2020 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship explained

Year:2020
Sport:Men's Water Polo
Teams:6
Format:Single-elimination
Finals Site:Uytengsu Aquatics Center
Los Angeles, California
Champions:UCLA Bruins (12th title, 21st title game, 32nd Final Four)
Runner Up:USC Trojans (25th title game, 30th Final Four)
Semifinal1:California Golden Bears (29th Final Four)
Semifinal2:Stanford Cardinal (30th Final Four)
Coach:Adam Wright
Coach Count:4th
Mvp Label:MVP
Mvp:Nicolas Saveljic
Mvp Team:UCLA
Television:NCAA
Prev:2019
Next:2021

The 2020 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship occurred from March 18–21, 2021 in Los Angeles, California, at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center. This was the 52nd NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship. Six teams participated in this championship. Although this was the 2020 championship, it was played in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The rankings before the tournament: No. 1 Stanford, No. 2 California, No. 3 UCLA and No. 4 USC.[1]

Schedule

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Bracket

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

Qualification

Automatic qualifications (AQ) were awarded to six conferences. Three conferences, the Golden Coast Conference (GCC), Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) and the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) withdrew their automatic qualification. Participating in this year's tournament were teams from the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA), Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), and the Western Water Polo Association (WWPA). Automatic qualification teams were Bucknell (CWPA), California Baptist (WWPA), and Stanford (MPSF). At-large bids were awarded to California, UCLA and USC from MPSF.

All-NCAA Tournament

First Team

Second Team

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 Winter Men’s Varsity Polls – Week 8/March 17 . collegiatewaterpolo.org . March 23, 2021.
  2. Web site: 2020 National Collegiate Men's Water Polo Championship . . March 21, 2021.