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Hitting your taper as a team is what doing well at NCAAs is all about.<\/p>\n

One of the keys to winning any swimming championship, or improving the stock of your program for future recruits, is being able to do better than your seeds and that\u2019s done by having your entire team hit their taper.<\/p>\n

University of Arizona economist Price Fishback<\/strong> has taken a look back at the past six\u00a0years to see which teams have had the biggest seeding moves at the NCAA Division I Men\u2019s Championships.<\/p>\n

And, to say that Texas is one of the best teams at improving its seeds would be an understatement. \u00a0Part of that could be because Texas is never threatened at its Big 12 Championships, so the Longhorns can afford to be a bit more beat up throughout February and just focus 100 percent on the Big Dance.<\/p>\n

But, that doesn’t tell the complete story. \u00a0In both 2012 and 2014, Texas and California pushed each other to new heights in terms of beating their seeds as both squads improved on their projected totals by more than 200 points. \u00a0It could be said, looking at the numbers, that even in defeat, the Texas Longhorns are one of the best teams ever when it comes to fighting for every point.<\/p>\n

2014 Texas<\/h2>\n

Although California wound up beating Texas, 468.5 to 417.5, for the title in 2014, it wasn’t for lack of trying by Texas as the Longhorns added more than 250 points from their seeds. In fact, Texas was predicted to finish no higher than fourth prior to the meet, but the Longhorns out-performed their seeds for one of the best coaching jobs ever in the illustrious career of head coach Eddie Reese<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2012 Texas<\/h2>\n

If it wasn’t for an overwhelming effort by California, that also featured a 200-point positive swing as well, Texas would have claimed the 2012 title with a nearly 250-point advance from its seeds. \u00a0California picked up the team title, 535.5-491.0 against Texas, but the Longhorns went down swinging. This included some big wins in the 400 free relay and 800 free relay as well as a sprint freestyle sweep by Jimmy Feigen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2014 California<\/h2>\n

With Texas holding a surprising lead heading into the final session of the meet, California put on a final-day show by continually improving on their projected finishes to wind up winning the meet by more than 50 points. \u00a0The epitome of someone hitting their taper occurred, surprisingly, during the 1650 free. \u00a0As head coach Dave Durden<\/strong> would say after the win, \u201cWho would have thought that a\u00a0miler from Cal would be the one to\u00a0make such a difference in winning a\u00a0team championship?\u201d \u00a0Jeremy Bagshaw<\/strong>, who was seeded 16th in the 1650 free coming into the meet, finished second in 14:39.00 behind Connor Jaeger’s<\/strong> 14:29.27 for a 16-point swing.<\/p>\n

2012 California<\/h2>\n

The Golden Bears were projected to finish fourth at the 2012 meet. \u00a0Following a 200-point swing from its seeds, the Golden Bears stood atop the mountain with the team title. While Cal had Swimmer of the Meet Tom Shields<\/strong> pulling in the big points with a pair of victories in the 100 back and 100 fly, top three swims by Martin Tarczynski, Martin Liivamagi and Trevor Hoyt<\/strong> were a huge part of picking up unexpected points.<\/p>\n

2015 Texas<\/h2>\n

Usually, Texas has some otherworldly performances to try to keep itself in position to win or take second place. \u00a0In 2015, Texas was without a doubt the top team coming into NCAAs. \u00a0Then, instead of resting on its laurels and coasting to the title, it applied its standard points bump to crush the field by more than 100 points with 528 to win. \u00a0California finished a distant second with 399 points. \u00a0In fact, Texas moved up nearly 200 points from its seed projections.<\/p>\n

In the ultimate display of total team dominance at the top and with its depth, Texas placed an unprecedented six swimmers into the championship final of the men’s 100-yard fly. \u00a0Joseph Schooling, Jack\u00a0Conger, Tripp Cooper, Will Glass, John Murray and Matt Ellis<\/strong> all\u00a0were a part of the historic event for Texas, while Ohio State\u2019s Matt\u00a0McHugh<\/strong> and North Carolina\u2019s Sam Lewis<\/strong> completed the field.<\/p>\n

