PAC-12 Week 6 2018

[mikegarrison]

NOTE: All references to rankings in this post are based on pablo, not AVCA!

Standings:

(2) Stanford 12-0
(10) USC 8-4
(12) Oregon 8-4
(15) WSU 8-4
(25) UCLA 6-6
(26) Arizona 6-6
(26) Washington 5-7
(29) Utah 5-7
(30) Colorado 5-7
(56) ASU 4-8
(67) Cal 4-8
(79) OSU 1-11

(Oct 22 pablo rankings)

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Expected conference records based on Oct 22 pablo and actual conference results as of Oct 21:

Stanford 19-1 .952
USC 14-6 .683
Oregon 13-7 .631
WSU 12-8 .623
UCLA 11-9 .545
Arizona 10-10 .499
Washington 9-11 .465
Utah 9-11 .428
Colorado 8-12 .421
ASU 7-13 .360
Cal 6-14 .280
OSU 2-18 .114

Read more: volleytalk.net/thread/59987/pac-12-weekly-posts

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This week's matches (Pacific times)

Wed:
6:00pm WSU@Utah

Fri:
5:00pm Washington@Utah
6:00pm WSU@Colorado
7:00pm Cal@UCLA, OSU@Arizona, Stanford@USC, Oregon@ASU

Sun:
11:00am Washington@Colorado, Oregon@Arizona
noon OSU@ASU,
1:00pm Cal@USC
4:00pm Stanford@UCLA

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Pablo highlight matches of the week (top 20 pablo matchups):
#2 Stanford 74% @ #10 USC 26% -- Outcome: Stanford 3-0

Previous:

Week 1
#10 WSU 45% @ #12 Oregon 55% -- Outcome: Oregon 3-2
#10 WSU 50% @ #15 Washington 50% -- Outcome: Washington 3-2
#12 USC 51% @ #20 Colorado 49% -- Outcome: USC 3-2

Week 2
#9 USC 25% @ #1 Stanford 75% -- Outcome: Stanford 3-0

Week 3
#12 Oregon 36% @ #9 USC 64% -- Outcome: Oregon 3-0

Week 4
#11 WSU (15%) @ #2 Stanford (85%) -- Outcome: Stanford 3-0

Week 5
#10 USC 49% @ #15 WSU 51% -- Outcome: WSU 3-2
#1 Stanford 78% @ #12 Oregon 22% -- Outcome: Stanford 3-1

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Pablo 50/50 matches of the week (closest pablo matchups):
none

Previous:

Week 1
WSU 50% @ Washington 50% -- Outcome: Washington 3-2
USC 51% @ Colorado 49% -- Outcome: USC 3-2
ASU 47% @ Cal 53% -- Outcome: ASU 3-2

Week 2
Arizona 48% @ OSU 52% -- Outcome: Arizona 3-0

Week 4
Arizona 47% @ UCLA 53% -- Outcome: UCLA 3-0

Week 5
USC 49% @ WSU 51% -- Outcome: WSU 3-2
Utah 50% @ ASU 50% -- Outcome: Utah 3-0
Colorado 48% @ ASU 52% -- Outcome: Colorado 3-1

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Week 7 schedule:

Mountains@BayArea, Arizona@Washington, LA@Oregon

[mikegarrison]

For what are fairly obvious reasons when you look at the standings, Stanford at USC is the toughest match Stanford has left on the schedule, according to pablo. Next toughest is week 9 when Stanford comes to the Palouse.

[johnbar]

Half way through the season and the standings are symmetric.

Stanford 10-0 OSU 0-10
USC 7-3 Cal 3-7
3 teams 6-4 3 teams 4-6
2 teams 5-5

[Gilmoy]

They're (gasp) zero-sum!

[johnbar]

Oct 21, 2018 20:44:19 GMT -5 Gilmoy said:

They're (gasp) zero-sum!

Ha ha.
Yes, that's a given. But they don't have to be symmetric. The tidiness of the symmetry appeals to me. 

