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Post by IdahoBoy on Oct 5, 2004 19:30:13 GMT -5
web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/rankings?sportCode=WVBSome notes: Georgia Tech setter again near top nationally in assists per game. Nice work Laband. Ohio State's Main is the leader with 14.89 apg. Kamana'o comes in at #10. Blocks per game; Yuck, a BYU player leading the nation? BOOO! lots of solid blockers on this list though! Digs per game: Gentil is at #2, and trailing only by .01 digs per game! Hitting percentage. Does anyone else things ALL these numbers are high this year?
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Post by cougarize on Oct 5, 2004 21:00:46 GMT -5
It's good to see I'm not the only BOOer on VolleyTalk. At least one Cougar is not underacheiving, though. Hartsock, with better setting could be a much more effective offensive force. And as a side note. How important is passing, digging and having a solid libero? Look at BYU this year. Through 13 matches BYU is 7-6. The team is top 10 in blocking, top 25 in hitting percentage and has been having a decent year serving ... but the team has still been struggling, mightily. The only number I care about is wins and I would gladly trade national rankings for wins.
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Post by vballmaniac40 on Oct 5, 2004 21:16:08 GMT -5
Assists is such a deceiving stat. I believe Torterello is the best setter in the country and yet she doesn't average that many assists. It matter too much on your hitters and the level of your competition.
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Post by cougarize on Oct 5, 2004 22:24:21 GMT -5
Assists is such a deceiving stat. I believe Torterello is the best setter in the country and yet she doesn't average that many assists. It matter too much on your hitters and the level of your competition. Assists can be a deceiving statistic, but isn't an entirely bad barometer of setters. You usually won't find a top echelon setter averaging 11 assists a game.
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Post by Gorf on Oct 5, 2004 22:32:59 GMT -5
Most of the stats are influence heavily by the competition and the makeup of the team.
A team that gets most of their points from kills tends to have higher assist numbers.
Teams that get a lot of points off of blocks and service aces have few kills and fewer assists.
Playing weakers teams can inflate some stats, playing stronger teams can deflate some stats.
On the other hand both of those can have the opposite impact.
Playing stronger competition can lead to longer matches, closer games more digs, more kills, and more assists. Of course with rally scoring these can't be impacted as much in this manner as they could have under sideout scoring.
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Post by Island on Oct 5, 2004 23:12:49 GMT -5
It doesn't hurt that Main has Gordon to slam the ball constantly and that she puts it down most of the time. When one hitter averages 7 to 8 kills a game, that makes it much easier to get seven more from the middles and the other left side(if they need another one sheesh).
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Post by Island on Oct 5, 2004 23:14:07 GMT -5
Great post but could you be a little bit more ubiquitous Gorf ;D Most of the stats are influence heavily by the competition and the makeup of the team. A team that gets most of their points from kills tends to have higher assist numbers. Teams that get a lot of points off of blocks and service aces have few kills and fewer assists. Playing weakers teams can inflate some stats, playing stronger teams can deflate some stats. On the other hand both of those can have the opposite impact. Playing stronger competition can lead to longer matches, closer games more digs, more kills, and more assists. Of course with rally scoring these can't be impacted as much in this manner as they could have under sideout scoring.
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Post by Gorf on Oct 5, 2004 23:24:53 GMT -5
Great post but could you be a little bit more ubiquitous Gorf ;D I shall certainly endeavor to be more ubiquitous in the future.
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Post by Island on Oct 5, 2004 23:36:20 GMT -5
I'm kidding of course. I agree with most of what you said and I know that explaining it is hard. Telling someone from Tundra U that their go to hitter is not better than Logan Tom even though she has more kills per game is difficult at times. I shall certainly endeavor to be more ubiquitous in the future.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 6, 2004 4:20:38 GMT -5
I'm kidding of course. I agree with most of what you said and I know that explaining it is hard. Telling someone from Tundra U that their go to hitter is not better than Logan Tom even though she has more kills per game is difficult at times. Does Yoshida know of this player from Tundra U.?
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Post by gstring on Oct 6, 2004 6:19:53 GMT -5
kanoe kamanao at 1.0 bpg
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Post by comic on Oct 6, 2004 8:52:12 GMT -5
"Ubiquitous" you keep using this word. I do not think it means what you think it means. Are you sure you don't mean redundant or verbose?
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Post by Gorf on Oct 6, 2004 11:40:39 GMT -5
I believe he was using a loose definition for ubiquitous in saying that I was covering all sides in the same debate so to speak.
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Post by PukaPants on Oct 6, 2004 14:27:40 GMT -5
Blocks per game; Yuck, a BYU player leading the nation? BOOO! lots of solid blockers on this list though! Hahahaha @ IB............ Hey, at least we know she's not polishing her nails, waiting for that rare perfect pass. She's making lemonade out of a very sour team. ;D Here's my sidenote....Lexi Brown, who is quicker, is always late on her blocks....not that good of a reader.
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Post by IdahoBoy on Oct 6, 2004 14:30:53 GMT -5
I'm kidding of course. I agree with most of what you said and I know that explaining it is hard. Telling someone from Tundra U that their go to hitter is not better than Logan Tom even though she has more kills per game is difficult at times. I hate to break it to you, but Logan Tom doesn't play college ball any more... therefore, she is averaging 0 kills per game. Sheesh 2 time NCAA Player of the year and she can't even get on the stats page... what's up with that?
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