02-12-2020, 02:16 AM
(02-11-2020, 04:38 AM)Hurlburt88 Wrote: Do I read this correctly that we and USC have played 7 games, whereas UCLA has played 15? If so, is there some tournament(s) that have given them that many more?The records I gave were from each team's site's schedule page. I did a double take on that number as well.
All teams started the weekend of 17-Jan, meaning there have been 4 weekends of play.
UCLA played 5 matches over that first Fri-Sat-Sun, 4 the next Sat-Sun, 2 the next Fri-Sat, and 4 the next Sat-Sun (this past weekend).
Stanford played 2 matches that first Sat, 3 the next Sat-Sun, 3 the next Sat-Sun, and none the past weekend.
The NCAA has (complicated) limits on how much time a sport can require an athlete to participate per week. I'm a little surprised that 5 matches can be played on a weekend and still fit under those limits, unless they reduced countable hours during the week (beyond the day-off per week). 5 matches would seem to require (at least) 8 hours out of the limit of 20 per week. It seems UCLA has already used 9 of its 21 competition days while Stanford has only used 5.
The rankings have not yet been updated this week as I type this. Probably will be posted on Wednesday (polling apparently happens after Monday noon EST, and bears Monday's date).
