SCVA Qualifier Jan. 27-29

[livbcguy3]

With Chicago and Rochester wrapping up, the next qualifier is probably the most competitive qualifier: SCVA. Teams from all over the United States will be coming out to see how they stack up against the top So Cal teams. Does anyone have any predictions?

These are my projected seedings for 17s. There are 58 teams so I'm thinking 14 pool of 4, with 2 pools with 5 teams.
1.949 17 Black B-Justin (SC)
2.The HBC 17 Black (SC)
3.MVVC 17 Red (NC)
4.SASVBC Boys 17s (AH)
5.MB SURF NIKE 17's (SC)
6.Coastal B17 Navy (OD)
7.AZ Fear 17 MW (AZ)
8.Aspire 17-Rox (AZ)
9.Bones 17 Black (SC)
10.Seaside 17-Black (SC)
11.Balboa Bay 17Blue (SC)
12.Team Rockstar 17-1 (SC)
13.NCVC Asics 17-1 (NC)
14.HVA 17 PERFORMANCE (LS)
15.LIVBC 17 National Gold (GE)
16.LEGACY BOYS 17 ELITE (SC)
17.OUTRIGGER 17U (AH)
18.Academy Boys 17 Red (GE)
19.Bay to Bay 17-1 (NC)
20.COAST 17-Blue (SC)
21.WAVE 17 Kevin P. (SC)
22.Central Cal 17-1 (SC)
23.Momentum 17 Ric – Boys (RM)
24.SCVC 17Quiksilver (SC)
25.OCVC 17-1 (SC)
26.Balboa Bay 17White (SC)
27.Pac6 17-1 (SC)
28.SG ELITE 17 Elite (SC)
29.SMBC 17 Adidas (SC)
30.KU`IKAHI 17R RoShamBo (AH)
31.Hitmen 17-Elite (GL)
32.Orlando Gold 17 Black (FL)
33.Pulse Athletics 17 Hurley (SC)
34.949 17 White B-Bre (SC)
35.Forza1 West 17 National (SC)
36.Vegas United 17Red (SC)
37.A`o a Koa Volleyball 17-1 (AH)
38.Ohana AC 17 Black (SC)
39.LEGACY BOYS 17 BLACK (SC)
40.VCVC Boys 17 Aaron (SC)
41.West Edge 17 (SC)
42.LBVC 17s (SC)
43.EBVA 17-1 (NC)
44.Bay to Bay 17-2 (NC)
45.Academy Boys 17 White (GE)
46.MVVC 17 Black (NC)
47.SB Coast 17 (SC)
48.Bones 17 White (SC)
49.COAST 17-Black (SC)
50.Balboa Bay 17Red (SC)
51.OC Fusion 17-Black (SC)
52.Club V 17 Black (IM)
53.FVBC 17-1 (SC)
54.Pulse Athletics 17 Nike (SC)
55.Vegas XTREME 17s (SC)
56.San Clemente 17-Garry (SC)
57.RTVC Boys 17s (SC)
58.FVBC 17-2 (SC)

[vballboy]

Anyone got any thoughts on how the tournaments gonna end up going and how all the teams are gonna do?

[gr8hands]

Jan 19, 2017 12:59:27 GMT -5 vballboy said:

Anyone got any thoughts on how the tournaments gonna end up going and how all the teams are gonna do?

We using the Molten swirley, correct?

[Blondebomber]

My pick for the 18s is Balboa Bay as they should have their full team at the tournament unlike at the Holiday Classic. If I counted correctly Balboa Bay has 9 D1 committed players so far and have Pender(uncommitted junior) who will go D1 too. Can any team match their talent and depth across the board? I saw on another thread that Adversity won the Chicago Qualifier, could they match up with Balboa and potentially challenge them for title?

[vballboy]

Jan 19, 2017 20:01:30 GMT -5 Blondebomber said:

My pick for the 18s is Balboa Bay as they should have their full team at the tournament unlike at the Holiday Classic. If I counted correctly Balboa Bay has 9 D1 committed players so far and have Pender(uncommitted junior) who will go D1 too. Can any team match their talent and depth across the board? I saw on another thread that Adversity won the Chicago Qualifier, could they match up with Balboa and potentially challenge them for title?

I agree with you as well. Although i feel that Rise will be the main challenge that they will have to face. They always somehow find a way to pull through and get the W. But if Balboa is able to play there way i'm sure there will not be to much struggle. I also feel as if MB Surf should do very well but they never finish the way that i would expect them too. Especially since they have a good amount of D1 commits also.

[Wahinevball1234]

I think Balboa is the most talented group. You simply can't argue with that... That being said, don't sleep on 949 and Rockstar. When Rockstar is on they play really well. They were second in points for a while. 949 has only played one day of the holiday classic with their full lineup and finished a respectable third. Rise is also always a threat. That team just simply knows how to win.

[vbinca]

Flow charts are up for the different divisions on the bottom of the page on the SCVA website.

www.scvavolleyball.org/site/cpage.asp?sec_id=180014933&cpage_id=180066434


Now that the last points tournament before the Invitational is over, does anyone see any teams that are surging into the bid tournament? Any teams slipping?

[livbcguy3]

Anyone know when seeding will be posted?

[vballpapa]

Jan 22, 2017 23:08:33 GMT -5 vbinca said:

Flow charts are up for the different divisions on the bottom of the page on the SCVA website.

www.scvavolleyball.org/site/cpage.asp?sec_id=180014933&cpage_id=180066434


Now that the last points tournament before the Invitational is over, does anyone see any teams that are surging into the bid tournament? Any teams slipping?

Anyone understand the flow chart for 18s on first round...how does 18 teams (from the 6 pools of 3) go into the cross bracket play but only 6 teams come out as described (4 teams to the upper division and 2 teams to the lower division???

[gr8hands]

www.advancedeventsystems.com/EventResults/(S(3qboo345cqd5i1551z0zlz45))/Home.aspx?e=PTAwMDAwMTA5Njk90

Schedules are out. Glad to see they put Bay to Bay 17s on our net day 1 (sarcasm). We just played them in CHI.

[vballpapa]

Not sure why 949 18s got seeded below Rockstar and HBC, should be done straight off points and with the last points tourney 949 finished tied for 1st (no playoffs) and past both of those teams. First the poorly done flow chart now seedings seem way off...whats going on over at SCVA???

[Blondebomber]

In the 18s, the tournament is loaded, the seedlings are all over the place, I expect a lot of upsets. Some very good teams are not going to get bids this year.

[vbinca]

Look beyond the seeds, look for the projected match ups in the second round if teams can hold their seeds, look to see where teams who already have bids block non-SC teams, now that SCVA is not the first bid tournament they can manipulate the bracket to help SC teams get bids. It doesn't look like SCVA took yesterday's points tournament into consideration at all.

[Miva2017]

Can someone provide any logic to these seeds; apparently they do not take chicago finishes into account at all.

HBC finishes 11th in chicago and seeded 5th because of their pts series finish of 5th... 

No complaints but curious what tools they use...

[yorktowne12]

Jan 23, 2017 22:16:54 GMT -5 Miva2017 said:

Can someone provide any logic to these seeds; apparently they do not take chicago finishes into account at all?

Glad I'm not the only one smh at the seeds?

Results from Chicago def did not get taken into account. Teams who finished higher got seeded 15 plus seeds lower then the teams who returned with no bid? That should never happen . We're a very low 2 seed and we have a bid in hand "so be it"

Pakmen a 2seed is a tough out for someone !

Baja a 20th seed?

2s teams who are seeded way to high.

I agree the plot will thicken and some upsets will happen day one.