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2024 NCAA Men’s Championships: Day 3 Scoring Analysis – Gators Crash, Hoosiers Soar

March 30, 2024

2024 Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships

Arizona State continued to outpace the field, scoring 142 points to finish 56.5 points ahead of Cal. ASU is projecting to win their first NCAA title with a 125-point margin tomorrow.

Day 3 proved to be a big one for the Indiana Hoosiers, who outscored Cal and Florida and were only 2 points behind Arizona State for the day. Indiana earned a whopping 39 points in diving, thanks to a 1-2 finish, and double digits in the 100 back, 100 fly, 100 breast, and 200 free. Moreover, they were 4th in the 400 medley relay, which turned out to be important because three teams, including Florida, were disqualified.

Florida, who had a lock on second place coming into tonight’s finals, finished Day 3 61 points below seed. The Gators’s second-best day by seed is tomorrow, so they could still finish in second place, but the race with Cal just got considerably tighter.

NC State, Cal, Louisville, and Towson were double digits in the green. Georgia, Stanford, Auburn, and Michigan joined Florida in the red. Georgia and Auburn also had their relays disqualified.

See the scored psych sheets here.

Day 3 Performers Relative to Seed

Team	Seeded	Actual	Day 3 Score Relative to Seed
Indiana	64	140	39
NC State	76	108	32
Cal	89	117.5	28.5
Louisville	24	39	15
Towson	2.5	17	14.5
SMU	6	15	9
Wisconsin	0	9	9
Texas	42.5	59	5.5
Miami (FL)	0	6	5
Utah	1	6	5
Notre Dame	35.5	40	4.5
Arizona	0	4	4
Arizona State	138.5	142	3.5
USC	0	9	3
George Washington	0	3	3
North Carolina	0	7	2
Alabama	22.5	24	1.5
Ohio State	9	23	1
Virginia	28.5	29	0.5
Pittsburgh	0	15	0
Florida State	14	14	0
Virginia Tech	57	55	-2
LSU	0	5	-2
Minnesota	0	11	-3
Texas A&M	34	41	-4
Penn State	13	8	-5
BYU	9	4	-5
Tennessee	58.5	61	-9.5
Michigan	34	20.5	-13.5
Auburn	22.5	5	-17.5
Stanford	62	60	-22
Georgia	56	31	-25
Florida	170	112	-61

Over/Under 400 IM

Team	Psych	Prelims	Finals	Difference vs Seed
Arizona State	53	42	47	-6
Indiana	3	0	0	-3
Cal	0	6	2	2
Florida	25	32	26	1
NC State	5	1	7	2
Tennessee	0	0	0	0
Stanford	15	0	0	-15
Texas	0	0	0	0
Virginia Tech	0	0	0	0
Texas A&M	16	14	16	0
Notre Dame	0	0	0	0
Louisville	0	0	0	0
Georgia	25	22	19	-6
Virginia	0	0	0	0
Alabama	0	0	0	0
Ohio State	6	15	11	5
Michigan	0	0	0	0
Towson	0	0	0	0
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0
SMU	6	11	15	9
Florida State	0	0	0	0
Minnesota	0	0	0	0
USC	0	0	0	0
Wisconsin	0	7	9	9
Penn State	0	0	0	0
North Carolina	0	0	0	0
Miami (FL)	0	0	0	0
Utah	0	0	0	0
Auburn	1	5	3	2
LSU	0	0	0	0
Arizona	0	0	0	0
BYU	0	0	0	0
George Washington	0	0	0	0

Over/Under 100 Fly

Team	Psych	Prelims	Finals	Difference vs Seed
Arizona State	13.5	15	14	0.5
Indiana	16.5	18	19	2.5
Cal	2	14	11.5	9.5
Florida	32	24	25	-7
NC State	30	35	45	15
Tennessee	0	0	0	0
Stanford	17	0	0	-17
Texas	0	0	0	0
Virginia Tech	17	13	15	-2
Texas A&M	6	3	6	0
Notre Dame	0	0	0	0
Louisville	0	0	0	0
Georgia	0	0	0	0
Virginia	0	0	0	0
Alabama	0	0	0	0
Ohio State	0	0	0	0
Michigan	12	21	12.5	0.5
Towson	0	0	0	0
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0
SMU	0	0	0	0
Florida State	0	0	0	0
Minnesota	0	0	0	0
USC	0	0	0	0
Wisconsin	0	0	0	0
Penn State	0	0	0	0
North Carolina	0	0	0	0
Miami (FL)	0	0	0	0
Utah	0	0	0	0
Auburn	0	0	0	0
LSU	0	0	0	0
Arizona	0	0	0	0
BYU	9	6	4	-5
George Washington	0	6	3	3

