NCAA Men’s Championships: Arizona State, California Even on Finals Swimmers (Night 4 Up-Downs)

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NCAA Men’s Championships: Arizona State, California Even on Finals Swimmers (Night 4 Up-Downs)

Arizona State enters the final day of the 2024 NCAA Men’s Championships with a 56.5-poitn lead on California. Both schools, in their farewell letter to Pac-12 swimming, have six A finalists and nine total swimmers on Saturday night.

That’s the equation for the final night at the IUPUI Natatorium. California is in good position to finish in the top two for the 14th straight year. Arizona State is looking for its first title in what would be a massive change in the NCAA hierarchy.

Cal has two top seeds at night, with Dare Rose in the 200 butterfly and Destin Lasco in the 200 back. ASU has the favorite in the 200 breast in Leon Marchand, the NCAA record holder.

The final session will also include the 1,650 free. Arizona State has the top seed there in Zalan Sarkany, who is 12 seconds ahead of anyone else. Daniel Matheson is 12th and could score. Cal’s best swimmer is 36th-place Tyler Kopp.

Arizona State does not have a diver. Cal has two, and one, in Joshua Thai, scored in 14th last year. The meet ends with the 400 free relay. Arizona State, fresh off its first relay win in the 400 medley on Friday, is the top seed. Cal is sixth.

NCAA Men’s Championships Team Scores

 Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 14                      
  1. Arizona St                        343   2. California                      286.5
  3. Florida                           273   4. Indiana                           247
  5. NC State                          206   6. Texas                             165
  7. Tennessee                         147   8. Stanford                          144
  9. Virginia Tech                     116  10. Georgia                            88
 11. Notre Dame                         79  12. Auburn                             72
 13. Louisville                         69  14. Michigan                         68.5
 15. Ohio St                            65  16. Texas A&M                          62
 17. Alabama                            50  18. Smu                                41
 18. Virginia                           41  20. Florida St                         34
 21. Minnesota                          28  22. Miami (Fl)                         21
 23. Missouri                           19  23. Arizona                            19
 25. Towson                             17  26. Wisconsin                          16
 27. Pittsburgh                         15  28. Lsu                                11
 29. Southern California                 9  29. UNC                                 9
 31. Penn St                             8  32. Brigham Young                       7
 33. Utah                                6  34. Purdue                              5
 35. GW                                  3

NCAA Men’s Championships Day 4 Up-Downs

Here is how many swimmers each school has up (in the A final) and down (in the B final), with the teams in scoring order at the end of Night 4:

Arizona State 6-3
California 6-3
Florida 2-2
Indiana 4-3
NC State 3-3
Texas 0-3
Tennessee 2-1
Stanford 0-1
Virginia Tech 1-2
Georgia 1-2
Notre Dame 2-1
Auburn 0-1
Louisville 0-0
Michigan 1-2
Ohio State 0-0
Texas A&M 0-2
Alabama 0-0
SMU 0-1
Virginia 2-0
Florida State 0-0
Minnesota 0-0
Brown 1-0
Penn 1-0
Towson 0-1
USC 0-1

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