Buckle up, folks. It's March Madness. "Oh, you mean basketball? I thought this was a swimming website." No! The NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships, the ​real​ March Madness, are this month. The first step of the journey was taken today as the NCAA released the official psych sheet for the 2017 Division I Women's Championship.​

2016 vs 2017 Invited Times

Event	2016 Invited Time	2017 Invited Time	Margin
500 Free	4:42.58	4:41.84	-0.26%
200 IM	1:57.90	1:57.66	-0.20%
50 Free	22.35	22.23	-0.54%
400 IM	4:11.05	4:10.86	-0.08%
100 Fly	52.77	52.52	-0.48%
200 Free	1:45.85	1:45.44	-0.39%
100 Breast	1:00.66	1:00.34	-0.53%
100 Back	52.93	52.65	-0.53%
1650 Free	16:17.64	16:16.41	-0.13%
200 Back	1:54.47	1:54.00	-0.41%
100 Free	48.77	48.62	-0.31%
200 Breast	2:10.89	2:10.55	-0.26%
200 Fly	1:57.02	1:56.60	-0.36%
200 M.R.	1:37.89	1:37.67	-0.23%
800 F.R.	7:09.67	7:08.44	-0.29%
200 F.R.	1:29.80	1:29.75	-0.06%
400 M.R.	3:35.26	3:34.95	-0.14%
400 F.R.	3:17.59	3:16.99	-0.30%

​Important Links

​Official Psych Sheet

Swimmers Invited by School

Relays Invited

​Alternates

Let's take a deeper dive into the nitty-gritty, shall we?

Highlights

- Between 38 & 41 swimmers were invited in each event
- Georgia, Southern Cal, & Stanford lead in most swimmers invited with 14 each
- Cal & Texas A&M were right behind with 13 swimmers invited each
- 281 swimmers were invited in total from 62 teams, an average of 4.5 swimmers per team
- Each of the 13 individual events have a ​​faster​​ invited time in 2017 compared to 2016​
- Each of the 5 relay events have a ​​faster​​ invited time in 2017 compared to 2016​

​Stay tuned throughout the coming weeks for detailed coverage in the lead-up to the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming & Diving Championships.