2024 MEN’S NCAA SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- March 27-30, 2024
- IUPUI Natatorium, Indianapolis, Indiana
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Although we post scoring analysis every night, we decided to dig deeper into how many points each team scored in each event as well as how many times teams scored 0 points in swimming events.
Note: Diving has been omitted from these results to ensure accurate swimming data.
Cal and Arizona State were dominant across every event as both teams only had one event that they had 0 points in. Arizona State scored 0 points in the 100 breast while Cal had 0 points in the 1650 free. Florida also showed their versatility as they had “two” events that they scored in, one being the 400 medley relay (in which they were disqualified in) and the other the 200 butterfly.
While Cal, Arizona State, and Florida were even across the board some other teams in the top 10 showed their strengths and weaknesses. For example, Tennessee finished 6th as a team but scored 0 points in nine events. Out of Tennessee’s 172 swimming points, only 13 of them came from outside of relays and the sprint freestyle events (50, 100, 200). They scored 7 points in the 100 breast and 6 in the 200 fly, their only individual stroke points of the meet.
Stanford also had nine events with 0 points, and 10th place finisher Notre Dame did not score in 10 swimming events. Notre Dame notably did not score any points until the end of night 2 with 15 in the 50 free.
| Team | Number of “0”s |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 2 | |
| 9 | |
| 6 | |
| 9 | |
| 8 | |
| 10 |
Day 1 Events
| Team | 200 medley relay | 800 free relay |
Day 2 Events
| Team | 500 free | 200 IM | 50 free | 200 free relay |
| 32 | ||||
| 34 | ||||
| 40 | ||||
| 12 | ||||
| 30 | ||||
| 28 | ||||
| 0 | ||||
| 18 | ||||
| 24 | ||||
| 22 |
Day 3 Events
| Team | 400 IM | 100 Fly | 200 free | 100 breast | 100 back | 400 medley relay |
Day 4 Events
| Team | 1650 free | 200 back | 100 free | 200 breast | 200 fly | 400 free relay |
This analysis shows how important freestyle sprinting is. Tennessee and Notre Dame are top-10 with very little stroke and no distance presence. But this also shows the ceiling–to break into the top 3, you have to be well-rounded.
Tenn scores 118 points in the 50 free/100 free 200 free relay 400 free relay. This is not a criticism at all, it’s clearly the smartest way to build out a team. BTW anyone else think Santos 40.5 2nd place was the most under the radar swim of the meet?
There is some irony to the 100 breast being the only event where ASU did not score
Honestly the three diving events should have been included in this analysis.
With diving
Arizona State 4
Cal. 3
Florida. 3
Indiana. 3
NC State. 5
Tennessee. 10
Texas. 6
Stanford. 10
Virginia Tech. 11
Notre Dame 12