[Farm93]

[quote author=ColoradoTree link=topic=18258.msg227654#msg227654 date=1523393768]
I think it is likely that women's tennis turns it on for NCAAs. They only have 3 losses (all to top 10 teams while our #2, Melissa Lord, was out injured), they're currently ranked 22nd, and if they can win out and get a Top 16 seed, they will be a classic underseeded Stanford team that no one wants to play, now that Lord is back healthy.

The first two rounds of the 64-team tournament are at campus sites (so a Top 16 seed means you get to stay at home), and then the final 16 teams all go to one location (this year, at Wake Forest) for the remainder of the tournament. If Stanford makes it to Winston-Salem, that's at least 64 points.

That would be a fine outcome to a difficult season.

The next three lowest scoring sports right now are Men's ITF (51), Football (55), and Fencing (57).  So Women's Tennis could contribute 13 net points (no pun intended) or more if their NCAA performance exceeds their ranking.  That would get Stanford near 1,375 Cup points.

Geaux Cardinal!
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1360+ is probably a zone that only Ohio State can reach at this point.  And for tOSU to get into that zone they would need to replicate the remarkable run of luck they had in April and May of 2017.  Still, it is possible for tOSU to get into the 1300+ zone.  It is not realistic for UCLA to get into that zone as they lost too many critical points in football, men's hoops and women's hoops. 

[Farm93]

[quote author=ColoradoTree link=topic=18258.msg227654#msg227654 date=1523393768]
I think it is likely that women's tennis turns it on for NCAAs. They only have 3 losses (all to top 10 teams while our #2, Melissa Lord, was out injured), they're currently ranked 22nd, and if they can win out and get a Top 16 seed, they will be a classic underseeded Stanford team that no one wants to play, now that Lord is back healthy.

The first two rounds of the 64-team tournament are at campus sites (so a Top 16 seed means you get to stay at home), and then the final 16 teams all go to one location (this year, at Wake Forest) for the remainder of the tournament. If Stanford makes it to Winston-Salem, that's at least 64 points.

That would be a fine outcome to a difficult season.

The next three lowest scoring sports right now are Men's ITF (51), Football (55), and Fencing (57).  So Women's Tennis could contribute 13 net points (no pun intended) or more if their NCAA performance exceeds their ranking.  That would get Stanford near 1,375 Cup points.

Geaux Cardinal!
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1360+ is probably a zone that only Ohio State can reach at this point.  And for tOSU to get into that zone they would need to replicate the remarkable run of luck they had in April and May of 2017.  Still, it is possible for tOSU to get into the 1300+ zone.  It is not realistic for UCLA to get into that zone as they lost too many critical points in football, men's hoops and women's hoops.