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Post by Curious fan on Jan 19, 2003 16:31:18 GMT -5
With Hawaii's loss and Irvine's unbeaten record could UC-Irvine be the new #1?
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Jan 19, 2003 16:52:51 GMT -5
No, Hawaii's loss to Shanghai Oriental means little, It dosen't even count. Shanghai Oriental has a bunch of players from the Chinese National team on the roster, There isn't a men's collegiate team in the country who can beat them. It was a fun exhibition, but this loss by the Warriors will have absolutely ZERO effect on the Rankings. UCI will soon have a chance to dethrone the Warriors, but beating the Warriors will be a more difficult task than beating the Bruins was.
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Post by some guy on Jan 19, 2003 21:05:43 GMT -5
what he said.
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Post by Psychopotamus on Jan 20, 2003 7:39:42 GMT -5
It isn't out of the realm of possibility. Technically it shouldn't matter, but you can never be sure what exactly the voters take into consideration. It would make whoever doesn't vote them #1 look pretty silly, I think. It would be akin to the #1 team dropping places for losing to team USA. I have been watching volleyball men's volleyball for almost ten years now, and no college team I've ever seen has looked as good as Shanghai did.
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Post by PeppVBDad on Jan 20, 2003 13:03:59 GMT -5
Hawai'i is #1 until a college team beats them. Period.
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Post by Eater on Jan 21, 2003 1:38:34 GMT -5
It would be funny if a bunch of people voted Irvine #1 though.
Who was the one vote for UCI at #1 last week? Anyone know?
I'd guess Speraw(my team's #1) or Scates(it took the #1 team in the country to beat us).
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Post by Voters on Jan 21, 2003 1:54:29 GMT -5
It could not have been John Speraw, for he is not one of the 19 voters:
2003 USA TODAY/AVCA Coaches Top 15 Poll Voters Men's Volleyball
Arnie Ball, IPFW
Sean Byron, Rutgers-Newark
Jeff Campbell, Cal St.-Northridge
Craig Davic, Mercyhurst
Dave Deuser, Lewis
Marv Dunphy, Pepperdine
Pete Hanson, Ohio State
Alan Knipe, Long Beach State
Tim Koth, Quincy
Ronald Larsen, UC San Diego
Ivan Marquez, Concordia
Mark Pavlik, Penn State
Ken Preston, UC Santa Barbara
Mike Rumbaugh, St. Francis
Al Scates, UCLA
Don Shaw, Stanford
Joel Walton, Ball State
Mike Wilton, Hawai'i
Joe Wortman, Pacific
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Post by kolohekeiki on Jan 21, 2003 2:07:41 GMT -5
Well according to the Honolulu advertiser, Mike Wilton didn't vote his team as number 1. So I'm guessing that he voted for UC Irvine to be number one.
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Post by Tarq on Jan 21, 2003 5:55:03 GMT -5
BYU lost an exhibition match to that Canadian team before the 1st rankings went up, and they still ranked in at 5th. I dont think the Shanghai loss should have any relevance on the AVCA rankings.
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Post by Eater on Jan 21, 2003 13:53:40 GMT -5
How do they decide who gets a vote? I assumed it was all the D1 teams, and I know UCI got a vote last year.
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Post by Charlie on Jan 21, 2003 16:08:36 GMT -5
The lost to Shanghai won't hurt Hawaii. That is a team of top players from China.
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