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Post by donnyw on Jul 26, 2017 18:23:01 GMT -5
Thought this might be a good thread a couple of days before the tourney begins....How does Everyone think our teams will do....
My picks for Women:
Nicole & Em...1st round of playoffs
April & Lauren....Semis..Play for Bronze
Sarah & Kelly...Quarterfinals
Summer & Brooke....2nd Round of playoffs
Men....
Phil & Nick...GOLD
Casey & Theo...2nd round
Jake & Taylor....1st round
John & Ryan....2nd round
Probably way off...Sounds like fun to see how close we can actually come to our predictions...
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Post by guest2 on Jul 26, 2017 18:49:22 GMT -5
Thought this might be a good thread a couple of days before the tourney begins....How does Everyone think our teams will do.... My picks for Women: Nicole & Em...1st round of playoffs------------Second round of playoffs (come off second, win one game) April & Lauren....Semis..Play for Bronze ------First round of playoffs (I just hate this team together) Sarah & Kelly...Quarterfinals-------------------Second round (weak pool) Summer & Brooke....2nd Round of playoffs--------Second round (win pool) Men.... Phil & Nick...GOLD----------------Silver against a weak team Casey & Theo...2nd round----------Lose in pool Jake & Taylor....1st round--------First round John & Ryan....2nd round----------Lose in pool (tough draw here, Poland's B team looked great last week) Probably way off...Sounds like fun to see how close we can actually come to our predictions... Added mine to yours |
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Post by haze on Jul 26, 2017 19:11:07 GMT -5
Nicole & Em...lose in pool
April & Lauren....quarters
Sarah & Kelly...quarters
Summer & Brooke....first round
Men....
Phil & Nick...top 3
Casey & Theo...lose in pools
Jake & Taylor....quarters
John & Ryan....quarters
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Post by goudey on Jul 27, 2017 7:33:39 GMT -5
Phil and Nick... GOLD
Nicole & Em...Lose in Pool
April & Lauren....Round 1
Sarah & Kelly...Quarters
Summer & Brooke....Round 2
Phil & Nick...GOLD
Casey & Theo...Round 1
Jake & Taylor....Round 2
John & Ryan....Round 2
Phil & Nick...GOLD
Can't wait to see how wrong I am.
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Post by recleague on Jul 27, 2017 7:47:55 GMT -5
Nicole & Em...lose in pool
April & Lauren....quarters
Sarah & Kelly...second round
Summer & Brooke....first round
Phil & Nick...Gold
Casey & Theo...lose in pool
Jake & Taylor....second round
John & Ryan....quarters
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Post by JB Southpaw on Jul 27, 2017 8:00:39 GMT -5
The rules are going to make it interesting, it looks like nobody gets a bye:
"The 48 teams per gender will be split equally into 12 pools of four teams, with the top two (2) teams from each pool advancing to the first knockout round. The four (4) best third-ranked teams will advance to single immediately, while the eight (8) remaining third ranked teams will play each other for last the last 4 spots in the single elimination matches.
All teams finishing top of their pool in the Preliminary Phase will be kept apart in the round of 32. A draw will determine pairings. Teams from the same Preliminary Phase pool will not be drawn together in the round of 32.
From the round of 32 onwards, the tournament will be played in a single-elimination format."
My picks:
Nicole & Em...rd 1
April & Lauren....Quarters Should win their pool
Sarah & Kelly...rd 2 They could go further, draw will have to fall their way
Summer & Brooke....Round 2 Should win their pool, hard to pick going further based on recent results
Casey & Theo...Round 2 They have Guto/Solberg as the top seed in their pool, don't think they win that, should be no issue coming out 2nd.
Jake & Taylor....Round 2 Could win their pool, the match with Kantor/Losiak should be awesome to see who gets the pool #1
John & Ryan....Round 2 are in the same pool as Phil/Nick, but should come out 2nd. Ryan to me, has taken it up a gear since pool play in Moscow. Playing a bit more aggressive and I like it.
Phil & Nick...GOLD Phil is playing some of his best ball this year, if a Brazilian team doesn't screw up Pool Play they should get to the medal round.
I think one men's team besides P&N will get further than the 2nd round, just can't for sure pick one.
