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Sunday Live Blog – March 12, 2017

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Sunday, March 12
 Scores Watch
1:00 ET/10:00 PT – Penn, Southern Connecticut, Ithaca @ Temple FREE
1:00 ET/10:00 PT – Stanford, NC State, Yale @ [18] George Washington LINK GW $
2:00 ET/11:00 PT – Cornell, Brockport @ Towson LINK FREE
3:00 ET/12:00 PT – North Carolina @ [4] UCLA LINK P12
5:00 ET/2:00 PT – [1] Oklahoma @ [17] Cal LINK P12

While UNC is the lowest ranked and least heralded among this batch of teams, today is significantly more important for North Carolina than it is for any other team competing today. It’s sort of all about UNC because of what happened yesterday.

Many of the bubble-ranked Michigan teams did their jobs yesterday, meaning that North Carolina has dropped from 33rd in Monday’s rankings to 38th in the in-progress rankings, outside regional-qualifying territory. It’s critical for UNC to get a good score today to be situated to qualify after EAGLs. Continue reading Sunday Live Blog – March 12, 2017 →

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Saturday Live Blog – March 11, 2017

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Saturday, March 11
 Scores Watch
1:00 ET/10:00 PT – Brown, Cortland, Rhode Island @ Springfield FREE
1:00 ET/10:00 PT – Ursinus @ West Chester
2:00 ET/11:00 PT – Northern Illinois @ Central Michigan LINK FREE
3:00 ET/12:00 PT – Big Ten Qualifier: [13] Nebraska, [24] Ohio State, Michigan State, Maryland @ [19] Illinois LINK BTN
4:00 ET/1:00 PT – Big Ten Qualifier: [11] Michigan, Minnesota, Penn State, Rutgers @ [16] Iowa LINK BTN
4:00 ET/1:00 PT – [5] Utah @ [7] Georgia LINK SEC+
4:00 ET/1:00 PT – SEMO @ Western Michigan LINK
5:00 ET/2:00 PT – Illinois-Chicago @ [9] Oregon State LINK FREE
5:00 ET/2:00 PT – Hamline @ UW-Whitewater LINK FREE
7:00 ET/4:00 PT – Bowling Green @ [25] Eastern Michigan LINK EMU
7:00 ET/4:00 PT – Seattle Pacific @ [14] Washington LINK FREE

Yesterday’s action did not provide too much new clarity for the postseason picture, but I don’t expect today to follow in its footsteps. In particular, the scores from Minnesota, Central Michigan, Western Michigan, Penn State, and Michigan State will tell us a ton about the race for the top 36. Those teams currently sit in spots 35-39 in the in-progress rankings and, barring anything untoward, are the most likely contenders for the final two regionals spots.

Here’s the setup as we have it now for the remaining spots.

Team Current RQS Max Monday RQS
 #32 Maryland  195.410  195.525
 #33 BYU  195.370  195.615
 #34 North Carolina  195.210  195.525
 #35 Minnesota  195.160  195.745
 #36 Central Michigan  195.085  195.370
 #37 Western Michigan  195.035  195.290
 #38 Penn State  195.020  195.610
 #39 Michigan State  194.915  195.230
 #40 UC Davis  194.885  194.885
 #41 Ball State  194.870  194.870
 #42 Arizona State  194.740  194.740
 #43 Towson  194.640  194.965
 #44 NC State  194.600  195.085

Davis and Ball State are already done for the weekend and likely didn’t do enough to help themselves. Minnesota and Penn State have the biggest upsides and really should move to a safer position with anything resembling a hit today. If they both get good scores and North Carolina gets something useful at UCLA tomorrow, it will make life very difficult for the Michigan teams. But if one of those things doesn’t happen… Continue reading Saturday Live Blog – March 11, 2017 →

