d read into it

About James Sutherland

James Sutherland

James swam five years at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, specializing in the 200 free, back and IM. He finished up his collegiate swimming career in 2018, graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 2019 he completed his graduate degree in sports journalism. Prior to going to Laurentian, James swam …

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