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Post by sandvb02 on Oct 20, 2007 14:39:07 GMT -5
Yes. ASU is 11-11 right now and could well lose more than half of their remaining matches. That could be bad news for Arizona, who has a better chance of having at least a .500 record, bit the wildcats probably have to pass ASU in the conference before they'll be selected. Although... RKPI places UA and ASU at #57 and 58. If they have the same RPI when the NCAA selection committee starts picking teams, they'd be pretty marginal selections at best. OSU currently is #42 in RKPI. They'd have to go 6-3 over the rest of the season to have a winning record overall, which means beating at least two of ay's "muddy middle" teams -- all of which happen to be ranked. Even playing at their best, that seems unlikely. The NCAA qualification ruling is that a team needs to have a better than .500 overall record. I won't be surprised to see 7 Pac-10 teams getting selected to the tournament. AU (if they have another non-conference match scheduled could go 3-6 in their remain 9 Pac-10 matches to finish 15-15 over all then win the non-conference match to become elibgible. The be better off going at least 4-5 in the final 9 conference match and clinching a winning record before any additional non-conference match(es). OSU would need to go at least 6-3 in their final 9 conference match and when another non-conference match to qualify. WSU would need to go 7-2 in their final 9 conference match and either win or don't play another non-conference match. So it would seem seem OSU and WSU are pretty much eliminated now. ASU has a marginal chance to qualify and AU has a moderate chance to qualify. The other 6 teams seem to be pretty much locks for being selected. ASU would need to go 5-4 in their last 9 conference matche, or 6-4 if they have another non-conference match scheduled. Since ASU has won two conferences matches so far against Arizona and OSU. Is ASU in a better position than Arizona based on conference matches?
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Post by IdahoBoy on Oct 20, 2007 14:51:50 GMT -5
The NCAA selection committee requires a .500 record or better to get in. Since the Pac-10 doesn't have a conference tournament, and ASU is out of the mix, they need to finish their conference season 5-4 to be eligible for the NCAAs. That means they need a big upset win, if they can beat Oregon, Oregon State, Washington State, and Arizona.
Arizona has 10 remaining matches (including a non-conference visit from Colorado State). They are at 12-9 right now. They would have to win 4 of their remaining matches to be NCAA eligible at 16-15 overall.
I think that the conference championship is of less importance to the Pac-10 forerunners than the national championship at this point.
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Post by IdahoBoy on Oct 20, 2007 14:56:28 GMT -5
Oregon State has the hardest road to hoe as a team capable of advancing in the NCAAs.
They have 9 remaining, with a 9-12 overall record now. That means they have to win 7 of their remaining 9. I think that Stanford, UCLA (revenge), and Washington are going to have something to say about that.
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Post by Gorf on Oct 20, 2007 15:21:37 GMT -5
The NCAA selection committee requires a .500 record or better to get in. Since the Pac-10 doesn't have a conference tournament, and ASU is out of the mix, they need to finish their conference season 5-4 to be eligible for the NCAAs. That means they need a big upset win, if they can beat Oregon, Oregon State, Washington State, and Arizona. Arizona has 10 remaining matches (including a non-conference visit from Colorado State). They are at 12-9 right now. They would have to win 4 of their remaining matches to be NCAA eligible at 16-15 overall. I think that the conference championship is of less importance to the Pac-10 forerunners than the national championship at this point. No, it requires an above .500 record, a .500 record means the team isn't qualified for the tournament. ASU at 11-11 overall is in a worse position than AU at 12-9 overall for becoming tournament eligible. I don't know how the committee would handle selected AU with the team having a pretty low conference record. I know Michigan has been selected for the tournament twice with a good overall record but being 7-13 in conference and other times been select with an 8-12 conference record. So that's a decent precedent set that ought to favor AU getting an at large selection if the become tournament eligible with their overall record.
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Post by Gorf on Oct 20, 2007 15:38:34 GMT -5
Oregon State has the hardest road to hoe as a team capable of advancing in the NCAAs. They have 9 remaining, with a 9-12 overall record now. That means they have to win 7 of their remaining 9. I think that Stanford, UCLA (revenge), and Washington are going to have something to say about that. They'd only need to go 6-3 in their final 9 conference match if they have another non-conference match scheduled sometime before before the tournament starts because of the shorter conference season (18 Pac-10 matches vs. 20 Big Ten conference matches. I just checked their schedule and they only have the 9 conference matches remaining so they would have to go 7-2 which seem a bit impossible. So like I said before OSU and WSU already appeared to be pretty much not be tournament eligible and ASU is in a worse position than AU at this point. My guess is that ASU, OSU, and WSU will not become tournament elibgible while Arizona had a decent shot at becoming eligible and being select.