Scores

NCAA Week 10 Results

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Tuesday, March 7
 Final Score
Brown, So Connecticut, Rhode Island @ Bridgeport Bridgeport 194.450
Brown 193.425
So Conn 190.350
RI 182.950
Ball State, Illinois-Chicago @ Western Michigan Ball St 195.450
UIC 195.175
WMU 194.300
Thursday, March 9
 Final Score
UW-Oshkosh @ UW-Stout Stout 189.350
Oshkosh 186.825
Friday, March 10
 Final Score
West Virginia @ Florida Florida 197.600
WVU 196.100
Towson @ NC State NC State 196.150
Towson 194.025
Ball State @ Kent State Kent St 196.425
Ball St 195.000
Temple @ William & Mary W & M 193.100
Temple 192.450
Winona State @ UW-Eau Claire Winona 185.200
Eau Claire 184.875
UW-La Crosse @ Gustavus Adolphus La Crosse 188.900
Gustavus 184.725
Kentucky @ Missouri Missouri 197.125
Kentucky 196.925
Pitt @ Auburn Auburn 196.300
Pitt 194.200
San Jose State, Centenary @ Arkansas Arkansas 196.150
SJ State 193.875
Centenary 188.250
Lindenwood @ Illinois State Illinois St 193.025
Lindenwood 191.650
New Hampshire @ LSU LSU 197.875
UNH 195.300
Iowa State @ Alabama Alabama 197.100
Iowa St 196.600
Denver @ Boise State Boise St 197.675
Denver 197.150
Southern Utah @ Utah State SUU 195.675
Utah St 194.600
Arizona @ BYU BYU 196.350
Arizona 195.525
Sacramento State, Bridgeport @ Arizona State Sac St 195.275
Bridgeport 195.050
Arizona St 194.925
Air Force @ UC Davis Davis 195.775
Air Force 193.350
Saturday, March 11
 Final Score
Brown, Cortland, Rhode Island @ Springfield Brown 193.425
Springfield 189.050
Cortland 188.425
RI 182.575
Ursinus @ West Chester WC 193.675
Ursinus 191.500
Northern Illinois @ Central Michigan CMU 196.575
NIU 196.150
Nebraska, OSU, MSU, Maryland @ Illinois Nebraska 196.650
Illinois 196.450
OSU 195.350
MSU 194.650
Marland 193.375
Michigan, Minnesota, PSU, Rutgers @ Iowa Michigan 197.150
Iowa 196.400
Penn St 195.450
Minnesota 194.825
Rutgers 192.650
Utah @ Georgia Georgia 197.250
Utah 196.650
SEMO @ Western Michigan WMU 195.475
SEMO 193.100
Illinois-Chicago @ Oregon State Oregon St 197.475
UIC 193.550
Hamline @ UW-Whitewater Whitewater 192.125
Hamline 188.850
Bowling Green @ Eastern Michigan EMU 195.225
BGSU 194.675
Seattle Pacific @ Washington Washington 196.925
SPU 194.100
Sunday, March 12
 Final Score
Penn, Southern Connecticut, Ithaca @ Temple Temple 194.975
Penn 193.950
So Conn 190.500
Ithaca 189.650
Stanford, NC State, Yale @  George Washington GW 196.500
NC State 194.825
Yale 194.575
Stanford 193.275
Cornell, Brockport @ Towson Towson 194.625
Cornell 193.500
Brockport 192.425
North Carolina @ UCLA UCLA 197.800
UNC 195.400
Oklahoma @ Cal Oklahoma 197.800
Cal 196.775
Monday, March 13
 Final Score
Southern Utah @ BYU BYU 195.650
SUU 195.625

Week 10 AA leaders:
1. Ashleigh Gnat, LSU – 39.700
2. Kaytianna McMillan, Oregon State – 39.650
3. Myia Hambrick, LSU – 39.625
3. Maddie Karr, Denver – 39.625
3. Chayse Capps, Oklahoma – 39.625
Continue reading NCAA Week 10 Results →

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Friday Live Blog – March 10, 2017

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Friday, March 10
 Scores Watch
7:00 ET/4:00 PT – [22] West Virginia @ [3] Florida LINK SEC+
7:00 ET/4:00 PT – Towson @ NC State LINK ACC+
7:00 ET/4:00 PT – Ball State @ Kent State LINK FREE
7:00 ET/4:00 PT – Temple @ William & Mary LINK FB
7:00 ET/4:00 PT – Winona State @ UW-Eau Claire LINK
7:30 ET/4:30 PT – UW-La Crosse @ Gustavus Adolphus LINK
8:00 ET/5:00 PT – [12] Kentucky @ [15] Missouri LINK SEC+
8:00 ET/5:00 PT – Pitt @ [20] Auburn LINK SEC+
8:00 ET/5:00 PT – San Jose State, Centenary @ Arkansas LINK
8:00 ET/5:00 PT – Lindenwood @ Illinois State FREE
8:30 ET/5:30 PT – New Hampshire @ [2] LSU LINK SEC+
8:30 ET/5:30 PT – Iowa State @ [6] Alabama LINK SEC+
9:00 ET/6:00 PT – [8] Denver @ [10] Boise State LINK FREE
9:00 ET/6:00 PT – [21] Southern Utah @ [23] Utah State LINK FREE
9:00 ET/6:00 PT – Arizona @ BYU LINK FREE
9:00 ET/6:00 PT – Sacramento State, Bridgeport @ Arizona State LINK FREE
10:00 ET/7:00 PT – Air Force @ UC Davis LINK FB

Today is made for bopping around from meet to meet as they become interesting (or the opposite of that). West Virginia/Florida is the primary meet starting off the slate, but keep an eye on the scores coming from Ball State and Towson as well. Both teams are teetering on the edge of falling out of regionals contention but could save themselves with mid-195s today and remain in  contention on the final weekend.

Here is our key group:

With those mid-195s, Towson and Ball State would move up to the 194.9 territory. It’s still out, but it’s at least within striking distance. Arizona State is in action later on and in a similar position, but what’s really hurting their chances is a low road score, which can’t be dropped until Pac-12s. To give themselves a chance at Pac-12s, though, they’ll need another good beating-Arizona-level 195 today. Continue reading Friday Live Blog – March 10, 2017 →