Psych sheet analysis
Insomnia edition
If we take the current nationals psych sheet at face value, this is what we see.
Kenyon Ladies have a narrow lead, but MIT might have the best shot
The Ladies lead would be built in individual events, and the tables suggest they would do well enough in the relays to hold on to that narrow lead.
Now go to SwimCloud and look at diving. On the drop down, you have to choose 11 dives, and look at both the 1 meter and 3 meter. (We’ll wait until you are done.)
In both events it looks like MIT might have three divers somewhere in scoring range. Keep in mind, the Ladies projected lead is 10 points. That won’t hold up against even one MIT diver making it into the championship final.
Denison men win by the largest margin since 2018
Not much more to say about that. A lot would have to go wrong for Big Red in order for Emory or NYU to make this interesting.
Now, of course, anything can happen.
Anyone happen to have a comparison of psych sheet scoring to the actual meet outcomes for NCAAs over the last couple of years? This could be a very tight context on the women's side but all that really matters is how they swim. Like Ed I also looked at the swimmers in the 17-25 spots and NYU has 10 versus 5 for Kenyon and 3 for MIT respectively across all individual events. MM's comment is so true as well - the divers could get a lot of attention this year.
Oh the irony that the winner of a swimming competition is contingent on the performance of a separate team of people in an unrelated sport. That makes as much sense as the d3 A qualifying time. 🙄