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Post by hwnstunner on Nov 26, 2018 18:07:09 GMT -5
Can I just say, I'm stick on cloud 9 Hawaii got in. I expect them to improve from next year on with the talent coming in, so winning the BWC and maybe even vying for a national seed will be a possibility again. But all things considered, this year's NCAA bid feels so good.
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Post by greenthumb on Nov 26, 2018 22:43:35 GMT -5
I believe they went to practice right after. I saw one of them post a wall with the Hawaii logo in IG. Must be at SSC. I’m not so sure. The arena is being used for the Wahine basketball tournament. Most of the gyms are closed for the Thanksgiving weekend. Sunday is supposed to be a day off so I don’t know about practice right after a so-called “party”. Not a smart thing to do. Players oculd get hurt. Sitting around all day then all of a sudden practice??? Maybe watch film or meeting with coaches but I doubt any practice took place.w Turns out the team had a three-hour practice in Gym 1, starting less than an hour after the selection show, per Cindy Luis’s story in this morning’s Star-Advertiser.
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Post by brooselee on Nov 26, 2018 23:16:46 GMT -5
I’m not so sure. The arena is being used for the Wahine basketball tournament. Most of the gyms are closed for the Thanksgiving weekend. Sunday is supposed to be a day off so I don’t know about practice right after a so-called “party”. Not a smart thing to do. Players oculd get hurt. Sitting around all day then all of a sudden practice??? Maybe watch film or meeting with coaches but I doubt any practice took place.w Turns out the team had a three-hour practice in Gym 1, starting less than an hour after the selection show, per Cindy Luis’s story in this morning’s Star-Advertiser. Wow...very surprising. Usually you plan out practices so the players can get themselves into practice mode. I guess the plan was, if they got in, they practice if not, they go home.
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Post by raian13 on Nov 27, 2018 3:21:00 GMT -5
Turns out the team had a three-hour practice in Gym 1, starting less than an hour after the selection show, per Cindy Luis’s story in this morning’s Star-Advertiser. Wow...very surprising. Usually you plan out practices so the players can get themselves into practice mode. I guess the plan was, if they got in, they practice if not, they go home. I wouldnt be surprised if the players asked to practice and not Robyn. Who wouldnt be pumped up after learning youre playing post-season?
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Post by greenthumb on Nov 27, 2018 3:27:47 GMT -5
Wow...very surprising. Usually you plan out practices so the players can get themselves into practice mode. I guess the plan was, if they got in, they practice if not, they go home. I wouldnt be surprised if the players asked to practice and not Robyn. Who wouldnt be pumped up after learning youre playing post-season? Could be. Then again, it may all have been part of a premade plan. If they knew ahead of time that chances were good they would fly out tonight, that gave them a little more than 24 hours to pack, get classwork/absence dealt with, etc.
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Post by raian13 on Nov 27, 2018 3:57:48 GMT -5
So I see the last 4 in would have been Hawaii 46 Colorado 50 San Diego 53 LMU 57
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2018 12:07:03 GMT -5
RPI#17 Baylor vs #46 UH, #23 Cal Poly vs #53 San Diego.
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Post by greenthumb on Nov 27, 2018 13:02:13 GMT -5
Didn’t want to clutter up the match thread with this but ... I ended up both online chatting and making an old-fashioned phone call to ESPN. The consistent answer was only one match being provided by any ESPN entity on Thursday (forget who) ... and the only ESPN scheduling was for semifinals and beyond in the tourney — matching up with the NCAA grid, below. The only up side is may have gained a fan for Thursday. 😉 www.ncaa.com/championships/volleyball-women/d1/broadcast-info
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Post by goblin on Nov 27, 2018 15:06:02 GMT -5
I'm stoked for the Wahine, kudos to the players and the coaching staff for getting us there after a challenging season. Seems the new trend is that the NCAA sends us to more favorable/weaker regional sites in the rare instances where we finish the year UN-ranked. In the past, our strong teams have been sent to places like Minnesota and Washington with both ranked in the top 5, didn't matter that we were ranked near the top 5, we were then given a lower seeding to justify placing us in a stacked regional in the early rounds. For years, strong efforts were made by UH/Shoji to host a regional and was nearly always denied (except for Robyn's senior year where we lost to MSU). Its a mixed bag, the NCAA is fair to us (postseason) when we are struggling and not at all when we are very good. I'm hoping that the Wahine buck this trend and make a strong statement by going deep into the NCAA playoffs.
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Post by Wolfgang on Nov 27, 2018 15:11:26 GMT -5
Yup.
In years when Hawaii has done well in the regular season, the NCAA screws them over for playing in a weak conference. In years when Hawaii hasn't done so well, the NCAA likes to throw Hawaii a bone.
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Post by goblin on Nov 27, 2018 15:59:48 GMT -5
I apologize in advance for this, its off subject but I gotta say it....kudos to the Football Warriors for finishing strong and beating the Aztecs in SD. Hopefully, the MW and NCAA will treat you fairly, you've earned it.
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Post by staticb on Nov 27, 2018 16:27:17 GMT -5
A lot of it is due to geography. In the past, if the West region isn't strong as a whole, there are only a few Regionals in the West. So, Hawaii ends up going to play in one of the few Western Regionals--which often tends to be a really good team. (Hello, Washington)
But in a year like this, there are several Western Regional Hosts and several at-large bids. So there are more options. A tough Baylor team aside, I think Cal Poly would trade draws with Hawaii in a heartbeat.
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Post by baytree on Nov 27, 2018 16:44:59 GMT -5
A lot of it is due to geography. In the past, if the West region isn't strong as a whole, there are only a few Regionals in the West. So, Hawaii ends up going to play in one of the few Western Regionals--which often tends to be a really good team. (Hello, Washington) But in a year like this, there are several Western Regional Hosts and several at-large bids. So there are more options. A tough Baylor team aside, I think Cal Poly would trade draws with Hawaii in a heartbeat. I agree that geography probably played a role. Although they supposedly don't consider it beyond trying to get teams to subregionals that are less than 400 miles, you still see many of the teams that don't fit the 400 mile rule going to relatively close subregionals and then few the teams that are sent across the country for subregionals. In the regionals, they often have to put together subregionals from two different parts of the country. It kind of sucks for western teams. I disagree somewhat about Cal Poly. I think San Diego is an easier team than Baylor, although both are inconsistent. But if both teams get out of the first round, Hawaii may have an advantage. IMO when both USC and ORegon are playing at their best, USC is a better team (by a pretty small margin) but both teams are inconsistent. Oregon did beat Minnesota. They also lost to ASU (but so did USC). Oregon and USC split their games, with each team sweeping their road game (so losing on their home court). My guess is that Hawaii matches up better against Oregon than USC, though, and taking Oregon to 5 sets earlier this season is probably going to give Na Wahine confidence against Oregon if they make it that far.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 27, 2018 22:10:41 GMT -5
since the match is at oregon ... is it possible that the match will be televised (and/or streamed) on the pac-12 network?
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Post by raian13 on Nov 27, 2018 22:13:14 GMT -5
since the match is at oregon ... is it possible that the match will be televised (and/or streamed) on the pac-12 network? OC 16 will televise the match.
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