2024 NCAA Men’s Championships: Day 4 Ups/Downs – ASU and Cal at the Top (Updated)

2024 Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships

• March 27-30, 2024
• IUPUI Natatorium, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Short Course Yards (25 yards)
• Meet Central
• Official Psych Sheets
• SwimSwam Preview Index
• SwimSwam Pick ‘Ems Contest
• How To Watch The Meet
• Live Results
• Day 1 Live Recap
• Day 2 Live Recap
• Day 3 Live Recap

SATURDAY EVENING HEAT SHEETS

For those unfamiliar with swimming terminology, the concept of “Ups” and “Downs” is a good way to track which teams performed best at prelims. In prelims, swimmers qualify for one of two finals heats: the top 8 finishers make the A final, places 9 through 16 the B final. In finals, swimmers are locked into their respective final, meaning a swimmer in the B heat (spots 9-16) can only place as high as 9th or as low as 16th, even if they put up the fastest or slowest time of any heat in the final.

With that in mind, we’ll be tracking “Ups” and “Downs” after each prelims session. “Up” refers to swimmers and divers in the A final, “Down” to B finalists.

Team Scores After Day 3

1. Arizona St – 343
2. California – 286.5
3. Florida – 273
4. Indiana – 247
5. NC State – 206
6. Texas – 165
7. Tennessee – 147
8. Stanford – 144
9. Virginia Tech – 116
10. Georgia – 88
11. Notre Dame – 79
12. Auburn – 72
13. Louisville – 69
14. Michigan – 68.5
15. Ohio St – 65
16. Texas A&M – 62
17. Alabama – 50
18. (tie) SMU / Virginia – 41
19. –
20. Florida St – 34
21. Minnesota – 28
22. Miami (Fl) – 21
23. (tie) Missouri / Arizona – 19
24. –
25. Towson – 17
26. Wisconsin – 16
27. Pittsburgh – 15
28. LSU – 11
29. (tie) Southern California / UNC – 9
30. –
31. Penn St – 8
32. Brigham Young – 7
33. Utah – 6
34. Purdue – 5
35. GW – 3

UPDATED AFTER DIVING: As expected, Indiana had a big morning in platform diving, earning 3 spots in the A final. Somewhat more surprisingly, Cal picked up an A and a B to solidify their projected second-place in the team standings. Tennessee, Purdue, LSU, and Ohio State also placed a diver among the top 8. That should move Tennessee past Texas in the team race, and should pull Ohio State within 5 points of Georgia. There are still some great team battles in the works!

Arizona State has all but wrapped up its first NCAA men’s title in swimming and diving, earning 6 A-final and 3 B-final slots for Saturday night’s finals session. The Sun Devils managed 2 top-8 swimmers in both the 200 back and 200 breast, which is a testament to their depth this season. ASU’s winning margin should north of 60 points.

Meanwhile, the battle for second place, which was being waged on a daily basis between Florida and Cal, lost some momentum last night when Florida’s 400 medley relay was disqualified, but it would have been close anyway, as Cal has outperformed their seed by double digits every day. This morning was no different; the Golden Bears earned 6 A-final and 3 B-final slots, improving their seeds by 48 points.

Indiana went 4 up, 3 down, but could have another couple of A finalists in platform diving, if last night’s 1-2 finish in 3-meter springboard was any indication.

NC State and UVA had big mornings, too, outperforming the psych sheet by 25 and 26 points, respectively.

Day 4 Ups/Downs

Scoring Day 4 Prelims

Projected Day 4 Scores