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Following are the conference winners:<strong>Golden Coast Conference:<\/strong> Pepperdine (24-7; on a seven-match winning streak) captures the title and NCAA automatic qualifier with a 14-12 victory over #4 seed and defending champion Long Beach State<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference:<\/strong> Bucknell (22-8; second MAWPC title in four years) captures the title and NCAA automatic qualifier with a 9-4 win over #2 seed and defending champion George Washington.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mountain Pacific Sports Federation:<\/strong> Stanford (19-2; back-to-back MPSF titles) captures the title and NCAA automatic qualifier with a 17-11 win over #4 seed Cal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Northeast Water Polo Conference:<\/strong> Harvard (29-0; first perfect season in Eastern water polo history) captures the title and NCAA automatic qualifier with an 8-7 win over #2 seed Princeton.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Western Water Polo Association:<\/strong> UC Davis (16-7; nine-match winning streak) captures the title and NCAA automatic qualifier with a 14-5 win over #2 seed and defending champion UC San Diego.<\/p>\n<p>Because the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference gave up it&#8217;s NCAA automatic qualifier, there are only two more spots; both are at-large bids. <em>Swimming World&#8217;s<\/em> <strong>Bill Cohn<\/strong> breaks the criteria the NCAA will uses to decide which teams will be awarded those spots. One other criteria in considering the seeding of teams: even though geographic considerations take precedence, in the case of Harvard, they are the country&#8217;s only undefeated team and may be seeded higher than a play-in game.<\/p>\n<p>The bracket for the 2019 NCAA Men&#8217;s tournament will be released after midnight (EST) and can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/brackets\/waterpolo-men\/nc\/2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The NCAA selection criteria are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u2022 Won-lost record<\/div>\n<div>\u2022 Strength of schedule<\/div>\n<div>\u2022 Availability of athletes&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there are these primary criteria (in no priority order):<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\u2022 Head to head<\/div>\n<div>\u2022 Results vs common opponents<br \/>\n\u2022 Last 10 games record<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"height: 283px;\" width=\"763\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"87\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"87\"><strong>Overall\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"87\"><strong>Last 10<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"408\"><strong>Common opponents<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stanford<\/td>\n<td>18-2<\/td>\n<td>8-1<\/td>\n<td>UCLA 3-0, USC 0-1, Pacific 2-0, CAL 1-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pacific<\/td>\n<td>16-5<\/td>\n<td>6-4<\/td>\n<td>Stan 0-2, UCLA 0-2, Cal 1-0, USC 2-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>UCLA<\/td>\n<td>17-5<\/td>\n<td>7-3<\/td>\n<td>Stan 0-3, USC 0-2, Pacific 2-0, CAL 2-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>USC<\/td>\n<td>14-5<\/td>\n<td>7-3<\/td>\n<td>Pacific 0-2, UCLA 1-0, Stanford 1-0, CAL 2-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>UCSB<\/td>\n<td>21-7<\/td>\n<td>6-4<\/td>\n<td>UCLA 0-2, USC 1-1, Stanford 1-0, Pacific 1-2, Pepp 3-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>This is a developing story and will be updated<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following another day of close matches \u2014 and a couple of surprise outcomes \u2014 the bracket for the 2019 NCAA Men&#8217;s Tournament is almost complete. 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