Big Ten

Making Assumptions and Projecting the Cutline for the 2020 Men’s NCAA Champs

It’s sort of like if we played pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey with cut lines. Tait Pinnow knows about where the target is, but it’s a little fuzzy still.

  63 Comments

2020 Women’s NCAA Championship Pick ‘Em Contest Presented by A3 is LIVE

Now you can pick against the SwimSwam experts in the 2020 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships Pick ‘Em Contest, with a chance to win prizes from A3.

  4 Comments

Minnesota Secures Verbal From Distance Swimmer Bar Soloveychik of Israel

Soloveychik will be able to make an immediate impact on the Gophers’ D-Squad when he arrives on campus next fall.

  Comment First!

Manoff Drops Lifetime Best 100 Free at Ohio State Last Chance

Virginia Tech’s Blake Manoff swam to a lifetime best in the 100 free. Manoff led prelims with a 42.64. That moves him up to 33rd in the nation.

  7 Comments

Purdue Last Chance: Montesi Posts 45.8/1:40.1 BK as 3 Men Qualify for NCAAs

He put up a 45.81 in the 100 back, dropping half a second to move to 18th. He’s ranked higher in the 200 at 12th. His 1:40.14 was a best by nearly 2 seconds.

  4 Comments

2019-2020 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Power Ranks: Final Edition

The Big Ten Champion Ohio State Buckeyes are our fastest risers in our end-of-season poll, flying from unranked to #11 overall.

  35 Comments

NCAA Reveals Official Psych Sheets, Cutlines For 2020 Women’s NCAA Champs

The NCAA has released its official psych sheets (along with the invite line) for the 2020 Women’s NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships.

  63 Comments

Scoring the 2020 NCAA Women’s D1 Pre-Selection Psych Sheets

The three-time defending NCAA Champion Stanford women are seeded only 9th, by swimming points, for the upcoming national championship meet in March.

  28 Comments

NCAA Establishes Coronavirus Advisory Panel to Guide Outbreak Response

With NCAA Championship season shifting into high gear this month, the organization has formed a panel of medical professionals and student-athlete liaisons.

  Comment First!

NCAA Division I Men’s Qualifiers Status after 3 Weeks of Conference Meets

Depending on what happens at the Pac-12 Championships next week, the Texas men could earn as many as 24 individual swimming invites to the NCAA Championship meet.

  23 Comments

2020 B1G Men’s Championship Scoring Breakdown

The Michigan men took the B1G men’s championship over the weekend, ending Indiana’s run on top. Here’s how it happened in numbers. All of the numbers.

  19 Comments

Pancake Hot Take: Week 2, Day 4 of Conference Championship Season

We saw Day 4 of racing pick up, with some very exciting swims to end the conference championship weekend on a high note.

  Comment First!

2020 Men’s Big Ten Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Wisconsin’s Cameron Tysoe is the top seed in the 200 back. He’ll be going after the Pool Record tonight set by Wisconsin NCAA Champion Drew TeDuits in 2013.

  16 Comments

Michigan Men Win First Big Ten Title Since 2016

In the final Big Ten race of his career, Michigan senior Tommy Cope went on to take his first individual title as the 200 breast champion.

  8 Comments

2020 Men’s Big Tens: Wisconsin Brings Their A-Game in Early Mile Heats

The fastest man through the afternoon was Wisconsin’s Matthew Hillmer, who dropped over 9 seconds in 15:00.25. That’s faster than 2 of the seeds in the final.

  3 Comments