The NCAA Championships kick off in about an hour with the heptathlon. Follow the link for info, live results, webcasts and more.
My projected final team scores are as follows…
Men
1 Arkansas 60
2 Florida 54
3 Texas A&M 33
4 Wisconsin 27
5 LSU 24
6 Texas Tech 24
7 Florida State 23
8 Penn State 22
9 Indiana 21
10 Oregon 20
Women
1 Kansas 55
2 Oregon 49
3 LSU 47
4 Arkansas 40
5 Texas A&M 32
6 Clemson 29
7 Georgia 24
8 Iowa State 24
9 Arizona 20
10 Arizona State 19
My predictions may or may not be terribly accurate, but I’m going to work with them in such a way that it doesn’t really matter.
As the weekend goes along, I’ll update the projected scores based on what’s already happened. I’ll do it more often as we get closer to the end of the meet. This way you can see how each event affects the final outcome.
In the same way, I’ve projected the heptathlon final standings and will update after each event. My current projections, before any events are complete:
1 Japheth Cato, Wisconsin
2 Kevin Lazas, Arkansas
3 Romain Martin, Texas-Arlington
4 Garrett Scantling, Georgia
5 Maicel Uibo, Georgia
6 Johannes Hock, Texas
7 Zach Ziemek, Wisconsin
8 Austin Emry, Montana
9 Ethan Miller, Northern Iowa
10 Devin Dick, Kansas State
11 Dakotah Keys, Oregon
12 Andy Lillejord, North Dakota St.
13 Jeff Mohl, Montana State
14 Austin Bahner, Wichita State
15 Marcus Nilsson, UCLA
16 Alex McCune, Akron