These four teams showed out on Thursday, and are here today for the last opportunity to get to Fort Worth and compete for a national title!
Michigan State and Kentucky qualified out of semi final one on Thursday afternoon after finishing just within a tenth of one another! MSU saw the only perfect score of the day here form Stephen on vault and were holding the lead strong at the halfway point. A couple of minor mistakes adding up on beam for the Spartans and a lights out rotation from Kentucky on floor might this an exciting, extremely close, finish. These ending rotations will be the same for these two during the final, so, MSU will need to tap into its confidence on beam and Kentucky will need to have another stellar floor if this competition comes down to the final rotation, which it very well could.
Arkansas and LSU qualified out of the second semifinal Thursday night, rounding out the four for Saturday. Out of the top four, LSU comes in with the highest team total by more than five tenths, breaking the 198 mark with the absolute potential to go higher in the final. Arkansas showed up in the evening session, putting up a score to match Kentucky’s and put them in third place heading into Saturday. The Razorbacks unfortunately are losing Frankie…