NCAA Division I Men's Championships Psych Sheet Scoring Differences<\/h2>\nHere's how men's teams have historically done compared to their seeds in the past six years at the NCAA Division I Men's Championships. Special thanks to University of Arizona's Price Fishback for this wonderful contribution. <\/span>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
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Alabama<\/td>-34<\/td>-18.5<\/td>19<\/td>1<\/td>6<\/td>-18<\/td>15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arizona State<\/td><\/td>23<\/td>50<\/td>36<\/td>27<\/td>48<\/td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Auburn<\/td>-47<\/td>-3<\/td>-42.5<\/td>-51.5<\/td>-17.5<\/td>-81.5<\/td>94<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arizona<\/td>78.5<\/td>-32.5<\/td>90.5<\/td>-12<\/td>59<\/td>53<\/td>47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brigham Young<\/td>10<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California<\/td>139<\/td>216.5<\/td>116.5<\/td>209.5<\/td>55<\/td>173<\/td>-34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Columbia<\/td>-9<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Denver<\/td>12<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Duke<\/td>-22<\/td>36<\/td>54<\/td>3<\/td>35<\/td>50<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eastern Michigan<\/td><\/td><\/td>15<\/td>12<\/td><\/td><\/td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Florida<\/td>-72<\/td>-4<\/td>-8<\/td>7<\/td>-79<\/td>-56<\/td>68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Florida State<\/td>3<\/td>-45<\/td>-95<\/td>-9<\/td>17<\/td>18<\/td>-36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Georgia<\/td>-53.5<\/td>55<\/td>34<\/td>9.5<\/td>-28.5<\/td>-65.5<\/td>35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Georgia Tech<\/td>-13<\/td>-2.5<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>-30<\/td>-13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hawaii<\/td>5<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indiana<\/td>53<\/td>28<\/td>-2<\/td>59<\/td>-46<\/td>41<\/td>16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iowa<\/td>-4<\/td><\/td>14<\/td>-36<\/td>.<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kentucky<\/td><\/td>8<\/td>45<\/td>33<\/td><\/td>-86<\/td>12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Louisville<\/td>30.5<\/td>27<\/td>34<\/td>11<\/td>60<\/td>34<\/td>-31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Louisiana State<\/td><\/td>7<\/td>14<\/td>9<\/td>12<\/td>-16<\/td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michigan<\/td>2<\/td>-66<\/td>-30<\/td>-82<\/td>-25<\/td>-115<\/td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miami (Fla)<\/td>49<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Minnesota<\/td>21<\/td>-8<\/td>18<\/td>18<\/td>-3<\/td>31<\/td>24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Missouri<\/td>60.5<\/td>91<\/td>47<\/td>44<\/td>31<\/td>44<\/td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Carolina<\/td>7.5<\/td><\/td>-8<\/td>38.5<\/td>59<\/td>4<\/td>-35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Carolina State<\/td>-91.5<\/td>-146.5<\/td>-21<\/td>.<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Notre Dame<\/td>7<\/td>-21<\/td>-5<\/td>-5<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northwestern<\/td>-8<\/td>-1<\/td><\/td><\/td>5<\/td>5<\/td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ohio State<\/td>36<\/td>-51<\/td>-14<\/td>-28<\/td>-49<\/td>-31<\/td>43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pennsylvania State<\/td>1<\/td>-26<\/td>-3<\/td>-13<\/td>-17<\/td>14<\/td>-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pennsylvania<\/td>-7<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Princeton<\/td>-33<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Purdue<\/td>69<\/td>-4<\/td>5<\/td>-16<\/td>62<\/td>88<\/td>72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SMU<\/td>2<\/td>.<\/td>-11<\/td>.<\/td>-8<\/td>4<\/td>-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Southern California<\/td>-54<\/td>25<\/td>30<\/td>-44<\/td>14<\/td>90<\/td>29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Carolina<\/td>21<\/td>8<\/td>-15<\/td><\/td>-11<\/td>2<\/td>-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stanford<\/td>62<\/td>112<\/td>97<\/td>82.5<\/td>35<\/td>1<\/td>31.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Texas A&M<\/td>1.5<\/td>-29<\/td>-8<\/td>34<\/td>59.5<\/td>17.5<\/td>80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tennessee<\/td>-15<\/td>-29<\/td>-54<\/td>17<\/td>-21.5<\/td>24.5<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Texas<\/td>197<\/td>253.5<\/td>134.5<\/td>246<\/td>147.5<\/td>106.5<\/td>79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UNLV<\/td>-7<\/td>20<\/td>9<\/td>.<\/td>-35<\/td>56<\/td>-15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Utah<\/td>22.5<\/td>-7<\/td>9<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Virginia<\/td>-2<\/td>-6<\/td>-13<\/td>-4<\/td>47<\/td>75<\/td>-46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Virginia Tech<\/td>9<\/td>19<\/td>3<\/td>40<\/td>11<\/td>11<\/td>0.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wisconsin<\/td>-6<\/td>-28<\/td>28<\/td>-15<\/td>13<\/td>15<\/td>-11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Western Kentucky<\/td>12<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wyoming<\/td><\/td>3<\/td>-3<\/td>.<\/td>5<\/td>5<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Virginia<\/td><\/td>5<\/td><\/td><\/td>3<\/td>7<\/td>-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yale<\/td>-4<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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