Going back to 2015, the topic of scoring accuracy (especially during the regular season) is a common concern among NCAA Men's Gymnastics fans. Perhaps there are regional differences, obviously because the judging panels from all the various meets are not the same. Since it all comes out in the wash at the NCAA Championships, does it even matter? When the championship is on the line, the playing field is level. The only potential injustice is when regional scoring differences (Regional Qualifying Score) could adversely affect a bubble team from making the NCAA qualifying round of the top-12 teams.
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It was a surreal evening of NCAA Men's Gymnastics in Norman, OK. 9th-ranked Navy came to town with a young team prepared to do battle against top-ranked Oklahoma. They simply ran into a buzzsaw. The Sooners (429.55) hit 29 of 30 routines to overpower the Mids (401.30). It was one hit routine after another -- The only blemish was a fall on SR, of all things. They hit for 70-plus on five out of six events and posted 23 scores of 14-plus en route to a new season team standard. Among the highlights were Levi Anderson (86.10) and Tanner Justus (83.45) recording incredible numbers in the [...more]
With Winter Cup out of the way, the second half of the NCAA Men's Gymnastics season gets under way this weekend. It will be 5-Up/5-Count the rest of the way! Two meets of particular interest will be Michigan at Illinois and Minnesota at Penn State. Both will have national rankings implications on the line. [...more]
Sam Mikulak put together two remarkably consistent days of gymnastics to earn his second Winter Cup AA title. Winning by almost six points, Mikulak had nearly identical scores (86.30/86.20) on both days. He won half of the event titles (FX,PB,HB) and was runner-up on PH. Saturday night's performance was almost like watching a replay of Thursday night's, right down to the [...more]
A familiar face in the Men's Gymnastics world is at the top of the leader board after Day 1 qualifying at Winter Cup. Sam Mikulak (86.30), despite a fall on his new triple back SR dismount and debuting a new but weaker Yurchenko 1 1/2 VT, simply ran away from his competition just like old times. Mikulak posted the top scores on FX (T1st-14.70), PB (15.20) and HB (14.70), and added a 3rd-place finish on PH (14.65) to distance himself by almost [...more]
Twelve U.S. Men’s Gymnastics National Team spots (three fewer than 2017) will be up for grabs this week in Las Vegas. Six of the spots will be given to the athletes with the top six all around scores, and a further six will be chosen by the Men’s Program Committee.
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The final weekend of NCAA Men's Gymnastics before next weekend's Winter Cup got off to a rousing start on Friday night. Penn State (417.40) posted season highs on four team events to put away host Ohio State (414.90). Though the meet was still up for grabs going into the final rotation, the visitors from Happy Valley had a second rotation that proved to be the difference in the meet. After setting a new season best on PH (69.20), led by NCAA champ Stephen Nedoroscik (14.80), the Nittany Lions moved on to [...more]
Saturday's slate will feature a great matchup between 5th-ranked Illinois and 6th-ranked Minnesota. The weekend action will commence on Friday with 8th-ranked Penn State hitting the road against 9th-ranked Ohio State. The Saturday nightcap will be another [...more]
The anticipated showdown between three of the nation's top-5 teams never materialized into the close tussle many had hoped for. Oklahoma came out blazing, scoring seven points higher on their first two events (FX-69.05, PH-69.70) than they did last weekend. The outcome after that outburst was never in doubt as the top-ranked Sooners (418.00) overwhelmed 4th-ranked Stanford (410.50) and 2nd-ranked Nebraska (403.80). The meet featured five [...more]
After an exciting Saturday afternoon of gymnastics involving teams from the eastern half of the country, it was time for Stanford to generate some excitement of their own in the west coast evening nightcap. The host Cardinal (414.10) put on quite a scoring display, grinding out one season high after another in their resounding victory over Cal (395.05) and Washington (368.30) in the Stanford Open. They established new season standards on all six events, and are now the proud owners of the nation's [...more]