Over/Under 200 Free

Team	Psych	Prelims	Finals	Difference vs Seed
Arizona State	12	8	8	-4
Indiana	2	13	14	12
Cal	21	32	32	11
Florida	33	15	11	-22
NC State	0	0	0	0
Tennessee	15	16	13	-2
Stanford	1	7	6	5
Texas	16.5	20	20	3.5
Virginia Tech	0	0	0	0
Texas A&M	0	0	0	0
Notre Dame	16	14	16	0
Louisville	4	11	11	7
Georgia	9	0	0	-9
Virginia	0	0	0	0
Alabama	22.5	19	24	1.5
Ohio State	3	0	0	-3
Michigan	0	0	0	0
Towson	0	0	0	0
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0
SMU	0	0	0	0
Florida State	0	0	0	0
Minnesota	0	0	0	0
USC	0	0	0	0
Wisconsin	0	0	0	0
Penn State	0	0	0	0
North Carolina	0	0	0	0
Miami (FL)	0	0	0	0
Utah	0	0	0	0
Auburn	0	0	0	0
LSU	0	0	0	0
Arizona	0	0	0	0
BYU	0	0	0	0
George Washington	0	0	0	0

Over/Under 100 Breast

Team	Psych	Prelims	Finals	Difference vs Seed
Arizona State	0	0	0	0
Indiana	2.5	14	18	15.5
Cal	18.5	20	20	1.5
Florida	20	24	21	1
NC State	0	0	0	0
Tennessee	8	5	7	-1
Stanford	15	17	11	-4
Texas	6	6	1	-5
Virginia Tech	16	15	16	0
Texas A&M	8	0	0	-8
Notre Dame	0	0	0	0
Louisville	12	12	16	4
Georgia	0	0	0	0
Virginia	18.5	14	15	-3.5
Alabama	0	0	0	0
Ohio State	0	0	0	0
Michigan	0	0	0	0
Towson	2.5	16	17	14.5
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0
SMU	0	0	0	0
Florida State	14	4	4	-10
Minnesota	0	0	0	0
USC	0	0	0	0
Wisconsin	0	0	0	0
Penn State	13	7	3	-10
North Carolina	0	0	0	0
Miami (FL)	0	0	0	0
Utah	1	1	6	5
Auburn	0	0	0	0
LSU	0	0	0	0
Arizona	0	0	0	0
BYU	0	0	0	0
George Washington	0	0	0	0

Over/Under 100 Back

Team	Psych	Prelims	Finals	Difference vs Seed
Arizona State	20	33	33	13
Indiana	12	12	20	8
Cal	17.5	27	18	0.5
Florida	26	27	28	2
NC State	15	20	24	9
Tennessee	3.5	0	0	-3.5
Stanford	0	0	0	0
Texas	14	9	9	-5
Virginia Tech	0	0	0	0
Texas A&M	0	0	0	0
Notre Dame	1.5	5	6	4.5
Louisville	0	0	0	0
Georgia	20	16	12	-8
Virginia	0	0	0	0
Alabama	0	0	0	0
Ohio State	0	0	0	0
Michigan	0	0	0	0
Towson	0	0	0	0
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0
SMU	0	0	0	0
Florida State	0	0	0	0
Minnesota	0	0	0	0
USC	0	0	0	0
Wisconsin	0	0	0	0
Penn State	0	2	3	3
North Carolina	0	0	0	0
Miami (FL)	0	0	0	0
Utah	0	0	0	0
Auburn	9.5	4	2	-7.5
LSU	0	0	0	0
Arizona	0	0	0	0
BYU	0	0	0	0
George Washington	0	0	0	0

