Year of the B teams?

Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:07 pm

Everyone has claimed that this year is "year of the B teams," but I want to see if that's true. I will be listing every time a B team (or C/D/E) outperformed the higher ranked team of a school at the same AMTA sanctioned tournament (besides different nationals divisions)! Have fun looking at all of the fun B/C/D members of strong programs. Schools with a B team outperforming the A team don't have bad A teams, they just have amazing programs all together.

2023:
1. Clark University (Chestnut Hill Regionals, B: 3-5 and A: 2-5-1)
2. New York University (Chestnut Hill Regionals, B: 7-1 and A: 5-3)
3. Georgia Tech (Columbia Regionals, B: 8-0 and A: 7-1)
4. University of Oregon (Seattle Regionals, C/D: 5-3 and B: 5-2-1)
5. Gonzaga University (Seattle Regionals, B: 4-3-1 and A: 3-4-1)
6. Xavier University (East Lansing Regionals, B: 4-3-1 and A: 4-4)
7. Northwestern University (Evanston Regionals, B: 6-1-1 and A: 6-2)
8. Davidson College (Chapel Hill Regionals, B: 5-3 and A: 4-4)
9. University of Denver (Colorado Springs Regionals, B: 5-3 and A: 3-5)
10. Santa Clara University (Colorado Springs Regionals, B: 6-2 and A: 4-4)
11. University of Texas (Houston Regionals, C: 8-0 and A: 6-2)
12. University of Louisiana Monroe (Houston Regionals, B: 6-2 and A: 3-5)
13. Harvard College (Providence Regionals, B: 7-0-1 and A: 7-1)
14. University of Maryland (Princeton Regionals, B: 7-1 and A: 6-1-1)
15. La Salle University (Princeton Regionals, B: 3-5 and A: 2-6)
16. Illinois State University (St. Louis Regionals, B: 4-4 and A: 3-5)
17. St. Louis University (St. Louis Regionals, B: 3-4-1 and A: 3-5)
18. Northern Arizona University (Tempe Regionals, B: 3-5 and A: 2-6)
19. University of Arizona (Tempe Regionals, B: 4-4 and A: 3-4-1)
20. Arizona State University (Tempe Regionals, D: 6-1-1 and B: 6-2)
21. Elon University (Williamsburg Regionals, B: 5-3 and A: 3-4-1)
22. University of Richmond (Williamsburg Regionals, B: 6-2 and A: 4-4)
23. Binghamton University, SUNY (Buffalo Regionals, B: 6-2 and A: 5-3)
24. UC, Santa Cruz (Fresno Regionals, B: 4-4 and A: 3-5)
25. St. Norbert College (Madison Regionals, B: 2-6 and A: 1-7)
26. Georgia Tech (Spartanburg Regionals, D: 6-1-1 and C: 4-2-2)
27. Trinity University (Waco Regionals, B: 5-3 and A: 2-6)
28. Baylor University (Waco Regionals, B: 6-2 and A: 4-4)
29. Miami University, Ohio (Wheaton Regionals, C: 4-3-1 and B: 3-4-1)
30. Wheaton College (Wheaton Regionals, B: 7-1 and A: 5-2-1)
31. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (Wheaton Regionals, B: 2-6 and A: 1-7)
32. University of Florida (Greenville ORCS, B: 7-1 and A: 5-3)
33. Florida International University (Greenville ORCS, B: 4-4 and A: 2-5-1)
34. Harvard College (New Rochelle ORCS, B: 7-1 and A: 5-3)
35. University of Maryland (New Rochelle ORCS, B: 5-3 and A: 4-3-1)
36. Stanford University (Santa Monica ORCS, B: 5-2-1 and A: 4-4)
37. University of Oregon (Santa Monica ORCS, B: 4-3-1 and A: 4-4)
38. UC, Los Angeles (Santa Monica ORCS, B: 7-1 and A: 6-1-1)
39. University of Chicago (St. Paul ORCS, B: 6-1-1 and A: 6-2)
40. Penn State (Washington DC ORCS, B: 4-4 and A: 3-4-1)
41. Cornell University (Washington DC ORCS, B: 5-3 and A: 1-7)
42. Tufts University (Nationals, B: 8-4 and A: 5-6-1)

That's all of them! Good job defeating the odds... or whatever! Happy year of the B teams to all that celebrate, I guess!