Does anyone know of an NCAA cross championships where the winning team would not have won had the meet only been scored as a dual against the second place team?
Does anyone know of an NCAA cross championships where the winning team would not have won had the meet only been scored as a dual against the second place team?
I haven't looked it up yet but the key would be the team
that placed second had it's first three guys in ahead of the eventual NCAA Champs first man, insuring a lockout in
a dual meet
A "theoretical" possibility would be a team with an outstanding front runner who won the individual title with the remainder of the top 10 or so are rounded out with good individuals from uncompetitive teams and then the next 10 spots contested between the top 2 teams.
Lets work it out one example:
1. (1) Team A's #1 man
2-10. Individuals from other teams
11. (2) Team A's #2 man
12. (3) Team B's #1 man
13. (4) Team B's #2 man
14. (5) Team B's #3 man
15. (6) Team A's #3 man
16. (7) Team B's #4 man
17. (8) Team B's #5 man
18. (9) Team A's #4 man
19. (10)Team A's #5 man
In the above scenario, Team A wins 64 to 72 but scored as a dual Team B wins to 27 to 28
At the '98 NCAA meet, Arkansas beat Stanford for the title but Stanford would have won the dual meet.
5 Kaley (Ark)
6 Brad Hauser (Stan)
8 Riley (Stan)
12 Brent Hauser (Stan)
14 Begley (Ark)
16 Kerr (Ark)
22 Lassiter (Ark)
38 Murley (Stan)
40 Dailey (Ark)
50 Gifford (Stan)
Team score goes to Arkansas, 94-117, but in the dual meet,
Stanford (2-3-4-8-10) wins by a point over
Arkansas (1-5-6-7-9), 27-28.
Er, make that 97-114 for Arkansas in the team score.
But the dual score is correct, 27-28 for Stanford.