March 27, 20214 yr We crept over .100 for that set, Baylor dropped to .025. Jhenna has 5 attempts and 1 kill. What's that all about.
March 27, 20214 yr The Rice loss might drop us below 1 loss Kentucky or 1 loss Ohio State, but thanks to us beating Baylor I think as long as we sweep TCU, we'll have a #1 seed in the tournament
March 27, 20214 yr That was win #500 for Elliot at Texas. Nothing like doing it in style with your fourth win against Baylor this academic calendar year Edited March 27, 20214 yr by Js1
March 31, 20214 yr Looks like we dropped all the way down to #5 in the rankings with our loss to Rice. Did not expect that.
March 31, 20214 yr #1 in the RPI though! Not that it isn't out of whack due to COVID, so it doesn't mean much. It's whatever. I don't think a loss to Rice automatically kills us for a top 4 seed. We might be the last top 4 seed, but we will find out in a few days. Selection Day is April 4. Both TCU matches are on ESPN+ tomorrow and Friday.
March 31, 20214 yr It’s like the pollsters have waited to punish us all season, and the rice loss finally gave them an opportunity. If we fall to a 2 seed, the #1 seed in our quarter will be pissed Edited March 31, 20214 yr by perfectchaos007
March 31, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, Jambon said: Seems like there is a huge Big 10 bias with the polls. Yeah what else is new. And what’s worse is that this year they are basing their perceived strength off of history. Pretty sure Big 10 schools only played a conference schedule this season, so you can’t really judge how good they are fairly Edited March 31, 20214 yr by perfectchaos007
April 2, 20214 yr TCU should have a better program than they do. They’re having a pretty damn good beach season.
April 2, 20214 yr I've been tweeting at the NCAA volleyball and AVCA volleyball accounts. If this team doesn't get a top 4 seed based on resume that's some major bullshit. They almost always go straight down the line based on RPI and Texas is currently #1 in RPI.
April 2, 20214 yr This would be more significant of course if hosting was on the line, but it isn’t. Elite 8 will still be a #1 v #2 at a neutral site. Only difference is a #2 seed will play a 3 seed in the sweet 16 instead of a 4 seed. I almost hope the committee gives us a 2 seed just so our team has a giant chip on their shoulder. Our team plays well when they feel disrespected
April 4, 20214 yr Hopefully, that pisses them off a little. How far down is furd without all the freaks?
April 4, 20214 yr Wow, RPI is whacked out. I think I do like the fact that we've played twice as many games as many of the other teams. That's got to help us, even if it was BigXII.
April 5, 20214 yr So it looks like we got a nice draw. PSU is borderline a seed/unsure they’d even make the tournament.
April 5, 20214 yr Texas and Baylor are the only Big12 teams to make the tournament, and they were placed in the same quarter.
April 5, 20214 yr 6 hours ago, TwiceHorn said: Wow, RPI is whacked out. I dunno, Army and Towson State are pretty scary. https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-volleyball-rpi
April 7, 20214 yr Big 12 should do yearly awards soon. My guesses: Coach - Elliot Offensive POY - Logan (5 time OPOW winner) Defensive POY - Butler (4 time DPOW winner) ROY - Aliyah Carter, KSU (5 time ROW winner) Setter of the Year - would be a true robbery if Gabriel is not it (leads the conference at 10.91 assists per set and sets her team to a Big 12-leading .330 hitting %) Libero of the Year - Izzy Enna, ISU
April 8, 20214 yr My predictions weren't bad at all. There's no defensive player of the year. Logan - Player of the Year Jhenna - Setter of the Year Elliot - Coach of the YearBramschreiber (Baylor) - Libero of the Year Carter (KSU) - Newcomer of the Year First Team Honors - Logan, Jhenna, Brionne, Skylar and Asija Second Team Honors - Molly All-Rookie Honors - Nalani
April 9, 20214 yr Interesting points. Quote Coaches of two of the top teams in the NCAA Division I volleyball tournament complained Thursday about the setup for the event next week, with Wisconsin's Kelly Sheffield saying it could continue shining an unfavorable light on the treatment of female athletes by college sports' governing body. The NCAA, as it did with the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments, moved the volleyball tournament to a single location as a safeguard against COVID-19. Play begins Wednesday. The tournament was moved from the fall because of the pandemic and will be held at CHI Health Center with 48 teams instead of the usual 64. The first three rounds will be played on courts set up in a convention hall. The rest will be played in the adjacent arena. ESPN will stream the first two rounds on its digital platforms without play-by-play announcers or analysts. "I really hope they take a closer look at that. I have a feeling that could blow up as much as what the weight room stuff did in women's basketball," Sheffield said, referring to criticism of the NCAA for not initially providing a full weight-training area to women's teams. "It's stunning they're not [having] a broadcast team. To me it's just lazy ... that you're just going to be looking at silence while watching NCAA tournament games." The national semifinal matches and championship match will be televised on ESPN2. Sheffield, whose Badgers are the No. 1 seed after finishing second to Stanford in 2019, said the lack of announcers for the first two rounds diminishes the tournament. "It's going to come across as a high school type of deal," he said. "It should feel special. For a lot of people that won't be the case." The NCAA said in a statement ESPN is not required to produce any coverage of the first and second rounds and that COVID-19 restrictions create technical challenges. Nebraska's John Cook, whose team is seeded No. 5, said coaches are concerned about use of the convention center. There will be four competition courts laid out in two halls, as well as eight practice courts in a third hall. Four matches will be played simultaneously in the first and second rounds -- akin to a high school club tournament, Cook said. No locker rooms will be available early in the tournament because of COVID-19 protocols. "Volleyball players warm up and then change into their uniforms," Cook said. "How does that work if you're in the middle of convention Hall C?" The NCAA said teams will have secure areas to change clothes. "Contrary to reports, players were never expected to change clothes on the bench," the NCAA said. Cook said instead of playing in the convention center, the NCAA should hold early matches at Creighton's Sokol Arena, Nebraska-Omaha's Baxter Arena and Nebraska's Devaney Center in Lincoln. "That's a lot nicer of an NCAA tournament because those are three great facilities [and better] than the setup they have now, which is in a convention center, no locker rooms, no bathrooms," Cook said. "It's going to be interesting how this is all pulled off."
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