October 20, 20241 yr Author 2 minutes ago, kingkoopa6 said: That run was sexy 7-0 to end the set is def sexy 2-1 Texas now
October 20, 20241 yr I like being on this side of a late run. Much better. From 20-18 Georgia to a 25-20 set win. I'll take it.
October 20, 20241 yr Emma does things out there ive never seen anyone do. she really be making legendary plays
October 20, 20241 yr Author I didn’t have Georgia as our most competitive SEC opponent so far but we likely needed that aggy in town Wednesday night
October 20, 20241 yr Author Also Texas was 8th in the committee rankings today, 1 spot behind SMU. @perfectchaos007, we won’t see them in Austin 1. Nebraska 2. Pittsburgh 3. Louisville 4. Penn State 5. Stanford 6. Creighton 7. SMU 8. Texas 9. Purdue 10. Oregon 11. Wisconsin 12. Kansas 13. Minnesota 14. TCU 15. Utah 16. Arizona State Lincoln Regional 1. Nebraska, 8. Texas, 9. Purdue, 16. Arizona State Pittsburgh Regional 2. Pittsburgh, 7. SMU, 10. Oregon, 15. Utah Louisville Regional 1. Louisville, 6. Creighton, 11. Wisconsin, 14. TCU University Park Regional 1. Penn State, 5. Stanford, 12. Kansas, 13. Minnesota
October 20, 20241 yr I really wanted a dominant sweep. But after that first set got sideways, I just wanted a win. Salvaging what we could of the weekend.
October 20, 20241 yr Texas has to win out and hope other teams lose some they shouldn't. The Big 12 might be a better conference in the top half than the SEC this year. Not a lot of tests in the rest of the schedule. Kentucky and Florida are both a little down. I like the potential of this conference long term. Last year it was really good, but there was a lot of drop off. I'm trying to compare how I feel about this team versus last year's squad at this time. I guess I'm just going to have to hope for the best and they turn on the jets in the post season after the sweet 16. The personnel is there. Backcourt passing and defense is a little suspect compared to the last year. Barnes really helped solidify things in the latter half of the season after she got her sea legs as a DS as opposed to the career libero she was coming in. My expectations for Skinner and Rutherford were too high entering the season. But Skinner in particular can turn it on at any point. I love Kahahawai's emergence. Singletary looks like another plug and play spectacular middle for MBU. The serving overall looks really good. l don't know. Lots of good teams out there. Texas just doesn't seem to be playing as well as some of the top teams, but again, I feel like I would have said that last year, and those last 3 postseason matches ended up being dominant victories.
October 20, 20241 yr 27 minutes ago, Js1 said: Also Texas was 8th in the committee rankings today, 1 spot behind SMU. @perfectchaos007, we won’t see them in Austin 1. Nebraska 2. Pittsburgh 3. Louisville 4. Penn State 5. Stanford 6. Creighton 7. SMU 8. Texas 9. Purdue 10. Oregon 11. Wisconsin 12. Kansas 13. Minnesota 14. TCU 15. Utah 16. Arizona State Lincoln Regional 1. Nebraska, 8. Texas, 9. Purdue, 16. Arizona State Pittsburgh Regional 2. Pittsburgh, 7. SMU, 10. Oregon, 15. Utah Louisville Regional 1. Louisville, 6. Creighton, 11. Wisconsin, 14. TCU University Park Regional 1. Penn State, 5. Stanford, 12. Kansas, 13. Minnesota Shocked I am that they’d want us in Lincoln. I think the best way for us to move up is to have Nebraska lose and drop a couple spots so they will move us up accordingly.
