Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Proportionality Hurting Women's Swimming?


Yeah, I added the question mark just in case y'all don't believe the causation here.  There's definitely a correlation, but some might disagree with the cause.

Here are the schools without men's swimming programs that placed women's teams in the Top 20 at NCAA's:

2010

13th - Houston
18th - UCLA

2011

12th - Miami

2012

None

2013

16th - Miami
17th - UCLA

2014

None

2015

None

2016

17th - UCLA
20th - Nevada

2017

20th - UCLA

2018

None

2019

17th - UCLA
19th - Arkansas


In the past ten (10) years, UCLA has cracked the top twenty five (5) times, with their best finish being 17th place.

Miami managed to place as high as 12th in 2011.  Their last appearance in the top twenty was 2013.

I'll let y'all decide if there's a cause/affect when it comes to "dropped" men's programs and women's programs "dropping" in team standings.

I think you'll find more correlation and causation there than here:








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