The exact final score isn’t really an important number in swimming—the specific point difference isn’t as interesting as the magnitude of difference (e.g., somewhat arbitrarily <25 points, 25-99 points, 100+). I’m looking to the 500-point mark, and whether Cal will break it. For reference, last year Texas scored 595 and Cal scored 568. Florida was third with 367, but this year’s Florida team is much better than last year’s. It should be pretty close, but I’m predicting that they will fall short and end up with about 481.5 and Texas will get to around 465.
Oh don't get me wrong, winning and losing is important. Just that it doesn't really matter if they score 482 and win or if they score 483 and win. With 21 events and 16 scorers per event (also have to factor in DQs), getting to a specific number is very challenging to predict.
The exact final score isn’t really an important number in swimming—the specific point difference isn’t as interesting as the magnitude of difference (e.g., somewhat arbitrarily <25 points, 25-99 points, 100+). I’m looking to the 500-point mark, and whether Cal will break it. For reference, last year Texas scored 595 and Cal scored 568. Florida was third with 367, but this year’s Florida team is much better than last year’s. It should be pretty close, but I’m predicting that they will fall short and end up with about 481.5 and Texas will get to around 465.
Oh don't get me wrong, winning and losing is important. Just that it doesn't really matter if they score 482 and win or if they score 483 and win. With 21 events and 16 scorers per event (also have to factor in DQs), getting to a specific number is very challenging to predict.