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Post by huskerrob on Nov 5, 2019 12:04:30 GMT -5
There is that whole revenge factor...Sammie against Lexi/Madi As well as the contrast to that... Jazz causing those South Dakota people to root for both teams as well as Sammie and Jazz playing across court from one another again and the reminiscing that will inspire. I think you might be thinking of Anezka Szabo, the Huskers' other lefty, rather than Jazz? Szabo is from Sioux Falls, just like Sami. You are probably right in that, that was who I was thinking of. While I knew it was Anezka, I was thinking of a story about Jazz's pre-Husker days and how she had played against one of the two girls from SD...now I am not sure if it was Anezka or Sammie that was that girl...but most definitely was thinking about Anezka when I considered the fans rooting for both. Thanks for the correction.
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Post by vbmom10 on Nov 5, 2019 12:28:31 GMT -5
USD is also an excellent school academically. The business college has an almost new facility with the latest technology-funded by an alum who is a mogul in the credit card processing centers you see along I-29. They also have the only medical and law school in the state. So Dakota State is bigger in terms of number of students, they have the engineering and agricultural programs. Both are a great value, quite inexpensive as they target their tuition to match Minnesota's in state rate to get students across the state line.
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Post by huskerrob on Nov 5, 2019 12:44:23 GMT -5
Besides Sami Slaughter, who Husker fans will be familiar with, we currently have three starters from Nebraska. Four if you include Sergeant Bluffs, IA Madison Jurgens, starting setter - Odell, NE Elizabeth Loschen, starting OH - Omaha, NE (Marian HS) Maddie Wiedenfeld, starting MB - Omaha, NE (Marian HS) Madison Harms, starting MB - Sergeant Bluffs, IA so not too surprising there was a big crowd at the USD/Omaha match last Friday. You have a starter from Sioux City, IA as well if memory serves
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Post by FreeBall on Nov 5, 2019 13:04:05 GMT -5
I don’t think it’s an opinion. One of the priorities of the committee is to avoid flights. So if you are within 400 miles of a seeded team, you are most likely going there unless you are in the same conference as the seeded team? except for they have rules and directives that supercede those priorities...and is why 1/3 of the 1st week brackets in 2018 were with teams traveling far. The rule that no two teams from the same conference shall play each other in the first 2 matches(not just a consideration of the team seeded, but all teams hosted by the site) of the tournament is a major big deal. (if today's RPI was used, 8 PAC12 teams would be in the tourni, but only 3 seeded, leaving 5 to be spread out over 5 sites clear across the country, somewhat the same for SEC w/their 7 entries but only 2 seeded) The Committee has only two directives that are followed when placing teams within the bracket: 1) To limit flights by placing as many teams as possible at sites within 400 miles of their campus location; and, 2) As pointed out in your post, to avoid having two teams from the same conference in a grouping of four teams for the first weekend of the tournament. The rules governing the Committee do not include such a "fairness" directive. Having said that, they have done a better job the past 2-3 years of avoiding groupings that are much stronger or much weaker than other groupings. It's still not perfect most years, but recent brackets are not nearly as uneven as what we saw in the past. Chairs of the Committee have stated in the past that this is not something they consider. This is all dependent on which teams are given the top 16 seeds and the geographic distribution of those schools. With multiple host sites concentrated in one part of the country (i.e. Nebraska, Creighton, Minnesota & Wisconsin), there is no way they will have enough other teams within 400 miles of one or more of those locations to completely fill in the bracket. This necessitates flying in teams from 400+ miles. However, if only one of those teams was hosting and there were enough other teams in the tournament field within 400 miles of the location, it's clear that the Committee would fill out that grouping with teams that could bus in. This is why Nebraska's grouping the first weekend of the tournament often includes teams such as UNI, Wichita State, Kansas State, Missouri, etc. It's not a real possibility and it isn't going to happen. Provided South Dakota qualifies (either by winning the Summit League tournament or as an at-large selection), they will be assigned to one of three places the first weekend - Nebraska, Minnesota or Creighton. The NCAA isn't going to pay to fly them somewhere else when there are multiple locations available within 400 miles of Vermillion.