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Post by hammer on Oct 20, 2007 20:05:21 GMT -5
I think it will be a payback time when Stanford visits Washington. Dunning will prepare the girls their mental toughness. It won't be easy for Washington to win at home this time around. So Stanford will sit on top of Pac-10 with 17-1, UW 16-2, There will be a 3-way tie between UCLA, USC and Cal in the middle. Follow by Oregon and Arizona. I think Arizona might squeez in depending on their 2nd half finish. They are finishing strong in the first half of the season. Realy knocking at the door. A few points here and there they would have won those 5 gamers. Just need to get "W". I'd like to see them get in. Keep smoking whatever you're smoking. Huskies have biggest home court advantage in Pac-10. But most important thing is that Huskies no how to beat Stanford. Stanford is a poor passing team, and the Huskies know it. They will exploit this weakness (again) and win in Seattle.
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Post by tnp101 on Oct 21, 2007 3:40:05 GMT -5
Keep smoking whatever you're smoking. Huskies have biggest home court advantage in Pac-10. But most important thing is that Huskies no how to beat Stanford. Stanford is a poor passing team, and the Huskies know it. They will exploit this weakness (again) and win in Seattle. We shall see. UW will get spanked this time.
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Post by Gorf on Oct 21, 2007 3:54:16 GMT -5
I says Stanford wins in 2 games as Jim gets a call from Sean Penn during the post game 2 break. The Jim decides to forfeit the match to go surfing (or something) with Sean. He knows the rest of the conference matches don't really matter much since he already has the 3rd Washington championship pencilled in on his calendar.
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Post by Ye Olde Dawg on Oct 21, 2007 4:08:14 GMT -5
Keep smoking whatever you're smoking. Huskies have biggest home court advantage in Pac-10. But most important thing is that Huskies no how to beat Stanford. Stanford is a poor passing team, and the Huskies know it. They will exploit this weakness (again) and win in Seattle. We shall see. UW will get spanked this time. I don't know about "spanked," but Stanford does have the best chance of any team this year of ending UW's home winning streak. Stanford is improving (scary thought), and will come to Seattle focused and determined. IMHO UW's best game may be good enough to win the match, but UW will have to play that "best game" from start to finish, and that's been a challenge for them recently. Stanford and UW, playing a match that could decide the Pac-10 championship once again. I'm looking forward to it.
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Post by ay2013 on Oct 21, 2007 13:52:05 GMT -5
We shall see. UW will get spanked this time. I don't know about "spanked," but Stanford does have the best chance of any team this year of ending UW's home winning streak. Stanford is improving (scary thought), and will come to Seattle focused and determined. IMHO UW's best game may be good enough to win the match, but UW will have to play that "best game" from start to finish, and that's been a challenge for them recently. Stanford and UW, playing a match that could decide the Pac-10 championship once again. I'm looking forward to it. Yes it will be exciting....THAT match should have been pack the gym night, not the one against USC...
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Post by Mocha on Oct 21, 2007 14:56:41 GMT -5
I agree that the UW Athletic Department would've done the Seattle fans a favor by making the Stanford match "Pack the Gym Night", but I still expect the biggest crowd of the year when the Cardinal visits Hec Ed.
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Post by fanofpac10 on Oct 21, 2007 16:01:48 GMT -5
I agree. Why have pack the Arena night early in the season? And why make autograph night on the same night? And is it my imagination, or do the crowds seem less involved this year?
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Post by Huskyfan on Oct 21, 2007 16:17:51 GMT -5
I agree. Why have pack the Arena night early in the season? And why make autograph night on the same night? And is it my imagination, or do the crowds seem less involved this year? Most of Washington's home matches this season is Thursday/Friday. This has not helped with attendance. Also, highschool girls have their own volleyball matches on Thursdays/Fridays.
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Post by baywatcher on Oct 21, 2007 16:27:46 GMT -5
In Cali regular seasson high school ends on halloween; playoffs after that. Assuming Washington has much the same schedule there shouldn't be too much in the way of high school playoffs left when Stanford comes to Washington.
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Post by pedro el leon on Oct 21, 2007 16:31:57 GMT -5
It will be packed for Stanford, I'll say at least 4500+. There will be a lot for Cal too, revenge factor.
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