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Post by VolleyballFella on Nov 30, 2019 18:27:00 GMT -5
Cumulative since 2014 (12-11-10 etc. in points for places) Stanford (69) Washington (64) USC (50+1?) UCLA (50) Oregon (45) Utah (43) Colorado (40) Arizona (37) WSU (34) ASU (22) OSU (20) Cal (15) This is interesting to know. Thanks for this. Never would have thought WSU and Arizona was that low over those years.
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Post by oldunc on Nov 30, 2019 18:50:13 GMT -5
Stanford seniors are once in a lifetime winners. They know how to win and are led by Morgan Hentz. Player of the Year. It’s mind boggling that she can set the digs record by being behind a formidable block for 4 years. Stanford block funnels every OH cross court. Stanford block also touches a lot of balls, many of which would otherwise have been dug.
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Post by blue-footedbooby on Nov 30, 2019 18:53:59 GMT -5
Being the tight POY race that it is my vote is going with the player who won the most POWs. Bajema! That's a big 5! Count them, 5 smack-a-roos!
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Post by VolleyballFella on Nov 30, 2019 19:09:51 GMT -5
I was surprised to see the strength of schedule rankings for PAC teams. Makes me feel better about my Colorado team...playing the 9th best SOS in the nation. Surprised Oregon's and Stanford's was lower, but they did have some bottom dweller teams they played too. 3 teams with Top 10 SOS (USC, UCLA, Colorado)
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE RANKINGS
USC 2nd UCLA 3rd COLORADO 9th OREGON 12th STANFORD 13th UTAH 15th ASU 23rd WASHINGTON 27th OSU 34th ARIZONA 38th CAL 87th WSU 166th
This is why WSU is a bubble team on the verge of NOT making the Tourney.
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Post by Wolfgang on Nov 30, 2019 19:16:49 GMT -5
So, is the color scheme for first, second, third supposed to be gold, silver, bronze? You'd think blue is more valuable because it's more rare in nature than the brown-variants. Wolfgang , vbprisoner and tomclen , maybe the VT Turkey of the Year Award should be re-named the VT Blue Footed Booby Award to have a more positive connotation? There may not be a VT Turkey of the Year, blue or otherwise, this year unless vbprisoner does it. I hope the tradition continues.
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Post by dunninla3 on Nov 30, 2019 19:17:01 GMT -5
Regarding OH for POY
Clearly Plummer has the best stats, but she's not eligible.
Of Lanier(.264)/Bajema(.265)/May(.281), with really similar offensive stats, I need to know about serve receive and back row defense. It seems to me May is a little more solid this year than Lanier, after showing a huge improvement from last year. So I would pick May over Lanier. I don't know Bajema's strength in SR and back row defense compared to May. To me that would be the tie breaker. I am however impressed with Bajema's hitting % in both Wisconsin games and the Stanford game, so she was really good vs. top 10 teams.
As for Drews, she is by far the most active, but with hitting % .241 little lower than the other three. How is her ball control?
After thinking about it, I think I'd give it to Bajema, even though my heart would rather give it to May.
Regarding Stanford, I think the reality is the POY when she's actually in the game is clearly Plummer. Then you've got arguments for Gray, and Hentz. I think they somewhat cannibalize votes from each other, so none will actually win POY.
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Post by bigfan on Nov 30, 2019 19:21:05 GMT -5
Do Cal(20-10) and ASU(16-14) get in?
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Post by baytree on Nov 30, 2019 19:25:09 GMT -5
I was surprised to see the strength of schedule rankings for PAC teams. Makes me feel better about my Colorado team...playing the 9th best SOS in the nation. Surprised Oregon's and Stanford's was lower, but they did have some bottom dweller teams they played too. 3 teams with Top 10 SOS (USC, UCLA, Colorado) STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE RANKINGS USC 2nd UCLA 3rd COLORADO 9th OREGON 12th STANFORD 13th UTAH 15th ASU 23rd WASHINGTON 27th OSU 34th ARIZONA 38th CAL 87th WSU 166th This is why WSU is a bubble team on the verge of NOT making the Tourney. The uneven PAC schedule was not kind to either the Washington teams or the Bay Area teams either. Everyone else got to play Stanford and Washington twice, which helped their RPI. I'm sure Stanford and Washington would have liked to play each other again for the RPI boost. (And it would help each of them to play themselves twice but that's not possible.)
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Post by naujack85 on Nov 30, 2019 19:48:31 GMT -5
May also averages a ridiculous .41 aces per set. I believe that's #1 in the conference by a mile.
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Post by naujack85 on Nov 30, 2019 19:52:27 GMT -5
Also, Jehlarova is defintely FOY, yes?
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Post by tomclen on Nov 30, 2019 19:54:32 GMT -5
POY comes down to how you define it.
If it was "most valuable player", then, in my mind, there's no question it's Bajema. Because if you took any one player away from a team to see the impact, then the removal of Bajema would have by far the largest impact.
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Post by baytree on Nov 30, 2019 19:56:23 GMT -5
Also, Jehlarova is defintely FOY, yes? She'd definitely get my vote. Who else is in the running? Weatherington? Weske? Kipp? Owes?
Can redshirt frosh get the award? IMO Pukis would also be deserving.
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Post by naujack85 on Nov 30, 2019 19:58:10 GMT -5
POY comes down to how you define it. If it was "most valuable player", then, in my mind, there's no question it's Bajema. Because if you took any one player away from a team to see the impact, then the removal of Bajema would have by far the largest impact. Seriously? Can you imagine what USC would be without Lanier? If that is your criteria for POY, then Lanier wins by miles. I think using that criteria Bajema would be way behind Drews and May too. Bajema is relied less upon than any of those three. Thankfully for UW, that isn't how most seem to define POY.
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Post by mikegarrison on Nov 30, 2019 19:58:18 GMT -5
Also, Jehlarova is defintely FOY, yes? Yes.
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Post by naujack85 on Nov 30, 2019 19:58:53 GMT -5
Also, Jehlarova is defintely FOY, yes? Yes. She's had a fantastic season
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