[Cruz'n]

Oct 21, 2018 22:31:36 GMT -5 johnbar said:

Oct 21, 2018 20:44:19 GMT -5 Gilmoy said:

They're (gasp) zero-sum!

Ha ha.
Yes, that's a given. But they don't have to be symmetric. The tidiness of the symmetry appeals to me.   

I also enjoy symmetry in numbers. Thanks for being the first to come out, making it easier for others, like me. 

[mikegarrison]

Updated for pablo.

[johnbar]

Oct 21, 2018 18:56:38 GMT -5 mikegarrison said:

This week's matches (Pacific times)

Wed:
6:00pm WSU@Utah

Fri:
5:00pm Washington@Utah
6:00pm WSU@Colorado
7:00pm Cal@UCLA, OSU@Arizona, Stanford@USC, Oregon@ASU

Sun:
11:00am Washington@Colorado, Oregon@Arizona
noon OSU@ASU,
1:00pm Cal@USC
4:00pm Stanford@UCLA

Just noticed that Utah will be done for the week by 7pm PT Friday (give or take half an hour), before most Pac-12 teams have started their first match.

[Cruz'n]

Oct 24, 2018 18:25:54 GMT -5 johnbar said:

Oct 21, 2018 18:56:38 GMT -5 mikegarrison said:

This week's matches (Pacific times)

Wed:
6:00pm WSU@Utah

Fri:
5:00pm Washington@Utah
6:00pm WSU@Colorado
7:00pm Cal@UCLA, OSU@Arizona, Stanford@USC, Oregon@ASU

Sun:
11:00am Washington@Colorado, Oregon@Arizona
noon OSU@ASU,
1:00pm Cal@USC
4:00pm Stanford@UCLA

Just noticed that Utah will be done for the week by 7pm PT Friday (give or take half an hour), before most Pac-12 teams have started their first match.

Utah players are married, so they need the weekend to spend time with their families. 

[VolleyballFella]

Oct 24, 2018 18:44:00 GMT -5 Cruz'n said:

Oct 24, 2018 18:25:54 GMT -5 johnbar said:

Just noticed that Utah will be done for the week by 7pm PT Friday (give or take half an hour), before most Pac-12 teams have started their first match.

Utah players are married, so they need the weekend to spend time with their families. 

That happens to a PAC team every week.  Washington was the school that was done by Friday night last week.

[mikegarrison]

Oct 24, 2018 19:14:32 GMT -5 VolleyballFella said:

Oct 24, 2018 18:44:00 GMT -5 Cruz'n said:

Utah players are married, so they need the weekend to spend time with their families. 

That happens to a PAC team every week.  Washington was the school that was done by Friday night last week.

Not every week. But it does happen pretty often, with a Wednesday night match scheduled most weeks. Occasionally a team plays Wednesday and then Thursday and is done for the week before most other teams have even started.

[johnbar]

Good thing they're not playing at Stanford tonight: there's a power outage effecting a big chunk of campus, including Maples.

[Gilmoy]

Home teams first.

2018/10/24 Wed:

(12-10, 4-7) Utah -23-18-21 Washington State #19 (16-5, 7-4)

2018/10/26 Fri:

(13-10, 5-7) Utah +23+24+22 Washington (13-8, 5-6) #21

(12-10, 4-7) Colorado -24-22+23-22 Washington State #19 (17-5, 8-4)

(11-07, 6-5) #20 UCLA -22-15-22 California (12-10, 4-7)

(15-07, 7-4) #15 Southern California -19-19-27 Stanford #2 (19-1, 11-0)

(17-06, 6-5) #23 Arizona +15+16+17 Oregon State (10-13, 0-11)

(13-10, 4-7) Arizona Sate -23-18-21 Oregon #16 (14-7, 7-4)

California has some real firepower, and UCLA can get a bit tentative.  I think the Rennie feel-good story has Cal extra-happy these days.

[hammer]

Stanford opens up a 4 win lead in the standings after hammering the Women.

[tomclen]

When was the last time, 12 games into conference play, that WSU was in 2nd place?