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Post by huskerrob on Nov 5, 2019 13:38:17 GMT -5
except for they have rules and directives that supercede those priorities...and is why 1/3 of the 1st week brackets in 2018 were with teams traveling far. The rule that no two teams from the same conference shall play each other in the first 2 matches(not just a consideration of the team seeded, but all teams hosted by the site) of the tournament is a major big deal. (if today's RPI was used, 8 PAC12 teams would be in the tourni, but only 3 seeded, leaving 5 to be spread out over 5 sites clear across the country, somewhat the same for SEC w/their 7 entries but only 2 seeded) The Committee has only two directives that are followed when placing teams within the bracket: 1) To limit flights by placing as many teams as possible at sites within 400 miles of their campus location; and, 2) As pointed out in your post, to avoid having two teams from the same conference in a grouping of four teams for the first weekend of the tournament. The rules governing the Committee do not include such a "fairness" directive. Having said that, they have done a better job the past 2-3 years of avoiding groupings that are much stronger or much weaker than other groupings. It's still not perfect most years, but recent brackets are not nearly as uneven as what we saw in the past. Chairs of the Committee have stated in the past that this is not something they consider. This is all dependent on which teams are given the top 16 seeds and the geographic distribution of those schools. With multiple host sites concentrated in one part of the country (i.e. Nebraska, Creighton, Minnesota & Wisconsin), there is no way they will have enough other teams within 400 miles of one or more of those locations to completely fill in the bracket. This necessitates flying in teams from 400+ miles. However, if only one of those teams was hosting and there were enough other teams in the tournament field within 400 miles of the location, it's clear that the Committee would fill out that grouping with teams that could bus in. This is why Nebraska's grouping the first weekend of the tournament often includes teams such as UNI, Wichita State, Kansas State, Missouri, etc. It's not a real possibility and it isn't going to happen. Provided South Dakota qualifies (either by winning the Summit League tournament or as an at-large selection), they will be assigned to one of three places the first weekend - Nebraska, Minnesota or Creighton. The NCAA isn't going to pay to fly them somewhere else when there are multiple locations available within 400 miles of Vermillion. The committee is empowered by the NCAA only...and the NCAA rules are very clear. No two teams from the same conference can play each other in their first or 2nd match of the tournament. AND in that same set of bylaws it states that the committee must always consider fairness, for the teams, host site & for the tournament as a whole, when assigning teams to host sites. The NCAA rules for sports and championships is available to read, and in section 33 & 34 it states it clearly and even states that the consideration of fairness before economics of the tournament. The 400 mile consideration for the tournament is merely a consideration for the best economics based on travel reimbursement which there is even waiver considerations that the committee is empowered with. So if the committee isn't doing this, they failed at another rule, which is that their rules must incorporate the NCAA rules. But don't take my word for it, go read the rules as they are online and in easy enough language to understand. You will see there are more than two rule considerations, there are a dozen or more just in site qualification let alone selection. Also, the recent rule changes & additions was done for the 2018 season, so any reference of what the committee did prior to 2018 tournament, isn't valid for today.
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Post by FreeBall on Nov 5, 2019 14:08:23 GMT -5
But don't take my word for it, go read the rules as they are online and in easy enough language to understand. You will see there are more than two rule considerations, there are a dozen or more just in site qualification let alone selection. Also, the recent rule changes & additions was done for the 2018 season, so any reference of what the committee did prior to 2018 tournament, isn't valid for today. Link please?
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Post by vbgirls2 on Nov 5, 2019 14:55:21 GMT -5
Kiosk, Sami Slaughter although played club VB in Sioux Falls she is NOT from SF, she is from Harrisburg, SD outside of SF and went to Harrisburg HS.
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Post by vbgirls2 on Nov 5, 2019 14:55:47 GMT -5
Oops Kioat
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Post by jayj79 on Nov 5, 2019 16:56:26 GMT -5
Kiosk, Sami Slaughter although played club VB in Sioux Falls she is NOT from SF, she is from Harrisburg, SD outside of SF and went to Harrisburg HS. that's like saying someone from Bloomington is from Minneapolis
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Post by kiyoat on Nov 5, 2019 21:15:57 GMT -5
Kiosk, Sami Slaughter although played club VB in Sioux Falls she is NOT from SF, she is from Harrisburg, SD outside of SF and went to Harrisburg HS. Kiosk, lol. I’ll guess that’s auto correct. I don’t know her family, so I’m sure you’re right. Keep in mind, though, that at least 3/4 of the students that attend Harrisburg High School are Sioux Falls residents. The school district overlaps the city boundary quite a bit. So my assumption was playing the odds. I had considered saying “the Sioux Falls Area”, since Harrisburg is a suburb. Semantics.
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Post by kiyoat on Nov 5, 2019 22:38:43 GMT -5
Besides Sami Slaughter, who Husker fans will be familiar with, we currently have three starters from Nebraska. Four if you include Sergeant Bluffs, IA Madison Jurgens, starting setter - Odell, NE Elizabeth Loschen, starting OH - Omaha, NE (Marian HS) Maddie Wiedenfeld, starting MB - Omaha, NE (Marian HS) Madison Harms, starting MB - Sergeant Bluffs, IA so not too surprising there was a big crowd at the USD/Omaha match last Friday. You have a starter from Sioux City, IA as well if memory serves Yeah, sergeant bluffs is basically Sioux City.
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Post by gb77 on Nov 12, 2019 21:49:20 GMT -5
Juhnke is great. Underrated in Minnesota high school, imo. Compared to some others anyhow. saw the NDakota match 2nite & was trying to remember who was the good Dakota team. so found it was SD & took a look at this thread & noticed JUNKE & thought i'd see who remembers her dad Tom playing on the Tyson USVBA team with Jerry & the Monasterio brothers b4 he went to IPFW, etc.
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Post by vup on Nov 12, 2019 22:07:32 GMT -5
The title of this thread is so weird.
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Post by kiyoat on Nov 13, 2019 11:11:58 GMT -5
The title of this thread is so weird. Agreed. It should say 25-1.
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Post by kiyoat on Nov 22, 2019 13:52:33 GMT -5
Just thought I'd update this thread with Juhnke's 2019 season's ending League awards/stats.
She won Freshman of the Year, First-team All conference, All-freshman team, and honestly should have won Player-of-the-Year, too. I think the voting coaches didn't want to hand out all five "of the year" awards to the Coyotes. It happens. Also she is a freshman.
4.13 kills/set (#1 Summit, #36 NCAA) 4.58 points/set (#1 Summit, #47 NCAA) 3.07 digs/set (#12 Summit) 0.69 blocks/set (#18 Summit) 18 double-doubles (kills/digs)
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