October 20, 20241 yr Author 25 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said: Shocked I am that they’d want us in Lincoln. I think the best way for us to move up is to have Nebraska lose and drop a couple spots so they will move us up accordingly. I really don’t want to go to any of those top 4 seeds but I REALLY don’t want to go to Lincoln or Pittsburgh
October 20, 20241 yr Author 2 hours ago, SL Xpress said: I feel like the solution is to play Carlson all the way around and use Kahahawai over Rutherford. But I have an inordinate affection towards Swindle after last year. I don't want that to be the solution. And I've watched Rutherford her whole career. I feel like we've marginalized her somehow. But right now I just want to beat Georgia. And I certainly don't want to lose another commanding lead. Good. Second set goes to the good guys. I really hate the 6-2 in general, as an aside. I understand why we're using it, but I'm just not a fan in general. Avery is a huge liability in the front row. Maybe it’s just me, because I like the 6-2 and I think our blocking numbers are much better in the 6-2 without Carlson in the front row, but I do think what hitters the setter typically gets matters a lot. Rutherford has been kind of meh lately and that is the RS hitter that Swindle is paired with. Devin has been really good lately and she’s paired with Carlson. Is it a better setter = better attacker in this case or is Swindle suffering from her RS hitter being in a funk? Or is her funk caused by Swindle? Def for the coaching staff to figure out
October 21, 20241 yr Author Singletary goes back...to back....to back 3x SEC Defensive Player of the Week for the third week in a row
October 22, 20241 yr 6 hours ago, Js1 said: Singletary goes back...to back....to back 3x SEC Defensive Player of the Week for the third week in a row
October 22, 20241 yr Author I don't mind the 6-2 vs 5-1 discourse, but it's hard to beat the results. 9-0 and have only lost 3 sets (and should have been 2 if we don't blow that first set against Georgia) 2.55 blocks per set (42nd nationally) .272 hitting % (24th nationally) 12.57 assists per set (39th nationally) I know we all miss the gaudy .300+ hitting % for the season, but it's been great since we switched to the 6-2. Before the 6-2, we had 3 matches where we hit under .200 (Minnesota, Miami, Stanford) and just 2 matches above .300 (Houston and Indiana) Since we switched, 1 match under .200 (aggy, who has a serious good block) and 5 matches above .300 (and close to 6 or 7, we hit .296 versus Baylor and .281 versus Kentucky) Before the switch, 3 matches with 10+ blocks (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Houston). Since the switch, 5 matches with 10+ blocks Before the switch, 4 matches with 5+ aces. Since the switch, 6 matches with 5+ aces The 6-2 is better for our blocking (no Averi in the front row) and utilizing our best setters. If we can get Rutherford out of this funk and Madi a little more efficient, the numbers will look better (for both the team and Ella's assists)
October 22, 20241 yr 6 hours ago, Js1 said: I don't mind the 6-2 vs 5-1 discourse, but it's hard to beat the results. 9-0 and have only lost 3 sets (and should have been 2 if we don't blow that first set against Georgia) 2.55 blocks per set (42nd nationally) .272 hitting % (24th nationally) 12.57 assists per set (39th nationally) I know we all miss the gaudy .300+ hitting % for the season, but it's been great since we switched to the 6-2. Before the 6-2, we had 3 matches where we hit under .200 (Minnesota, Miami, Stanford) and just 2 matches above .300 (Houston and Indiana) Since we switched, 1 match under .200 (aggy, who has a serious good block) and 5 matches above .300 (and close to 6 or 7, we hit .296 versus Baylor and .281 versus Kentucky) Before the switch, 3 matches with 10+ blocks (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Houston). Since the switch, 5 matches with 10+ blocks Before the switch, 4 matches with 5+ aces. Since the switch, 6 matches with 5+ aces The 6-2 is better for our blocking (no Averi in the front row) and utilizing our best setters. If we can get Rutherford out of this funk and Madi a little more efficient, the numbers will look better (for both the team and Ella's assists) No volleyball expert but hitting % is also drastically overrated. We hit .260 and .270 in last year's national semis and finals. It didn't matter because of how we served and played defensively. I think the big turning point with Elliott was realizing that there's much more to winning titles than just prioritizing terminal players. Serving and defense is what got us over the hump.
