NCAA Week 10 – Schedule and Links

Thursday, March 5
Scores Stream
8:00pm ET/5:00pm PT – [21] Southern Utah @ Boise State LINK FREE
Friday, March 6
Scores Stream
7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT – [23] Illinois @ [13] Kentucky LINK SEC+
7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT – Maryland, George Washington @ Towson LINK FREE
7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT – Cornell, Southern Connecticut @ Rutgers LINK  
7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT – Bowling Green, Penn, West Chester @ Temple LINK FREE
7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT – Illinois State @ Northern Illinois LINK NIU($)
7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT – Air Force, SEMO @ Lindenwood LINK FREE
7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT – Gymnix Senior Team & AA LINK FREE
7:30pm ET/4:30pm PT – Iowa @ [20] Iowa State LINK ISU($)
8:00pm ET/5:00pm PT – Nastia Liukin Pinksplosion Starring Nastia as Nastia   Oly
8:00pm ET/5:00pm PT – [6] LSU, [17] Arkansas, Centenary @ TWU LINK FREE
8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT – [5] Michigan @ [1] Oklahoma LINK FSOK
9:00pm ET/6:00pm PT – Stanford @ [4] Utah LINK FREE
9:00pm ET/6:00pm PT – Arizona State @ [24] Arizona LINK FREE
9:00pm ET/6:00pm PT – [17] BYU @ Utah State LINK FREE
10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT – [12] Washington @ [14] Oregon State LINK FREE
Saturday, March 7
Scores Stream
9:00am ET/6:00am PT – Gymnix Challenge Session 1 LINK FREE
12:00pm ET/9:00am PT – American Cup Women   NBC
12:00pm ET/9:00am PT – Springfield @ Ithaca   VT/BB
UB/FX
1:30pm ET/10:30am PT – Gymnix Challenge Session 2 LINK FREE
2:00pm ET/11:00am PT – Eastern Michigan @ Michigan State LINK BTN+
FLO
4:00pm ET/1:00pm PT – [2] Florida @ [25] Penn State LINK BTN+
FLO
4:00pm ET/1:00pm PT – [11] Minnesota @ [22] NC State LINK ACCNX
4:30pm ET/1:30pm PT – American Cup Men   NBCSN
5:00pm ET/2:00pm PT – DIII West Regional @ Eau Claire LINK Video 1
Video 2
6:30pm ET/3:30pm PT – Gymnix Junior Team & AA LINK FREE
8:00pm ET/5:00pm PT – [16] Missouri @ [19] Nebraska   BTN+
FLO
8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT – [10] Georgia @ [8] Alabama LINK SECN
10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT – UC Davis @ Sacramento State LINK  
Sunday, March 8
Scores Stream
1:00pm ET/10:00am PT – [15] Auburn, Central Michigan, Rutgers @ New Hampshire LINK FREE
1:00pm ET/10:00am PT – Maryland, Yale, Towson, William & Mary @ George Washington LINK FREE
1:00pm ET/10:00am PT – Kent State @ Western Michigan LINK ESPN3
1:00pm ET/10:00am PT – North Carolina @ Ball State LINK ESPN3
1:00pm ET/10:00am PT – Bowling Green, Rhode Island @ Brown LINK  
1:00pm ET/10:00am PT – Brockport @ Cortland LINK FREE
2:00pm ET/11:00am PT – West Virginia @ Iowa   BTN+
FLO
2:00pm ET/11:00am PT – Gymnix Event Finals LINK FREE
4:00pm ET/1:00pm PT – [9] Cal @ [3] UCLA LINK P12N
4:00pm ET/1:00pm PT – [12] Washington, San Jose State, Alaska @ [7] Denver LINK DU($)
4:00pm ET/1:00pm PT – Pittsburgh @ Arizona State LINK FREE
4:00pm ET/1:00pm PT – Ursinus @ Temple LINK FREE
5:00pm ET/2:00pm PT – Ohio State, Bridgeport @ [24] Arizona LINK FREE

Links will continue to be added as they become available.

Note that Sunday is the time change in North America, so if you are in a different place, be sure to adjust your usual conversion by an hour for Sunday’s competitions.

And if you’re in North America, also remember that Arizona is weird and doesn’t do it and is on Pacific time starting Sunday.

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Keeping Up with the Cool GIFS – Week 9

This week…

Nia Dennis’s floor routine went viral

Maddie Karr forgot she wasn’t on the beam anymore

Cristal Isa would rather go down with the ship than give up that stick

Lexi Graber invented the stagstand on bars

Too bad Kathy Johnson already held the patent

I blame the bars

Eh, most of those pieces are extras

Trinity Thomas moved into first place in the AA rankings

Washington became UCLA so gradually no one even noticed

So Cal had to become Oklahoma

We willed Maggie Nichols back from injury for a 39.825

And Oklahoma has gone 198.4 at its last two home meets

Michigan’s two highest scores ever have come in the last two weeks

We’re on pace for the most 10s since 2004

And now senior nights are coming

Meanwhile, Waller is just doing it for the GIFs at this point

The 10s of Week 9

This week, 19 more routines received a 10.000 from at least one judge.

