Are we closing in on the end of the current Auburn dynasty of NCAA championships this year ? Will Stanford come through this time? I've heard that Texas had an extremely good recruiting year this year.
John Smith
Patrick:
You are right. I was getting my meets mixed up. The 2001 NCAA Championships were very similar to 2002 except Texas won by 140 points. In that meet Stanford had no diving points in the 3 diving events and the Dumais brothers placed in the top 6 in all of the diving events. Troy Dumais got 1st place in the 1 and 3 meter, and got 6th in the platform. Justin Dumais got 5th place in the 1 and 3 meter, and got 2nd place in the Platform. I think this is where I remember reading that Stanford lost about 80 to 90 points and there swimmers actually swam better than Texas. They were a lot closer in scoring in 2002 but even with decent divers they probably wouldn't have won in 2001 but could have in 2002.
Patrick:
You are right. I was getting my meets mixed up. The 2001 NCAA Championships were very similar to 2002 except Texas won by 140 points. In that meet Stanford had no diving points in the 3 diving events and the Dumais brothers placed in the top 6 in all of the diving events. Troy Dumais got 1st place in the 1 and 3 meter, and got 6th in the platform. Justin Dumais got 5th place in the 1 and 3 meter, and got 2nd place in the Platform. I think this is where I remember reading that Stanford lost about 80 to 90 points and there swimmers actually swam better than Texas. They were a lot closer in scoring in 2002 but even with decent divers they probably wouldn't have won in 2001 but could have in 2002.