Over/Under 3M Diving

Team	Prelims	Finals	Difference
Arizona State	0	0	0
Indiana	37	39	2
Cal	0	0	0
Florida	3	1	-2
NC State	0	0	0
Tennessee	12	14	2
Stanford	20	16	-4
Texas	11	7	-4
Virginia Tech	0	0	0
Texas A&M	11	13	2
Notre Dame	0	0	0
Louisville	0	0	0
Georgia	0	0	0
Virginia	0	0	0
Alabama	0	0	0
Ohio State	13	12	-1
Michigan	0	0	0
Towson	0	0	0
Pittsburgh	15	15	0
SMU	0	0	0
Florida State	0	0	0
Minnesota	14	11	-3
USC	6	9	3
Wisconsin	0	0	0
Penn State	0	0	0
North Carolina	5	7	2
Miami (FL)	1	6	5
Utah	0	0	0
Auburn	0	0	0
LSU	7	5	-2
Arizona	0	0	0
BYU	0	0	0
George Washington	0	0	0

Over/Under 400 Medley Relay

Team	Psych	Finals	Difference vs Seed
Arizona State	40	40	0
Indiana	28	30	2
Cal	30	34	4
Florida	34	0	-34
NC State	26	32	6
Tennessee	32	27	-5
Stanford	14	27	13
Texas	6	22	16
Virginia Tech	24	24	0
Texas A&M	4	6	2
Notre Dame	18	18	0
Louisville	8	12	4
Georgia	2	0	-2
Virginia	10	14	4
Alabama	0	0	0
Ohio State	0	0	0
Michigan	22	8	-14
Towson	0	0	0
Pittsburgh	0	0	0
SMU	0	0	0
Florida State	0	10	10
Minnesota	0	0	0
USC	0	0	0
Wisconsin	0	0	0
Penn State	0	2	2
North Carolina	0	0	0
Miami (FL)	0	0	0
Utah	0	0	0
Auburn	12	0	-12
LSU	0	0	0
Arizona	0	4	4
BYU	0	0	0
George Washington	0	0	0

Team Projections After Day 3 (without Day 4 diving)

Team	Day 1 Actual	Day 2 Actual	Day 3 Actual	Day 4 Psych	Projected Score	Vs Psych
Arizona State	68	133	142	180	523	-15
Florida	70	91	112	126	399	-50
Cal	70	99	117.5	89	375.5	77.5
Indiana	52	55	140	78	325	60
NC State	50	48	108	87	293	18
Tennessee	28	58	61	72	219	-17.5
Texas	50	56	59	24	189	38.5
Stanford	46	38	60	34	178	-24
Virginia Tech	28	33	55	51	167	-9
Georgia	34	23	31	50	138	-35
Notre Dame	0	39	40	58	137	-10
Michigan	18	30	20.5	36	104.5	1.5
Auburn	30	37	5	29	101	-15.5
Ohio State	6	36	23	28	93	4
Louisville	24	6	39	12	81	19
Texas A&M	4	17	41	15	77	-1
Alabama	12	14	24	22	72	4.5
SMU	4	22	15	9	50	33
Virginia	0	12	29	4	45	-33.5
USC	0	0	9	28	37	3
Florida State	10	10	14	0	34	6
Minnesota	0	17	11	6	34	-8
Missouri	12	7	0	5	24	8
Miami (FL)	0	15	6	0	21	6
Arizona	2	13	4	0	19	-18
Penn	0	0	0	17	17	-11
Towson	0	0	17	0	17	14.5
Wisconsin	0	7	9	0	16	-35
Pittsburgh	0	0	15	0	15	0
LSU	0	6	5	2	13	2
BYU	0	3	4	4	11	-6
North Carolina	2	0	7	0	9	4
Penn State	0	0	8	0	8	-17
Georgia Tech	0	0	0	7	7	0
Brown	0	0	0	6	6	0
Kentucky	0	0	0	6	6	0
Utah	0	0	6	0	6	5
Purdue	0	5	0	0	5	-2
George Washington	0	0	3	0	3	3
Cal Baptist	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0	0
Duke	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harvard	0	0	0	0	0	0
Houston	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kansas	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liberty	0	0	0	0	0	0
Miami (OH)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northwestern	0	0	0	0	0	0
Princeton	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Carolina	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southern Illinois	0	0	0	0	0	0