This year, the NCAA decided to hold a selection show to announce the draw for Regionals. This would make sense if there were any kind of suspense involved in the draw (or any kind of draw at all instead of just a guy reading out what a committee decided), but since we already knew the placements of seeds 1-18, there was little reason for it to exist. Our 2012 Regionals are as follows:
NC State Regional
1. Florida
2. Ohio State
3. Penn State
4. NC State
5. Kent State
6. North Carolina
Illinois Regional
1. Oklahoma
2. Stanford
3. Denver
4. Illinois
5. Kentucky
6. Illinois-Chicago
Arkansas Regional
1. UCLA
2. Arkansas
3. Boise State
4. Missouri
5. New Hampshire
6. Maryland
Washington Regional
1. Alabama
2. LSU
3. Arizona
4. Washington
5. Iowa
6. Central Michigan
Utah Regional
1. Nebraska
2. Utah
3. Minnesota
4. Iowa State
5. Arizona State
6. San Jose State
Auburn Regional
1. Georgia
2. Oregon State
3. Auburn
4. Michigan
5. West Virginia
6. Michigan State
So there's that. Thoughts on these placements? Is it possible to be excited about any of them? In the two weeks we have to wait, I'll be putting together previews of each individual Regional, and I'll probably try to convince myself there's a greater chance for an upset than there actually is so that it will be more exciting.
Final rankings after the jump.
Final National Rankings:
1. Florida – 197.445
2. Oklahoma – 197.360
3. UCLA – 197.270
4. Alabama – 197.245
5. Nebraska – 197.030
6. Georgia – 196.995
7. Oregon State – 196.760
8. Utah – 196.705
9. LSU – 196.570
10. Arkansas – 196.545
11. Stanford – 196.410
12. Ohio State – 196.245
13. Penn State – 196.230
14. Denver – 196.090
15. Boise State – 196.055
16. Arizona – 196.020
17. Minnesota – 195.985
18. Auburn – 195.965
19. Missouri – 195.925
20. NC State – 195.870
21. Michigan – 195.825
22. Illinois – 195.695
23. Washington – 195.595
24. Kentucky – 195.490
24. Iowa State – 195.490
26. Kent State – 195.400
27. West Virginia – 195.265
28. Arizona State – 195.145
29. New Hampshire – 195.120
30. Iowa – 195.065
31. North Carolina – 195.010
32. Illinois-Chicago – 194.940
32. Michigan State – 194.940
34. Maryland – 194.905
35. San Jose State – 194.790
36. Central Michigan – 194.770
I just hope scoring is as consistent as it can be between 6 meets. The last thing we need is for 3 Regionals to be scored like the evening session of Pac-12s and for the other 3 to be scored like SECs. It could throw off the balance of teams in the afternoon and evening sessions at NCAAs considerably.
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