October 22, 20241 yr Author 27 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said: No volleyball expert but hitting % is also drastically overrated. We hit .260 and .270 in last year's national semis and finals. It didn't matter because of how we served and played defensively. I think the big turning point with Elliott was realizing that there's much more to winning titles than just prioritizing terminal players. Serving and defense is what got us over the hump. You're not wrong - Texas hit .333 in the 2020 finals against Kentucky, which should be good enough to win, but then we watched UK hit over Gabriel her entire 3 front row rotations and hit .349 to beat us in 4. Wisky won the 2021 finals only hitting .183, but 7 aces and 24 blocks. You can suck at hitting if you have the defense (like Wisconsin) and you can be an excellent hitting team, but lose because you have a front row blocking liability. The 6-2 helps with that - Carlson never goes into the front row to block, so they're constantly having to hit at our OHs and MBs, which in turn, has created a really strong block. At any one time, opponents are hitting at 6'4 Ames, 6'4 Singletary, 6'4 Devin, 6'0 Rutherford, 6'2 Skinner and 6'1 Wenaas. And our pins are extremely good blockers on their own - 23 blocks for RR, 32 for Skinner, 43 for Devin. Jenna may be the weakest front row blocker (12), but she's been doing what she has to do in the backrow. And then 88 for Mari, including 10 of Texas' 18 solo blocks, and 40 for Ames.
October 22, 20241 yr Author RPI Futures has Texas finishing the regular season 6th, with 1 more loss. Probably a road match at OU or Auburn, but it doesn't really specify who we lose to. Texas still has 3 more home matches in this homestand - tomorrow (aggy), Nov 1 (Mizzou), Nov 3 (OU). Then we go 4 matches away from Gregory - MSST (Nov 6), Auburn (Nov 15), Bama (Nov 17), OU (Nov 22). Then finish at home versus Tenn (Nov 27) and Ole Miss (Nov 30). Then it's Texas' favorite season - the postseason.
October 22, 20241 yr We’ll have to be road warriors in the NCAAs once again thanks to our slow start. All part of Elliott’s plan? Edited October 22, 20241 yr by perfectchaos007
October 23, 20241 yr Author 22 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said: We’ll have to be road warriors in the NCAAs once again thanks to our slow start. All part of Elliott’s plan? Well good thing we've played in front of record road crowds basically every road match in 2024 Texas/aggy part 2 at Gregory - 7pm, ESPNU
October 23, 20241 yr Author Advanced stats still has 3 Horns servers in the top 12 - Halter #2, Carlson #3 and Wenaas #12 We did run into issues closing out UGA because of Muoneke, who is #8 in advanced stats The only top 20 server we have on our upcoming schedule is Jordan Iliff (Mizzou) at #11. Texas has faced #8 (Muoeneke), #9 (Sarah Franklin), #13 (Erin Lamb) and #14 (Julia Orzol) so far.
October 23, 20241 yr I think playing on the road can be advantageous if you advance. There's a comfort in playing at home and it's a completely new environment playing on a neutral/road court. Those Tennessee and Stanford matches were good for us last year.
October 24, 20241 yr Author 2 minutes ago, Dahobbs said: Ugly start to this set. 2-0 Texas to 6-2 aggy. TO Texas
October 24, 20241 yr Aggies going quick every time to the middles. You would think the block would figure out.
October 24, 20241 yr Author 1 minute ago, sunset87 said: Aggies going quick every time to the middles. You would think the block would figure out. Forcing our middles to make quick decisions is not a bad game plan bc they’re young
October 24, 20241 yr Author Trash that set. Never look at it again - not even worth saying the score 1-1
October 24, 20241 yr I think we've become a bit too worried about spreading it around. Skinner is hitting .529. Set her until they can stop her.
October 24, 20241 yr Author Another 10 block match. Aggy currently +7 in kills and +5 in aces. Yet this set is tied. Just back and forth, back and forth
October 24, 20241 yr When have we played worse? At least Rutherford has showed up. Unfortunately, so has Lednicky.
October 24, 20241 yr Author Just now, Gut Wagon said: When have we played worse? Stanford? 21-19 Texas. TO aggy
October 24, 20241 yr We're making this too difficult. Skinner has 11 kills on 19 swings. Like last year, this is the time of the year when you just have to ride your best player. Set her until teams can stop her.
October 24, 20241 yr Author Just now, Gut Wagon said: I didn't see that match. And I'm glad. Blessed, because that was hideous
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