2018 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

The 2018 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship occurred from November 24th, 2018 to December 2nd, 2018 in Stanford, California at the Avery Aquatic Center. This was the 50th NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship. Eight teams across from all divisions participated in this championship.

2018 NCAA
Men's Water Polo Tournament
Teams8
FormatSingle-elimination
Finals siteAvery Aquatic Center
Stanford, California
ChampionsUSC Trojans (10th title, 23rd title game, 28th Final Four)
Runner-upStanford Cardinal (21st title game, 28th Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coachAdam Wright (3rd title)
MVPJacob Mercep, (USC)
TelevisionNCAA

Schedule
November 24 November 29 December 1 December 2
First RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship

[1]

Qualification

The six-member selection committee selected 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
George Washington A-10 22–6 2nd 2017
Long Beach State Big West 13–11 12th 1991
Pomona–Pitzer SCIAC 24–8 3rd 2017
Princeton Ivy League 19–10 6th 2015
Stanford Pac-12 20–2 32nd 2014
UCLA Pac-12 22–4 34th 2017
UC San Diego CCAA 19–5 15th 2015
USC Pac-12 28–3 33rd 2017

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
USCUCLAPrincetonGeorge Washington
StanfordUC San DiegoLong Beach StatePomona–Pitzer

Bracket

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

 
First RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship
 
              
 
24 November – Long Beach
 
 
Long Beach State12
 
29 November – Stanford
 
Pomona–Pitzer5
 
Long Beach State9
 
 
 
UC San Diego14
 
UC San Diego – Bye0
 
1 December – Stanford
 
UC San Diego – Bye0
 
UC San Diego7
 
 
 
Stanford16
 
Stanford – Bye0
 
 
 
Stanford – Bye0
 
Stanford – Bye0
 
 
 
Stanford – Bye0
 
Stanford – Bye0
 
2 December – Stanford
 
Stanford – Bye0
 
Stanford12
 
 
 
USC14
 
USC – Bye0
 
 
 
USC – Bye0
 
USC – Bye0
 
 
 
USC – Bye0
 
USC – Bye0
 
1 December – Stanford
 
USC – Bye0
 
USC8
 
 
 
UCLA7
 
UCLA – Bye0
 
29 November – Stanford
 
UCLA – Bye0
 
George Washington6
 
25 November – Princeton
 
UCLA18
 
Princeton13
 
 
George Washington14
 

Honors

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

Team rankings
Institution Ranking
USCNo. 1
StanfordNo. 2
UCLANo. 3
UC San DiegoNo. 4
Long Beach StateNo. 5
George WashingtonNo. 6
PrincetonNo. 7
Pomona–PitzerNo. 8

References
  1. "2018 National Collegiate Men's Water Polo Championship". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  2. "2018–19 Pre-Championship Manual // NCAA Men's Water Polo" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  3. "2018 Men's Varsity Poll – Week 14/December 5/Final". Collegiate Water Polo Association. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
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