2017 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

The 2017 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship occurred from November 25th, 2017 to December 3rd in Los Angeles at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center. This was the 49th NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship. Eight teams across from all divisions participated in this championship.

2017 NCAA
Men's Water Polo Tournament
Teams8
FormatSingle-elimination
Finals siteUytengsu Aquatics Center
Los Angeles, California
ChampionsUCLA Bruins (11th title, 20th title game, 30th Final Four)
Runner-upUSC Trojans (22nd title game, 27th Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coachAdam Wright (3rd title)
MVPAlex Wolf, (UCLA)
TelevisionNCAA

Schedule

November 25 November 30 December 2 December 3
First RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship

[1]

Qualification

The six-member selection committee selects eight institutions based on a wide number of factors, primarily number of wins, rigor of schedule, level of availability, an indication of an upward trend or winning consistently, and RPI.[2]

Institution Conference Record Appearance Last bid
California Pac-12 20–3 29th 2016
George Washington A-10 17–11 1st
Harvard Ivy League 23–7 2nd 2016
Pacific WCC 19–5 3rd 2013
PomonaPitzer SCIAC 24–10 2nd 2016
UC Davis Big West 22–6 6th 2016
UCLA Pac-12 19–4 33rd 2016
USC Pac-12 25–3 32nd 2016

[3]

Seeding

Likewise with the criteria mentioned above, seeding was based on level of ranking, geographic proximity to the finals site, and a projected low level of academic commitments missed.[2] The pots outlined feature what level in the championship institutions competed in, ranging from competing away in the first round for Pot 4 to skipping to the semifinals in Pot 1.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
UCLAUC DavisPacificPomonaPitzer
CaliforniaUSCHarvardGeorge Washington

Bracket

The championship featured a knockout format where schools that lost were eliminated from the tournament.[1]

 
First RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship
 
              
 
25 November – Stockton
 
 
Pacific16
 
30 November – Los Angeles
 
PomonaPitzer2
 
Pacific13
 
 
 
UC Davis12
 
UC Davis – Bye0
 
2 December – Los Angeles
 
UC Davis – Bye0
 
Pacific9
 
 
 
UCLA11
 
UCLA – Bye0
 
 
 
UCLA – Bye0
 
UCLA – Bye0
 
 
 
UCLA – Bye0
 
UCLA – Bye0
 
3 December – Los Angeles
 
UCLA – Bye0
 
UCLA7
 
 
 
USC5
 
California – Bye0
 
 
 
California – Bye0
 
California – Bye0
 
 
 
California – Bye0
 
California – Bye0
 
2 December – Los Angeles
 
California – Bye0
 
California11
 
 
 
USC12
 
USC – Bye0
 
30 November – Los Angeles
 
USC – Bye0
 
USC16
 
25 November – Cambridge
 
Harvard4
 
Harvard15
 
 
George Washington13
 

Harvard's play-in win over George Washington was the first-ever victory for a school outside California in a non-consolation game in tournament history. (As of 2019, however, California schools still maintain a perfect record against teams outside the state.)

Honors

The following distinctions were distributed concluding the championship to athletes that had superior performance of some kind in the championship.[3]

All-tournament Teams

First Team

Athlete Institution
Luca CupidoCalifornia
Blake EdwardsUSC
Max IrvingUCLA
Matteo MorelliUSC
Alex RoelseUCLA
Marko VavicUSC
Alex Wolf (MVP)UCLA

Second Team

Athlete Institution
McQuin BaronUSC
Matt FarmerUCLA
John HooperCalifornia
Luke PavillardPacific
Nicolas SaveljicUCLA
Ben StevensonPacific
James WaltersUSC

Tournament scoring leader

Athlete Institution Goals
Luke PavillardPacific10

Team rankings

Institution Ranking
UCLANo. 1
USCNo. 2
CaliforniaNo. 3
PacificNo. 4
UC DavisNo. 5
HarvardNo. 6
George WashingtonNo. 7
PomonaPitzerNo. 8

References

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