Sunday, March 18, 2012

Looking at the Teams Ahead of the Boise State Gymnasts

As hinted at in the article earlier today, the Boise State gymnastics team will have to have a superior effort in their regular season finale against BYU to move into the Top 12 in the NCAA National women's gymnastics rankings.


After this weekend, here are the Regional Qualifying Scores for the teams ranked #11-#16:


11.  Stanford (196.315)
12.  Penn State (196.230)
13.  Ohio State (196.080)
14.  Boise State (195.990)
15.  Auburn (195.965) 

16.  Missouri (195.825)


The Broncos' road scores that count in their RQS have actually been pretty good.  Boise State has scored 196.850, 196.025 and 195.750 this season.  But they have only scored above 196 at home twice this season, a 196.175 and a 196.125.  The score Boise State needs to get off of their record is the 195.875 they scored against California.  They'll have that opportunity against BYU Friday night.


I have looked at Boise State's RQS, and these are the scores they need against BYU to catch the teams ahead of them (of course, those teams will likely also improve.)


Boise State needs:
196.325 to catch Ohio State
197.075 to catch Penn State
197.500 to catch Stanford


The Broncos need to catch at least three of those teams to finish the season in the Top 12.  After the finale in Taco Bell Arena, Boise State will compete in the Regionals April 7 at a site to be determined.  But as was more than obvious last year, if they haven't already reached the Top 12 by then, the judges are not going to give them the scores necessary to catch one of the established favorites.

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