End of the Auburn reign?

Gentleman: According to Swimming World Magazine they are picking the University of Arizona to win both the Women's and Men's 2005 NCAA Division I Championship this year. I think if either of that happens it could be a major upset. Georgia seems to be the Women's favorite but its always close. The Men, I am not sure about. Auburn, Florida, Stanford, Arizona, seem to be the ones people are talking about. Whats interesting about the Championship meet is that if 4 guys do not swim up to par and not make finals it opens up all sorts of possibilities in scoring for other teams that are swimming well. Plus DQ's in relays and individual events really hurt. Last year one of the Stanford swimmers got DQ in and individual event and he would have been 3rd and it pretty much closed the door on there chances against Auburn. Also because of the qualifying times to get in the meet, its different then a dual meet and conference meet because the best swimmers will be rewarded higher points against the best competition as opposed to either a dual or a conference meet where a swimmer that may not qualify for the meet will score the points and depth will count more. That is why Michigan, which got 3rd at the Big Ten Conference Meet will out score the two teams that beat them (Indiana and Minnesota) because they have 3 swimmers that could possible win NCAA titles and they will be rewarded better. Also another key is Diving. With 3 Diving events scored that makes a difference also. I remember when Texas won the NCAA Championship in either 2002 or 2003, Stanford actually outscored them in swimming but had no divers to contribute to the team points and ended up losing the championship by 80 points. I guess that is why they call it the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship. By the way, ESPN 2 will carry both meets. The Women's meet will be tape delay on Friday, March 24, 2006 from 4:00 to 5:30 PM. The Men's meet will be one week later, tape delay on Friday, March 31, 2006 from 1:30 to 3:00 PM

Gentleman: According to Swimming World Magazine they are picking the University of Arizona to win both the Women's and Men's 2005 NCAA Division I Championship this year. I think if either of that happens it could be a major upset. Georgia seems to be the Women's favorite but its always close. The Men, I am not sure about. Auburn, Florida, Stanford, Arizona, seem to be the ones people are talking about. Whats interesting about the Championship meet is that if 4 guys do not swim up to par and not make finals it opens up all sorts of possibilities in scoring for other teams that are swimming well. Plus DQ's in relays and individual events really hurt. Last year one of the Stanford swimmers got DQ in and individual event and he would have been 3rd and it pretty much closed the door on there chances against Auburn. Also because of the qualifying times to get in the meet, its different then a dual meet and conference meet because the best swimmers will be rewarded higher points against the best competition as opposed to either a dual or a conference meet where a swimmer that may not qualify for the meet will score the points and depth will count more. That is why Michigan, which got 3rd at the Big Ten Conference Meet will out score the two teams that beat them (Indiana and Minnesota) because they have 3 swimmers that could possible win NCAA titles and they will be rewarded better. Also another key is Diving. With 3 Diving events scored that makes a difference also. I remember when Texas won the NCAA Championship in either 2002 or 2003, Stanford actually outscored them in swimming but had no divers to contribute to the team points and ended up losing the championship by 80 points. I guess that is why they call it the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship. By the way, ESPN 2 will carry both meets. The Women's meet will be tape delay on Friday, March 24, 2006 from 4:00 to 5:30 PM. The Men's meet will be one week later, tape delay on Friday, March 31, 2006 from 1:30 to 3:00 PM