Women's Gymnastics National Champs!!!
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This is 1 of 3 sports that are starting to be like UCONN in womens basketball. Mens gymnastics and softball are the other 2.
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Really happy for KJ and these young ladies. Terrific job! :woot :woot
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Outstanding job!!!
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One of Joe C's best hires. Her Iowa State teams just gave us fits before Joe C hired her away. This is also a young team with a great recruiting class coming in.
Gymnastics is probably more like UConn than is softball. Only six teams have won a national title in women's gymnastics:
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Utah
UCLA
Oklahoma
Four of those six teams were in the final six today. LSU and Nebraska joined them in the final six, replacing Utah and Nebraska. Men's gymnastics is now down to three or four teams every year.
Softball is more dependent on which schools get that superstar pitcher, and a lot of schools are in the hunt. There are probably about twenty schools that could win the title in softball if they had the right pitcher--or two. Last year, we had two of the top three in softball in Ricketts and Gascoigne, a great advantage. Tennessee had to come back with their star, and we used a rested Gascoigne that Tennessee hadn't seen much. They couldn't touch her. This year, we have a good pitcher, but probably not quite good enough to make the final two.
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Utah
UCLA
Oklahoma
Four of those six teams were in the final six today. LSU and Nebraska joined them in the final six, replacing Utah and Nebraska. Men's gymnastics is now down to three or four teams every year.
Softball is more dependent on which schools get that superstar pitcher, and a lot of schools are in the hunt. There are probably about twenty schools that could win the title in softball if they had the right pitcher--or two. Last year, we had two of the top three in softball in Ricketts and Gascoigne, a great advantage. Tennessee had to come back with their star, and we used a rested Gascoigne that Tennessee hadn't seen much. They couldn't touch her. This year, we have a good pitcher, but probably not quite good enough to make the final two.
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It seems strange they don't have a way to break ties in gymnastics.
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a Zoolander like Walk Off seems appropriate.
But with a gymnastics twist.
jk...
But with a gymnastics twist.
jk...
Individual event results:
First: Taylor Spears, Beam, 9.925
Seconds: Maile'ana Kanawa, Floor, 9.950 Haley Scaman, Floor, 9.950
Third: Haley Scaman, Vault, 9.9667
Fourth: Maile'ana Kanawa, Vault, 9.9417
Sixth: Lara Albright, Floor, 9.912
Eighth: Chayse Capps, Beam, 9.860
Tenth: Taylor Spears, Bars, 9.825
http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=209474074
First: Taylor Spears, Beam, 9.925
Seconds: Maile'ana Kanawa, Floor, 9.950 Haley Scaman, Floor, 9.950
Third: Haley Scaman, Vault, 9.9667
Fourth: Maile'ana Kanawa, Vault, 9.9417
Sixth: Lara Albright, Floor, 9.912
Eighth: Chayse Capps, Beam, 9.860
Tenth: Taylor Spears, Bars, 9.825
http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=209474074
Going into the national tournament, these were the rankings:
http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/gymnastics-women/nc
Notice that the teams that were in the final six were ranked #1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 9. #5 Utah did not make it into the final six. The only teams that have ever won the national title were ranked:
1. Florida
2. Oklahoma
4. Alabama
5. Utah
6. Georgia
8. UCLA
#3 LSU and #9 Nebraska made it instead of Utah and UCLA.
Twelve teams made it to the NCAA tournament:
Florida 197.050
Penn State 196.725
Michigan 196.750
Georgia 196.375
LSU 198.325
Stanford 197.725
Utah 197.300
UCLA 196.600
Oklahoma 197.725
Illinois 196.600
Alabama 197.550
Nebraska 196.975
But, once they got to the tournament, the afternoon session had:
Oklahoma 197.500 Georgia 197.300 LSU 197.100 Stanford 196.600 Michigan 196.425
and Illinois 195.800
The evening session had: Alabama 197.650 Florida 197.650 Nebraska 197.100 Utah 197.025 UCLA 197.000 Penn State 194,825
Michigan, Stanford, and Utah who had been so strong in the regionals, did not do well in the preliminary session.
It is basically down to how you do on the two days: preliminary and final six.
http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/gymnastics-women/nc
Notice that the teams that were in the final six were ranked #1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 9. #5 Utah did not make it into the final six. The only teams that have ever won the national title were ranked:
1. Florida
2. Oklahoma
4. Alabama
5. Utah
6. Georgia
8. UCLA
#3 LSU and #9 Nebraska made it instead of Utah and UCLA.
Twelve teams made it to the NCAA tournament:
Florida 197.050
Penn State 196.725
Michigan 196.750
Georgia 196.375
LSU 198.325
Stanford 197.725
Utah 197.300
UCLA 196.600
Oklahoma 197.725
Illinois 196.600
Alabama 197.550
Nebraska 196.975
But, once they got to the tournament, the afternoon session had:
Oklahoma 197.500 Georgia 197.300 LSU 197.100 Stanford 196.600 Michigan 196.425
and Illinois 195.800
The evening session had: Alabama 197.650 Florida 197.650 Nebraska 197.100 Utah 197.025 UCLA 197.000 Penn State 194,825
Michigan, Stanford, and Utah who had been so strong in the regionals, did not do well in the preliminary session.
It is basically down to how you do on the two days: preliminary and final six.
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KJ said not many were giving OU a chance at winning it. The team wanted to prove "them" wrong - and they did. Reminds me of the Sugar Bowl win. Boomer Sooner!
That may have been bulletin board material. OU was one of the favorites, along with Florida. The only disadvantage that OU had was that it was in Alabama, and the NCAA gymnastics rankings are beautifully real in that they admit the aspect of home court advantage. The rankings are based primarily on performances away from home.
The primary three this year, OU, Florida, and LSU, will likely be the lead three next year as well. Florida loses two key performers who dominated the events, but they have a lot coming back. LSU is young and good. We lose Spears, but we retain some exciting freshmen and sophomores. I don't think much will change next year.
The primary three this year, OU, Florida, and LSU, will likely be the lead three next year as well. Florida loses two key performers who dominated the events, but they have a lot coming back. LSU is young and good. We lose Spears, but we retain some exciting freshmen and sophomores. I don't think much will change next year.
