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Post by 405LAX on Apr 21, 2019 12:10:04 GMT -5
Called it, excellent decision committee.
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Post by lipton on Apr 21, 2019 12:16:37 GMT -5
Yeah, at 18-10 with a losses to Barton, Grand Canyon, and Stanford, to go with splits against two of the other teams in running seems like an excellent decision.
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Post by 405LAX on Apr 21, 2019 12:20:32 GMT -5
Yeah, at 18-10 with a losses to Barton, Grand Canyon, and Stanford, to go with splits against two of the other teams in running seems like an excellent decision. Yet if they were playing UCI today, it'd be 50/50 on who'd win. Committee smart to go new blood, UCI got gifted in last season, they should be last team crying about this.
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Post by BeachbytheBay on Apr 21, 2019 12:21:29 GMT -5
for once the NCAA actually sets things up decently
Irvine lost to Concordia
Irvine, UCLA, Santa Barbara all had their opportunties
Santa Barbara beats Irvine, they might be in
UCLA beats USC this week, they'd be in
Irvine beats maybe Concordia, or another win vs. Northridge, they'd be in
SB/Irvine had 5 shots at LB/Haw already, the regular season is part of the play-offs - really they need 6 chances to beat those two?
anybody that argues with this set-up is on crack
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Post by lipton on Apr 21, 2019 12:23:53 GMT -5
Yeah, at 18-10 with a losses to Barton, Grand Canyon, and Stanford, to go with splits against two of the other teams in running seems like an excellent decision. Yet if they were playing UCI today, it'd be 50/50 on who'd win. Committee smart to go new blood, UCI got gifted in last season, they should be last team crying about this. The best team out of the teams on the bubble was neither USC nor UCI though, as UCLA should have been given a golden ticket.
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Post by 405LAX on Apr 21, 2019 12:24:39 GMT -5
for once the NCAA actually sets things up decently Irvine lost to Concordia Irvine, UCLA, Santa Barbara all had their opportunties Santa Barbara beats Irvine, they might be in UCLA beats USC this week, they'd be in Irvine beats maybe Concordia, or another win vs. Northridge, they'd be in SB/Irvine had 5 shots at LB/Haw already, the regular season is part of the play-offs - really they need 6 chances to beat those two? anybody that argues with this set-up is on crack Or UCI apologists, it's fair, stop whining about it. If anyone had legit grounds to whine it was HI last season after UCI got gift selection.
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Post by 405LAX on Apr 21, 2019 12:25:34 GMT -5
Yet if they were playing UCI today, it'd be 50/50 on who'd win. Committee smart to go new blood, UCI got gifted in last season, they should be last team crying about this. The best team out of the teams on the bubble was neither USC nor UCI though, as UCLA should have been given a golden ticket. Yet USC just beat them so your point is moot.
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Post by BeachbytheBay on Apr 21, 2019 12:30:56 GMT -5
The best team out of the teams on the bubble was neither USC nor UCI though, as UCLA should have been given a golden ticket. Yet USC just beat them so your point is moot. lol, totally USC/Lewis/UCLA/Irv/SB all of those would be close to 50-50 match-ups, but that's really not the point the committee had to pick one team, and USC at least decided something on the court this week, the others didn't Lewis hasn't played any of USC/Haw/LB this year - that's makes it interesting LB hasn't played Pepperdine for 2 years, so that's an interesting angle Princeton might even give Pepperdine a small battle LB - Haw are clear favorites to make the final, but at least it's not a foregone conclusion - really would people want to see Hawaii-Irv again after what Hawaii did to IRvine on Friday??? lmao
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Post by BeachbytheBay on Apr 21, 2019 12:32:44 GMT -5
The best team out of the teams on the bubble was neither USC nor UCI though, as UCLA should have been given a golden ticket. Yet USC just beat them so your point is moot.
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Post by 2left on Apr 21, 2019 12:39:40 GMT -5
for once the NCAA actually sets things up decently Irvine lost to Concordia Irvine, UCLA, Santa Barbara all had their opportunties Santa Barbara beats Irvine, they might be in UCLA beats USC this week, they'd be in Irvine beats maybe Concordia, or another win vs. Northridge, they'd be in SB/Irvine had 5 shots at LB/Haw already, the regular season is part of the play-offs - really they need 6 chances to beat those two? anybody that argues with this set-up is on crack Let's all get realistic for a second. USC is in so that men's volleyball will grow within the P5. Once it starts being a moneymaker, the Big West will no longer be a factor nationally, just like what happened in the women's game.
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Post by GauchoFreg on Apr 21, 2019 12:45:35 GMT -5
Or UCI apologists, it's fair, stop whining about it. If anyone had legit grounds to whine it was HI last season after UCI got gift selection. Irvine fans must have taken residence in your head, there's no post from them complaining about the selection.
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Post by 405LAX on Apr 21, 2019 12:49:56 GMT -5
Or UCI apologists, it's fair, stop whining about it. If anyone had legit grounds to whine it was HI last season after UCI got gift selection. Irvine fans must have taken residence in your head, there's no post from them complaining about the selection. Preemptive strike, they're still waking up.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Apr 21, 2019 12:51:42 GMT -5
for once the NCAA actually sets things up decently Irvine lost to Concordia Irvine, UCLA, Santa Barbara all had their opportunties Santa Barbara beats Irvine, they might be in UCLA beats USC this week, they'd be in Irvine beats maybe Concordia, or another win vs. Northridge, they'd be in SB/Irvine had 5 shots at LB/Haw already, the regular season is part of the play-offs - really they need 6 chances to beat those two? anybody that argues with this set-up is on crack Let's all get realistic for a second. USC is in so that men's volleyball will grow within the P5. Once it starts being a moneymaker, the Big West will no longer be a factor nationally, just like what happened in the women's game. USC is in because the Committee felt they had a better resume than UCI or UCSB. It had nothing to do with growing the Men’s game. And the game is growing, but not on the West Coast, it’s growing in other parts of the country. Men’s Volleyball will never be a moneymaker, not anytime soon. The Big West will be a factor in Men’s Volleyball for many years to come.
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Post by ant on Apr 21, 2019 13:52:06 GMT -5
USC should thank UCI for getting them in.
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Post by raian13 on Apr 21, 2019 14:08:06 GMT -5
USC was in the similar situation as Hawai’i last year yet Hawai’i got snubbed.
- They both beat the ranked 1 at the time. - They both had great home records but had some bad losses in the road. - They were conference runner-ups and both got swept by the conference champs.
Congrats to USC they deserve it. Hawai’i should’ve got in last year too and not UCI.
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