2017 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship


The 2017 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship occurred from November 25th, 2017 to December 3rd in Los Angeles at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center. This was the 49th NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship. Eight teams across from all divisions participated in this championship.

Schedule

November 25November 30December 2December 3
First RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship

Qualification

The six-member selection committee selects eight institutions based on a wide number of factors, primarily number of wins, rigor of schedule, level of availability, an indication of an upward trend or winning consistently, and RPI.
InstitutionConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bid
CaliforniaPac-1220–329th2016
George WashingtonA-1017–111st
HarvardIvy League23–72nd2016
PacificWCC19–53rd2013
PomonaPitzerSCIAC24–102nd2016
UC DavisBig West22–66th2016
UCLAPac-1219–433rd2016
USCPac-1225–332nd2016

Seeding

Likewise with the criteria mentioned above, seeding was based on level of ranking, geographic proximity to the finals site, and a projected low level of academic commitments missed. The pots outlined feature what level in the championship institutions competed in, ranging from competing away in the first round for Pot 4 to skipping to the semifinals in Pot 1.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
UCLAUC DavisPacificPomonaPitzer
CaliforniaUSCHarvardGeorge Washington

Bracket

The championship featured a knockout format where schools that lost were eliminated from the tournament.

Honors

The following distinctions were distributed concluding the championship to athletes that had superior performance of some kind in the championship.

All-tournament Teams

First Team
AthleteInstitution
Luca CupidoCalifornia
Blake EdwardsUSC
Max IrvingUCLA
Matteo MorelliUSC
Alex RoelseUCLA
Marko VavicUSC
Alex Wolf UCLA

Second Team
AthleteInstitution
McQuin BaronUSC
Matt FarmerUCLA
John HooperCalifornia
Luke PavillardPacific
Nicolas SaveljicUCLA
Ben StevensonPacific
James WaltersUSC

Tournament scoring leader

AthleteInstitutionGoals
Luke PavillardPacific10

Team rankings

InstitutionRanking
UCLANo. 1
USCNo. 2
CaliforniaNo. 3
PacificNo. 4
UC DavisNo. 5
HarvardNo. 6
George WashingtonNo. 7
PomonaPitzerNo. 8