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Post by JB Southpaw on Aug 2, 2017 15:42:32 GMT -5
The rules are going to make it interesting, it looks like nobody gets a bye:
"The 48 teams per gender will be split equally into 12 pools of four teams, with the top two (2) teams from each pool advancing to the first knockout round. The four (4) best third-ranked teams will advance to single immediately, while the eight (8) remaining third ranked teams will play each other for last the last 4 spots in the single elimination matches.
All teams finishing top of their pool in the Preliminary Phase will be kept apart in the round of 32. A draw will determine pairings. Teams from the same Preliminary Phase pool will not be drawn together in the round of 32.
From the round of 32 onwards, the tournament will be played in a single-elimination format."My picks: Nicole & Em...rd 1 April & Lauren....Quarters Should win their pool Sarah & Kelly...rd 2 They could go further, draw will have to fall their way Summer & Brooke....Round 2 Should win their pool, hard to pick going further based on recent results Casey & Theo...Round 2 They have Guto/Solberg as the top seed in their pool, don't think they win that, should be no issue coming out 2nd. Jake & Taylor....Round 2 Could win their pool, the match with Kantor/Losiak should be awesome to see who gets the pool #1 John & Ryan....Round 2 are in the same pool as Phil/Nick, but should come out 2nd. Ryan to me, has taken it up a gear since pool play in Moscow. Playing a bit more aggressive and I like it. Phil & Nick...GOLD Phil is playing some of his best ball this year, if a Brazilian team doesn't screw up Pool Play they should get to the medal round. I think one men's team besides P&N will get further than the 2nd round, just can't for sure pick one. Updating my picks Got Nicole/Emily correct. Holding all other picks except Casey and Theo. I think they can get a 7th. |
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Post by travismewhirter on Aug 2, 2017 15:59:37 GMT -5
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Post by guest2 on Aug 2, 2017 16:09:49 GMT -5
Thought this might be a good thread a couple of days before the tourney begins....How does Everyone think our teams will do.... My picks for Women: Nicole & Em...1st round of playoffs-------Second round (come off second, win one game) April & Lauren....Semis..Play for Bronze --First round (I just hate this team together)--Switched with N/E (2nd rd) Sarah & Kelly...Quarterfinals-------------------Second round (weak pool)---Semis Summer & Brooke....2nd Round of playoffs--------Second round (win pool)---Quarters Men.... Phil & Nick...GOLD----------------Silver against a weak team----Silver Casey & Theo...2nd round----------Lose in pool------------------Quarters Jake & Taylor....1st round--------First round-------------------1st round John & Ryan....2nd round----------Lose in pool (tough draw here, Poland's B team looked great last week)---1st round Probably way off...Sounds like fun to see how close we can actually come to our predictions... Added mine to yours Revised post-draw (and post first round), initial set were not great, draw matters so much that any prediction beyond pool play is hard |
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Post by 405LAX on Aug 2, 2017 17:04:10 GMT -5
Based on their rough draws, only expect Phil & Nick to survive after tomorrow tho Ryan & John are surprising of late.
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Post by goudey on Aug 2, 2017 17:41:40 GMT -5
"Updating my picks, Holding all other picks"
"Revised post-draw (and post first round)"
This seems shady... are we allowed to do this? Who makes the rules around here?
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Post by guest2 on Aug 2, 2017 17:43:02 GMT -5
"Updating my picks, Holding all other picks" "Revised post-draw (and post first round)" This seems shady... are we allowed to do this? Who makes the rules around here? I left the originals up so everyone could see I got 90% wrong |
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Post by JB Southpaw on Aug 2, 2017 19:39:50 GMT -5
"Updating my picks, Holding all other picks" "Revised post-draw (and post first round)" This seems shady... are we allowed to do this? Who makes the rules around here? as everyone knows.....TheVolleyballGod! or Octa I also didn't change me original answers. |
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Post by donnyw on Aug 2, 2017 20:50:30 GMT -5
Gotta change Sarah & Kelly to Semis too...A walk to the Semis...Gotta work tomorrow too...Damn,...Love love to see some of these matches.
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Post by goudey on Aug 3, 2017 8:06:13 GMT -5
"Gotta change Sarah & Kelly to Semis too..
This is getting out of control. Ok, I change Emily/Nicole from Pool Elimination to Round 1.
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