400-yd. medley relay: Indiana has the best time, but other teams could win. Harvard was on the way to a great time in the Easterns only to be disqualified. The Harvard relay of Tom Wolfe, Ted Fullerton, Yntema, and Neville should improve on last year's 12th place finish if all goes well this time.
400-yd. IM: Tyler again, but look to Bruce Kocsisof U.S.C. if Tyler shuns the event. Dave Brumwell won the Easterns and may pick up a few points here.
200-yd. free: Jim Montgomery of Indiana could defeat defending champ Steve Furniss of USC. Yntema probably couldn't score here; so he may not enter, figuring he has a better chance in the 200 IM and the two butterfly events.
100-yd.: Yntema picked up an 11th here and should improve considerably on that. His overall performance will once again be a key to Harvard's team chances. Clay Evans of UCLA is fastest qualifier; Trembley is the defending titleholder.
100-yd. backstroke: Mike Stamn, the top backstroker in the nation the last few years, will be challenged by John Naber of USC. Wolfe finally broke the only Harvard record from the pre-Gambrill-Essick era, but he has very limited scoring potential here.
100-yd. breaststroke: John Henken won last year, will probably win again this year. Harvard's Fullerton won the Easterns, and might score some points this time.
800-yd. free relay: Indiana won big last year and appears to be a shoe-in this time. Harvard could break into the scoring column here, especially if new-man Brent Haywood delivers.
1650-yd. free: John Kinsella of Indiana has won the event the last three years, but Olympic martyr Rick DeMont has a good shot. Tetlow lost to Haydon at the Easterns but should grab a couple of points, if he can come up with a closing kick.
100-yd. free: Trembley is defending champ, but as usual the race is wide-open. Harvard's scoring chances are minimal.
200-yd. back: Naber of USC broke Stamn's NCAA record, going under the magical 1:50 barrier for the first time. These two will fight it out for first here. Wolfe came up with the surprise performance of the Easterns but it is doubtful he can score.
200-yd. breast: Last year Englishman Dave Wilkie beat four American Olympians. This year should be a real dogfight between Wilkie and Henken.
200-yd. fly: Robin Backhaus is the man to beat, but Harvard's Yntema has an excellent shot, with Alan Poucher of USC another good bet. Yntema should break 1:50, and he must if he is to equal last year's superlative third-place finish.
400-yd. free relay: Harvard lost to Princeton by less than a second at the Easterns.