Exciting WAC VB weekend coming! 11/15-11/18

[IdahoBoy]

I'm really excited for this weekend's WAC volleyball matchups!


First up, Wednesday night, 11/15:

Nationally televised on CSTV: Idaho vs. Nevada. A battle for third place in the WAC? Both teams are coming off of losses. Idaho looks to rebound from a loss at nemesis San Jose State (what an obnoxious crowd!). Nevada dropped a 5-game heartbreaker at Utah State.

Available online: Hawaii @ Boise State. Hawaii needs to win out to "clinch" the 1 seed in the WAC tournament. The 3-5 teams are still up for grabs, but a first round matchup against a play-in winner is always a good thing.


Then, Thursday night, 11/16:

San Jose State @ La Tech. SJSU is in the mix for a third place conference finish. La Tech shouldn't be a huge problem.

Utah State @ Boise State. USU, last year's runner-up at the WAC tournament is feeling some end-of-season run coming on. Currently sitting in 6th overall, a 2-3 spot jump is not out of the question.

Fresno State visits New Mexico State: This one is available at NMSU's website. How will Aggies rebound from Hawaii trip? They need to win twice to keep NCAA hopeful and stay in good position for #1 or #2 WAC seed.


Friday night, 11/17:

The match I'll be at is Hawaii @ Idaho. This one is available online at www.kkea1420am.com. This will be kind of a bittersweet homecoming for me! I've not been in Memorial gym in 3-years! But I can't all-out cheer for Idaho or be in serious trouble. It should be a good match, though. Idaho took their first game ever off Hawaii in Honolulu this fall. The WAC sure stiffed Idaho with 3-matches in 4-days on this schedule!


Saturday night, 11/18:

Senior night at most hosts.
Idaho hosts Utah State in another critical third place battle at stake.

Nevada cleans up after Hawaii vs. Boise State.

San Jose State visits New Mexico State, in what could be a critical seeding battle for the upcoming tournament. I believe this is available online, as well.

Barnburner: Fresno State at La Tech. I think La Tech gets a conference win.

A lot is up for grabs for the Reno tournament. Every match counts for the top 6-7 teams!



WAC Standings:
1 Hawai‘i 13-1 21-5
2 New Mexico State 12-2 29-2
3 Nevada 9-5 15-12
4 Idaho 8-5 9-16
5 San Jose State 8-6 17-11
6 Utah State 6-8 14-15
7 Boise State 4-9 11-15
8 Fresno State 2-12 4-22
9 Louisiana Tech 0-14 6-25

[IdahoBoy]

The WAC Conference Tournament Bracket will look something like this:

2006 WAC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

November 22 (Quarterfinals)
Match 1 - Fresno State vs. La Tech, 9:30 a.m.
Match 2 - No. 4 vs. No. 5, 12:00 p.m.
Match 3 - No. 3 vs. No. 6, 2:30 p.m.
Match 4 - NMSU/Hawaii? vs. Boise State, 5:00 p.m.
Match 5 - Fresno State/La Tech vs. NMSU/Hawaii?, 7:30 p.m.

November 23 (Semifinals)
Match 6 - Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4, 5:00 p.m.
Match 7 - Winner Match 2 vs. Winner Match 5, 7:30 p.m.

November 24 (Championship)
Match 8 - Winner Match 6 vs. Winner Match 7, 7:30 p.m. (CSTV)


**Note that Nevada has historically switched to accomodate attendance needs (night) matches, so that may change the times depending on the seed Nevada earns.

*** Whoever's bonehead idea to move this tournament to INCLUDE Thanksgiving day should be fired. I refuse to return if it is ON Turkey Day. Start the day after and end on Sunday. It works well that way.

[IdahoBoy]

My limited forecasting abilities pick this as WAC seeds:

1 Hawai‘i 15-1 23-5
2 New Mexico State 14-2 31-2
3 Nevada 10-6 16-13
3 Idaho 10-6 11-17
5 San Jose State 9-7 18-12
6 Utah State 7-9 15-16
7 Boise State 4-12 11-18
8 Fresno State 2-14 4-24
9 Louisiana Tech 1-15 7-26

[aaronic]

Sorry, i'd rather watch the Pac-10 this week.

[IdahoBoy]

Seriously... this _is_ exciting stuff. Besides, I took the time to make pretty colors!

[Mix Breed-TEXAS,HI,LBSU]

Hey IB, I love the colors....

[ugopher]

I agree, IB, who decided to hold the tournament on Thanksgiving Day? I'm sure whoever it was said "Let's have in on a Wed, Thur, and Friday. That way people will have to take 3 days of vacation to come to the tournament vs. 1 day if we held it on a Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. What? That Thursday is Thanksgiving? Oh, well, it's Friday afternoon and I want to go home so leave it the way it is. Bye."

[IdahoBoy]

fakabedit said:

Hey IB, I love the colors....

Thanks MixBreed, I love you man.

[LowVBIQ]

Anyone heading out to Reno for the tournament? I am dragging my whole family to watch the mighty Wahine. We rented a small house so that the kids wouldn't get lung cancer or have to go to Gambler's Anonymous. Great family town for the holidays...

[Cubicle No More ...]

hopefully K5 will contract to televise the WAC tournament again...

[gobows]

Please, please, please K5..........my first born son is yours if you will televise the games! Of course he is 37 years old now but I'll talk him into it.

[jr67]

gobows said:

Please, please, please K5..........my first born son is yours if you will televise the games! Of course he is 37 years old now but I'll talk him into it.

Mom, is that you? Are you trying to give me away again?

[IdahoBoy]

jr67 said:

Mom, is that you? Are you trying to give me away again?

If you don't recognize your mom, no wonder.

[Barefoot In Kailua]

The WAC tournament is a waste of time. It's also ridiculous that it's continually held in Reno. Find another venue for it if you must continue this tourney or get rid of it for good.

[lilred]

idahoboy said:

I'm really excited for this weekend's WAC volleyball matchups!


First up, Wednesday night, 11/15:

Nationally televised on CSTV: Idaho vs. Nevada. A battle for third place in the WAC? Both teams are coming off of losses. Idaho looks to rebound from a loss at nemesis San Jose State (what an obnoxious crowd!). Nevada dropped a 5-game heartbreaker at Utah State.

No disrespect IB, but CSTV is televising this match but not the WAC regular season champion match? That's retarded. But just because of you I am going to check out the Vandals. DVR is set.