The 10s

Olivia Trautman – Vault – Oklahoma


Maddie Karr – Vault – Denver


Evanni Roberson – Beam – Washington

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NCAA Week 9 Rankings

Full week 9 rankings


1. Oklahoma Sooners

NQS: 198.080
Previous ranking: 1

Road 1198.250
Road 2197.900
Road 3197.675
Home/Road 1198.450
Home/Road 2198.400
Home/Road 3198.175
Qualifying Score198.080

Maximum after next meet: 198.135
Meets remaining: 3
Road meets remaining: 2

The…elaborate prank?…that was Maggie Nichols being out with an ankle injury “for a while” was not a thing over the weekend as Nichols competed all four events for an AA score of 39.825. Just that. It helped Oklahoma record one of its highest team scores ever and come within comfortable striking distance of the all-time record NQS/RQS of 198.115. Already. It would take a 198.375 this Friday at home against Michigan (Maggie Nichols Senior Night Watch) for Oklahoma to break the all-time qualifying score record.


2. Florida Gators

NQS: 197.880
Previous ranking: 2

Road 1197.875
Road 2197.800
Road 3197.800
Home/Road 1198.375
Home/Road 2198.050
Home/Road 3197.875
Qualifying Score197.880

Maximum after next meet: 197.995
Meets remaining: 3
Road meets remaining: 2

Florida successfully removed its last “low” road score last Friday against Georgia and is therefore looking quite comfortable to stay at #2 for the remainder of the process. Because Florida’s scores are all pretty tightly packed, there’s not a lot that the Gators can gain in an individual weekend, but there’s also not a lot Florida needs to change at this point because the margin between #2 and #3 is so large. Florida’s own team NQS/RQS record is 197.895 from the 2014 season, which can be broken with a 197.900 this weekend at Penn State.


3. UCLA Bruins

NQS: 197.425
Previous ranking: 3

Road 1197.575
Road 2197.425
Road 3197.250
Home/Road 1198.025
Home/Road 2197.675
Home/Road 3197.200
Qualifying Score197.425

Maximum after next meet: 197.590
Meets remaining: 3
Road meets remaining: 1

UCLA managed to hang on with the #3 ranking, though the lower 197 recorded against Oregon State keeps the team in a somewhat vulnerable position for retaining a top-4 place (and #1 regional seed) because those bold road scores are weaker than what we’re seeing from teams like Utah and LSU. So there’s still some urgency in the score project for UCLA, the main goal this weekend being a 197.800 to ensure maintaining sole possession of #3 in next Monday’s rankings. And really, especially at home, that’s what UCLA should be scoring at this point in the season to make a case as a title contender.


4. Utah Utes

NQS: 197.335
Previous ranking: 4

Road 1198.075
Road 2197.675
Road 3197.550
Home/Road 1197.300
Home/Road 2197.100
Home/Road 3197.050
Qualifying Score197.335

Maximum after next meet: 197.540
Meets remaining: 3
Road meets remaining: 1

Utah did itself some good with the 197.675 in that strangely evaluated meet against Washington, both in terms of hanging onto 4th place amidst challenges from Michigan and LSU and in terms of keeping things close with UCLA. UCLA has the higher maximum after next week and will therefore control its ranking future, but Utah could move ahead depending on what both teams end up scoring. Utah also may face a serious challenge from Michigan, so another higher 197 is looking necessary to fend off the other teams as well.


5. Michigan Wolverines

NQS: 197.285
Previous ranking: 7

Road 1197.950
Road 2197.075
Road 3196.800
Home/Road 1197.900
Home/Road 2197.350
Home/Road 3197.300
Qualifying Score197.285

Maximum after next meet: 197.515
Meets remaining: 3
Road meets remaining: 2

Michigan did it for a second week running on Friday with another 197.9, enough to gain two spots in the rankings and make an assault on a top-4 spot look like a realistic prospect. While UCLA and Utah both have higher maximums after this weekend, Michigan could pass either or both if those teams don’t perform up to the expected level and Michigan continues getting these 197.9s. Away at Oklahoma on Friday provides a tremendous opportunity for it.


6. LSU Tigers

NQS: 197.245
Previous ranking: 5

Road 1197.875
Road 2197.775
Road 3197.025
Home/Road 1197.500
Home/Road 2197.125
Home/Road 3196.800
Qualifying Score197.245

Maximum after next meet: 197.460
Meets remaining: 3
Road meets remaining: 2

Another low 197 over the weekend was not enough to keep back the rush of Michigan’s 197.9s and therefore leaves LSU in a position that…well it’s not tragic, this ranking is fine…but if LSU is entertaining hope of a #1 regional seeding, we’re going to need to see a high 197 this weekend. All of the non-bold scores at this point are too low for a top-4 team, which means every remaining score must be better than that. Moving up remains an absolute possibility—LSU has a chance to get to #3 after this weekend if everything goes just right—but because LSU’s maximum is lower, that possibility is dependent on other famous teams not getting cracky scores. And do you really want to have to bank on that?


7. Denver Pioneers

NQS: 197.135
Previous ranking: 6

Road 1197.250
Road 2197.250
Road 3197.000
Home/Road 1197.425
Home/Road 2197.425
Home/Road 3196.750
Qualifying Score197.135

Maximum after next meet: 197.270
Meets remaining: 3
Road meets remaining: 2

Hitting that 197 mark against Oklahoma was a big deal for this Denver team, eager to prove that it can still score competitively with such a depleted roster. But it’s also still just a 197.000, which isn’t necessarily going to stand up in this portion of the rankings or keep Denver in the top 8 moving forward. Denver has an outside shot to move ahead of LSU this weekend in its final home meet but is mostly just looking to hang onto this sort of ranking, which will require another 197 to guarantee.

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