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Post by 5280volleyball on Apr 12, 2014 23:05:41 GMT -5
#1 BYU (18-6) vs #8 USC (14-10) on BYU TV
#2 Pepperdine (18-6) vs #7 UCLA (15-9) on Pepperdine Wavecasts
#3 Stanford (17-7, 11 straight wins) vs #6 Long Beach State (15-9) on Stanford webcast
#4 UCSB (16-8) vs #5 UC Irvine (15-9) no video
I feel confident saying the final 4 will be in Provo with BYU, Stanford, UC Irvine there. The 4th team I don't know. That Pepperdine/UCLA match is a coin flip.
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Post by vbekek on Apr 12, 2014 23:27:59 GMT -5
I heard from the UCLA webcast that UCLA is the #5 seed.
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Post by ocmyhome on Apr 12, 2014 23:35:12 GMT -5
BYU played awful these last two weeks and assuming their setter is out for the season, BYU could easily lose their first game... Has the #1 seed ever lost the first quarterfinal before?
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Post by baywatcher on Apr 12, 2014 23:35:26 GMT -5
Yeah, I've got it different.
BYU is 1 Pepperdine 2 Stanford 3 UCSB 4 UCLA, UCI and LBSU all 15-9 Tiebreaker is record among tied teams. Doesn't say best, but that's the inference. If so UCLA is 5, based on sweep of UCI and split with Long Beach UCI is 6th, based on best points (both beat each other 3-0, LBSU had 60 in loss, UCI had 61. 1 point difference Leaves LBSU 7th USC 8th at 14-10.
Willing to hear a difference, but I don't think they eliminate a team first. I think they establish who is highest. Would be interesting the other way. You start back at the top of tiebreakers after a team is set off.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2014 0:28:57 GMT -5
According to mpsf standings, UCLA is 7th. Lb 6th and irvine 5th. Says final standings are seeding for tourney.
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Post by GoUCLA on Apr 13, 2014 0:57:32 GMT -5
According to mpsf standings, UCLA is 7th. Lb 6th and irvine 5th. Says final standings are seeding for tourney. Final MPSF standings, yes. There is a tie in the standings and UCLA seems to win out. It's crazy to think that UCLA was one match away from missing the playoffs and that one match win moved them all the way up to 5.
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Post by thenetset on Apr 13, 2014 1:04:44 GMT -5
BYU played awful these last two weeks and assuming their setter is out for the season, BYU could easily lose their first game... Has the #1 seed ever lost the first quarterfinal before? No, that has never happened. But this would be the year for it. I don't think it'll impact their NCAA tournament bid if it happens.
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Post by BeiBei on Apr 13, 2014 2:46:13 GMT -5
BYU played awful these last two weeks and assuming their setter is out for the season, BYU could easily lose their first game... Has the #1 seed ever lost the first quarterfinal before? No, that has never happened. But this would be the year for it. I don't think it'll impact their NCAA tournament bid if it happens. I think it happened before to LBSU when they had Dave McKenzie but I am too lazy to check and could be way off
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Post by volleyballbro (guru) on Apr 13, 2014 3:17:26 GMT -5
Stanford UCI match very well might determine the winner. Dont think BYU has another run in them to finish, pepperdine cant play well on the road and Santa barbara doesnt have a 3rd outside, and ucla still can't figure out a lineup. Doubt if USC can make a run. LBSU might pull a stretch together. Hawaii would have had a better chance than USC to do any damage. Just a shame that hawaii always gets going to late
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Post by 5280volleyball on Apr 14, 2014 11:18:54 GMT -5
Apparently I had some bad information on the tiebreakers. From the MPSF website, the official release says this:
MPSF Men's Volleyball Quarterfinals
Saturday, April 19; 7:00 PM Local Time
# 8 Seed USC at # 1 Seed BYU # 5 Seed UCLA at # 4 Seed UCSB # 6 Seed UC Irvine at # 3 Seed Stanford # 7 Seed Long Beach State at # 2 Seed Pepperdine
With these matchups, I'm seeing a MPSF Final Four of BYU, UCLA, Stanford, and Pepperdine playing in Provo. From there, it's anyone's tournament.
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Post by hsvb on Apr 14, 2014 15:00:09 GMT -5
MPSF Men's Volleyball Quarterfinals Saturday, April 19; 7:00 PM Local Time # 8 Seed USC at # 1 Seed BYU # 5 Seed UCLA at # 4 Seed UCSB # 6 Seed UC Irvine at # 3 Seed Stanford # 7 Seed Long Beach State at # 2 Seed Pepperdine With these matchups, I'm seeing a MPSF Final Four of BYU, UCLA, Stanford, and Pepperdine playing in Provo. From there, it's anyone's tournament. I think it will be same teams minus BYU (plus USC) at Pepperdine. Very unfortunate BYU is on a 4 match skid and now likely have to work in a new setter. If Pepperdine goes to semis, they should get at-large. Assuming MIVA auto goes to Loyola, other at-large should be the MPSP finalist and semi-finalist if Pep wins auto. With all the parity in MPSF, I hope current trends and not just final standings are considered for last at-large.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Apr 14, 2014 15:12:03 GMT -5
It's crazy with ucla wining one match moves them from being on the verge for not making the tournament, all the way to the fifth seed
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Post by GauchoFreg on Apr 14, 2014 16:50:32 GMT -5
UCSB has been very tough to beat at home. They'll beat the Bruins before a raucous crowd in Rob Gym
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Post by vb1969 on Apr 16, 2014 0:27:26 GMT -5
I am not sure why this volleyball crowd always discounts UCSB. They beat every team at least once this year,except UCI, and yet everyone has counted them out against UCLA. It is going to be a close match and may the best team win.
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Post by 5280volleyball on Apr 22, 2014 13:21:20 GMT -5
Well....the bracket is chalk. 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3. So UCSB needs to win it all to get into the NCAA field. BYU is in and gets the 2 seed with a semifinal win, Pepperdine/Stanford winner is in, and the loser of that match is in unless someone besides Loyola wins the MIVA.
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