SEC championship is only 22 days away, and for the first time in its modern history, one of the teams in the conference will not be participating. Which school will be staying home and missing the opportunity to increase its NQS prior to regionals selection? We’ll dive into the numbers to see who’s in danger, as well as who is likely to make the evening session.
Unlike our normal Bubble Watch article, which focuses on NQS scenarios for regionals qualification, in this SEC version we’ll be focusing on the scores each team is locked into counting toward its NQS on Monday, March 17, which is presumably when the decision will be made about which team will be staying home. We’ll also look at how many meets each team has remaining until then.
In the tables below, bold scores are locked into being counted in the March 17 NQS, strikethrough is used to indicate the season high currently being dropped from the NQS calculation, and an asterisk indicates the score that can be replaced this coming weekend. Rankings indicated are only among SEC teams, not the national rankings. The highest and lowest possible rankings are only relevant for this Monday’s (March 3) rankings.
Evening Session Locks
No. 1 Oklahoma
| Current NQS | 197.865 |
| Highest three road… |
