Men's Swimming and Diving ACC Championships

Hey all, @scobeard here,

For those that care about non-revenue sports, the Men's swim team kicks off the ACC Championships tonight with the first two relays. I figured I'd create a forum topic in case anyone interested has any questions about how all of this works or just wants me to provide general commentary.

VT has a shot to win the whole thing this year. UVA has won the last 6 straight, and have really only lost once (to FSU, my junior year) since I can remember. It's something like the last 16/17 ACC Championships have been won by UVA.

VT whooped UVA pretty good head-to-head this season, but UVA prepares for big meets better than anyone, so it'll be a fight. UNC, another historically great team, also figures to be a contender.

VT has an undefeated conference record in head-to-head, but dynamics change when every team is fighting for points. As of now, we stand with about a 100 point lead over UVA with diving already being scored from last week. Relays will be HUGE as they score double points, and we've got a really good hold on the stroke events (especially backstroke and butterfly). Butterfly has been a historically great event for VT Swimming (waves hand emphatically).

Live results are here: http://www.theacc.com/#!/page/championship_c-swim_livestats

and you can watch live starting tomorrow here: http://www.theacc.com/#!/page/championship_c-swim

Feel free to talk about it and ask any questions you have here or on twitter @scobeard. I'll try and resond to any as much as possible and might make a trip down to Greensboro this weekend to see it in person.

GO HOKIES!